Fresh Foods Wednesday #83

Welcome to Fresh Foods Wednesday #83!

I can’t even believe how EARLY the blueberries are this year! I knew they were coming into season next month here in Vancouver and I was trying to get ahead of the pack and connect with a farmer who would accept bulk orders so i could make blueberry butter for the next year. So, I Googled “Blueberry farmers Vancouver” and ended up getting in contact with Matsqui Blue Farms – an incredible blueberry grower in my area who already has farm fresh, local, organically grown berries!! So I grabbed 10 pounds to start from one of his 19 varieties (he even delivered them to my door) and have been pureeing, canning, freezing and blueberrying my ass off for the past week. Next? More blueberries. Because if 20 jars of blueberry butter is a good thing, 40 must be doubly as good. Right?

This week in my CSA from Farm City Co-Op I got:

• Purple Chard
• Fennel
• Massive Green Onions
• Salad Lettuce
• Micro greens
• Italian Parsley
• Sweet Peas
• Red Radishes
• Spinach Bunches
• Salad Turnips

The Fresh Foods Wednesday #83 link up is to encourage fresh food production, consumption, activism, and awareness. Please feel free to link up posts containing:

• CSA collections;
• Farmer’s market treasures;
• Home grown/raised hauls;
• Recipes that feature fresh fruits and veggies that are seasonal to your area or feature local, sustainably farmed meats, eggs, and dairy;
• DIY projects and tutorials for: gardening, storing and/or preserving fresh, real foods, composting market scraps, raising chickens in your back yard, small living, etc…

You may link up as many posts in a given week that you haven’t shared with the Wednesday Fresh Foods Link Up before by using the linky tool at the bottom of this post. Please make an effort to click on a few of the linked up posts and say hello by leaving a comment for your fellow fresh food communitarians and/or leave one here to tell us what you’ve shared – because it’s always nice to know someone thinks we’re doing a good job!

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