Week 4 and a Few Notes on Packaging

Welcome to Week 4!

We want to give a few explanatory notes on our produce packaging.  Here you go:

1. Based on customer feedback, we use as little produce packaging as possible.
2. Though you may hate it in your household, plastic is your friend when it comes to storing most vegetables.  In our experience, mesh sacks, BeeWrap, BioBags and similar non-plastic storage containers don't work for produce longevity.
   1. All greens, bunched or loose, are best in a tightly sealed plastic bag in your fridge.
   2. All herbs: cilantro, dill, parsley, oregano, thyme, sage are best in sealed plastic bags.  Even basil!  In our experience, placing the stems of herb bunches in water in your fridge doesn't work but instead leads to rotten stems.
   3. Peas, beans, cucumbers, broccolini, carrots, beets, celery radishes, kohlrabi, even bell peppers are best in sealed plastic bags.  Summer squash is best in a loosely closed plastic bag in the warmest part of your fridge, but is best eaten right away.
3. These vegetables DO NOT want to be stored in plastic:
   1. Tomatoes should be stored on your counter, never in the fridge, even after they're cut open (just use them quickly once cut!).
   2. Potatoes should be stored in their paper bags at cool room temperature.
   3. Cured storage onions should be stored in the dark at cool room temperature (just above freezing for long term storage).  Fresh onions SHOULD be stored in plastic in your fridge.
4. Your CropBox allows us to leave many produce items unpackaged; that means you should place items in plastic in your fridge as soon as you get home.
5. We CAN NOT reuse your plastic packaging once it goes home with you.  Sorry!

We hope that clears things up for most of you!  Let us know if you have any questions.  Enjoy your produce and as always, eat well!

Katherine and Spencer