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From Farm To Your Doorstep To Your Table - Farmbox Direct. #organic @farmboxirect

As much as we’d like, not everyone has time to make a weekly trip to their local farmers market. What if you could have fresh, organic and local fruits and vegetables delivered directly to your door? Well you can! Farmbox Direct began with a vision of how food SHOULD be: fresh, and local (when mother nature permits). So now you can have your farmers market delivered directly to your door. Farmbox…

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Farmbox Direct Brings the Farmer’s Market To You

Brooklyn mother starts up a business to make weekly deliveries of organic produce to a 5 state area.

Ashley had a big job in Manhattan but after her daughter was born, she knew she wanted to better control what went into the food on her table and for her child (now two children). Having grown up on a farm, she quickly made good relationships with local farmers who provide her with quality certified organic produce.

This is one of those Aha moments, when a business just rushes in to fill a need. Now Farmbox Direct is delivered over several states and growing all the time.

Reminds me of the “Food Group” I participated in in the early 70’s when a group of housewives I knew in Houston (remember housewives? Dodo birds that no longer exist) anyway we women took turns trekking to the wholesale market every week to provide fresh local produce for all our families.

It’s how I learned to cook things I’d never heard of. Rutabagas, various odd-to-me greens.

But now, when housewives are clearly extinct, comes Farmbox Direct to do the shopping and delivering for us. This is a great idea. Check out their website http://www.farmboxdirect.com and see which of their plans might work for you.

As for me, I’m jumping off now to go make a big pot of my favorite veggie soup with the organic produce that was delivered to my house yesterday.

This service is highly recommended. Go get ‘em. Or rather, let ‘em be delivered to your door. This makes healthy easy.

Top 5 Reasons to work with Farmbox Direct! 1. We make eating healthier organic, and local items affordable! 2. We deliver your items right to your door! 3. You’re making a change for your health for the better! 4. Your supporting local businesses! 5. We pick the BEST organic and local items to bring to you each week!

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Organic Vegetable Soup Choose organic produce. Mine came from Farmbox Direct. This is the most popular recipe on my site: www./Everybody Eats News and has been downloaded thousands of times. I make it and put it into the refrigerator and just eat it until it’s gone. You can lose up to a pound a day doing this. Yum. You can skip the meat if you’re a vegetarian.

Makes 8 servings

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1.5 lbs. boneless, skinless chicken thighs, cut into bite sized pieces 10 strips bacon, cut into bite sized pieces (optional) 2 large sweet white onions (Walla Wallas are good), thinly sliced 1 large carrot, finely chopped ½ jalapeno or small bell pepper, seeded and minced 2 teaspoons minced fresh (or dried) thyme and/or oregano 3 cloves garlic, smashed 8 cups chicken broth OR water ½ cup dried porcini 1 15-ounce can beans (black, pinto, cannellini, or butter beans), drained 6 cups baby spinach 2 large fresh tomatoes, finely chopped OR 1 16-oz. can or box Italian tomatoes with juice 1-2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil Sea salt and cracked black pepper to taste 8 tablespoons freshly grated Parmigiano Reggiano

In a large stew pot, heat the oil over medium high heat, then begin browning the bacon and chicken. Once a little color is on the meat, add the onions. Once they are translucent give them a stir, then add carrots, pepper, garlic, and continue to brown, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom of the pan. Now add broth or water, porcini and beans. Cook over medium heat for about 45 minutes. Taste and adjust seasonings with salt and pepper. Add spinach and tomatoes. Once the flavors are blended, add chopped basil. Turn off heat.

For each one cup serving, top with about a tablespoon cheese.

This week, #Foodiechats featured @FarmboxDirect, an NYC company that delivers organic produce right to your home or office from organic farmers in Manhattan.

We had so much fun learning about @FarmboxDirect! It is such a great concept to have someone bring you organic produce, eggs, meats, dairies and artisan goods.

@FarmboxDirect changes their boxes every week! Last week's theme was "Taste the Rainbow" and they had rainbow chard, rainbow carrots and so much more. We love that all the farms that @FarmboxDirect works with uses zero pesticides on the produce they grow.

Every Saturday is when @FarmboxDirect delivers their boxes. They offer three different sizes and you can choose from fruits & veggies, just veggies, just fruits or juicing. Their juicing boxes are awesome! There are three different options - Orange, Green and Red.

Right now, @FarmboxDirect is just serving NYC but they plan to expand, starting on the West Coast. We can't wait for when they come to Chicago!