It does not get any fresher than this...

Most of the produce that is consumed in this country is grown not too far from where we live. We are fortunate to have the freshest vegetables and fruits almost all year around. Today, we visited the farm that delivers tasty treats to us weekly. A man in the field picked carrots for us, another cut bunches of kale, a third one picked green peppers, our strawberries had spent all of 10 minutes in clamshells, and the butternut squash was picked this morning. Just last week, we had our first batch of Jerusalem Artichokes and today we watched as the farmer dug some out for us, we ate them right there in the field, all that was needed was a quick brush off to get most of the dirt off..

I got a bit carried away as evident by the counter back home; and we spent almost $30. Now it is time to make kale salad, kale soup, butternut squash soup and stuffed peppers - the freezer will be full soon!