Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the …

Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the …

Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the …

Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the …

Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will see them. Please reach out to the …

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Please remember these are expected truckloads coming to the OFB warehouse this week. Reminder: It will take a few days for items to appear in inventory depending on when the loads are received into the warehouse. Food is first received into the Statewide warehouse and then must be transformed/moved to the Metro and West warehouses, including a delivery to West.  These are estimates on what you can likely expect to see in the coming days/weeks, not when you will…

We have a return of great fresh, local product again this fall: Nijisseiki (or 20th Century) Asian Pears.  These are grown in Hood River County, Oregon.  These fruits are crisp with a bright sweet flavor and are very juicy. Slice and eat raw, or use them in any receipe in place of an apple or a pear.  They go great with vegetables with a bit of a bite, like radish, cauliflower, arugula, or daikon.  

And also... Why are there earwigs in my Asian pears? Good question. 

The Donor, NatureKist Fruit…

Have you noticed the parsnips have lately been looking a little more like carrots (and not very beautiful ones at that)? That's just a result of oxidation!  

Like apples, parsnips start to oxidize when exposed to air. Oxidation is a chemical reaction that occurs when a substance comes in contact with air. This can happen quickly or over the course of days/hours. In the case of apples, the discoloration sets in fairly quickly. The longer parsnips are in the ground the more reactive they are to…

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10, 2024 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today announced a $1.13 billion investment to support local and regional food systems, building upon the Department’s previous investments in the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative Agreement (LFPA) and Local Food for Schools (LFS) programs.

This round of funding, announced on October 1, will allow states, territories, and federally recognized Tribes to purchase wholesome, locally produced foods for distribution within…