Certified Organic

July 2021
While merchandising in the produce department one Friday, I watched a customer pick out an organic pineapple. He would flick it with his index finger to check for ripeness as he picked up each one. 

June 2021
It being June, we've all been starting to enjoy the fantastic selection of Melissa's organic summer fruit that has been showing up in our favorite stores; plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, melons, berries, all at their peak flavor. 

May 2021
This amazing fruit has been around for centuries. The name is believed to have come from several places. One idea is that the name represents the plant’s runners, which were said to have been “strawed” or strewn over the ground in ancient times. 

April 2021
Springtime and fresh greens just seem to go hand and hand. Perhaps it's because this time of year makes us think about eating a little less heavy, or maybe it's just because Melissa's organic greens seem to be abundant in the marketplace.

March 2021
In the 1700s and early 1800s, kale, oats and barley made up the bulk of the Scottish diet. As a matter of fact, the familiar green curly kale we find in our produce departments today is also known as scotch or scotch curled kale.

January 2021
Do you buy fresh herbs for special recipes at certain times of the year? ¼ cup of Melissa’s Organic Cilantro needed here, 2 tablespoons of organic sage needed there? 

December 2020
An old produce adage is that you can’t beat beets. Well, the truth is you can. You see the beet greens are actually higher in nutrition than the beets themselves. 

November 2020
I've got a new favorite salad for my winter months ahead; it is made from rutabagas and is absolutely delicious! If you are not familiar with rutabagas, you are in for a treat.

October 2020
October has lots of reasons to get people excited. Foliage, football, awesome apples, and hopefully very small gatherings of friends, appropriately practicing physical distancing.