Certified Organic

January 2016
This past year, I’ve been traveling across the US and teaching a new seminar to produce teams and retail shoppers.

December 2015
We all have them - you know, those guilty pleasure foods that are your go-to meals when you are tired or had a hard day or just want something yummy and easy to make.

November 2015
It’s November, and the weather is finally cooling down after a long, hot summer – I was just kayaking and lake swimming two weeks ago in the northern Midwest!

October 2015
Autumn is in full swing, and you're probably expecting me to wax poetic about Melissa’s organic apples, winter squash, or pomegranates - and of course that would be perfectly timed and quite appropriate.

September 2015
Tomatoes were once known as the “edible wolf peach” and “love apples”; nowadays most of us just call them good. And this time of year the flavor is finally what it should be.

August 2015
I have a fox that walks along the top of my organic blackberry bushes and eats to his heart’s content. Often that’s when I know they are ready to pick!

July 2015
In the produce department it’s ok to linger… heck it’s almost expected. Why? Because produce is a department of senses and seasons which is probably what makes it so special to so many of Melissa’s produce customers.

June 2015
Remember your first time? That first taste of Bing cherries, sugar baby watermelon, or ripe, fully-flavored summertime tomatoes? I’ll bet you do!

May 2015
Does it seem as if you are seeing more people in your local store shopping for organic groceries and Melissa’s Organic Produce these days? Well you probably aren’t the only one noticing this trend.