Here's what came in today's box!
Nearly a beet a day!
- Kale x2... 1lb 8oz
- Red beet bunches x2... 4lb 2oz
- Cucumbers x4... 1lb 14.4oz
- Green beans 1.66 pounds... 1lb 9.6oz
- Hass avocados x2... 14oz
If I'd received a regular box instead of opting out of potatoes and fruit, this is what it would have had:
- Curly kale x1
- Red beet bunch x1
- Cucumbers x3
- Fuji apples x3
- Golden potato 1.33 pounds
- Green beans 1 pound
- Strawberries 8oz
- Valencia oranges x4
How do I feel about this new box?
As for the composition of the box, I am extremely happy. There are always apples, oranges, and potatoes (bought in bulk) in the house, so the only variety I'm really missing out on from the regular box is the strawberries, but I'd totally take avocados over strawberries. The veggie-only box (minus potatoes and onions) is a really good choice for us! The veggies are extremely fresh and vibrant... I have NEVER seen such happy-looking beets and kale at a grocery store. The photo doesn't do those beets justice, they are nearly 2 feet long.
As for the value of the box... last time I wasn't all that happy, but this time it is satisfactory. It ended up being exactly 10 pounds, which is on the lower end of their range of 10-13* pounds for the box, and worked out to $2.87 per pound. For organic produce delivered to my doorstep, I'll take it.
Torin's to start solids in 2 days, so I need to decide whether he gets kale or avocado this week.
I can't wait for the farmer's market to start up in a couple of weeks so I can do some comparison shopping! In the meantime we've decided to get another Doorstep Farmers box to tide us over until the farmer's market. Ryan is very in favor of the box due to the variety which surpasses that of our typical farmer's market... it's true, they always seem to have the same stuff besides the new fruit of the day.
*Doorstep Farmers' more easily accessible "how it works" web page says 10-13lbs, but I discovered today that on the "shop" page if you click the box three times, it says 7-9lbs. So the 8.7lbs from the first box may have been intentional and/or more current. All the boxes appear to be a few pounds lighter on the shop page, so I do not know which estimate is correct. Their customer service didn't reply to my feedback (which they had requested)... if I was wrong about thinking it should be 10-13 pounds, I feel that they would have let me know by now or updated the website.
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