IFC Shopping Cart is Open!

June 18, 2013
by Gary Huber

Time to Shop!

 

The shopping cart is open. It’ll close at midnight on Sunday, June 23rd. Delivery is Thurs., June 27th at our Des Moines area locations and Friday, June 28th at our Ames location. Make sure you stock up on some of our producer’s wonderful meats for that 4th of July celebration! See below for updates on new stuff.

To shop go to https://iowafood.coop and log in. If you need help with your username or password, send an email to info@iowafood.coop.
Country View Dairy added five new yogurt products. Two are variety packs with a mix of yogurts (so you can try 4-5 flavors with one purchase). Three are 3# family-size tubs (plain, vanilla & strawberry). Give Check these a try and see what members have been raving about.

Doug’s Last Wish Ultimate Steak Seasoning is a new IFC producer with a certified organic seasoning that is especially suited to grass-fed meats (although it’s great on everything in the kitchen from veggies to fish to pork. Try with on the meat you purchase through the IFC for your summer grilling performances.

Griffieon Family Farm added Boneless Leg of Lamb, plus they’ve listed more lamb cuts, and they have five lotions on sale at 10% off (Arabian Spice, Warm Vanilla, Lemon, Lavender, and Lime). LaVon writes: “Our first batch of chickens are finished and I’m traveling to Bloomfield tomorrow with a 23 foot trailer (my maiden voyage) to get chickens butchered, so we will have plenty of chicken for sale.”

Sondra from SalAmander Farm writes: “If anyone wants to our order lamb, you need to get it this cycle. I will be taking off July and most of August for county fair season and won’t be listing again till school starts. Thanks for your business!”

Holdeman ABF Poultry has whole capons with missing wing on sale for $2.39 per lb (regular $2.69 per lb) – “wonderful family get togethers, holidays and reunions; they roast up very moist.”

With all this rain, it’s been difficult for our produce growers. Here’s some info about what they’ve listed this cycle:

  • From Lee at Berry Patch Farm: “We’ve listed strawberries, tomatoes, zucchini, yellow squash, curled parsley, chives, and strawberry hanging baskets.”
  • Chef Connie’s Urban Farms listed limited quantities of beet tops (great chopped into salads to get added texture and “bitter greens” peppery taste), curly leaf parsley, rosemary, spearmint, romaine Lettuce, tyee spinach (longer smooth leaf spinach and has a mild flavor), and curly and regular kale.
  • Pickle Creek Herbal is sold out of tomato seedlings for the year, but they still have pepper and eggplant seedlings, plus an incredible selection of herb seedlings (as well as their amazing herb-infused olive oils & vinegars).
  • Wilted Leaf Farm has Lacinato and Red Russian Kale listed.
  • Wimmer Farms has kale and pink beauty radishes listed.
  • Maxwell Farms has asparagus listed.
  • Pinecrest Farm, SalAmander Farm, and Chef Connie’s Urban Farms all have rhubarb listed (is rhubarb a vegetable?).

 

Wildwood Farms is back this cycle and has added a new item: Breakfast Braid (Danish-like sweet braid with jam filling that makes a beautiful and delicious breakfast treat).

Threshing Floor and Gardner’s Harvest are back as well. Lisa with Gardner’s Harvest writes: “We are back from vacation. If anyone wants to know, we spent the week at a Medieval ‘War’ hosted by the Society for Creative Anachronism.
Anyway, many of the usual items are available, and I’ve added Grain Free Pumpkin/Cranberry/Raisin Breakfast cookies.”