Boston Food Hub

🚨This is not a drill! Asparagus season is here! 🚨

This much-loved local veggie is exceptionally well-adapted to the cool climate and nutrient-rich soils of the Pioneer Valley, rendering it super sweet and crisp. For over a century, Massachusetts farmers have taken huge pride in these harvests, and we are thrilled to extend that pride to our customers across Boston.

Wanna sharpen your knowledge about these tasty spears? Check out these facts:

👉 The epicenter of Massachusetts asparagus production is in Hadley, a small town in Western part of the State. Called “Hadley Grass” by locals, this crop is so important to the town that residents are currently working to make it the official State vegetable!

👉 Among the many Massachusetts Asparagus fanatics was Queen Elizabeth II, who had it shipped across the Atlantic in for her annual Spring feast at Buckingham palace!

👉 In the 1970s, fusarium bacteria caused a near-collapse of the asparagus industry in Massachusetts. With new disease-resistant cultivars in the late 20th century, asparagus production has now been slowly climbing back over the past decades.

Even though it’s frosty out there, the Boston Food Hub crew is staying busy packing orders (and chipping ice off trucks) for our customers! Our packshed is loaded with apples and so many storage roots, plus some beautiful bright greens—look at those bags of spinach and mixed baby kale from and !

Winter in New England is a challenging but rewarding time of year for growers. Despite the short days and freezing fields, it’s remarkable the variety of crops that farms continue to provide.

It may be a microgreen, but it’s making a macro statement! Alex, the produce manager at , loves the pea shoots and other microgreens that he orders from through Boston Food Hub. Small, local grocery stores like Debra’s are an important customer base for us, and we love playing a role in getting more local crops on their shelves!