This Week’s LUCSA Box (Archived)
For Box Delivery: 7/15, 7/16, 7/17 - 2026
Fresh Produce:
Blueberries
Peaches
Heirloom Tomatoes
Basil
Salad Mix
Zucchini
Weekly Staples:
Fruitbelt - Sparkling Tonic
Mushrooms
Bread
Eggs
Any share changes must be submitted to lucsa@theurbancanopy.org by Monday at 11AM
Weekly Add-Ons
Add locally-sourced food and home goods to your box to round out your CSA delivery. Add-ons save trips to the grocery store and allow you to get more of what you want conveniently delivered inside your LUCSA share.
Access the Add-On Shop through our member portal.
This Week in the Shop:
NEW to the Shop!
Urban Canopy - Mint
Urban Canopy - Parsley
Urban Canopy - Cilantro
Mick Klug - Cherries
Mick Klug - Blueberries
*Reminder: Add-Ons must be ordered by Monday at 11AM
New Focaccia Add On:
Roasted Green Garlic with Garlic Scape Butter
The Processing Kitchen got inspired by the beautiful bounty of green garlic grown on the farm this year and decided to make a serious take on garlic bread. Garlic two ways in this week’s loaf along with a ton of butter and olive oil and melty mozzarella cheese just for good measure. We roasted the green garlic in olive oil and poached garlic scapes in butter and then tossed them all together.
Item Spotlight: Peaches
Peaches, botanically classified as Prunus persica, are a category of stone fruits belonging to the Rosaceae family. The skin is taut and typically thin, showcasing variegated red, pink, yellow, and ivory hues and they are found in round, oval, or flat saucer shapes. Peaches are delicate and can be easily bruised or damaged on their surface if handled roughly.
Ripe Peaches are edible raw or cooked and range in flavor based on the individual variety, with many showcasing sweet, sugary, tart, tangy, fruity, and floral flavors.
Look out for peaches from Mick Klug in your next share!
A Message from oFarm:
"Wow it was quite an eventful week at the farm! We started the week with our only shade cover/structure collapsed in on one side. Honestly it was kind of a long time coming...bandaid after bandaid will only do so much for something that needs stitches. Thankfully the head honcho came out and engineered his lil heart out to get us back in standing order. Now to just deal with the wasp nest we discovered being build on the shipping container...free flowers for any brave soul willing to come knock it down for us????
Sadly for y'all nothing in the box this week is from the farm, unless you were lucky enough to add on the small amount of herbs we had to offer. But graciously for us, it allows for the time and space to crank out some production work! As important as harvest is, this GG LOVES production work! Gimme a wheel barrow, 40,000 pounds of compost and woodchips, and a well narrated audiobook and watch me flex! It is hard work but it is sooo gratifying to see the transformation! Ab-ra-ca-da-bra...goodbye weeds! Until next time!
xoxo
gossip grower"
Substitutions
Items for those already opting out of beverage, bread, mushrooms, or eggs OR having a conflicting allergy; subject to change, even if specified. Please refer back to this newsletter throughout the week for updates
Scallions - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Stand upright in an inch of water in a jar or glass, cover tips with a plastic bag and store in the refrigerator. Change the water if it starts to discolor.
Carrots - Garden Gate Farm (Fairbury, IL)
Storage Tip - Remove greens to preserve the root longer. Greens can be used within a week and the carrot itself can be stored in the crisper in a plastic bag for a few weeks.
Collards or Kale - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Make sure greens are good and dry. Either loosen or remove the rubber band. You can wrap the greens in a paper or cloth towel to cut down on extra moisture. Then store in a plastic bag in the fridge for up to a week. Or keep in a glass of water like a bouquet!
Caraflex Cabbage - Down at the Farms (Fairbury, IL)
Storage Tip (Cabbage) - Keep in a plastic bag in the crisper for two weeks.
*Farming is never 100% Predictable
Please keep in mind that share contents may vary due to market availability so contents may vary slightly from this list. We appreciate your flexibility.
Pro-Tip for Produce Longevity
When your share arrives, immediately unpack your produce and move into proper storage containers!
Always Wash Before Eating
As a general best practice with all produce including ours, we recommend washing produce before eating.
Please Remember to Save and Return LUCSA Packaging
We request that you return your wax box and Finn’s Ranch egg cartons during your next delivery. Help practice sustainability by helping us re-use all of these items for future deliveries.
We’re unfortunately not able to re-use; non-Finn’s egg cartons, rubber bands, bags, berry containers or glass jars.
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Our recipe reels provide additional information on how to use produce and processing items each week!
We have created a handy Produce Guide which includes most items you will be getting in your box this season and through out the year. It is helpful for identification and has lots of storage tips, and also includes a log of recipes. It’s not a bad idea to bookmark this page!
Previous Boxes
If you missed a week and want to see what was in a previous share, we archive a PDF of all our previous newsletters here.
You can also use it to look at previous seasons if you are interested to see what crops are coming.
