This Week’s LUCSA Box

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For Box Delivery: 10/21, 10/22, 10/23 - 2026

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Fresh Produce:

Kale

Pears

Spinach

Sweet Potatoes

Garlic

Watermelon Radish

Weekly Staples:

Moonbow - Coffee Beans

Mushrooms
Bread
Eggs

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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.

Member Add-On Shop

This Week in the Shop:

Featured Items This Week:

  • Urban Canopy - Sunflowers

  • Urban Canopy - Bok Choy

  • Urban Canopy - Chard

  • Urban Canopy - Mizuna

  • Urban Canopy - Parsley

  • Seedling - Cucamelons

  • Seedling - Ground Cherries

  • Seedling - Pawpaws

  • Mick Klug - Apple Cider

On Sale This Week:

  • Beeler’s - Bacon

  • Whirlwind - Cold Brew

  • Nordic Creamery - Honey Butter

*Reminder: Add-Ons must be ordered by Monday at 11AM

A Message from oFarm:

Okay it's officially fall because we harvested our first cut greens, arugula, for the farmers markets. It'll be available to y'all soon but in the meantime you can snag our other fave spicy green, mizuna!  Those super gorgeous purple bok choys are also available too! It's also flagging fall as we pulled out the first round of peppers! Def gotta put that nitrous in the tank and to crank out this bed building! I have a feeling things this year are gonna be done in a mere wink! Check back in next week for one last little surprise in the add ons shop...

Until next time!

xoxo

gossip grower

Add-on Item Feature: Pawpaws

Seedling Orchard (South Haven, MI)

Pawpaws are America’s largest indigenous fruit, primarily found on the eastern coast of North America. A member of the custard-apple family, pawpaws are a delicate, green skinned fruit with several large, lima bean shaped seeds. Pawpaws have a tropical, funky, custardy flavor that intensifies as they ripen. Some some they taste like a cross between banana, mango, and pineapple. The skins and seeds are not edible and must be discarded. Cooking the flesh of the pawpaw lessens the tropical flavors and can be enjoyed fresh as well.

Please enjoy immediately as they tend to have a short shelf life!

Check out Pawpaws from Seedling in our add-on shop!

Share Contents

Refer back to this page for updated share contents to help you identify produce.

Weekly Staples:

Beverage

Coffee Beans - Moonbow Coffee Roasters (Chicago, IL)

Storage Tip - Store in a cool, dry place.

Bread

Wednesday: Toasted Sesame
Publican Quality Bread (Fulton Market, Chicago, IL)

Thursday: Pumpkin Cranberry Sourdough
pHlour Bakery (Andersonville, Chicago)

Friday: Pumpernickel ‍ FranHer Bakery (Pilsen, Chicago, IL)

Storage Tip - Keep your bread cut side down in a bag on your counter for two to three days. At that point you will want to slice or rip/cut your bread into pieces and freeze for future toast, croutons, or panzanella! If it’s particularly hot, you may want to move it to the refrigerator after a day or two (the only time we will tell you to refrigerate bread).Tips to freshen up your bread

Mushrooms

Wednesday: Shiitake ‍River Valley Ranch (Burlington, WI)

Thursday: Portabella ‍River Valley Ranch (Burlington, WI)

Friday: White Button ‍River Valley Ranch (Burlington, WI)

Storage Tip - Open the paper bag to reduce moisture, and keep mushrooms out of plastic. Smoke, dehydrate, or par-cook and freeze for longer storage.

Eggs‍ ‍

Pastured Eggs - Finn's Ranch (Buchanan, MI)

Storage Tip - You can freeze your eggs to make them last longer. Crack and scramble in a container, or crack whole into oiled muffin tins, and keep frozen for up to 6 months.

This Week’s Fresh Produce:

Garlic - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Keep cool and dry on the counter for up to a month.

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!

Spinach - Black Earth Valley Produce (Black Earth, WI)
Storage Tip - Repackage in a non-biodegradable plastic bag or container with a towel or paper towel for up to a week.

Watermelon Radish - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Keep very dry stored in a perforated bag in the refrigerator for up to a month.

Pears - Mick Klug Farm (St. Joseph, MI)
Storage Tip - Keep at consistent temperature on the counter for up to a week, or in the crisper for up to a month.

Sweet Potatoes - Garden Gate Farm (Fairbury, IL)
Storage Tip - Sweet potatoes should never be cold til cooked! Keep them dry at a stable temperature out of direct light, on your counter or in a cupboard, for up to 6 months.

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

Lemongrass - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Keep dry in a plastic bag in the crisper for a week for thyme, two weeks for rosemary or sage and a month for lemongrass. All four are great dried!

Green Onions - Garden Gate Farm (Fairbury, IL)
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.

Tomatoes - Wild Coyote (Berrien Springs, MI)
Storage Tip - Tomatoes should be kept at room temperature on the counter away from sunlight. Consume within a few days.

Sage - Earthlore Farm (Beaverville, IL)
Storage Tip - Keep dry in a plastic bag in the crisper for a week for thyme, two weeks for rosemary or sage and a month for lemongrass. All four are great dried!

*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.

Recipes

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Chicken Inasal (Filipino Barbecued Chicken)

Sweet Potatoes with Spiced Walnuts and Yogurt

Baked Caramel Pears

Watermelon Radish and Spinach Salad

Baked Sweet Potatoes With Maple Crème Fraîche

White Bean & Kale Soup With Chicken Sausage

Recipes

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Recipes 〰️

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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!

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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.

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