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"Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants." -Michael Pollan
This week, I'm owning my Earth-friendly, organic food eating, crunchy granola mommy persona. I can't deny it anymore!
Here's one just for the locals!
A couple of weeks ago, I read about Orlando Organics on my really awesome friend Cara's blog. We eat a lot of fresh produce these days (since I'm a vegetarian and all) and seeing as how it's hard for me to make it out to Whole Foods to get organic produce, and the variety and freshness of Publix's inventory varies so much, I decided to give it a try.
We got our first shipment today and I am in love.
Here are all of the wonderful things I have to say about it.
1. Convenience! It was so quick and painless to sign up for the service, and they bring it right to your door! Even if you're not home...you just leave out a cooler and some ice packs, and they come and fill it up for you.
2. It's customizable! Don't like a particular fruit/veggie? Add it to your dislikes list and they'll attempt to replace it with something from your "favorites" list. For example, kale was on the list this week, and it reminds me of the food I got served in the hospital (since one of the menu options was, "Grape on kale"). I put it on my dislikes list, and I got bananas instead!
3. The produce is organic, and when possible, grown locally!
4. It's affordable. I opted for the Harvest Blend Regular produce package ($32.99), and when I added up just about what it would cost to buy that produce in the store, it worked out exactly the same, if not cheaper. And that's buying conventional (non-organic) produce.
5. The produce is fresh! And if it's bad for any reason, they'll make sure to put extra in your next shipment.
6. The produce tastes really, really good!
Here's what was in our shipment this week:
Bananas
Valencia oranges
Blueberries (grown local)
Carrots
Bicolor corn (grown local)
Cucumbers
Gala Apples
Garlic
Haas avocado
Tomatoes
Peaches
Pears
Romaine lettuce
So far, I've eaten a peach (which was delicious!), and Angelica literally devoured the blueberries. We got a half-pint and they are gone. I may have eaten 3 berries. She ate the rest of it and yelled at me if I tried to take one! And then insisted I put the plastic container (which was plastic #1) in the "recycle bin!" (Smart girl!)
If you live within their delivery area, and you're inclined to eat organic produce, give Orlando Organics a try! You won't be disappointed.
Disclaimer: This opinion is my own. I am writing this review without the request of the company. They have not contacted me in any way, did not provide me with the product, nor did they compensate me for my time.
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4 comments:
This is so awesome! I have thought about trying out a service like this so thanks for your recommendation! It seems a lot more affordable than buying the organic produce yourself and, as you said, probably about what I would be spending on non-organic produce anyway.
Just wanted to add, don't forget to share the love if you sign up, since she did for me- put that she referred you and she'll get $5 off her order. And then all of YOUR friends will sign up and you'll save $$ too :)
Just wondering if you are still buying from Orlando Organics and if you still are in "awe"? THanks.
Hi Sarah! We actually discontinued our Orlando Organics membership. The quality was still good, and you definitely get a good amount of produce for the cost, but we weren't going through it fast enough so I wound up throwing a lot out.
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