Salad Mix from Harmony Valley Farm

Yes, you heard it hear first, the Harmony Salad Mix is fresh picked and in the store. I know many of you look forward to their special blend of tender little greens. Come and get it!

Green Top Beets from Ridgeland Harvest

A special treat in the spring when farmers are thinning beet rows. We get the green tops attached to the tender little beets and they are bunched for an easy toss into your produce shopping bag. Use the greens in a sautee or fresh salad mix and serve alongside the beets sliced fresh or cooked in your favorite recipe.

Hanging Flowers by The Flower Basket Greenhouse & Floral of Viroqua, WI

So beautiful, no additional words are needed to get you to take on home. Just stop in and look at them.

Bareroot Raspberries & hazelnuts from The New Forest Farm

Mark Shepard is hard at it, digging hazelnuts and raspberries for us to sell as bareroot stock. They are ready to go in your perennial garden right now. Don’t miss them, they are just outside of the greenhouse along with all of our other perennial plants.

Blueberry Plants

Potted and ready for you to enjoy at home. Plant these wonderful superfood plants today! As with all of our perennials, you can find these just outside of our greenhouse.

Asparagus from Moonrose Farm

Finally, after the frost damaged much of the earlier asparagus, we are now getting in pretty regular supplies of the local Moonrose asparagus (a.k.a. Grass). It is beautiful and tasty to boot. Come and get it while supplies last.

Fresh Herbs from Various Local Sources

Time to switch back over to fresh (not dried) herbs for spring/summer cooking. We have locally sources, rosemary, chives, thyme, sage, lemon thyme, spearmint, apple mint, garlic chives & other local fresh herbs for your culinary needs. You can’t beat the fresh & local taste!

Pepper & Tomato Plants from Various Local Sources

They are here and ready for planting. The greenhouse is filled with varieties of herbs, produce, perennial and annual flowers to choose from, but supplies are limited to what we have on hand. Come check out our selection, it changes daily and the greenhouse is only up and selling for a short time.

Seeds from High Mowing, Seed Savers & Yore

Not quite final call for getting your seeds to plant in this years’ garden……but wanted you to be thinking about looking through our seed varieties, in addition to the greenhouse seedlings for goodies you can plant in your garden this year. If you don’t see something you would like, please ask. There may be a chance we can order it in for you in time to plant, yet, this year.

Shallots from Ridgeland Harvest

Shallots are more than just expensive little onions that are annoying to peel.  Their intriguing mix of flavors (think sweet onion/fresh garlic/braised leeks) are more concentrated yet less harsh than storage onions, so a little bit often goes a long way, either raw or cooked.  These are a big bunch of flavor in a little package.  Excellent addition sliced thin to fresh salads or caramelized with fresh morels or other seasonal wild foraged mushrooms.

Oyster Mushrooms from Highlander Ridge in Soldiers Grove

Here's a mushroom that lives up to its name—it looks, smells, and tastes like oysters. With virtually no stalk, this mushroom's oyster-shaped caps usually grow in layers on dead deciduous wood (or on our coop’s shelves), like clusters of oysters. The moist, hairless, fragrant, white to smoky-gray caps are 2-8 inches wide. Check out this link for some great cooking tips and ideas.

Seedlings & Flowers from Local Growers in the Greenhouse

They are here and ready for planting. The greenhouse is filled with varieties of herbs, produce, perennial and annual flowers to choose from, but supplies are limited to what we have on hand. Come check out our selection, it changes daily and the greenhouse is only up and selling for a short time.

Potting Soils & Compost

We will only be stocking soils and compost while the greenhouse is up and plants are available, so come check out our local selection of soils and compost to amend your gardens and planting pots with this year, while supplies last.

Morel Mushrooms from Local Mushroom Hunters

Hunt up your morels in the co-op , they are much easier to find than in the woods and no risk of tick bites. Get them while supplies last. Ask a produce worker should you want some cooking or preparation tips.

Nettles from Local Sources

Nettles really are one of the most nutritious greens you can eat. They are high in protein, calcium, magnesium and iron. They are also rich in vitamins A and C. They have a long history of medicinal use and are reported to help relieve asthma, headaches, eczema, lower blood sugar levels and blood pressure, increase breast milk, reduce arthritis pain and produce healthy, shiny hair. Sounds like a cure-all to me! Nettles are best gathered in spring (with gloves on!) when the plants send out tender new shoots.

Seed Potatoes from Blue Mound, WI

They're here and ready for planting. We have a number of varieties to choose from, but supplies are limited to what we have on hand. Come check out our selection before they sell out.

Asparagus Crowns

Asparagus crowns are arriving at the coop and ready for planting. We have the following varieties available in the cooler section of the Produce Department. Purple Passion (purple) & Jersey Giant (green) Come and get them while supplies last.

Green Earth Compost from Holmen, WI

NEW local compost at the co-op now! Soils and compost will only be stocked as long as the greenhouse is up, so come get your supplies for planting and gardening now.

Morel Mushrooms from Local Mushroom Hunters

Garlic Braids from Harmony Valley Farm

Softneck garlic bulbs braided together with dried super chilis, sage and oregano flowers. These are not only gorgeous, but edible and tasty too!

Fresh Burdock Root from Harmony Valley Farm

Burdock root is very crisp and has a sweet, mild, and pungent flavor with a little muddy harshness that can be reduced by soaking julienned or shredded roots in water for five to ten minutes.

Seed Potatoes from Blue Mound, WI

They're here and ready for planting. We have a number of varieties to choose from, but supplies are limited to what we have on hand. Come check out our selection before they sell out.

Greenhouse Seedlings from various local farmers

The greenhouse will be going up and seedlings will start to arrive at the coop. Stop in an check it out, we will have most everything that you could possibly want to plant in your garden this year from herbs and vegetables, to flowers (both annual and perennials). Plants change daily, so stop in frequently to see what’s “new” and get them while supplies last.

Watercress (frost sweetened) locally wildcrafted

Recently frost sweetened, this peppery, crunchy, & zesty addition to any salad, sandwich, wrap or atop any meal. This local green wonder grows in our springfed streams in the Kickapoo Valley, in abundance.

Greenhouse Seedlings from various local farmers

The greenhouse will be going up and seedlings will start to arrive at the coop. Stop in an check it out, we will have most everything that you could possibly want to plant in your garden this year from herbs and vegetables, to flowers (both annual and perennials). Plants change daily, so stop in frequently to see what’s “new” and get them while supplies last.

Asparagus Crowns

Asparagus crowns are arriving at the coop and ready for planting. We have the following varieties available in the cooler section of the Produce Department. Purple Passion (purple) & Jersey Giant (green) Come and get them while supplies last.

Mixed Greens from River Root Farm

Local mixed greens are coming in from River Roots greenhouses in IA. They are providing a lettuce salad mix, an Asian green mix, as well as a winter sauté mix. You can find them bagged in our cooler while supplies last.

Green Garlic & Garlic Chives from Keewaydin Organics

A taste of garlic in the spring to boost your immune system. Local green garlic and garlic chives have begun to arrive at the Coop.

Ramps from Keewaydin Organics

You know spring is here when the ramps are growing in the woods. Such a mild green onion flavor and lovely, tender and delicious greens to enjoy, too. Ramp recipes are prevalent this time of year, but my favorite for this spring is Ramp Pesto. (Ramps..the whole thing, top to bottom, parmesan, sunflower oil, green garlic or garlic chives and a little walnut…puree to a paste and put on anything from sandwiches, salads, crackers, pasta, chips, etc) . Stop by and ask a Produce Associate for some other recipe ideas to try with ramps.

Micro Greens from River Root Farm

These tender little greens are packed full of essential vitamins and nutrients that your bodies are craving after winter. Grab a container and enjoy them mixed into a salad, on a sandwhich or wrap.

Arugula from Snow Goose Farms

A very tender and slightly spicy, peppery green. Wonderful fresh in salads or on sandwiches or tacos, or folded into an omelet. In Italy arugula is popular in Panini sandwiches or cut into little ribbons (chiffonade) & heaped on pizza after it comes out of the oven. Store in plastic in the fridge & use up within a few days.

Dandelion Greens from Stutzman Farm

One of the most nutritious greens around…the green on those little yellow flowers called dandelions are a super-food: low calorie, nutrient-rich and cleansing. Just one cup of raw chopped dandelion greens is 25 calories and contains 112 percent of the daily recommended value of vitamin A, 32 percent daily value of vitamin C and more calcium than a cup of cottage cheese. Dandelion greens also contain the antioxidant lutein, which is good for keeping your vision healthy.

  Variety of Seeds from Yore Seed Company

Offering the finest traditional and heirloom seed varieties grown and adapted to the growing conditions of the Driftless region. This is the first year we have offered seeds from Yore Seed Company in Westby Wisconsin. Come check out the selection.

Watercress locally wildcrafted

A peppery, crunchy, zesty addition to any salad, sandwich, wrap or atop any meal. This local green wonder grows in our springfed streams in the Kickapoo Valley, in abundance, wherever I look. We are lucky to have a few folks gather it up for us to sell here at the Coop. We have several great recipes for watercress soups, salads, etc, so please stop and ask a Produce worker for some ideas.

All-Blue Potatoes from Driftless Organics

All-blue potatoes are best for frying & roasting because of their waxy texture & beautiful color (boiling leaches a lot of their color out a bit).

Winter Spinach from Welden Farm & Snow Goose Farm

So crunchy & full of rich mineral flavor & the deepest of green color.  Enjoy fresh in salads, sandwiches, wraps, etc. or wilted on their own or in eggs, sauces, pasta, soups, stir-fries, etc.  Keeps about a week in plastic in the fridge. Bulk is on sale this week, come and get it at this great price.

Turmeric from Hawaii

Aside from its culinary uses, Turmeric is a mild digestive, being aromatic, a stimulant and a carminative. An ointment base on the spice is used as an antiseptic in Malaysia. Turmeric water is an Asian cosmetic applied to impart a golden glow to the complexion. Curcumin has been shown to be active against Staphlococcus aureus (pus-producing infections).

Green Cabbage from Little Valley Farm

Cabbage is very high in vitamin C, K, & lots of Brassica-family antioxidant phytonutrients.  Red has some different phytonutrients than green because of its color, so be sure to mix them up a bit.  Either will retain nutrients better if you eat them raw or lightly steamed/sautéed rather than cooked for a long time.

(Last of the local available while supplies last.)

Black Spanish Radish from Driftless Organics

Black Radishes are a highly nutritious botanical that helps to support and maintain the natural health of the liver, gallbladder, urinary and digestive tracts; and while supplying valuable nutrients (vitamins, minerals, protein, fiber, fatty acids and other botanical compounds) to sustain a healthy body, Black Spanish Radish also helps to maintain and support a normal healthy and balanced thyroid, as well as our natural respiratory health.

(Last of the local available while supplies last)