Farmer Lee Jones Delivers Lettuce: Down Memory Lane

by Chef's Garden | Oct 26, 2021 | Food and Farming

In the early 1980s, interest rates for farm loans were at 24 percent, and the Jones family had one big customer: a large grocery chain that paid its invoices 120 days after they were issued. Calling that a cash flow problem would be an understatement. Add a...

The Counterintuitive Cooked Carrot

by Chef's Garden | Oct 19, 2021 | Cooking

You may wonder why we consider cooked carrots “counterintuitive.” Conventional wisdom suggests that raw vegetables are more nutritious, but that’s not the case with carrots. Chef Jamie Simpson of the Culinary Vegetable Institute recently discussed a...

Farmer Lee Jones Busts Some Myths About Healthy Eating

by Chef's Garden | Oct 14, 2021 | Health and Nutrition

Myth Busting about Farmacy with Farmer Lee Jones Even caring parents and grandparents sometimes give the impression that healthy food is something you have to eat before you can enjoy the tasty stuff. For example, when they say, “No dessert until you finish your...

Growing For Maximum Flavor and Nutrition

by Chef's Garden | Oct 12, 2021 | Agriculture and Farming

“At The Chef’s Garden, we farm in a regenerative manner, prioritizing soil health and the maximum flavor and nutrition per spoonful, rather than focusing on maximizing tons of food per acre as in the yield model era.” In other words, as we grow vegetables...

Chocolate and Avocado pudding

by Chef's Garden | Oct 6, 2021 | Desserts

Chocolate and Avocado pudding Yield: 1 pint       This pudding is a dairy-free and much healthier alternative to the snack packs we all grew up with. And for those who grew up with Seinfeld, this pudding does not form a skin. If convenience, health, and deliciousness...