Today's harvest from the Green Earth Institute for Villa St. Benedict:
Pearl red & white Potatoes
Rutabaga
Watermelon Radish
Winter carrots
Arugula
Butternut squash
Garlic
Spanish onions
Sage
Red beets
Over 100 lbs of produce is grown and picked for Villa St Benedict. It is all USDA certified organic, local and sustainable.
From the website of The Green Earth Institute
The Green Earth Institute is a nonprofit organization established in 2002 to promote nutritional health and environmental sustainability. Using our organic farm as a demonstration and learning center, we grow healthful vegetables in an earth-friendly way and educate about nature, nutrition, and caring for the earth.
On our 60 acre farm located in south Naperville, Illinois, a suburb 35 miles west of downtown Chicago, we grow over 40 crops of nutritious, delicious organic vegetables, and sell them through our community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. For children we offer gardening and nature appreciation programs, and for adults we offer information and instruction about nutrition and environmentally sustainable practices for home, yard, and garden.
Jeremy DeRango
Executive Chef
Villa St. Benedict