Honey Crisp Apples, 2 lbs (Add-On)
$5.99
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Apple season is upon us! Honey Crisps are a super crispy, sweet and juicy variety, making for the ultimate nutritious and delicious snack. Get creative with these peak seasonal flavors: sauté with leafy greens, slice and put in a salad, or bake them into a nourishing tart or pie.
- 2 lbs of apples
- Integrated Pest Management
- Grown by Samascott, NY
The Problem
Grocery store apples may look pretty, but they generally lack flavor and nutrients. The stores buy in bulk and be selling apples that have already been in storage for over a year! In storage, apples lose nutrients and dietary fiber, which means they also lose flavor (yikes!). Antioxidant activity in apples also decreases over long periods of storage time. Grocery store apples also come coated in artificial wax to make them look shinier and fresher even if they are from last season.
Our Food Fix
This apple variety is grown by Mead Orchards, a farm that's just two hours away from NYC. With such a super short travel time, there's no mystery behind how long your produce is being transported and where it's being stored; less travel time means more flavor! This farm grows a diverse variety of apples, plums, berries, and more to keep diverse nutrients in the soil that help maintain a healthy ecosystem, all while allowing us to enjoy new varieties of apples you won't find in the grocery store. They hand-pick and hand-sort their fruit so the apples keep their natural wax-coating unlike grocery store apples.
