Good Food from Healthy Farms
Terra Organics Sponsors Tacoma Twilight Criterium
Jun 10th
This Saturday is the Tacoma Twilight Criterium, a fun bike race from 3 to 11pm on June 12th (this Saturday) in downtown Tacoma. Terra Organics joins an abundance of local organization in sponsoring Twilight Criterium in its first year. We’ll be out at the event with information about Terra and perhaps some produce samples.
Find out more about the event here: http://www.tacomatwilight.com/
We hope to see you out there.
Attention Groupon Customers
Jun 8th
Dear Terra Organics and Tahoma Farms Groupon Holders,
The response to our Groupon offering on Monday greatly exceeded our expectations. We are excited to have the opportunity to deliver the Northwest’s best produce to you in the coming weeks.
Redemption of the Groupons begins Wednesday, June 9, and will need to be done over the phone. Please do not sign-up via the website. If you have already done so, that’s fine, we will still need to talk to you over the phone.
We will be processing Groupon redemption codes from 8am to 8pm Wednesday – Friday, and will keep the same hours next week if needed. If you reach our voicemail during these hours, please leave a message and we will return your call just as soon as we are able. Each phone call will be returned in the order it is received; please only leave one message.
Again, we are excited at the opportunity to share with you the local, organic bounty that we deliver. We look forward to talking to you soon.
Sincerely,
Dan
Terra Organics Deal on Groupon
Jun 7th
Terra Organics is excited to be featured on Groupon.com offering a 50% off discount for new or returning customers. Now is a great time to start or restart your Terra deliveries! Help us spread Good Food by checking out our deal in Groupon.
Thursday Market TODAY!
Jun 3rd
Join us today for a one-of-a-kind farmers market experience. From 3pm to 7pm at Terra headquarters (501 East 34th Street, Tacoma, WA 98404) all of the delicious organic food that makes up your produce boxes will be available for purchase in a market setting! Don’t miss this great chance the get great deals on organic produce. It’s going to be a blast, so be sure not to miss it!
Today’s Specials:
Asparagus @ $3/lb
Corn @ 2 for $1
Tomatoes @ $2.50/lb
Apples $1/lb
Find great specials like this every Thursday at Terra Organics’ Thursday Market!
Healthier Lunches in Tacoma Public Schools Petition
Jun 1st
Our friends over at Tacoma Mama are putting together a petition to bring healthier lunches into Tacoma schools. We here at Terra Organics, can’t think of anything greater to support.
Every school day, kids across the district sit down to a fast-food style menu consisting of corn dogs, hamburgers, nachos, and pizza. For 60% of our students, school lunch (and breakfast) is not a choice but an economic necessity.
The opportunity for change is now! Tacoma Public Schools has a window of opportunity to work with a program called ACHIEVE Healthy Communities. The Tacoma School district needs to know that you are in support of this.
Head over to http://tacomamama.com/lunch and sign the petition!
T-Shirt Champion Crowned
May 24th
Congratulations to Gina Rae V. the first person to post a photo of themselves with a Terra t-shirt from our Gear Store. Gina Rae will receive two weeks of organic produce on us. Congrats, Gina Rae and thanks for showing your organic pride!
Standing Against Discrimination
May 20th
Seldom do we feel compelled to take one side or the other on any partisan issue of the day. Most of the time our promotion of good food, family farms and organics is non-partisan. But when an industry is under attack – more specifically, when the people that make up an industry are under attack – we feel it is our duty to take a stand in defense of the injustice. More >
What? What? Terra T-Shirt Contest!
May 17th
Greetings Organic Eaters! It’s time to show your Organic pride by participating in the Terra T-Shirt Contest. We’ve made announcements about this before, but there’s still opportunity to participate. We’re giving away TWO WEEKS OF ORGANIC PRODUCE. How do you participate? It’s quite simple.
1. Go to our Terra Zazzle Gear page and pick out your favorite T-shirt design.
2. When your shirt arrives, put it on and snap a photo celebrating organics.
3. Post your photo on our facebook page or email it to etrotter(at)terra-organics(dot)com.
The first one to complete all of the steps wins!
As mentioned, this contest has already been going on for a couple weeks and considering we haven’t received any photos yet, you have a fantastic chance to win! Think about it, for the price of displaying your organic pride, you’ll be awarded with two boxes of produce. Help us spread the word of organics and get zazzling.
Bonus Points: Suggest in comments or send in a new design idea and if we use your idea you’ll win an exciting bonus prize.
Ask Dan: Trouble in the News
May 13th
Call it a perfect storm. Since the advent of organics in the marketplace in the mid-to-late 90′s, there has not been a confluence of events and media reports that has done more to challenge the industrial food paradigm than what we have seen in recent weeks. I was asked to speak on a panel of entrepreneurs this past week at a breakfast held in Seattle by my alma mater, University of Puget Sound, and these were a few of the stories I highlighted: More >
Ask Dan: Local, Healthy Meat?
May 7th
Image by http://www.flickr.com/photos/fotoosvanrobin/
We are frequently asked to reveal our source for local, healthy meat. We love Cheryl the Pig Lady, Thundering Hooves and Heritage Meats. In fact, we will soon be offering products from both Heritage Meats and Thundering Hooves. In the mean time, there are a couple of other options out there for you, the discerning and conscientious eater.
I can’t speak from personal experience (yet!) about our first referral, but Inger Owen, and her husband, Dave, operate Fraction Farm in Eatonville, WA. There, the couple raises antibiotic and hormone-free pastured poultry and is WSDA certified for on-site slaughtering. The requirement for on-farm slaughtering is that all meat is sold from the premises within a 48 hour window and is never frozen. That means that you can buy your bird the same day that it was harvested and bring it straight home to the rotisserie. Their next farm day is Sunday, May 16th, from 10am – 2pm; whole chickens are available for $4.00 per pound. Email Inger at inger@fractionfarm.com for more information.
The second referral is Bruce Dunlop, from Lopez Island Farm. In addition to restaurant sales, an on-farm retail stand, processed jams, syrups and chutneys, Bruce sells pre-ordered meat out of the back of his pickup truck in the Proctor District of Tacoma. Once a month (if we’re lucky) he makes the drive down from Lopez with his delicious pork, beef and lamb. His next trip is planned for early June, so email him at bruce@lopezislandfarm.com if you’d like to be put on the mailing list to receive an order form every month or so.
