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by Alice Warner •

fresh landfill single use plastic sustainable veggies

Keeping Veggies Fresh

May 3, 2017 So, you’ve got your veggies from the farm and they look delicious. But how do you keep them fresh? You could check out the Storage Tips page in the Produce section of our website. It’s a wealth of information. However, in this post I’m going to focus on fresh green leafy vegetables. Leafy veg from our farm arrives in your hands in one of two ways. You could receive a large bunch of leafy stems such as kale, rainbow chard, Asian greens, silverbeet or herbs held together with an elastic band. Or, your leafy greens might come as baby leaves like lettuce, rocket, spinach, beet or turnip leaves. The large bunches should be dunked in a sink of cold water and drained briefly before being stored in a plastic bag or wet tea towel in the fridge. They are hardy eno…