concord grapes

IPM Concord Grapes - easily my new favorite fruit

These grapes showed themselves in last weekend's CSA box and visitors Kristy and Nate got to enjoy them too. I had never had them before-with a few seeds (which I'm saving to hopefully plant one day) these globes of fruit popped in your mouth and tasted like candy - a piece of heaven! You could imagine drinking a glass of concord grape juice. It's been such a treat eating these little guys all week.

"IPM (Integrated Pest Management) is grounded in ecological ideals, and aims to significantly reduce or completely eliminate the use of pesticides, but also allows the farmer the freedom to determine the pest control strategies that work best for his farm. Since IPM is less recognizable and less easily explainable than the familiar organic label, the ability to talk directly with customers about it is crucial." http://www.daveskitchen.com/