Tebbs Market Boxes

Market boxes were started in 2021 and have quite quickly rocketed to our most popular offering. The idea came to us during our greenhouse season. We all love greenhouse season because it is ever changing and evolving with ideas. Produce season is one that we all dreaded because of the monotony. There wasn’t anything to break up the weeks, they just seemed to drag on week after week.We set out on a mission to come up with something that engaged us, increased business, and excited our customers - they've done exactly what they were intended to by quickly rocketing to our most sought after offering. At the core of the market box there is local fresh produce, but we knew it needed to be more than that to be innovative. It needed to be exciting for the customer - not a box of tomatoes and corn and that’s where the format was born. Because we have been in the produce career for 75 years, our family has more than enough “loved” fresh produce recipes to go around. We have always said: “If people only knew how to prepare these things - they’d go crazy over them.” So we started sharing some of our loved recipes including: Bruschetta, Tomato and Corn Salad, Peach Cobbler, Fresh Pasta Primavera, Roasted Sweet Corn, and more. So each week we decided to focus on a theme and include a recipe to match with as many of the produce ingredients as we can source or grow. For example last year we did a brunch themed box with Grandma's Corn Fritter and Maple Syrup recipe;, a BLT market box with Robin's Fresh Corn and Tomato Salad, A "Cinco De Augusto" box with Juju's Fresh Salsa Recipe; an It's Fall, Ya'll box with John's Beloved Reuben Recipe, and many others! The contents of the box are different every week. Once we knew we wanted to implement the recipe, we knew that our business couldn’t provide some of the ingredients. Thats where the idea of including other small businesses in the area came from. We are firm believers in small businesses being the lifeline of the economy. You will never meet more proud, hardworking people that than the people behind a small business. We wanted this to be such a crucial part of the market box. We not only wanted to support the businesses, but we wanted our customers to support these businesses. We have worked with so many local small businesses including: Tony’s Deli (In almost every box!) , Lycoming Bakery (in almost every box!), Broad Street Breads, Real Taste Food Trucks, Waltz Creamery & Farm House Cafe, KC Kettle Corn, Nittany valley Creamery, We Sister’s Bakery, Hillside Catering, Di Rosco Arrostocini Fresh Pastas, Deb’s In A Jam, Sprinkled Sweet, Wegmans, Mr. Sticky’s, Grigg’s Coffee, Kathy’s Cafe, Batter Up Bakery, Shady Side Maple Syrup, Teamwork Graphics, Miles Welby Candles, Dippedtastic Treats, Landon’s Apple Cider, Wagner’s Wasted Whoopies, Maseto’s Deli, Lotus Blossom Letters, Grain and Gold, Milkhouse Creamery, Gunzey’s Hot Sausage, Susquehanna Mills, Papa Dave’s Cotton Candy, Helmrich’s Seafood, Green Bee Farm, Barrel 135, Predoni’s, Celebrations Bakery & Cafe, The South Side Pizzeria and Restaurant, Tag’s Foods, Eder’s Ice Cream, Bullfrog Brewery, DiSalvos, and I’m sure there’s more with hopefully more to add to the list in the future! Another item in almost every market box is something we call "Weird and Unusual Produce." We know there are SO MANY vegetables and fruits that are locally grown that people have never heard of - or are too intimidated to try. We came up with including a “weird & unusual” item in each box. That has been so fun to come up with each week. Some, not all, that we have included are: Yellow & Orange Watermelon, Fairytale Eggplants, Fresh Okra, Yum-Yum Peppers, Black heirloom tomatoes, Chocolate Covered Cherry Peppers, Patty-pan squash, Kohlrabi, donut peaches, Italian Prune Plums, and lots more. Because it's included as an item is in the box, most people will try it or prepare it in the suggested way and they end up loving it! Yellow watermelon has been one of the most popular, people now request that more often than red watermelon!

The cost is entirely dependent on the contents. They may range from $65-$95 each depending on that week's theme. They are put together with a family of 4-5 people in mind. We also offer a "half size" box, some weeks, with the idea of a 2 person household ordering one. They include the recipe and contents to make about half the amount of the full size box. They also might not contain all the "extra" items we include in the full size box. The half size box is usually about $45-$60 depending.

You must be subscribed to our mailing list. You can do so by going to www.tebbsfarms.com/subscribe and entering in the required information. Once you are subscribed you'll recieve the email EACH WEDNESDAY MORNING at 8:00 am, during market box season. The email will detail the contents of the box and the cost. The only way to order that week's box is to REPLY to that email. We reply back with a confirmation number and you're good to go. You will then pick up the next day, THURSDAYS of the week, using that confirmation number given to you in our reply back email. Payment is due upon pick up. If you order one and fail to pick your box up the next day, you will no longer be able to order market boxes with us. We only do so many each week and we often have to tell people who try to order that they are sold out by the afternoon. That means two things: ORDER EARLY (Meaning as soon as you get the email at 8:00 am) and IF WE HOLD ONE FOR YOU - YOU'RE TAKING THE SPOT OF ONE OF OUR ACCOUNTED FOR BOXES.

At Tebbs Farms we believe small business is the lifeline of the economy. These businesses are owned and run by people in your community. That means their profits go back into your LOCAL ECONOMY to build it up, provide jobs, and make it a spectacular living area. SUPPORT THEM! We would never ask you to do something we don't do - so we are doing just that, supporting our friends. For example: In the Brunch basket last year we did a Sticky Bun from Mr. Sticky's, Fresh Squeezed Orange Juice from Kathy's Cafe, Eggs from a local chicken farm, Whole Milk from @nittany Valley Creamery, Coffee from Griggs Coffee, Muffins from Batter-Up Bakery, Lean Bacon and Breakfast Sausage from Tony's Delicatessen & Fresh Meats, and a Tebbs T-shirt from Teamwork Graphics. That was just ONE basket! Last year we worked with several others including: Maseto's, Di Rosco Arrosticini, Lycoming Bakery, Lotus Blossom Watercolors and Lettering, Miles Welby A Candle Co., The Hillside Catering, Sprinkled Sweet, Wegmans, @InAJam, Kc Kettle Corn, We Sister's Bakery, Waltz Creamery & Farm House Cafe', @Real Taste Taqueria,and Broad Street Breads.

We offer market boxes during peak produce months in the summer with the occasional additional offerings during the fall and holidays. Our market box season in 2023 will start with the first one being Thursday July 27 followed by: August 3, August 10, August 17, August 24, and August 31. Our special boxes do not have a specific calendar date and become available when the idea comes to us. As long as you are subscribed, you'll get all the information about them in plenty of time to order.

During market box season, the email will go to our subscribers inbox by 8:00 am on Wednesday mornings. Generally, market baskets get claimed quickly usually by around noon! It is best to reply to that as promptly as possible, ensuring your on the list for one. We only do a set number of boxes each week and once the spots are all filled - they are SOLD OUT.