Bella Bean Organics

Holiday ham listed as «pasture-​raised, natural» without posted ingredients came with artificial preservatives, and Bella Bean has refused to refund my money for something I could not eat despite their «100% Satisfaction Guaranteed» claim. Notified them immediately upon delivery and took 2 weeks to get a refusal response. Won’t be using service anymore.

This online Farmer’s Market began operations in Jan. 2009 in Durham. It provides weekly delivery service of locally grown, sustainable and organic produce, meats, eggs and artisan specialty foods to homes and businesses in Chapel Hill, Carrboro, Durham, Cary, Morrisville parts of north Raleigh, and recently has added delivery into the Triad area since it was acquired by Coon Rock Farm several years ago. Wednesday is the delivery day for the Greensboro area.
Once you have signed up at their web site, they will send you an email every Wednesday with the list of local and organic produce, meat, eggs, specialty and prepared foods available for the coming week. They provide a recommendation for your box which you may accept as is, or you may customize your box to fit your tastes, preferences, and needs for the week. You can order every week, or only as you choose. Orders placed by 5 PM, Friday will be delivered the next Wednesday.
We’ve used their service several times now, and have been very pleased with the quality of the items, and the efficiency of their delivery. We have not chosen one of their weekly recommended box, but probably will soon. We ordered 4 ½ pounds of fresh Coon Rock Pork Shank, Frozen Softshell Crabs, 2 pounds of Beef Back Ribs, and 3 loaves of Ciabatta.
Everything has been excellent, especially the pork shank. I found this place while searching for fresh pork shank for a dish I was going to try an duplicate from a recent restaurant visit. This type of shank is not readily available since most are simply smoked, and used to season vegetables, etc. The pork shank was very nice and the dish was amazing. This service is well worth checking out — the prices are far from the cheapest, but if locally grown, fresh food items are important to you, this place can help.