Pictured above: Matt Fry’s Italian Torpedo Spring Onions (or Tropea Onions)
It’s onion season ladies and gentlemen! With a couple cool varieties and a ton of layers, our good friend Matt Fry is pumping out some killer spring onions! His Italian torpedo spring onions are picked young and thin (nickel/dime diameter). Originating from Calabria, Italy, this variety was grown for sweetness and tenderness, ignoring shelf life for the best flavor. He’s also brought along his red and yellow bulb spring onions, grown with the same attention and care that he gives towards all of his crops! These onions are exceptional. Their texture is still young with the sugars forward!
Partnered with these amazing onions, we carry Matt’s mixed loose leaf kale. This red n’ green kale has been harvested just shy of full maturity where they’ve gained their structure, but haven’t become tough. If you’re looking for some tender, beautiful, healthy mixed kale you’re in luck! The green and red balance the flavor profile and textures perfectly.
Also new this week, we have sweet corn—tender, juicy and sweet— gold and green tomatoes too! And I hope you’re ready for some of our Bradford family okra! It’s going to be coming to your kitchens in 3 weeks assuming the weather holds!
SPECIAL REQUEST: We kindly urge you to consider adding at least one of our own Bradford Farm grown crops to your weekly orders. We are working with quite a number of other farms to bring you the best access to regional flavor that we possibly can, but the heartbeat of our farm is our homegrown crops. We can’t exist without moving our own crops too. So please review the crops we offer under Bradford Farm Crops below and consider adding one or more of them. It helps us a ton.
Important Info
- NEW! Mixed kale (loose leaf) - Fry Farm
- NEW! Italian Torpedo Spring Onions (nickel/dime diameter) - Fry Farm
- NEW! Yellow bulb spring onions (Vidalia variety) - Fry Farm
- NEW! Red candy apple spring onions - Fry Farm
- NEW! Baby leeks - Wild Hope Farm
- NEW! Sweet corn - FL
- Hanson lettuce, heirloom - Bradford Farm *OUT 1-2 weeks
- Blueberries standing order live
- Tomatoes, Heirloom
⚠️ **Highlights of the week**⚠️
NEW! Italian Torpedo Spring Onions (Tropea), nickel-dime diameter - Fry Farm
Matt Fry’s Italian Torpedo onions — often referred to as Tropea onions — are a different class of allium. Originally from Calabria in southern Italy, this variety was selected for sweetness and tenderness rather than storage. The long, tapered shape and deep red skin give way to a pale interior that’s crisp, juicy, and notably low in sulfur bite.
Matt is harvesting these young, at nickel-to-dime diameter, which completely changes how they eat and how you can use them.
At this stage, they’re exceptionally tender, with a high water content and very low sulfur bite. The long, tapered bulbs are still developing, so the flavor leans sweet, lightly fruity, and clean, without the sharpness you’d expect from a mature red onion.
Grown at Fry Farm with the same attention Matt brings to all of his crops — thoughtful spacing, companion planting, and steady soil management — these onions come in clean and hydrated, with tight structure and a balanced flavor. They’re harvested as spring onions, so the texture is still young and the sugars are forward.
Flavor & Texture
- Mild, sweet, and slightly floral
- Minimal bite — no need to soak
- Crisp and juicy raw, soft and silky when cooked
- Balanced from tip to stem
For the Kitchen
- Raw: Slice whole (bulb + stem) for salads, crudo, or garnish
- Grilled whole: High sugar content gives quick, even caramelization
- Light sauté: Breaks down into a soft, sweet base in minutes
- Quick pickled: Holds structure while absorbing acid
- Charred: Exterior takes color while the interior stays tender
Because they’re picked this young, you can treat them almost like a cross between a scallion and a sweet onion — use the entire plant, minimize waste, and let the natural sweetness carry.
A classic Italian variety, grown carefully in Georgia soil, and highly usable across the board.
NEW! Mixed kale, red ‘n green (loose leaf) - Fry Farm
Matt Fry’s mixed kale is a loose blend of green curly and red varieties, harvested before full maturity — when the leaves have developed structure but haven’t turned tough. It’s a practical picking point: enough size to work with, but still tender enough to handle quickly in the kitchen.
The mix gives you contrast right out of the box — tight, frilled green leaves alongside flatter, red-toned leaves with a slightly deeper flavor. Together, they balance each other: the green brings brightness and texture, the red adds a mild earthiness and color.
Grown with Matt’s usual attention to soil health and companion planting, the leaves come in clean, hydrated, and consistent, even with natural variation between the two types.
Flavor & Texture
- Mild kale flavor with a light, clean bitterness
- Tender but structured — holds up without being fibrous
- Green curly: brighter, slightly more crisp
- Red kale: softer, a touch more depth
For the Kitchen
- Raw salads: Light massage or a simple vinaigrette softens them quickly
- Quick sauté: Cooks evenly, holds color and texture
- Braised: Maintains integrity without turning mushy
- Soups & stews: Adds body and visual contrast
- Grain bowls / composed plates: Reliable, balanced green component
Because it’s harvested just shy of full maturity, you get the best of both worlds — usable size with manageable texture.
Loose leaf format means no breakdown, minimal waste, and immediate usability in prep. A straightforward, well-grown mix that performs consistently across applications.
Key:
** - limited availability
*OUT- currently out of stock
*OFS- out for season
NEW- recent addition
(SlowFood AOT)- appears on the SlowFood Ark of Taste for its exceptional qualities, flavor, story, and historical significance and/or usage.
✅ Bradford Farm Crops: ✅
-Bradford collards bagged/chopped (NEW spring crop)
-Bradford collards whole plant (NEW spring crop)
-NEW! Lettuce, Hanson - heirloom *OUT 1-2 weeks
-Winter Charleston Wakefield cabbage (SlowFood AOT) *OUT (returns ~ 1 week)
-Hybrid green cabbage
-Purple cabbage
-Shredded hybrid cabbage
-Shredded purple cabbage
🤝 Partner Farms: 🤝
-NEW! Mixed kale (loose leaf) - Fry Farm
-NEW! Spring Onions, Italian Torpedo (nickel/dime diameter) - Fry Farm
-NEW! Spring Onions, Yellow bulb (Vidalia variety) - Fry Farm
-NEW! Spring Onions, Red candy apple - Fry Farm
-NEW! Blueberries - Mob ties
-NEW! Baby leeks - Wild Hope Farm
-NEW! Watermelon
——red seedless
-NEW! Tomatoes, heirloom
-Green garlic - Wild Hope Farm
-Farm eggs, organic - Wild Hope
-Monetta Heritage Asparagus - Monetta Asparagus Farm
-Strawberries - Dorr Farms & Hickory Bluff Berry Farm
-Cantaloupe
-New potatoes
——Red (sizes: A, B, C)
——White (A, B, C)
——Red & white mix (A, B, C)
-Purple Top Turnips (heirloom, SlowFood AOT)
-Stampede Sunchokes - Clem’s Organic Gardens
-Broccoli - Southeast (SC, GA, FL)
-Watermelon radishes - Clem’s
-Pecans (fresh, shelled, halved) - Johnny McNair
-Jalapeños - FL
-NEW! Sweet corn
-Blue Lake Pole Snap Beans
-Zucchini
-Yellow Squash
-Italian purple eggplant
-Green Bell peppers
-Red Bell peppers
-Banana peppers
-Grape tomatoes
-Red round tomatoes
-Roma tomatoes
-Tomatillos
-Pee Dee sweet potatoes - Dixon Farms
-Beets, Golden
-Beets, Red
Coming soon:
- May 1st: Santee Sweet Onions (Dorr)
- Heirloom cherry tomatoes
- Rhubarb - early-mid May
- Bradford Okra - May
MORE COMING SOON
….let us know if there is something else you are interested in that isn’t on our list