Farmer Melick's Asparagus
SustainabilityHunter Stagg, SAGE's chef/manager at The Peck School in Morristown, NJ, recently received his first delivery of spring bounty from a local farmer named Peter Melick. Stagg approached Melick several years ago about supplying produce to Peck, and the two became friends. Melick recently phoned Stagg and offered him some of the first picks of his Jersey asparagus. Stagg put it into a salad and served it to Peck students and staff. The fresh taste was "out of this...