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  • Strawberries 
  • Wild Greens 
  • Asparagus
  • Garlic  
  • Onions
  • Potatoes
  • Rhubarb 
  • Sweet Potatoes
  • Lettuce
  • Leeks
  • Mushrooms
  • New Potatoes
  • Spinach
  • Mint 
  • Breads
  • Canned items
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The Lexington Farmers' Market  

May 18, 2011

Although we can't always count on Kentucky weather, we can always rely on our faithful and loyal Kentucky farmers who go to such incredible lengths to bring their produce to us.  The trials that this dogwood winter has put before us have forced me to recognize the beauty in the little things that come with each weeks' markets.  I've been filled with even more gratitude than I thought was possible for the hard work that our farmers, our friends, put into growing our food and getting it to our tables.   

 

            I'm currently re-reading Kentuckian Barbara Kingsolver's memoir, "Animal, Vegetable, Miracle", which details her family's attempt to eat only locally grown food for an entire year (an absolute must-read if you haven't!).  The profound argument she makes for eating locally and seasonally can be summed up by this: "Respecting the dignity of spectacular food means enjoying it at it's best".  I found this statement all too relevant to the wonderful qualities of the Lexington Farmers' Market where you will find local, seasonal products that have been hand picked only hours before you purchase them.  These products are superior not only out of taste, but also out of quality and the fact that so much time, thought and effort goes into their harvest!

            Along with all of the spectacular products that our farmers have brought to market, we've had many special guests visit the LFM- and have many more to come!  This week Maggie Green, author of "The Kentucky Fresh Cookbook," and Kelli Carmean, author of "Creekside: An Archaeological Novel" will be featured in our Homegrown Authors series.  Many thanks to The Morris Book Shop, and to all of the visiting authors, for helping organize such a wonderful summer series for our market!  Other notable visitors to our downtown market this Saturday include, the Bluegrass Youth Sustainability Council who will be building and painting rain barrels, Broke Spoke Bike Shop in promotion of Lexington Bike Month and the Lexington Ballet!  Last but not least, StoryCorps will be in Lexington from May 19th until June 25th recording oral histories.  Interview one of our vendors this Saturday and contribute to an invaluable archive of American voices and wisdom for future generations!

          As always, many thanks to all of you- our loyal customers for getting through this soggy weather by our side!  This week you will be sure to find lots of delicious lettuce, rhubarb, asparagus, chard, strawberries and other wonderful spring vegetables to fill your fridge!

 

Alexa Arnold

Lexington Farmers' Market Assistant Manager

 

 

PS: I've included an excerpt from Maggie Green's "Kentucky Fresh Cookbook" for this week's recipe.  It was so hard to choose just one!
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Cheapside Park

7am-3pm

 

Tuesday/Thursday
S. Broadway and Maxwell
Opens May 3rd!

Sunday
Southland Dr.
10am-2pm
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Spring Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing

 

Ingredients

 

Salad

5 ounces mixed salad greens or baby spinach (about 5 cups)

½ small red onion, thinly sliced (about ½ cup)

1 cup sliced strawberries

½ cup sliced mushrooms

¼ cup snow pea pods thinly sliced on the diagonal

¼ cup sliced almonds, toasted

 

Dressing

¼ cup fresh lemon juice

2 tbs Kentucky honey

2 tbs olive oil

1 tsp Dijon mustard

½ tsp poppy seeds

¼ tsp salt

¼ tsp ground black pepper

 

Directions

 

Place the spinach or salad greens in a large salad bowl.  For the dressing, whisk together the lemon juice, honey, olive oil, mustard, poppy seeds, salt and pepper.  Add half the dressing to the greens and toss to coat.  Mix in the onion, strawberries, mushrooms, pea pods, and almonds.  Add more dressing and toss to coat.  Serve an extra dressing on the side.

 


 

INFORMATION FROM OUR SPONSORS

 

SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY


We are pleased to announce that Sullivan University is a returning sponsor of the Lexington Farmers' Market and will be providing many more seasonal cooking demonstrations at our Saturday markets.  

 

So far, Sullivan University will be providing cooking demonstrations on:

 

June 4th  

August 13th 

 

And of course, they will be preparing the food for our special event- our "Taste of the Farm in the City" dinner on July 30th!

   

GOOD FOODS MARKET AND CAFÉ  

  

Upcoming Events:

 

Southland Cleanup Event

 

Please join the community for a Southland Cleanup Event on May 21st (rain date May 28th) from 8 - 11 am. Good Foods Market & Café, LFUCG, Bluegrass Pride, and the Southland Association are hosting a cleanup event on Southland Drive during Keep America Beautiful's Great American Cleanup. During the event, volunteers will install storm drain markers and pick up litter on both sides of Southland Drive (including the grassy areas and waterways).

 

For more information or to sign up, contact Danielle M. Dove at danielle@goodfoods.coop or 859-278-1813, ext. 231.

 

Volunteers: Park and check in close to the tents in front of Good Foods on Southland Drive.Breakfast provided by Donut Days & Good Foods Market & Café.Volunteers can sign up to win gift certificates from local businesses.Good Foods will be giving away 100 herb plants.

 

When: Saturday, May 21, 8 - 11 am

 

Good Foods Co-op is a locally owned and operated cooperative business where everyone is welcome to shop at either of our locations - Good Foods Market & Café on Southland Drive or Good Foods Chapter 2 inside the downtown Lexington Public Library. Good Foods has served the Lexington community since 1972. Good Foods Market & Café, 455 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503, (859) 278-1813, www.goodfoods.coop

 

 

THE FAYETTE ALLIANCE

 

The Fayette Alliance is Lexington's ONLY land-use advocacy organization that regularly educates and lobbies local government for a sustainable growth model that benefits all of us.

We believe that preserving our signature Bluegrass landscape, creating a dynamic and equitable cityscape through infill redevelopment, and improving our natural waterways by fixing our sanitary sewer and stormwater systems are key components to achieving our economic and environmental promise here in Lexington-Fayette County.

We are an alliance of citizens from the entire community, including stakeholders from the agricultural, neighborhood, and infill sectors. We are a united voice for responsible growth, and only weigh-in on those land-use issues that have countywide implications. Together we can chart our future, and positively impact local zoning decisions-the very building blocks of our community.

If you want a better quality of life for all of us, please join The Fayette Alliance today for free.  Visit www.fayettealliance.com for more information.

 

 

INFORMATION FROM OUR SPONSOR WUKY

  

WUKY was founded in 1941 as the radio voice of the University of Kentucky. Our mission then-as now-was to bring information and enlightenment to the people of central Kentucky. Back then we even hauled radios to remote areas so people could hear our programs. Today we're pioneering the use of digital technology to bring multiple streams of great non-commercial programming to this region. Whether you're a Lexington resident or a visitor, please take a moment this weekend to tune your radio to WUKY at 91.3FM, and, when you get home, stream our signal on line at www.wuky.org. There you'll enjoy NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk and Fresh Air all supplemented by award-winning WUKY news. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m., you'll hear a unique blend of music that we call "Adult Rock", featuring a wide variety of artists from Talking Heads to Norah Jones to Lucinda Williams. In addition, our weekend schedule includes everything from A Prairie Home Companion to the big bands, the Grateful Dead Hour, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. WUKY 91.3FM truly has something for everyone. We are able to accomplish all this only because of community support. Income from this and other special events, underwriting by area businesses, and contributions from individual donors account for over two-thirds of our budget so please pledge now and thank you so much for supporting WUKY.

 

 

2011 NEWS FLASH AND SPECIAL EVENTS

 

NEWS FLASH...


Farm to School program brings locally grown produce to the lunchroom

By Mary Meehan - mmeehan1@herald-leader.com

 

Cups of bright green lettuce dot the cafeteria tables of Lansdowne Elementary School.

 

First-graders eat the crunchy, locally grown treat with their fingers; a few discover that a strip of lettuce can make a nice goatee.

 

But, that bit of improvisation aside, the idea of introducing kids not only to healthy food, but healthy food grown close to where they live, is at the heart of the Farm to School program, which offered first-grade students a taste test last week.

 

Even in a state as rural as Kentucky, a lot of students have no exposure to agricultural life, said Dr. Jayaram Srinivasan, chief resident in the preventive medicine department at the University of Kentucky and an advocate of the program.

 

"A lot of these kids don't even know where their food comes from," he said.

 

Farm to School is a cooperative effort among a number of local groups, including the UK College of Public Health, the Lexington- Fayette County Health Department and Lexington Farmers Market.

 

The program at Lansdowne is a pilot for a program that Srinivasan hopes will be offered eventually in all Fayette County public schools. The goal is to not only let kids understand where food comes from and why eating healthy food is important, but also to connect local farmers to the school system so that fresh, locally grown produce can become a standard part of a school menu.

 

Taste tests, like the one conducted last week, are merged with classroom lessons about food groups and making healthy choices.

 

Jennifer Rodabaugh's first-grade class has planted peas that they will harvest in the fall. She said she's been pleasantly surprised at how the kids have taken in the lessons they've learned in class about healthy eating.

 

"I'll hear them say things (to each other) like, 'You didn't get a vegetable today' or 'You didn't get a dairy, you got a juice instead'."

 

Madi Knapp, 7, said the program introduced her to turnips in an earlier taste test. She was surprised to learn that she liked them. Now, she said, she and her mom are thinking about planting a garden this spring.

 

She also learned that plants need a lot of care.

 

"If you want to grow good food you have to take care of them like a person," she said.

 

Not every student was sold on the idea of trying something new. The plate of first-grader Faith Osburn, 7, was void of anything green. She wouldn't even try the lettuce. She said she knew she wouldn't like it.

 

Instead she was happily snacking on a chicken patty in the shape of a smiley face. Her friend Faith Hubbard, 7, however, was thrilled with the green stuff.

 

"I love lettuce," she said. "I go crazy for it."

 

Gayle Tomkinson, who operates Berries on Bryan Station Farm, supplied the lettuce. During lunch she walked from table to table with a home-made display showing tiny lettuce seeds and different varieties of lettuce. "We grow more produce than we can sell," she said.

 

The Farm to School program already had benefitted her family's agricultural effort. Bryan Station High School now has a standing order for lettuce twice a week.

 

Srinivasan said the effort has been all volunteer. The group recently applied for a grant to continue to spread the word about healthy, locally grown food.

 

Lansdowne principal Leah Winkler is on board.

 

"The kids are getting familiar with agriculture and food," she said. "That is exciting."

 

Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/04/26/1718979/farm-to-school-program-brings.html#ixzz1KkAb62oQ

 

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OF NOTE...

Between June 17 and November 20, 2010, Faith Feeds collected approximately 37,500 pounds of fresh food.  The food was donated to 14 emergency food agencies, faith ministries and others that feed the poor and hungry.  Forty volunteers gave of their time and energy to make all this possible. Words cannot express the gratitude of the Faith Feed organizers.  

 

 

PARKING is always FREE at all of our markets if you know where to look! All street parking is free on Saturdays as well as the parking garage on Main Street and there are also several pay lots in the area.




Finally, if you have ever lost items at any of our markets and they have not been returned, please check with Jeff, the executive director, during market hours or by phone at (859) 608-2655.


HERE'S A BIT OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK...

 

 

ELMWOOD STOCK FARM

Georgetown, Scott County

 

Look to Elmwood Stock Farm to secure your own share of locally grown, organic, wholesome, healthy farm food each week of the growing season.  We are attending the Tuesday market on Broadway, Saturday downtown, and Sunday on Southland Drive - with our organic meats, eggs, produce and other items each week through the year.

 

Certified Organic PRODUCE we are harvesting this month may be less than prior seasons - with 4 more inches of rain today, it is not possible to get crops planted or transplanted putting many spring items behind schedule.  Perennial items such as mixed Herbs, Horseradish, Asparagus and eventually, Strawberries, are well established and coming along.  Along with Dried Black Beans, we are featuring our Heirloom variety White Corn and Red Corn Meal - grown and freshly ground at Elmwood.

 

MEATS and POULTRY our inventory of grassfed Angus organic beef has been restocked, along with a full selection of certified organic hens and packs of cut-up chicken pieces: breasts, thighs, legs, wings, half-hens, whole hens, Cornish hens, chicken liver, and both ground chicken and ground turkey. Feel free to order ahead for quantity amounts, and we'll have it ready for pickup at any of the farmers markets.

 

EGGS we offer our certified organic eggs from free-ranging hens on grass pasture each market.  Both whole dozen and half-dozens available.  Our hens are always outdoors, enjoying the green growing spring season and rewarding us with beautiful big brown eggs packed full of flavor, orangy color, and healthful omega-3-fatty acids.

 

Growing your own this season?  Try some Elmwood Stock Farm COMPOST, available at each market, 12 quart bags for $5.  Add a little when building raised beds, incorporate some to the root zone when planting seeds or transplanting live plants, or just scatter some on top of the soil for perennial plants, trees, and houseplants.  Add some microbial life to your soil!

 

These days, more than ever, it's important to know the source of your family's food and you can look to a local organic farm to meet your body's nutritional needs resulting in good health.  Visit our website to learn more, review our price lists, and pre-order your special items.

http://www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/ 

 

 

 

OLIVA BELLA EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OILS FROM ITALY    

 

Ciao Lexington.... "WE'RE BAAACCCKKK" at the Saturday Farmers Market!

You will find our booth at the entrance of the market near Vine Street.

 

Come taste our Olio Rustico from Sicily, our 8 year old Balsamico from Modena, our Pomodori and Cipollini sauces that we make in house. 

We will also have our European breads and Benedetto Cavalieri pasta from Italy.

 

Remember we have moved our store location to 400 Old Vine Street, suite #104, right next to Wines on Vine.  Call 859 983 3567 if you get lost or need directions.

 

 

Abigail's Honey   

 

SOAP - Anytime it is around 80 degrees is soap making time.  I will be making many different soaps this summer for your enjoyment and use.  They will be a one-time only soaps and not available all year round.  I like making different things.  One I have made is CITRUS SORBET, a beautiful orange soap with golden swirls.  It looks like a sunset with the scents of orange blossom and other citrus fruit.  A very refreshing shower soap. 

 

Next is OAKMOSS, a beautiful brown and green soap with scents of the deep forest while raining.  It reminds me of the Pacific Northwest. 

 

I also had time to make a standard - LEMONGRASS - made with real lemongrass essential oil. 
All soaps are handmade from scratch with palm, coconut and olive oils.  No kits are ever used.  My soap is the real thing. 

 

NUT BUTTERS - The nut butters are becoming a delicious habit with many of my customers.  I can see why.  Fresh ground nuts with real honey.  A great treat with bananas  or on toast.  For children, this is a great snack - whole and nutritious.  YUMMY!  HONEY ROASTED PEANUT BUTTER AND ALMOND NUT BUTTER THIS WEEK!

 

Don't forget my new novel, "Death By Drowning".  You can pick up a copy at my booth stand.

 

My husband, Peter,  will be helping the next two weekends - so stop by and say hello.

Want to check out what is going on at the farm, then go to my blog listed below. 

 

www.abigailshoneyblog.blogspot.com

Check out Abigails on www.abigailkeam.com.

 


 

Bybee Farm

Madison County

 

 Gerald and Deborah McMaine will be at market this Saturday with fresh local strawberries! We will also have tomato plants for sale! 

 

 

Superlative Coffee Roasters

Fayette County 

   

The weather may be a bit unpredictable but you can always count on the great taste of FRESH roasted Superlative coffee.

 

Join us this Saturday at the Lexington Farmer's Market at Cheapside Park for good conversation, a hot cup of coffee, and a bag of fresh roasted beans to take home for the week.

 

More and more vendors are setting up their booths and tents now and the fresh produce you can buy at the market is just out of this world.  Make sure you stock up on all the goodies and have Superlative Coffee for you Sunday breakfast, too

 

Jenny Super and Patrick Meyer
Owners. Craft Roasters.

 

 

"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS

Fayette County

 
The 2011 season for the outdoor Lexington Farmer's Market is in full operation. On Saturday May 21th we will be downtown at Cheapside Park and on Sunday May 22th we will be on Southland Drive.  We will be at both markets unless it rains, so come on out and replenish your local honey and pollen supplies.

You may still purchase honey, pollen, and/or beeswax candles from us anytime from our home at 1909 Nicholasville Road in Lexington until we return to the Lexington Farmer's Market in April of 2011.  Call us first at 859 276-0258, and we will put what you want on our back porch for you to pick up. You may also call to make an appointment to look at Bev's candle selection.

Out home is located one block north (toward downtown) of the intersection of Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road. Turn on Goodrich Avenue and take the first driveway on your right, and you will be in our back yard. There will be a silver travel trailer (Airstream) under an awning directly in front of you. Your honey will be on the back porch. If we are not home, just leave the money on the counter.  There is change in a small jar on the counter if you need some.   

Web Site

www.KentuckyHoney.com 

     

Thank you,  Nick & Bev Nickels

 

 

BLUE MOON FARM***Sustainably Grown***    

Madison County    

 

What a soggy spring we've had so far!!  It's hard to get everything dried out between markets when there's a threat of rain every day!!  We hope that we have let our intrepid shoppers know how much we appreciate their continued support of the market through less-than-perfect weather!  We CAN'T do this without you, so thanks a million!

Our BABY SPINACH has rallied, and will be back at market this weekend, joining the SPRING MIX, BABY KALE and BABY LETTUCES.  We hope to have a few RADISHES too, but not sure about that yet.  We've been eating our "holier-than-thou" ARUGULA and it is yummy!  Maybe not so pretty, but Mmmmm!!

The GARLIC SCAPES are happening big time now!  If you're into pickling, these make great (and really different) pickles!  If not, use them in salads, stir frys, and soups, top a pizza with them, steam in with some Colcord Farm ASPARAGUS! 

We'll be cutting FRESH CILANTRO for market again this week.  With some of Roland's hydroponic tomatoes, our garlic scapes and our Chipotle Pepper Powder or Aji Amarillo Powder, you've got yourself a great salsa!

We'll have Bracken County OYSTER MUSHROOMS as usual......we love to hear our customers rave about them!  They're so quick and easy to prepare.........a quick saute in olive oil and garlic is all it takes.

For the main dish of your dinner we've got pastured PORK from Stone Cross Farm in Spencer County.  This is the same pork served in many of our fine area restaurants, like Windy Corner,  Dudley's, Boone Tavern, Holly Hill Inn and others.  We carry CHOPS, ROASTS, TENDERLOINS, BACON, SAUSAGES of all kinds (all nitrate-free).  Our GRASS-FINISHED BEEF comes from Colcord Farm in Bourbon County.  These animals are never fed any grain.  They graze on organically maintained grasses on picturesque Ashbourne farm.  We carry STEAKS, ROASTS, BURGER and FILETS.

Our FRESH KY LAMB comes from Lincoln and Garrard Counties.  Have you ever had a lamb burger?  Yum!

Now that we have Kenny's CHEESES and Stone Cross Farm CHEESES, we should be able to find something for just about anyone!  It gives us over 20 varieties!  

Sunrise Bakery gets up long before the crack of dawn to bake us the wonderful ARTISAN BREADS  we carry......from WHOLE WHEAT to SOURDOUGH, with lots in between!  They also make the huge BLACKBERRY MUFFINS, CINNAMON ROLLS, and other sweets to start your day off right, the GARLIC BAGELS you love, and GARLIC CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES we're becoming famous for!  (They'll hit the Beargrass Farmers' Market in Louisville this week too!)

There's still a lot of time to get an herb garden started!  Come look at our selection of CULINARY HERBS and choose your favorites!

Add some handmade SOAPS from Stone Cross Farm, some great sauces and spices from Bourbon Barrel Foods in Louisville and a pan of drinking water for your dog, and you know you're at the Blue Moon Farm booth!!

Bring a friend who has never had the LFM experience!  They'll be hooked!  We look forward, as always, to seeing you this weekend!

www.bluemoongarlic.com   www.facebook.com/bluemoongarlic  garlic@bluemoongarlic.com

 

 

Henkle's Herbs and Heirlooms

Jessamine County    

 

We will be at the corner of Short and Upper Street this Saturday and at Southland on Sunday, weather permitting.   All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% homegrown, and pesticide free.   

 

We will have the following:

-Baby lettuce mix

-Large basil pots

-Heirloom and hybrid tomato and pepper transplants

 

See you at the market!

 

 

Triple J Farm     

   

Triple J Farm will be selling our pasture raised, grain finished beef this Saturday at the market, with a large selection of cuts available, feel free to pre order!!! Also, we will be selling our farm fresh, free range eggs. In addition, we will have a wide variety of culinary potted herb plants available to start those herb gardens.

We will also be selling our farms compost to help get those gardens and flowers looking fabulous!

 

Triple J Farm is also taking subscriptions for our 2011 CSA Program.

We still have shares available for produce and eggs! 

 

We hope to see you all on Saturday!!!

 

 

Quarles Farm    

 

Quarles Farm will be at the Saturday and Sunday Farmer's Market with our beef and other products.  Try our all beef brats on the grill or in the oven on the broiling pan.  It's great either way.  We still have a good selection of ground beef at 3.89 a pound.  With feed and stock prices increasing as they are this price may not last.  Please visit our website at quarlesfarm.com or visit our Facebook page ofr our price list on the beef cuts we have in stock.  Drop in and see what good meat, from our family to yours, is all about.  We have farm pictures and a video or two on our Facebook for your amusement.

 

We also have our great jams, salsas and relishes with us both days.  Now's the time for graduation parties and cakes and breads from our kitchen are a great way to make your party prep easier.  Grilled steaks, burgers or brats for the main course and a sweet to finish.

 

Our garden is looking good and we're hoping to get the rest of our tomatoes planted this week.  We need to start cutting hay and breeding back cows for next years  crop of babies.  The pace is picking up and we truly must "make hay while the sun shines!"

 


Bluegrass Chevre

Fayette/Clark County

 

We are all beginning to have an "Oh, well" attitude about the rain, including our goats who normally run for cover at the first drop. They don't know I'm watching, but I see them ignoring the rain and standing on their back legs to devour the very tops of the honeysuckle bushes.  It must taste better when it's in bloom with a little moisture on it.  As always, the Pavilion is keeping all of us humans dry and comfortable at the Saturday market.

 

With fresh strawberries and basil in season, we've found an out-of-the box recipe on our favorite blog, myfrenchkitchen.com, and it's a different and delicious surprise.  Quarter strawberries and saute lightly in a little olive oil.  Add a dash of balsamic vinegar, lemon juice and about a tablespoon of maple syrup (we used Lucy's sorghum instead).  Cut a loaf of crusty bread into slices, slather with our soft goat cheese, then top with strawberries and ribbons of fresh basil.  Or put strawberries on first, top with goat cheese, and put under the broiler for a couple  of minutes.  Serve with mixed greens, or better yet, for breakfast.

Bon Appetit!

 

Susan and the

gourmetgoats@msn.com 

      

 

CAFFEMARCO

Bourbon County

 

"Fair Trade, organic, hand-crafted, and utterly delicious."

The Lexington Herald-Leader

 

CaffeMarco

729 Main St.

Paris

Tel. (859)684-7555

 www.caffemarco.com    

 

 

The Paw Paw plantation

Powell County

 

I will be at market this week with:

·        Home baked sourdough and sweet breads

·        Hydroponic Tomatoes

·        Sassafrass root

·        English Cucumbers

·        Kentucky agate slices and gemstones (Agate is the official State Rock of Kentucky, and I slice agate geodes with diamond saws and handcraft all of the gemstones I have for sale.)   

Roland McIntosh from the Paw Paw Plantation

 

 

Boone Creek Creamery

Handmade Artisan Cheese

 

Boy are we glad that Spring is finally here, and we're excited to introduce our handmade cheeses to the Lexington Farmer's Market. This week we will have several cheeses available but be sure you check out our traditional Amish Cup Cheeses and our bourbon infused Kentucky Derby.

Boone Creek Creamery specializes in Old World cheeses that are often difficult to find - wonderful cheeses like Lancashire, Stilton, Cheshire, Wensleydale, Pyrenees, Cantal, or Beaufort. Of course we've added our own touch to create some new classics like our Ginger Stilton, Tuscan Sun, Abbey Road, and our exclusive Coffee Gouda.

You won't see hydraulic presses and fancy modern equipment in our micro-creamery. Instead, we make our cheeses by hand using traditional European techniques to protect the delicate curds. This is a lot more work and very time consuming, but we believe it creates better cheeses with rich complex flavors. We hope you agree.

Our cheese is made from all natural JD Country Milk, a family owned Mennonite dairy farm in Logan County. The cows are pasture grazed and never given any antibiotics or hormones. Instead they are fed a vitamin enriched diet and all the grass they can eat. The milk is not homogenized and is pasteurized at just 145 degrees, then quickly cooled to preserve the natural flavor and enzymes that Mother Nature intended. We think the milk tastes better because the cows are happy.

We also offer cheese making classes, supplies, and equipment. For details, call or visit our website.

Our next cheese making class will be Sunday, May 29th from 9:00 to 5:00.

 

We will make Mozzarella, Mascarpone, Yogurt, Queso blanco, Ricotta, and a hard cheese to be determined.

 

The cost is $90 and is limited to 8 students. You can sign up on the website or just send us your payment.


Boone Creek Creamery

859-402-2364

www.boonecreekcreamery.com 

  

 

 

HILLSIDE HERITAGE FARM

Garrard County 

 

Hi everyone.  

 

I will be there Saturday with a couple of full freezers of some of the best pork in the world.  Also, we will be sampling something - we haven't made our mind up about what it will be.

 

So, come by and get a sample.  We look forward to seeing you.  As always, we will have our recipe collection of great pork recipes for you to look through.

 

Look for us at the corner of Short and Upper streets.

 

 

John Contini

4344 Poor Ridge Pk.

Lancaster, KY 40444

 

www.hillsideheritagefarm.com 

859.339.0747

 

 

Remember to visit our website at http://www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.comfor more information about the market.

 

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