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Market Updates |  It is 4th of July weekend and no matter where you go (or what the weather is like) grilling is in style.
All our vegetable growers will have something for your grill this Saturday. Summer squash, fennel bulbs, sweet onions--do we hear stomachs are growling? And don't forget about the salads! Potato salad, spinach-strawberry salad, asparagus salad, green salad - you name it, we've got the ingredients.
 If you are a meat eater, there's no place like the Hollywood Farmers Market to find what you're looking for. You will find the highest quality pastured meats from Deck Family Farm--they have steaks that are out of this world and so much more. You can't beat the pork from Sweet Briar Farm--did you know you can order a whole pig to roast?! Yes, a whole pig. And Pine Mountain Ranch can provide you with buffalo burgers that say 4th of July like nothing else.
This weekend is also the great Recipe Give-Away! Stop by the Information Booth on the corner of 44th & Hancock and pick up free recipes featuring seasonal ingredients such as breakfast radishes, mint leaves, green garlic, chorizo and more!
See you at the Market!
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Friendly WIC Know-It-Alls Help Clarify Programs | Did you know that WIC Program participants can now use both Farm Direct coupons and Fruit and Vegetable Vouche rs at Farmers Markets? The nice folks from the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (better known as the WIC Program) will be roaming the Hollywood Farmers Market this month to raise awareness about WIC and related programs, and to act as a resource for program participants. Just look for the people in the blue WIC aprons--they are friendly and they have answers.
WIC is a federally funded program administered by the State of Oregon, that focuses on promoting access of nutritious foods to low-income and nutritionally at-risk pregnant women and children.
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Preserving Class Reminder
|  Sign up now to ensure you or your loved one has a spot in the Hollywood Farmers Market preserving classes with Tressa Yellig of Salt, Fire & Time. They also make a great gift!
Participants
will learn how to make sweet berry conserves, easy vinegar
pickles, canned crushed tomatoes, and fermented vegetables. Each class
is only $50 or take the whole series for $175.
July 24th,
9:30-11:30am - Sweet Berry Conserves
August 21st, 9:30-11:30am - Easy
Vinegar Pickles
September 18th, 9:30-11:30am - Canned Crushed
Tomatoes
October 16th, 9:30-11:30am - Fermented Veggies &
Sauerruben
Participants will be sent home with the canned goods
that they preserved and armed with the knowledge and ability to do it
all again. All ingredients will be sourced from Hollywood Farmers Market
vendors and all equipment will be provided!
To sign up for one class or
the series, please stop by the HFM Information Booth on the corner of
NE 44th & Hancock on market day. You can also email or call the
market to register.
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Only Two Weeks Left for the Photo Contest!
| There are only two more Saturdays to shoot photos for this year's Photo Contest. Submissions are due July 14th. Amateur photographers are encouraged to submit photos
of
their favorite market delights; first-place
prizes will be awarded in three categories:
People: All kinds of
people, young and old, come to the Hollywood
Farmers
Market each Saturday to shop, sell, eat, and people-watch. Capture the
spirit of the diverse group of people who make
up our market community.
Pets: The
Hollywood Farmers Market is known among pet lovers as the
place to be
on Saturday mornings. From dogs to cats, birds to iguanas, which pet
will you capture on film?
Product: The
real reason we come together each week is the
high quality products
brought fresh to market. Fruits, vegetables, cut flowers, plants, baked
goods, fish, cheese, and meat- what's your favorite product at the
Hollywood Farmers Market?
Winners
will be announced on July 17th at 11:00 AM in front of the
music tent. Good luck, happy snapping, and start sending us your
submissions!
Contest Rules
· Photos
must
be taken at the Hollywood Farmers Market
(between NE 44th and 45th
Avenues on Hancock Street, from 8am to 1pm) during the
2010 season
before July 14th.
· Photos must be submitted as a .jpg, .pdf or
.tiff file (max size of 10MB) to volunteers@hollywoodfarmersmarket.org by
Wednesday, July 14, 2010, with the words "Photo
Contest Entry" in
the subject line. Include the
photographer's name, photo category, and contact
information in the body of the
email.
· No digital modifications allowed.
· Submitted
photos become the property of the
Hollywood Farmers Market (HFM). The
HFM may feature the photos online and at the Info Booth without
compensation to contestants.
· Staff and board members of the Hollywood Farmers Market are not eligible to
enter.
· One photo per category, per person will be considered.
· Amateur photographers only, please!
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Featured Products
| July 3rd, 2010
Sunstripe Apricots
Peak Forest Fruit
Red Skillet Beans
The Better Bean Company
Strawberry Lemonade Popsicles
Sol Pops
Goldbar Zucchini
Sweet Leaf Farm
Meekers Raspberries
Liepold Farms
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Market Pics
| Xavi from Sweet Leaf Farm shows off heirloom tomatoes that are just coming on.  |
Breakfast!
 | Seth from Persephone Farm is glad to be back at the Hollywood Farmers Market!
 | The lovely ladies of Liepold Farm.
 | Noah from Sol Pops moonlights as a lounge singer.  | Persephone grows beautiful garlic.
 | The giggly gals from Deep Roots Farm celebrated Kaia's 10th birthday last Saturday - Happy Birthday Kaia!  |
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The Hollywood Farmers Market
is open Saturdays, May through Thanksgiving from 8am - 1pm. (November Markets begin at 9am). 
