What's New....This week is the first week that we will be collecting entries for our RAIN BARREL RAFFLE! A rain barrel has been generously donated by Rebecca Peck of Fiskars, if you would like to have a chance at winning it please fill out a raffle ticket at the market!
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The
Phoenixville Farmers' Market is a producer/grower market committed to
providing locally grown, fresh food; to preserving our agricultural
heritage; and to building community.
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Phoenixville Farmers' Market
Saturdays
9am-1pm
Bridge St. & Taylor Al.
Behind Family Dollar
Phoenixville, PA
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Artists at the Market
on Second Saturdays
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Health Screenings
by Phoenixville Hospital
on Third Saturdays
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Hello Market Shoppers,
Join us this week at the Farmers' Market and get a chance to win a rain-collection barrel for your house! Also, the Sierra Club will be at the market sharing an innovative solar house designed by an elementary school student.
The market and all of its abundance is in full swing!
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Food Inc.
Thank you to all of the farmers' market shoppers and supporters who went to see Food Inc this week at The Colonial. If you didn't get a chance to go see the film, you might want to rent it when it comes out on dvd. The film illustrated so many flaws with the industrial food system. I was psychologically prepared to witness the cruelty to animals in the film. While this was horrible and disturbing, equally shocking was the human suffering associated with our industrial food system, whether it was a family grieving at the loss of a child due to E Coli poisoning, an old-time seed cleaner being persecuted by Monsanto, a farmer dismayed at they way corporate giants control the way she raises poultry, or immigrants working in unsafe conditions is meatpacking plants.
The film ends with a series of sentences that encourage viewers to vote three times a day with every bite. On behalf of all of the farmers and producers at the market, I want to thank all of you, our shoppers and supporters, who do, in fact, vote with your food dollars. Without your support, our farmers could be like the industrial farmers in Food Inc, powerless to farm in a humane and environmentally sound way. Our market represents the best of America, a partnership between farmers and shoppers who share a common vision for a food system that respects animals, people and the environment. We are blessed to be part of such a wonderful community.
Liz Andersen
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Recipe
Pan-Roasted Corn and Tomato Salad
1/4 pound bacon, chopped
1 small red onion, chopped
4 to 6 ears corn, stripped of their kernels (2 to 3 cups)
Juice of 1 lime, or more to taste
2 cups cored and chopped tomatoes
1 medium ripe avocado, pitted, peeled and chopped
2 fresh small chilies, like Thai, seeded and minced
Salt and black pepper
1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro, more or less.
1. Cook bacon in a large skillet over
medium-high heat until it begins to render fat; add onion and cook
until ju
st softened, about 5 minutes, then add corn. Continue cooking,
stirring or shaking pan occasionally, until corn begins to brown a bit,
about 5 more minutes; remove from heat and let cool for a few minutes.
Drain fat if you wish.
2. Put lime juice in a large bowl and add
bacon-corn mixture; then toss with remaining ingredients. Taste, adjust
the seasoning and serve warm or at room temperature.
Yield: 4 servings.
From the New York Times
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Looking Ahead
Its Wild for Salmon time! Next week they will be joining us at the market- we hope you are as excited as we are!
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