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     August 2014 
 
Your Community Natural Foods Grocer Since 1995.


Photo courtesy of AgricultureImpressions.com      

Whether you're spending quality time in your backyard, sunbathing at the beach or the pool, or escaping to the cool mountains, the summer provides a welcome opportunity to be in nature and relax.  There's nothing like sitting back, sipping a refreshing drink, and digging into a good book.

This August, we have compiled our own "Harvest Market Suggested Summer Reading" list, but it's not complete until we hear from you! 
Tell us your pick for favorite food, farming or cookbook on our Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram pages between August 1-31 and we'll randomly select one customer as the lucky winner of a $25 Harvest Market gift certificate.
We have three *one day only* Organic Produce Specials this month in celebration of food holidays, including: 

August 8 - National Zucchini Day - Zucchini - $.08/lb.

 

August 19 - National Potato Day - Irish Loose Potatoes - $.19/lb.

August 27 - National Banana Day - Bananas - $.27/lb. 
Summer Reading List 
Top 3 Staff Food Book Picks
Nourishing Traditions 
by Sally Fallon
 
Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Nom Nom Paleo
by Michelle Tam and Henry Fong


"Simply put, it is a philosophy and an education, and one of the most important books one can own."
-Henry


"This book introduced America to Joel Salatin and the concept that raising chickens, cows and pigs on grass instead of a factory farm setting was environmentally sound and produced high quality animal protein."
-Bob


"It's not just another Paleo cookbook; it's an Asian- influenced cookbook with over 100 Paleo recipes and beautiful step-by-step photographs.  I like it primarily because of the recipes inside,  but also the authors don't take themselves too seriously with funny comics and butt jokes." 

-Alexander F.


 Other Staff Favorites  



Julia's Kitchen Wisdom

By Julia Child 

 

"Small book that covers the basics. Abbreviated and to the point. Great for beginners and seasoned cooks alike."

{Megan}

 

The Foxfire Series
Edited by Eliot Wigginton and his students

"Teaches you how to do pretty much everything on the land. Comprehensive, descriptive, philosophical."
{Zach}


The Permaculture Book on Ferment and Human Nutrition
By Bill Mollison
{Reetie}

Seasonal Fruit Desserts
By Deborah Madison
{Reetie}

Agriculture
By Rudolf Steiner
{Kyara}

Keepers
By Kathy Brennan and Caroline Campion
*Local authors!*
{Karen}

The Drunken Botanist
By Amy Stewart
{Holly}

The Botany of Desire
By Michael Pollan
{John Anthony}

Healing with Whole Foods
By Paul Pitchford

"As a senior going into college, I bought this book at Harvest Market's original location...it got me personally into it [healthy foods]."
{Jeff}

Paradise Lot
By Eric Toensmeier

"Inspirational food gardening in small spaces."
{Forrest}

Moosewood Restaurant Series
By The Moosewood Collective
{Kyara}
Full Moon Feast
By Jessica Prentice
{Kyara}

The River Cottage Series
By Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall
{Kyara}

Relish
By Lucy Knisley
{Holly}

How to Cook Everything
By Mark Bittman
{Beth}
The Green Smoothie Girls
By Zina DiTonno and Kim Lemberg
{Kim}

The Intelligent Gardener
By Steve Solomon
{Stayce}

Joy of Cooking 
By Irma Rombauer and Marion Rombauer Becker
{Bridget}
Online Food Reads

The Lexicon of Sustainability is based on a simple premise: people will live more sustainably if they understand the most basic terms and principles that will define the next economy.

  • Looking for a good recipe online? Our Harvest Market Kitchen Manager, Megan, starts her recipes search through Google images.
August Specials


Summer Supplement Sale

Harvest Market Kitchen

   Harvest Market now carries fresh breads and bagels from La Fia Bakery in Wilmington. The Harvest Market Kitchen will also be using La Fia breads in our prepared foods and sandwiches.  
Food for Thought
40 Maps That Explain Agriculture in America  
From Vox.com 

Total Meat Consumption.  
   
The future of the nations will depend on the manner of how they feed themselves, wrote the French epicurean Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin in 1826. Almost 200 years later, how nations feed themselves has gotten a lot more complicated. That's particularly true in the US, where food insecurity coexists with an obesity crisis, where fast food is everywhere and farmer's markets are spreading, where foodies have never had more power and McDonald's has never had more locations, and where the possibility of a barbecue-based civil war is always near. So here are 40 maps, charts, and graphs that show where our food comes from and how we eat it, with some drinking thrown in for good measure.

Click here to view the maps and continue reading.