Great Orders This Week!

Our $20 Farmer Pick box full of our farmer's Good Food!

I guess after making it through all of the madness that was last week relatively easily we should have expected a few glitches! We did not get as much Broccoli or Swiss Chard from the farms as we expected so we ended up having to make a substitution for some of the Farmer's Pick boxes: we sent out Tuscan Kale in some orders for replacement. Hopefully everyone is happy with this, sometimes we have to make a last-minute change and this week was one of those. Amazingly this was our only problem with harvest deliveries, not bad considering!

We're calling it Spring! We're still a few weeks off from the official calendar date but the soil is warm, the Chickens are increasing

Daffodils are our Spring Sign

their egg production (this is dependent on daylight hours) and the great weather in the last few days has everything budding up like crazy. The Daffodils that are all over our Century Heritage Farm are one of the first flowers to bloom and they help us to gauge Mother Nature's disposition. Here is our youngest farm dog Rosco photo bombing my picture of the first ones to start opening, right next to our packing shed. Sightings around the farm include Honey Bees, Eastern Red Bats and lots of migrating birds (a flock of Red-Winged Blackbirds just landed in the field!). The Bluebirds and Cardinals have been putting on stunning shows for a few weeks now, despite the snow and ice. We still have a few chilly nights to go but we are wishing everyone a Happy Spring!

Honey Report

Some Members have been asking about the forecast from our local Honey Producers. We don't keep hives here at Moore Farms

Our neighbor's Honey Bees love our Oregon Holly bushes which are blooming right now!

because Laurie is allergic, though we have lots of them around pollinating our crops. Our neighbors at Sycamore Hill Apiaries reported that 2013 was a terrible year for Honey as the rains literally washed a lot of the Honey out of the hives. Some Beekeepers even had to feed their Bees because they didn't have enough stored Honey for the Winter. We are waiting for updates on how they are looking so far this year and have been encouraged by the numbers of Honey Bees we have already seen here on the farm. Fingers crossed that 2014 will be a much better Honey year!

From the Farmers

We are very proud to bring our farm harvests to your family's table and we always want to know what you think about what we do. Send us your recipes, pictures and stories and thank you for supporting your local food system!

photo by Anthony-Masterson Photography

Will and Laurie Moore

Moore Farms

www.moorefarmsandfriends.com

256-282-7889

Farmer Picks

February 19th & 20th deliveries

$20 Farmers Pick
Broccoli (3/4 pound) ~OR~ Tuscan Kale (3/4 pound)

Lettuce (1 head)
Apples (4-5)
Sweet Potatoes (2 pounds)
Cabbage (1)
Florida Grapefruit (1)

$30 Farmers Pick
everything in the $20 box plus:

Carrots (bunch)
Florida Tangerines (4)
Swiss Chard (bunch) ~OR~ Tuscan Kale (3/4 pound)

$40 Farmers Pick
everything in the $30 box plus:
Another order of Apples
Another order of Tangerines
Topless Beets (1 pound)

(Farmer Pick contents may change before delivery due to unexpected events.)

Weekly Recipe

Flourless Chocolate Cake

We found this recipe by Teresa Blackburn of Relish Magazine and adapted it for Valentine's Day: the secret ingredient for the rich fudgy gluten-free dessert is pureed Beets! Click here for the original, this is our version that uses Pecan Meal and Cocoa.

We didn't think the cake needed the glaze included in the original recipe so we omitted it. We substituted Cocoa Powder for the bittersweet chocolate and Pecan Meal for the Almond Meal because that's what we had on hand!

Ingredients:

1-3/4 cups Cocoa Powder (not Hot Cocoa mix!)

8 Tbsp (2 sticks) Butter

1/4 cup Olive Oil

6 Eggs, separated

3/4 cup granulated Sugar

1 cup pur�ed cooked Beets

3/4 cup Pecan Meal

2 Tbsp Powdered Sugar

Preheat oven to 350.

To prepare cake: combine Cocoa Powder, Butter and Olive Oil in a saucepan. Heat on medium low, stirring until mixture is smooth. Let cool to room temperature.

Whisk together Egg yolks and granulated Sugar until light and well-blended. Add cooled chocolate to egg mixture, whisking well. Stir in the pur�ed Beets and Pecan meal. (We pureed the Beets in a food processor and then ran them through a strainer to be sure they were chunk-free.)

With an electric mixer, beat egg whites with powdered sugar until soft peaks form. Fold into chocolate mixture just until combined.

Pour batter into 6 greased cups (we used ramekins). Bake 15-20 minutes (centers will be very "jiggly"). Let cakes cool on a wire rack. Sprinkle with powdered sugar before serving.

So, we couldn't wait to try these when we made them and ate the first ones while they were still warm: not exactly like a molten chocolate cake but we liked them warm or cool!

New Farmers' Market!

We are so excited and proud to announce our new weekly Farmers' Market! We have been working for the past several months with The Carter Center, Woodland Gardens and Riverview Farms to form the Freedom Farmers' Market at The Carter Center.

Starting Saturday March 1st we will be there from 9am - 1pm with a variety of products from Moore Farms and Friends. It's such a great opportunity for us to meet our Members so ya'll better come out to see us! Check out the website for more info and be sure to sign up for email announcements:

freedomfarmersmkt.com

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