Moore Farms
Wonderful Orders This Week 
Our $20 Farmer Pick box this week.
It's so nice to have a relatively uneventful week, it's been awhile since we had one of those. All went great with the harvests from our farms, one addition was from Rise and Shine and their Arugula: they didn't have as much as they predicted so some folks got an Arugula Salad Mix instead of the straight Arugula. Both are lovely and delicious!
We finally have more HONEY! We have been frustrated this year as all three of our local Honey producers had a second year of severely reduced hive yields. Two years ago the incessant rains literally washed much of the Honey out of the hives and this past Winter's cold cold weather also had detrimental effects. Finally we were introduced to the fine folks at Organic Mountains Honey and we scored some of their amber elixir! Choose from Wildflower produced in North Georgia, Orange Blossom from Florida or Gallberry from South Georgia. Yay!

Lull in Egg Production
So we wanted to be sure you all knew that all of our Egg farms are all seeing a drastic dip in production after the recent weather chill. It's looking better for next week as we have added a new local producer to the mix.
**Because of the seasonal shortage we ask everyone to please be sweet and limit your order to two dozen. THANK YOU!**

Holiday Schedule and Pickup Location Heads-up!
Just a quick FYI about Holiday Delivery Schedules: for the week of Thanksgiving all deliveries will be made on Wednesday the 26th. Some Pickup Locations may not have a pickup depending on their schedule. This year we will be off entirely for the two weeks of December 22nd and 29th because the holidays fall smack in the middle of the week.

Site Changes: we are looking at making some changes to our Pickup Locations after the first of the year. Unfortunately the two Clifton School Locations have been well below the 10 orders per week we need to cover our delivery costs. Hopefully folks will catch on! When we started these sites we expected 20 orders per week for each school. Georgia Tech Campus: We are getting requests again for a campus pickup, if you know of any opportunities to host us let us know! GA Tech was one of our most popular sites before we had to drop it due to construction and the loss of our site coordinator. If you have any other site requests for the Metro Atlanta area let us know about those, too. We'll be re-routing after the first of the 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!

Laurie and Will with Sweet Pea 2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

photo by Anthony-Masterson Photography

Will and Laurie Moore

Moore Farms


 

 
Babble.com Top TenBest of ATL 2011Yelp
Creative Loafing Best of 2010
 
Farmer Picks
NOVEMBER 12th & 13th
deliveries

$20 Farmers Pick
Arugula (1/2 pound) ~OR~ Arugula Salad Mix (1/2 pound)
Apples (4-5)
Kale (bunch)
Winter Squash - Butternut (1)
Pac Choi (3/4 pound)
Radishes (bunch) 
 
$30 Farmers Pick
everything in the $20 box plus:
Florida Tangelos (4)
Bell Pepper (1)
Collard Greens (bunch) 
 
$40 Farmers Pick
everything in the $30 box plus:
Florida Tangerines (4)
Mixed Roots (2 pounds)
Swiss Chard (bunch)
   
(Farmer Pick contents may change before delivery due to unexpected events.)
Weekly Recipe
Creamy
Butternut Soup
This creamy golden bowl of deliciousness is also dairy free!

1. Slice Butternut Squash in half, scoop out seeds. (Seeds can be toasted for a snack or garnish!)

2. Cut 1 Apple in half, remove core. Place Squash and Apple cut-side down on a lined baking sheet, roast in 400 degree oven for 10-20 minutes or until skins become wrinkled, browned and soft. (Apple will be done first pull it out earlier.)

3. Remove Squash from oven and allow to cool enough to handle. Scoop squash pulp out into bowl or soup pot. Scrape apple pulp from skin and add to squash. Mash well with a potato masher.

4. Add 2-4 cups of liquid depending on how thick you want the soup: we like to use 1/2 Chicken Stock and 1/2 Coconut Milk. You can also use Vegetable Stock, Cream, Whole Milk etc., be creative! 

5. Season with salt and pepper or any other flavors you like. Try curry, pepper flakes, honey, roasted garlic, onion, etc.

6. Bring soup to a simmer for 5-10 minutes. If desired puree with an immersion blender for a smoother texture. The Apple lends a lovely sweet flavor to the soup! 

We'll also wanted to include a couple more Butternut Recipes sent to us by Member Karen  Scheib in celebration of the Bumper Butternut crop this year. They both sound delicious!
Freedom Farmers Market
We're off this weekend! The Carter Center has an event that precludes us from conducting the market so we'll see you again next week!   

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