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The Lexington Farmers' Market

January 16th, 2013

Loyal readers,
      It is with a heavy heart that I type my last newsletter with the Lexington Farmers' Market.  I am thankful for the wonderful opportunities presented to me at the LFM but am ready to embark on a new adventure.  
     In February I will be joining Americorps as a VISTA working with the Anti-Hunger and Opportunity Corp.  I will dedicate a year of service in the city of Indianapolis combatting hunger issues within the city.  Most of which will entail increasing access to healthy food options to low-income individuals and families.  Most of the work will be done by way of community involvement with farmers' markets, city leaders, and local farmers.  I am confident that my time with the market has well prepared me for this venture.  
     I look forward to coming back to the city of Lexington someday and seeing how this thriving city has continued to grow and how food issues are being addressed. I rest assured that Jeff and Stephanie will continue to help the market thrive and loyal customers like you will continue to support us.  I thank all of you for the opportunity for me to share a little piece of my mind every week and listening to me blabber.  The LFM is lucky to have such dedicated customers and I hope you continue.  Again,  thank you!  It has been a real pleasure the past year and a half.  

  

Don't forget:

Indoor market, located in the Victorian Square Atrium, is NOW OPEN with hours of operation from 8am-1pm.  Reminder, there is a 4pm UK home game so parking will start charging two hours before tip off.  Come early and beat the crowd.

 
Parking is FREE on Saturdays on the streets.  We will also validate parking for the Victorian Square parking garage located at 350 W Short Street.  However, please be aware of certain parking situation on UK home basketball games. We will try to accommodate to the best of our abilities.

 

Hope to see you at Market! 

 

Whitney Fields

Lexington Farmers' Market Assistant Manager   

 

P.S. Be sure to check out Good Foods Co-Op's events this month. Found in the sponsor's section at the bottom of this newsletter.

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Market Times and Locations
Saturday
Cheapside Park

7am-3pm

 CLOSED

 

Saturday

Indoor Market

Victorian Square

8am-1pm

NOW OPEN

 

Tuesday/Thursday
S. Broadway and Maxwell
7am-4pm  
CLOSED

 

 Sunday
Southland Dr.
10am-2pm
CLOSED

 

Wednesday
University and Alumni Drive
3pm-6pm
CLOSED 
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It would only make sense that my last recipe would of course be from my favorite food website, Smitten Kitchen.  Thank you for letting me share all these great recipes with you, hope you enjoyed them!

Spicy Squash Salad with Lentils and Goat Cheese

 

 

Ingredients:

  • 3/4 cup black or green lentils
  • 6 cups peeled, seeded and cubed butternut squash or sugar pumpkin (1-inch cubes) (from about a 2-pound squash)
  • 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 1 teaspoon ground cumin
  • 1 teaspoon hot smoked Spanish paprika
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse salt
  • 4 cups baby arugula 
  • 1 cup soft crumbled goat cheese
  • 1/4 cup thinly sliced mint leaves 
  • 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, plus additional to taste
  • Roasted seeds (about 1/2 cup) from your butternut squash

Directions:

 

  1. Preheat oven to 400�F. Toss squash or pumpkin cubes with 2 tablespoons oil, cumin, paprika and salt. Arrange in a single layer on baking sheet and roast 20 minutes. Flip pieces and roast for an additional 10 to 15 minutes, until tender. Cool.
  2. Meanwhile, soak lentils for 10 minutes in a small bowl, then drain. Cook lentils in boiling salted water until tender but firm, about 30 minutes. Rinse with cold water, then drain and cool.
  3. Combine lentils, pumpkin, any oil you can scrape from the baking sheet with arugula, if using, half of goat cheese, mint, vinegar, and 1 tablespoon oil. Season with salt and pepper and extra vinegar, if desired. Divide among plates and pass with remaining goat cheese to sprinkle.  

 

Find these products at the LFM:

  • Butternut Squash
  • Arugula
  • Goat Cheese

HERE'S A BIT OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK...

 

QUARLES DAYLILLIES AND FARM

Shelby County

In spite of the winter weather there are still some of us bringing our produce to Victorian Square each week.  We still have mustard greens, kale, turnips, potatoes, spaghetti, butternut, acorn, delicata, and carnival winter squash.  We also have some locally grown apples that make very tasty pies and cooked apples for your table.  
There's also some dried herbs available that are great to perk up any dish.

Our freezers are full of beef and all cuts are available.   We have plenty of soup bones and stew meat for making those warm comfort stews and soups that we all love this time of year.  We also have a couple legs of lamb still available.  If you're looking for a bulk purchase, just give us a call or e-mail and we have deliver it to Lexington any Saturday.

We have a wide selection of cakes and breads as well as our salsas, relishes, pickles, beets, jams and jellies.  All of these are great items to add variety and flavor to your winter time meals.  

Visit our website at quarlesfarm.com or visit our Facebook page at  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/Quarlesfarm
 We try to post a few pictures of the farm and keep folks up with whats going on "down on the farm."
 

"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS  

Fayette County

We will be at the following Lexington Farmers Market this weekend:


        Downtown at Victorian Square across from Rupp arena, Saturday, January 19th (opens at 8 am)

See you at the market this weekend.

You may purchase honey, pollen, and/or beeswax candles from us anytime from our home at 1909 Nicholasville Road in Lexington. Call us first at 859 276-0258, and we will put what you want on our back porch for you to pick up. You may also call to make an appointment to look at Bev's candle selection.

Out home is located one block north (toward downtown) of the intersection of Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road. Turn on Goodrich Avenue and take the first driveway on your right, and you will be in our back yard. There will be a silver travel trailer (Airstream) under an awning directly in front of you. Your honey will be on the back porch. If we are not home, just leave the money on the counter.  There is change in a small jar on the counter if you need some.

Web Site www.KentuckyHoney.com

 

Thank you, 

Nick & Bev Nickels 

 

 

BLUE MOON FARM***Sustainably Grown***
Madison County
 

Happy 2013 everyone!  We hope your Christmas and New Years' holidays were filled with love, laughter and family! 

 

The weather was so great before Christmas that we managed to get the bulk of our 2013 garlic crop in the ground in relative comfort!  Nice for a change!  We are watching the little green sprouts emerging from the soil already...hearty plants!

 

Now we are busy doing yearly bookkeeping and taxes, ordering seeds for next year, working on projects around the house and farm, and keeping up with twice weekly deliveries to restaurants around Lexington for Blue Moon and other local farms.  Busy as ever!

 

We are still delivering MUSIC GARLIC and GARLIC SCAPE PESTO to Good Foods Market on Southland Drive.  Please ask for it if you don't see it!   If you need GARLIC POWDER, we can easily mail it to you, just drop us an email [email protected]

 

We really miss seeing all you folks at market, and especially our market helpers!   We had a great team last year, and hope to have them all back again for 2013.

 

Watch for updates on our Facebook page www.facebook.com/bluemoongarlic , or visit our website www.bluemoongarlic.com

 

If you need any of the products we carry at market, please get in touch and we'll do our best for you!  See you in the spring!

 

 

ABIGAIL'S 

Fayette County

 

I will see you all next year when I will be back at the Lexington Farmers Market.  I wish you the merriest of holidays.  Keep well until I see you again in the Spring.  

Abigail  
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ELMWOOD STOCK FARM 
Georgetown, KY


These days, more than ever, it's important to know the source of your
family's food and you can look to our local organic farm to meet your
body's nutritional needs resulting in good health.  Visit our website to
learn more, review our price lists, pre-order your special items, or to
contact Elmwood for more information.

Visit our new Facebook page and Like us to get timely farm updates and
photos. 

 

 

 

LA PETITE CREPERIE

Fayette County

 

La Petite Cr�perie brings a little taste of France to the Bluegrass.  

 

The idea for opening a walk-up cr�perie was hatched many years ago when I was a student in France.   After discovering cr�pes they became a staple of my diet because as a hot, quick meal they fit right in with the poor student budget.  The best part was that they were never far away. Walk-up cr�pe windows are like hot dog stands in New York; they are everywhere.

 

My husband Mark and I took many more trips to France and ate countless more cr�pes.  We decided that the good people of Lexington should be able enjoy them here.  After years of tweaking batters and looking for just the right griddle, and after serving hundreds of cr�pes to our friends, family and my French students, we think we've hit on a good combination. 

 

La Petite Cr�perie hopes to recreate the experience of ordering a French cr�pe � emporter.  Half of the fun is watching, smelling, and anticipating how delicious it's going to be.  Our batter contains only eggs from the market, Weisenberger white and wheat flours, Kentucky produced whole milk, water, canola oil, sugar and salt. Our sweet cr�pe fillings include honey and jam from Farmers' Market vendors, and the butter and sugar cr�pes are made with homemade butter from the market. We also make a hearty breakfast cr�pe with market eggs, cheese and vegetables. Our menu will vary as other fruits, berries and vegetables come into season.

 

La Petite Cr�perie will be open most Saturdays at Cheapside from 7:00 am until 2:00 pm.  You can visit our website, www.petitecreperie.com to find out exactly where we will be and when.  Bon app�tit!

 

 

Remember to visit our website at http://www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com for more information about the market.

 

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MARKET HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK   

 

Homegrown Authors 

The Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and the Morris Bookshop are cosponsoring the Homegrown Authors Series this summer at the Lexington Farmers' Market. On select Saturdays you can meet a local author and buy a signed copy of his or her book at market.   

 

DLC'S ARTIST MARKET:

 

The artist market has officially come to an end for the year.  Many thanks to the DLC and the numerous artists who helped make the market possible.   

 

SPECIAL GUESTS AT THE LFM...     

 

Central Baptist Hospital will continue selling their cookbook, Beyond the Fence, at the Friends of the Farmers' Market table. Recipes from their cookbook will be featured in this year's farm dinner, Taste of the Farm!

 

KID'S ACTIVITIES AT THE LFM...

 

LFM kids' activities provided this year were great!  Thanks to all the special organizations throughout town who brought all these interesting activities to market. We will see you again next year!

 

 

GLEANING with Faith Feeds...

 

WOW - 15,404 pounds in 2012; 21 TONS between 2010-2012!

 

Faith Feeds|GleanKY extends its deep gratitude to the farmers of Lexington Farmers' Market for their tremendous support.  Through your donation of "leftovers", you've easily contributed to healthier eating for thousands in Lexington. You are nothing short of AWESOME!  We wish you could see the joy you bring to the recipients of your food.  We look forward to our continued partnership in 2013 and beyond, but until then, 42,420 pounds of thanks!!!

  

 

VOLUNTEER WITH THE LFM!

 

Looking for a way to contribute to the local food movement in Lexington?  We are always in need of volunteers at our markets! Send an email to [email protected] if you're interested!   

 

 

PARKING is always FREE at all of our markets if you know where to look!

 

On Saturday it's as easy as parking for FREE on the street and we can validate tickets for the Victorian Square Garage. We appreciate your patronage, so support the LFM year round!

Saturday Parking Map

 

Finally, if you have ever lost items at any of our markets and they have not been returned, please check with Jeff, the executive director, during market hours or by phone at (859) 608-2655.

 

INFORMATION FROM OUR SPONSORS

 

SULLIVAN UNIVERSITY

 

Many thanks are in order to Sullivan University, a returning sponsor of the Lexington Farmers' Market that has provided us with seasonal cooking demonstrations at our Saturday markets as well as the cooking and assistance at our farm-to-fork dinner: A Taste of the Farm in the City.   

 

Many, Many thanks to Chef Foster and the Sullivan University team for cooking up a fantastic spread this year at the Taste of the Farm Dinner.

 

 

GOOD FOODS MARKET AND CAF�        

  

LEXINGTON, KY - Good Foods Market & Caf� has a variety of classes and events for you this January. All classes and events are held at Good Foods Market & Caf�, 455 Southland Drive, unless otherwise noted.

 

Everyday Yoga for Kids

This workshop is a playful blend of Yoga, breathing, and wellness tips designed to entice our little ones imaginations and spirit. We will learn various poses, practice movement, and stillness to release tension and anxiety while gaining focus and concentration. The children will also learn tools for good health maintenance, self-awareness, and increased self-sufficiency. Class is appropriate for ages 4 - 12 and all activity levels. Children should bring a yoga mat and water.

Instructor: Lauren Higdon, LMT

When: Saturday, January 19, 9:45 - 11 am

Fee: $10 owners/$12 others; $5 for additional children (owners)/$7 for additional children (others)

 

Chinese Medicine for Your Health: Mental and Emotional Health

Do you, a friend, or family member experience depression or anxiety? Are you interested in learning more about how acupuncture can help? Join McClanahan for this informative class on the benefits of Chinese medicine and natural methods for supporting mental health.

Instructor: Kris McClanahan, M.Ac., C.Ac.

When: Saturday, January 19, 2 - 3 pm

Fee: $3 owners/$5 others

 

Jewelry Making: Earrings

Jewelry making made simple. Learn about tools, supplies, beads, design plans, and the best places to get materials.

Instructor: Mona Ferrell

When: Sunday, January 20, 2 - 3:30 pm

Fee: $18 owners/$20 others

 

Be in a Better Emotional Space!

Learn how to shift your focus, change your attitude, and rework your behaviors to feel better.

Instructor: Carol Gailey, SoulGlad Coaching, LLC

When: Tuesday, January 22, 7 - 8:30 pm

Fee: $3 owners/$5 others

 

Juicing & Smoothies
Let's get out the blender and juice it up! You'll try out recipes for both the blender and the juicer for you to try at home! This is a great way to get a nutrient packed meal or snack on the go . . . and get those raw veggies that keep you glowing on the outside! You'll leave with recipes and info on the health benefits of smoothies and juicing.

Instructor: Chef Carolyn Gilles, The Wholesome Chef

When: Thursday, January 24, 7 - 8:30 pm

Fee: $15 owners/$17 others

 

The Stress Response

By utilizing information describing the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis and its dysfunction leading to Syndrome X, Diabetes Type II, and Osteoporosis, students will learn about stress and how it affects health. You will learn tools to help you understand where you are with your personal level of stress and what you can do to reduce its impact on your wellness.

Instructor: Heide North, Holistic Health Practitioner

When: Saturday, January 26, 2 - 3:30 pm

Fee: $8 owners/$10 others

 

Good Foods Market & Caf� is a locally owned and operated cooperative business where everyone is welcome to shop. Good Foods has served the Lexington community since 1972.  

 

455 Southland Drive, Lexington, KY 40503, 

(859) 278-1813 

www.goodfoods.coop 

 

 

THE FAYETTE ALLIANCE

 

The Fayette Alliance is Lexington's ONLY land-use advocacy organization that regularly educates and lobbies local government for a sustainable growth model that benefits all of us.

We believe that preserving our signature Bluegrass landscape, creating a dynamic and equitable cityscape through infill redevelopment, and improving our natural waterways by fixing our sanitary sewer and stormwater systems are key components to achieving our economic and environmental promise here in Lexington-Fayette County.

We are an alliance of citizens from the entire community, including stakeholders from the agricultural, neighborhood, and infill sectors. We are a united voice for responsible growth, and only weigh-in on those land-use issues that have countywide implications. Together we can chart our future, and positively impact local zoning decisions-the very building blocks of our community.

If you want a better quality of life for all of us, please join The Fayette Alliance today for free.  Visit www.fayettealliance.com for more information.

 

 

WUKY

  

WUKY was founded in 1941 as the radio voice of the University of Kentucky. Our mission then-as now-was to bring information and enlightenment to the people of central Kentucky. Back then we even hauled radios to remote areas so people could hear our programs. Today we're pioneering the use of digital technology to bring multiple streams of great non-commercial programming to this region. Whether you're a Lexington resident or a visitor, please take a moment this weekend to tune your radio to WUKY at 91.3FM, and, when you get home, stream our signal on line at www.wuky.org. There you'll enjoy NPR's Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Car Talk and Fresh Air all supplemented by award-winning WUKY news. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturdays from 2 to 5 p.m., you'll hear a unique blend of music that we call "Adult Rock", featuring a wide variety of artists from Talking Heads to Norah Jones to Lucinda Williams. In addition, our weekend schedule includes everything from A Prairie Home Companion to the big bands, the Grateful Dead Hour, and Wait Wait Don't Tell Me. WUKY 91.3FM truly has something for everyone. We are able to accomplish all this only because of community support. Income from this and other special events, underwriting by area businesses, and contributions from individual donors account for over two-thirds of our budget so please pledge now and thank you so much for supporting WUKY.