What's In Season In Kentucky This Week:
- Greens
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Turnips
- Radishes
- Winter Squash
- Garlic
- Onions
- Potatoes
- Sweet Potatoes
- Breads
- Canned items
- Spices
- Cheese
- Pork
- Beef
- Chicken
- Lamb
- Eggs
- Honey
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The Lexington Farmers' Market
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March 20th, 2013
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Loyal Readers,
Spring is here. At 7:02 am, spring began with the vernal equinox. Equinox is latin for "equal night" and today, the hours of daylight will (approximately) equal the hours of night. The sun rose due east and will set due west.
In the natural world, the start of spring marks a new beginning. Certain flora and fauna begin to reappear and a new astronomical year begins. If you, too are looking for a fresh start, consider visiting one of our upcoming markets to get a jump-start on your goal of eating more fruits and vegetables and forming more relationships with local growers this spring. LFM members are always here to help with answers, inspirations, and goodies to stock your pantry.
Opening Day at Cheapside Park is just 24 days away but we have a lot to offer before then. Our Indoor Market, located in the Victorian Square Atrium, is OPEN from 8am-1pm every Saturday. Parking is FREE on Saturdays on the streets and we will also validate parking for the Victorian Square parking garage located at 350 W Short Street. Come early, beat the crowd,and as always, we will accommodate you in any way we can.
Stephanie Hopkins
Lexington Farmers' Market Assistant Manager
P.S.Be sure to check out Information from our Sponsors for information about upcoming events at Good Foods Co-Op and Market Happenings to discover how many pounds of food Faith Feeds has gleaned this year (and how to help out)!
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WUKY Farmers Market Report
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Market Times and Locations
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SaturdayCheapside Park7am-3pm CLOSED Saturday Indoor Market Victorian Square 8am-1pm NOW OPEN Tuesday/ThursdayS. Broadway and Maxwell
7am-4pm
CLOSED
SundaySouthland Dr.10am-2pm
CLOSED
Wednesday
University and Alumni Drive
3pm-6pm
CLOSED
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Recipe of the Week:
Irish White Bean and Cabbage Stew
This week's recipe, from Forks Over Knives, will help you celebrate your love for all things Irish (and green!) for a few more days. Make a large batch and enjoy it for several meals this week.
Ingredients:
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 3 ribs celery, chopped
- 2 to 3 cloves garlic, minced
- ˝ head cabbage, chopped
- 4 carrots, sliced
- 1 to 1-˝ pounds potatoes,cubed
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon thyme
- ˝ teaspoon caraway seeds
- ˝ teaspoon rosemary, crushed
- ˝ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 6-8 cups vegetable broth or low-sodium vegetable broth
- 3 cups cooked great northern beans (2 cans, drained)
- 1 14 ˝-ounce can diced tomatoes
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
- salt to taste
Directions:
Crock Pot:
- Place the vegetables, seasonings, and barley into a large (at least 5 quart) slow cooker.
- Add enough vegetable broth to just cover the vegetables (start with 6 cups and add more as needed).
- Cover and cook on low heat for 7 hours.
- Add beans, tomatoes, parsley, and salt to taste. Check seasonings and add more herbs if necessary.
- Cover and cook for another hour.
Stovetop:
- Place vegetables, seasonings, barley, and broth into a large stockpot.
- Cover and simmer until vegetables are tender, about 45 minutes.
- Add remaining ingredients, check seasonings, and add more herbs if necessary.
- Simmer uncovered for at least 15 minutes before serving.
These products can be purchased from LFM vendors:
- Onion
- Garlic
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Potatoes
- Beans
Find illustrated instructions online, HERE.
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HERE'S A BIT OF WHAT YOU'LL FIND AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK...
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Clark County
For anyone who has a serious need to jump start Spring, come on down to the Market Saturday! We'll have long-stemmed (as in 24" long!) Giant Darwin tulips and fragrant Spring bulb gardens, potted up in willow baskets. We grow all of our flowers ourselves, so we'd like to think they're the freshest and most fragrant blooms you can bring into your home right now. Guaranteed to brighten your day and they'll also last through Easter. If you'd like to take a look, just check us out on Facebook. Thanks very much and hope to see you Saturday!
Shelby County
This has certainly been one of the cooler and wetter springs that we've had in a while. We're behind a bit here at the farm but I'm sure that Mother Nature will make sure that the weather changes and we start seeing some favorable planting weather.
This week we are running a special on our ground beef. Regularly $4.50 a pound, we are offering a special of 5 pounds for $20. This is a good opportunity to stock up for the grilling season or just stock up at a good price. This price is good through Saturday. We'll have a little extra beef at Victorian Square but if you could drop us a note with your order at quarlesfarm.com, we can make sure we have plenty of ground beef on hand.
We'll always have a good selection of beef and lamb in our coolers as well as our breads, canned goods, jams and jellies. We also still have plenty of winter squash as well as a selection of dried herbs.
Stop in at Victorian Square and see us. We'll have some chili, beef stew and brats if you're hungry and plenty of good conversation. Eat local, eat healthy!
ELMWOOD STOCK FARM [ WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | CSA NEWS ]
Georgetown, KY
We will be attending market each Saturday morning all winter long.
Several new items are available at our Indoor Market booth including a
selection of Organic Heirloom Dried Beans, Organic Heirloom Corn Meal, and our jarred Salsa, Diced Tomatoes, Ketchup, and Marinara Sauce, all
professionally packed in BPA-free glass. What a nice treat on a cold
winter day!
In addition, we have have a selection of Certified Organic produce,
organic chicken & turkey, organic beef, organic farm eggs, dried pantry
staples, and much more.
EGGS We offer each market our certified organic eggs from free-ranging
hens who live outdoors on grass pasture. Both whole dozen and half-dozens available. Our hens are always outside, enjoying the green growing grass & clover and rewarding us with beautiful big brown eggs packed full of flavor, orangey color, and healthful omega-3-fatty acids.
MEAT and POULTRY We have restocked our inventory of grass-fed Angus
organic beef, along with a full selection of certified organic hens and
cut-up chicken pieces. In addition, we have chicken liver and ground
chicken. Feel free to order ahead for quantity amounts or a particular
cut for that special meal, and we'll have it ready for pickup at any of
the farmers markets. View our website for special Beef & Chicken Bundles,popular this time of year.
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.
Information on our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program for the 2013 summer season is coming soon.
Elmwood Stock Farm
859-621-0755
"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS [ WEBSITE ]
Fayette County
We will be at the following Lexington Farmers Market this weekend:
Downtown at Victorian Square across from Rupp arena, Saturday, March 23rd (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. Our 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.
Thank you, Nick & Bev Nickels
We will not be set up in Victorian Square this Saturday 3/23. Sorry for the inconvenience and hope to see you soon! Have a great week!
See us this Saturday at Victorian SquareCheck out our CSALFM DELIVERY - EARLY SIGNUP DISCOUNTS - PAYMENT OPTIONS2013 begins our transition to Certified Organic produceNEW - Smoked Turkey Breast - Turkey Breakfast Sausage - Ground TurkeyNo Sodium Nitrate & Raised on Pasture at Lazy Eight Stock FarmEGGS - the hens have really turned on, we've got plenty from our hens Raised on PastureCHICKEN - we've got a selection of cuts and whole birds, always raised on pasture.Find us on Facebook and read our current Newsletter.
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 garlic@bluemoongarlic.com
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, or visit our website.
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!
Remember to visit our website at
for more information about the market.
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MARKET HAPPENINGS THIS WEEK
Thank you to the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and the Morris Bookshop for cosponsoring the Homegrown Authors Series this summer at the Lexington Farmers' Market. Look for this opportunity to meet a local author and buy a signed copy of his or her book at market soon!
DLC'S ARTIST MARKET:
Many thanks to the DLC and the numerous artists who helped make this market possible in 2012. Stay tuned for information on the summer 2013 opening!
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 were featured in last year's farm dinner, Taste of the Farm!
KID'S ACTIVITIES AT THE LFM...
LFM kids' activities provided in 2012 were great! Thanks to all the special organizations throughout town who brought all these interesting activities to market. We will see you again soon!
GLEANING with Faith Feeds...
Faith Feeds|Glean KY's mission is to glean (collect) fresh fruits and vegetables to give to Kentucky's hungry. Our volunteer gleaners have collected over 195,000 pounds of edible fresh produce from the Lexington Farmers' Market and 24 other sources and delivered it to thousands of people in need through 44 hunger programs and agencies. To learn more, join us for a volunteer information chat: Tuesday, April 9, 6:30-8:30 at the Plantory; Sunday, April 14, 3:00-5:00 at Hill-n-Dale Christian Church; or Saturday, April 20, 9:00-11:00 at Crestwood Christian Church or visit us at www.faithfeedslex.org.
Continue to check this section of the newsletter to watch the pounds gleaned go up each week!
2013 pounds gleaned - 3,790
Pounds gleaned since June 2010 - 195,910
Faith Feeds 5th Annual Heirloom Seed Sale
8 a.m. - 3 p.m., March 23
Woodland Christian Church, 530 E. High St., Lexington, Ky.
More than 90 varieties of vegetable and flower seeds, including a selection of locally grown varieties, will be available. Seed packs cost $3 each.
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 stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com 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!
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.
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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.
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 CAFÉ
LEXINGTON, KY - Good Foods Market & Café has a variety of classes and events for you this February. All classes and events are held at Good Foods Market & Café, 455 Southland Drive, unless otherwise noted.
Soul Food Junkies
Filmmaker Byron Hurt explores the health advantages and disadvantages of soul food, a quintessential American cuisine. Soul Food Junkies explores the history and social significance of soul food to black cultural identity and its effect on African-American health, and the growing food justice movement in its wake. Join us after the film in the Lyric Theatre's reception area for healthy soul food delicacies!
When: Tuesday, March 26, 6:30 - 9:00 pm (note later start time)
Where: Lyric Theatre (note new venue)
Speaker: Byron Hurt, Filmmaker
Fee: Free
Movie: https://www.facebook.com/SoulFoodJunkies
Kale Yes!
Whether you are a kale lover already or it's new for you, in this class we'll cover several recipes - raw and cooked, vegan and gluten-free - that involve kale! We'll also talk about the health benefits of this amazing vegetable. You will go home with recipes and health-related information.
Instructor: Chef Carolyn Gilles, The Wholesome Chef
When: Thursday, March 28, 7 - 8:30 pm
Fee: $15 owners/$17 others
Wellness Wednesday
On the first Wednesday of the month, all customers will receive 5% off all supplements, body care, and bulk herb & spice items. Customers can special order Wellness Wednesday items ahead of time and pick them up on Wellness Wednesday.
When: Wednesday, April 3, 8 am - 10 pm
Free Store Tour!
Enjoy Good Foods store tour during Sampling Saturdays on the first Saturday of the month. Tour the store with staff Dietitian Beth Loiselle, savor samples, and enjoy exclusive offers while learning about our products and services. Free. Sign up at the Customer Service desk.
Instructor: Beth Loiselle, RD
When: Saturday, April 6, 11 am - 12 pm
Fee: FREE
Sampling Saturday
Meet our local producers and sample their unique products during our monthly Sampling Saturday event.
When: Saturday, April 6, 11 am - 2 pm
Fee: FREE
Good Foods Market & Café 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
We believe that Lexington-Fayette County will be the model for innovative and sustainable growth, by connecting and balancing its vibrant city with its productive and unique Bluegrass farmland. Growing our city, promoting our farms. Learn more at fayettealliance.com.
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.
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