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 27th, 2013
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Loyal Readers,
With April just around the corner, it is time to mark the start of our outdoor markets on your calendar. Our weekend markets begin the second weekend in April and our weekday markets begin in may. The opening day for each market is as follows:
Saturday Market (Cheapside Park): April 13th
Sunday Market (Southland Drive): April 14th
Tuesday/Thursday Market (Broadway & Maxwell): May 2nd
Wednesday Market (University & Alumni): May 22nd
Can you believe it? Opening Weekend is just 17 days away! But don't forget, our winter vendors still have a few things up their sleeves...
Our Indoor Market, located in the Victorian Square Atrium, will be OPEN from 8am-1pm on the next two Saturdays (March 30th and April 6th). Parking will be FREE as usual and we will also validate parking for the Victorian Square parking garage located at 350 W Short Street.
Many thanks to all of the loyal customers and market members who made our winter market a success!
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 pitch in)!
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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:
Portuguese Easter Bread
Folar de Pascoa
This week's recipe, from Family Foodie, is a traditional Portuguese bread commonly served on Easter. Purchase fresh eggs from an upcoming market and give this bread a try!
Ingredients:
- 1 cup warm milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 stick butter softened
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 envelopes dry yeast
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 eggs beaten
- 5 to 6 cups flour
- 6 hard boiled eggs
Directions:
- Combine 1 cup of warm milk, sugar, butter and salt in a large bowl. Stir until most of the butter is melted. Add beaten eggs.
- Sprinkle yeast and 1 tablespoon sugar into the remaining milk. Stir to dissolve.
- Let stand to rise until bubbly and doubled in volume. Approximately 2 to 3 hours.
- Add yeast into the butter mixture.
- Beat in flour, 1 cup at a time, until a soft dough forms.
- Place on a well-floured surface. Knead 8 to 10 minutes until well mixed and smooth.
- Place dough in a large buttered bowl and cover.
- Let rise in a warm place, approximately 2 hours or until double in volume.
- Punch dough down,and place onto a lightly floured surface. Divide into 3 parts and make braid.
- Place a hard boiled egg in the middle of each round and criss cross the braid on top.
- Place on a greased cookie sheet and cover. Brush bread with beaten egg.
- Bake in 350 degree oven about 25 minutes.
These products can be purchased from LFM market members:
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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Shelby County
We'll be at the market this weekend with plenty of beef and lamb in case you've decided that ham is not on the Easter menu. We have some lovely lamb shoulder roasts and legs that would make an Easter meal special.
We'll also have plenty of breads for an Easter brunch or anytime snacking,. There'll be jams, salsas, relishes, and other canned goods as well as some winter squash and potatoes.
We appreciate your support during the winter months and look forward to another growing season bringing you the best quality locally grown food that we can. Visit our website or check our Facebook page.
ELMWOOD STOCK FARM [ WEBSITE | FACEBOOK | CSA ]
Georgetown, KY
We continue to attend market each Saturday morning, and appreciate all of you that regularly come to the Indoor Market space! Several popular items available include our jarred Salsa, Ketchup, and Marinara Sauce, allprofessionally packed in BPA-free glass. In addition, we have had a lotof interest in the Organic Beef Bones for making beef broth, a definitehealthful elixir when starting with organic, grass-fed ingredients.In addition, we have have a selection of Certified Organic sweet potatoes,gold potatoes, and winter radishes, along with 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-ranginghens 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 Angusorganic beef, along with a full selection of certified organic hens andcut-up chicken pieces. In addition, we have chicken liver and groundturkey. Feel free to order ahead for quantity amounts or a particularcut for that special meal, and we'll have it ready for pickup at any ofthe 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 yourfamily's food and you can look to our local organic farm to meet yourbody's nutritional needs resulting in good health. Visit our website tolearn more, review our price lists, pre-order your special items, or tocontact Elmwood for more information.ONLine SignUP for our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program forthe 2013 summer season is NOW OPEN. Discounted pricing for signup prior to April 1, so don't dally! Visit our website now.Elmwood Stock Farm859-621-0755
"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS [ WEBSITE ]
Fayette County
We will not be at the following Lexington Farmers Market this weekend:
Downtown at Victorian Square across from Rupp arena, Saturday, March 30th (opens at 8 am). 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
And we're back! We apologize for our brief absence and WILL be set up this Saturday in Victorian Square. Come enjoy a locally made breakfast or afternoon treat!
Our flavors this week will be:
-Buttermilk & Kentucky Honey featuring raw honey from Bev and Nick Nickels
-Apple Cinnamon (Reed Valley Orchard apples)
-Maple Bacon Date featuring Brownings Applewood bacon (Grant County)
We will be brewing English Breakfast: a caffeinated, full bodied black tea and Honeybush: a decaf red herbal tea, similar to Rooibos.
Visit our Facebook page for more info and flavor postings on Fridays.
See you Saturday!
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.
Hello and Happy Spring!! I know it's hard to believe that it really IS spring, but before we know it we'll be complaining about the heat! We sure have missed seeing you all this winter, and hope you have fared well.....or better yet, been away to someplace warm and sunny!!
We've been busy here, getting seeds planted and sets started, and things are starting to grow inside and out! We'll have HERB SETS for your kitchen garden or to put in a pot on your deck, so start thinking about which ones you need. BABY GREEN GARLIC is the first garlic of the season. We've only had a little bit ourselves, so far, but there should be lots for market! GARLIC SCAPE PESTO will be back, as well as our garlicky CHAMPAGNE DRESSING for your spring greens. Sunrise Bakery will be baking their wonderful ARTISAN BREADS, PASTRIES and BAGELS for us again this year, and Stone Cross Farm will be supplying the PORK PRODUCTS, handmade SOAPS, and their great Cloverdale Creamery CHEESES. Colcord Farm is our BEEF connection, all cuts, all GRASS FINISHED. The way the weather has been, we may have beautiful DAFFODILS for the first few markets, then LILACS will follow. Who knows what else you might find at our booths on Short Street?
Mark your calendar for April 13th and 14th and come say hi!
Saturday 7-2 on Short St, Sunday 10-3 on Southland Dr.
We're looking forward to seeing you!
Special requests? garlic@bluemoongarlic.com
See our EAGLE photo on Facebook!!
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...
April offers lots of ways to support Faith Feeds without any heavy lifting.
First, Vote for Faith Feeds! If we are one of the top 4 vote recipients, Faith Feeds will be featured on the KET show kNOw More Nonprofits. The show endeavors to help people "Know" nonprofits and their value. Please help us win this opportunity to become better known in the Bluegrass. Vote HERE!
Second, on Saturday, April 13, shop at Lucia's World Friendly Boutique. Faith Feeds will receive 10% of the proceeds from the day. Lucia's offers fair trade and environmentally friendly products. Ladies, I understand they have really neat purses made in Guatemala. Lucia's is at 523 E. High St. in the historic Woodland Triangle shopping district, near Woodland Park.
Finally, don't forget our upcoming Volunteer Info Chats.
Tuesday, April 9 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Plantory, 560 East 3rd Street, Lexington 40508; Sunday, April 14 3 - 5 p.m. at Hill-n-Dale Christian Church, 371 Hill-n-Dale Road; and Saturday, April 20 9 am - 11 am at Crestwood Christian Church,1882 Bellefonte Drive
Continue to check this section of the newsletter to watch the pounds of food gleaned by Faith Feeds go up each week!
2013 pounds gleaned - 4,020
Pounds gleaned since June 2010 - 196,140
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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