What's In Season In Kentucky This Week:
- Greens
- Broccoli
- Cauliflower
- Turnips
- Radishes
- Garlic
- Onions
- Potatoes
- Breads
- Canned items
- Spices
- Cheese
- Pork
- Beef
- Chicken
- Lamb
- Eggs
- Honey
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The Lexington Farmers' Market
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April 10th, 2013
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Loyal Readers and Market Patrons,
We are so excited to see you outdoors this OPENING WEEKEND! We have several treats in store for you on both Saturday and Sunday so be sure to stop by.
On Saturday, you'll find your favorite farmers set up with tables full of fresh, spring products at Cheapside Park from 7am-3pm. You'll also find our guest, Chef Foster of Sullivan University whipping up something special using Lexington Farmers' Market products for you to sample. Chef Foster and his students are the talented chefs behind the delicious food at our annual market dinner, A Taste of the Farm in the City, so you know you're in for a treat! Remember, parking is FREE on Saturdays in the Financial Center garage across Main Street or anywhere on the streets in a designated spot.
On Sunday, follow us to market on Southland Drive from 10am-2pm. Here again, you can visit our wonderful market members and catch up with all that's happened over the winter while you shop for your favorite vegetables, eggs, meats, cheeses, bedding and garden plants, honey, baked goods, and more!
Our weekday markets will be soon to follow with opening dates as follows:
Tuesday/Thursday Market (Broadway & Maxwell): May 2nd
Wednesday Market (University & Alumni): May 22nd
See you on Saturday!
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 NOW OPEN! Saturday Indoor Market Victorian Square 8am-1pm CLOSED Tuesday/ThursdayS. Broadway and Maxwell
7am-4pm
CLOSED
SundaySouthland Dr.10am-2pm
NOW OPEN!
Wednesday
University and Alumni Drive
3pm-6pm
CLOSED
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Recipe of the Week:
Overnight French Toast Casserole
This week's recipe, from Two Crazy Cupcakes, is a delicious prepare-ahead breakfast recipe. This recipe could come in handy if you have an early morning trip to take (maybe downtown to the Farmers' Market!?) that limits your breakfast cooking time.
Ingredients:
- 10 cups cubed (1 inch) sturdy white bread (1 long loaf of French bread)
- 8 oz cream cheese (at room temperature)
- 8 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups milk
- 2/3 cup half-and-half cream
- 1/2 cup maple syrup (pancake syrup)
- 1 Tbsp. cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 Tbsp confectioner's sugar
Directions:
- Place bread cubes in 13"x9" baking dish coated with cooking spray.
- Beat cream cheese with an electric mixer at medium speed until completely smooth.
- Then beat in eggs at low speed until blended.
- Add milk, cream, maple syrup, cinnamon, and vanilla and whisk or beat until smooth.
- Pour mixture over top of bread and press bread down gently into egg mixture making sure the bread is completely coated
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- The next morning remove casserole from refrigerator and press down gently to re-soak bread and let stand on counter for 20-30 min.
- Bake at 350 for 40-45 minutes or until set. Let stand 15 min before serving.
- Sprinkle top with confectioner's sugar and serve with extra syrup.
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...
HEAVENLY HOMESTEAD CHEESE [ WEBSITE ]
Heavenly Homestead Cheese is a new vendor at Lexington Farmers Market, and is proud to offer 12 wonderful varieties of cheese, made by hand on their small family farm in Windsor, KY. Come check us out!
Bourbon County
Off in the distance appears an object ever so familiar. What could it be? A bird, a plane....
No! It's a friend green tomato sandwich!
That's right, folks: Cookin' Up Kentucky is back at the market! Chef Jacob will be featuring his famous omelette, packed full of local greens, spring onions, and white cheddar cheese. Be sure to stop by and get your morning started off right with a nutrient-packed, Kentucky Proud
breakfast! Cookin' Up Kentucky will also be at the Sunday market on Southland drive. We look forward to serving you!
Shelby County
It's finally upon us! This weekend we're outside at Cheapside and Southland. To those that supported us during the winter in Victorian Square, we deeply thank you. We welcome all returning customers and in celebration of the markets opening, we are offering a special on our ground beef. Regularly $4.50 a pound this week, through the Sunday market, it will be 5 pounds for $20. This is our way of saying, "Welcome Back" to our customers. We'll also have a full selection of lamb and beef as well as salsas, relishes and several new varieties of jam as well as all your old favorites. Stop in for a glass of sweet tea or catch a brats for lunch. We'll all have a good time and hope to see you there.From our fields to your tables we do our best to give you fresh, wholesome and safe foods.
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 for the 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
The outdoor Lexington Farmers Markets for 2013 opens this weekend. We will be at the following markets this week if it doesn't rain:
Downtown at Cheapside Park, Saturday, April 13th (opens at 7am)
Southland Drive, Sunday, April 14th (10am-2pm)
See you at one of the markets!
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
It's here! It's here! The first OUTDOOR market of 2013! We will be set up this Saturday at Cheapside Park from 7am until we sell out. A big thank you to all of our customers who shopped with us during the Winter market and we can't wait to see more familiar faces this weekend!
Come enjoy a locally made breakfast or afternoon treat with us.
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)
-Cherry Cornmeal featuring cornmeal from Elmwood Stock Farm
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!
Bleugrass Chèvre
Clark County
We have gotten pretty good at matchmaking (we thought), but obviously need a little more practice because our goats are just now starting to have their babies, and we are about two weeks behind our cheesemaking schedule.
The opening of the market is such an exciting day, we are tempted to just set up an empty table and chairs and socialize with customers who we have not seen all winter. But it will probably be another week before we are able to join in. In the meantime, we get to hug all these cute babies.
Someone just commented that it must be quite a challenge to depend on animals for our product. We had never thought of it quite that way, but it does get a bit tricky.
Enjoy our fabulous market, and we hope to see you on April 20.
Check 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 had a chance to go to Cherry Grove Beach near Myrtle Beach in February, to celebrate Jean's Mom's 90th birthday. Really fun, not warm, but mostly sunny, and OCEAN....my favorite!
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 (BMF garlic) 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.
I spent the afternoon yesterday grinding GARLIC POWDER to stock our display, and Leo has managed to get lettuces, cilantro, peas, and onions planted on the river bottom, and the spinach bed is all weeded out.
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...
This 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.
Learn more about Faith Feeds and whether volunteering is for you by joining us for a Volunteer Info Chat. The remaining chats will be held: 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 - 6,200
Pounds gleaned since June 2010 - 198,330
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, who has provided us with seasonal cooking demonstrations at our Saturday markets. Watch the newsletter for information about Sullivan cooking demonstrations in 2013.
Many, Many thanks to Chef Foster and the Sullivan University team for cooking up a fantastic spread at the 2012 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.
7 Keys to Organic Gardening
For over 30 years Jerome Lange has refined his organic farming techniques on his Casey County farm. By following Jerome's seven keys you can have a successful organic garden. Get your garden off to a great start with tried and true advice from one of Kentucky's pioneers in sustainable farming.
Instructor: Jerome Lange, Casey County Organic Farmer
When: Wednesday, April 10, 7 - 8:30 pm
Fee: $10 owners/$12 others
Eating WHOLE Support Group
Interested in following the WHOLE foods diet recommended by Beth Loiselle, Good Foods' Registered Dietitian and described in detail in her book, The Healing Power of Whole Foods? This Eating WHOLE support group is for you. If you have health concerns, "cleaning up your diet" is a fundamental step you can't afford to ignore. No matter where you are in the process of moving to a whole foods diet, this monthly meeting, led by Loiselle, will provide practical information and sensible support. The 2nd Edition of The Healing Power of Whole Foods is available in Good Foods' Wellness Department.
Instructor: Beth Loiselle, Good Foods Registered Dietitian
When: Saturday, April 13, 2 - 3:30 pm
Introductory session for newcomers starts at 2 pm.
Those previously attending the support group should arrive at 2:30.
Fee: $8 owners/$10 others
Earth Day Event
When: Saturday, April 20, 4 - 10 pm
Fee: FREE
ARISE
Narrated by Daryl Hannah, ARISE captures the stories of extraordinary women around the world who are coming together to heal the injustices against the earth. This powerful film weaves together poetry, music, art and stunning scenery to create a hopeful and collective story that inspires us to work for the earth.
When: Tuesday, April 23, 6 - 9 pm
Where: Central Library Theatre
Speakers: Mary Berry, Executive Director of The Berry Center, www.berrycenter.org, and Lisa Todd Graddy, Licensed Clinical Social Worker,www.yogaforbreath.com
Fee: Free
Movie: www.arisethemovie.com
Annual Owners Meeting
The Board of Directors hosts the Annual Owners Meeting for Co-op elections and year-in-review presentations by the board members and general manager. This is a highlight of our year when we celebrate our cooperative community and share a delicious complimentary meal catered by our fine Deli staff.
When: Sunday, April 28, 4 - 7:30 pm
Where: Oleika Shrine Temple, 326 Southland Drive
Fee: FREE to owners
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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