• 2 medium zucchini
• 10 small (cherry) heirloom tomatoes, diced
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh oregano, chopped
• 6oz fresh mozzarella
• 1/4 teaspoon vinegar
• olive oil
• coarse salt and pepper

  Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 400. Lightly brush a baking sheet with olive oil and set aside.
2. Cut zucchini in half and remove the seeds, then season with salt and pepper.  In a small bowl mix together tomatoes, oregano, vinegar. Add the coarse salt and pepper to the mixture to preference (I used 1/8 teaspoon), coat the tomato mixture evenly. 
3. Scoop the tomato mixture into each zucchini, filling up where the seeds once were. Bake for 20 minutes, the zucchini should be tender.
4. Pull apart mozzarella into small 1" chunks and cover the top of the zucchini with it. With the broiler on, place the zucchini on the top rack in the oven. The cheese will start to bubble and and turn brown, 2 minutes. Remove from oven and serve hot.

These products can be purchased from LFM market members:

• Zucchini
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Oregano
• Vinegar
• Olive Oil
• Salt

The weather has been so perfect for summer dinner in the yard or on the deck.....corn on the cob, fresh sliced tomatoes, and a STEAK, BURGER, or PORK CHOP on the grill!  Colcord Farm's GRASS FINISHED BEEF steaks are on sale for 30% off!!  SIRLOIN, RIBEYE, NY STRIP and FILETS.   Put a dollop of GARLIC SCAPE PESTO on top just before serving!  Gourmet!!  Or try some on your corn in place of butter!  Have you ever done GARLIC or CANDY ONIONS on the grill?  YUM!!  If you'd rather do sausages, Stone Cross Farm supplies us with great ITALIAN, POLISH, BRATS, CHORIZO, ENGLISH BANGERS and HOT DOGS.  They also supply us with the best BACON around for your BLT's!!  BREAKFAST SAUSAGE(mild, medium or hot) for patties or in links.

Kentucky  Grass Finished LAMB from Bourbon County....CHOPS, RACKS, STEW MEAT (great for shish kabob!), SHOULDER ROAST, SPARE RIBS or Bone-In LEG ROAST.    

GARLIC!!  BULBS, BAGS and HANDMADE GARLIC BRAIDS!!  (Smaller than the ones in this photo!)  :-)  ONIONS too!   FRESH CUT BASIL and CILANTRO!  GARLIC POWDERS and PEPPER POWDERS.  GARLIC SCAPE PESTO, and CHAMPAGNE DRESSING made with our garlic!

ARTISAN BREADS from Sunrise Bakery, including the best GARLIC BAGELS in town!

Blue Moon Farm SUNDAY TEA....an Earl Grey base, either black or green, with lavender and rosemary.....aromatic and relaxing for a Sunday morning cup! 3 delicious CHEESES from Stone Cross Farm's Cloverdale Creamery......we'll have samples for you to try!  We have their HANDMADE SOAPS too!

Our beautiful MIXED LETTUCES are on vacation, but we hope to have them back in a couple of weeks.  In the meantime, we'll have Vibrant Greens hydroponically grown greens .....BIBB LETTUCE and ARUGULA, maybe some ROMAINE.  WATERCRESS and PURPLE BASIL by special request.

If you are planning a big party at any time, we can get you a whole pig or lamb to barbeque. (10 days lead-time required)  For a little smaller get-together we have a beautiful whole BEEF TENDERLOIN, KY Lamb RACK or SHOULDER ROAST!  Tell us what you need!  We'll put it together for you.

Come join us this weekend for a celebration of fresh local food!!

If you haven't yet, we would like to invite you to join Blue Moon Farm on Facebook.......just click the link above!  We do last minute information before markets and post lots of great pictures, like the one you see here. 

Looking forward to seeing you this weekend.....rain or shine!

We were featured on Food News and Chews on Fox TV Sunday night. Here's a link.  

Our cheese is made from all natural JD Country Milk, a family owned Mennonite dairy farm in Logan County. The cows are pasture grazed and never given any antibiotics or hormones. Instead they are fed a vitamin enriched diet and all the grass they can eat. The milk is not homogenized and is pasteurized at just 145 degrees, then quickly cooled to preserve the natural flavor and enzymes that Mother Nature intended. We think the milk tastes better because the cows are happy.

You won't see hydraulic presses and fancy modern equipment around here. Instead, we make our cheeses by hand using traditional European techniques to protect the delicate curds. This is a lot more work and very time consuming, but we believe it creates better cheeses with rich complex flavors. We hope you agree.

Thanks for your support. See you at the market.

Boone Creek Creamery

859-402-2364
www.boonecreekcreamery.com
ed2@kycheese.com

" Fair Trade, certified organic, handcrafted and utterly delicious "

the Lexington Herald-Leader

Black Bag, a soulful dark roast. Naturally low in acidity, this is a mellow and full-bodied blend of Sumatra, Mexico and Columbia coffee beans. 

Brown Bag, Caffe Journey. Moka-Java, il viaggio in velvet. 

Gold Bag, Marco's Finest, this cup possesses a finely integrated and lively acidity creating an elegantly textured palate. 

Tan Bag, Kenya Peaberry blended with a little dark-roasted Sumatra. 

Blue Bag, palate-cleansing breakfast blend.  Guatemala + Honduras in a toasty sweet light roast.  

Green Bag, water processed decaf. No chemicals used in decaffeination. All the flavor and body without the lovely, addictive buzz. 

Roasted in downtown Paris Kentucky. 

Scott County

We appreciate seeing so many familiar faces returning to the markets on Saturday and Sunday outdoors, as well as lots of new people just moving to the area.  We will continue to attend each market each week including Tues, Wed, Thurs, rain or sun or something in between - hope to see you as well!

PRODUCE we are harvesting now includes Broccoli, Green Beans, Beets (Red, Gold, Candy Stripe), Carrots (Orange and Yellow), Cabbages (Savoy, Green, Red, Napa), Greens (Kale, Lacinato, Red Russian, Collard), Summer Squash (Yellow Squash, Green Zucchini, Patty Pan, Baby Squash Mix), Swiss Chard, Cucumbers (Slicing, English, Salad), Kohlrabi, Garlic, Green Bell Peppers, Turnips, and more coming on each day.

NEW  We have found a professional charcutier to make delicious sausages, bratwursts, and franks for us from Elmwood organic beef.  It has been several years since we had our all-beef sausages to offer, and we are really excited about these tasty and high quality offerings.

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 our certified organic whole chickens, cut-up chicken pieces, and flavorful hearty stewing hens.  In addition, we have chicken liver and ground turkey.  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, and other quantities packages.

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 contact Elmwood for more information(scroll up a little for a quick link!)

Elmwood Stock Farm

859-621-0755

Our homegrown tomatoes are here!  Look for us and our big box truck at the Wednesday market at Commonwealth Stadium, on Thursday at Broadway and Maxwell, behind the old courthouse at the corner of Short and Upper on Saturday, and at Southland Drive on Sunday.   All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% homegrown, and pesticide free.  We will have the following:

-Homegrown heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, many varieties

-Roma tomatoes, great for sauces and salsa

-Multi colored cherry tomato pints

-Yummy blackberries

-Assorted hot and sweet peppers

-Fresh cut basil

-Fresh cut cilantro

-Fresh purslane

-Our popular uglies but goodies

Check out what's new at the farm on our Facebook page, we look forward to seeing you at the market!

The outdoor Lexington Farmers Markets for 2013 are now open. We will be at the following markets this week:    

Southland Drive, Sunday, August 11th (10am-2pm)

Magic Beans Coffee Roasters {Website} {Facebook}

Fayette County

Gliding o'er all, through all,

Through Nature, Time, and Space,
As a ship on the waters advancing,
The voyage of the soul ...

- W.W.

They're an unlikely pair of partners. One knows the chemistry; the other knows the business. But their stuff is good, man. Really, really good. They got some kind of secret space hidden away in a warehouse somewhere where they cook it up in batches. Pounds of the stuff. The thing is, nobody really understands how they make it. It's just not like any other stuff out there. And once people get a taste, they keep coming back. 

This week only, at the Lexington Farmers Market: 

Heisenberg Blend: A blend born of uncertainty, Heisenberg combines more than 12 different high-grown, specialty-grade arabica coffee beans from Central America, South America, Africa, and Asia. The blend contains a mixture of natural, pulp natural, and fully washed coffees, blended then roasted to a nice, rich, dark brown. It's a coffee that is indescribable and utterly unrepeatable. We're offering it in a limited edition of just 40 hand-printed and numbered bags, created to celebrate the final arc of AMC's outstanding series, "Breaking Bad." 

Mary Tyler "The Peach Lady" {Facebook}

Clark County

Peaches! Peaches! Peaches!

Our sweet juicy peaches are ripe for the pickin'.  Good every day, all day!  Even help soothe your afternoon hunger pangs with Mrs. Mary's tree-ripened peaches!  No need to reach for the vending machine change, instead sink your teeth into some peachy goodness.  And while you're at it, get enough for the entire office or even your grouchy uncle's pet june bug August.  These peaches are so tasty they'll even turn that bug face into a smile!

Quarles Farm {Website} {Facebook}

Lamb is back in stock in our coolers this weekend.  We'll have all cuts with us this Saturday and Sunday until they sell out.  Chops, shoulder roasts, legs, racks.  Succulent Kentucky grown lamb ready for your table.

This week you'll find us again with the grill fired up at Cheapside on Saturday and Southland on Sunday.  If you get out of your car at either location and get a whiff of those succulent burgers and brats; just follow your nose and bring your appetite.  The burgers and brats are made from our beef as well as the onions and soon tomatoes from our garden.  These burgers aren't those little thin things you get from the drive thru.  These are handmade, thick, juicy and topped with some of the market's best local cheeses.  Place your orders for lunch or breakfast when you first get to the market, do some shopping and then stop by to pick up your meal.  There's also plenty of sweet tea, lemonade and other drinks available.  We'll also be at Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday. 

We'll have vegetables, plenty of candy onions as well as cabbage, corn, squash and potatoes.  Great on the grill or in your favorite recipes.  There'll be plenty of jams, including blackberry and blackberry peach, as well as plenty of breads and other baked goods.  Come on down.  Bring your grocery list and your appetite.  There's plenty of great surprises to be discovered at the market!

Follow us on  Facebook or check out our website.

Reed Valley Orchard {Website} {Facebook}

Follow us on Facebook for updates each week. We are having a special on U-pick blueberries this week at our orchard.

Our website www.reedvalleyorchard.com will show the varieties of fruit that we have throughout the season.

We took a week off the newsletter, but our time on the farm has produced a boat load of tomatoes! This week will be offer:  Beans (tenderettes, purple filet, and yellow wax); Tomatoes (heirloom, red, San Marzano paste, assorted Roma, and heirloom cherry); Onions (candy, red candy, and white); Sweet peppers (green & colored bells, banana, and yummy); Hot pepeprs (pablano, jalapeno, cayeene, habenero, ghost, and Trinadad Scorpion); Summer squash and zucchini; Spaghetti and Acorn squash; Slicing cucumbers; Cantaloupe and other melons; Eggplant; Kale & Swiss Chard; Basil & Parsley; Zinnias.  Coming soon: purple hull field peas.

Good news for our Oriental Lily fans! This week we'll have TWO varieties at the Market:

• 'Lake Carey' - rose-colored petals edged in white, very fragrant and lots of buds! 
• 'Rose Lily' - highly unusual, marvelous double flowers are pollenless and very softly fragrant 

We'll also have more of all five colors of Lisianthus and our Lemon Basil Zinnia bouquets. For anyone who just can't get enough of a very good thing, we'll have $50 buckets of flowers as long as they last. Why not have flowers in every room while you can?!

If there's anything we can do for you in the way of a special order, delivery or planning for a future event, please send us a message on Facebook. 

Thanks so much for your fabulous support and we look forward to seeing you soon! 

- Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Hendricks and Val Schirmer 

Wildflour Scones & Tea {Facebook}

Scott County

We will be set up this Saturday at 5/3 Pavilion from 7am until we sell out but will NOT be at the UK Farmers Market at Commonwealth Stadium Wednesday. Come enjoy a locally made breakfast or afternoon treat with us this weekend!

This week our flavors will be:

-Lemon Blueberry featuring blueberries from Home PIckin's
-Buttermilk & Kentucky Honey featuring raw honey from Bev and Nick Nickels

-Raspberry cornmeal featuring raspberries from Silas Farms

-Maple Blackberry featuring blackberries from Briary Creek Farms

*NEW FLAVOR*

-Ham Swiss & Tomato featuring Emmenthal cheese from Boone Creek Creamery and cherry tomatoes from Hinkles Heirlooms

 
We will have our sweet fruit iced tea this Saturday! This week we will be serving peach iced tea featuring Kentucky peaches from Raggard Creekside Farm as well as brewing Caffe Marco coffee, locally roasted in Paris.
 
Visit our Facebook page for more info and flavor postings on Fridays. 

Facebook.comWildflourSconesandTea
See you Saturday!

In Your Community

Another week has flown by, full of wonderful interactions with our fellow Lexingtonians. We'll be interacting with campers at the YMCA this week and our summer calendars and coupons will be popping up at a few more community organization around town.

Where would you like us to go next? We have fun wherever we go, with everything from storybooks, to fresh samples, to deep discussions prepared. Send a quick note to the address below if you'd like to see the LFM at your next community function. 

Don't forget to use your summer produce vouchers at any of our market locations through the end of September. We have plenty of choices that make it easy to Eat Like It's Summer!

Stephanie Hopkins

Food Desert Initiative Coordinator

Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com