The 2013 show will include two cooking presentations by celebrity chefs The Deen Brothers in Rupp Arena and cooking demos by award-winning local and regional chefs. The show will also include:

• National & Regional Cookbook Authors
• Culinary Seminars
• Quick Tips booth
• Local Wineries
• Restaurant Row
• Traditional Foodcraft

Now in its 5th year, the Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show is the event of the year for everyone who loves food, cooking and entertaining. Featuring more than 100 exhibitors including specialty food companies, caterers, restaurants, kitchen accessories and appliance distributers.

Everyone's favorite The Marketplace will showcase products to sample and purchase. Kentucky Agricultural Commissioner Comer sums it nicely by saying "The Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show is the biggest event of the year for Kentucky food lovers. To have one of the world's most famous chefs and fresh, healthy, delicious Kentucky Proud products all under one roof is something well worth experiencing!"

The Kentucky Proud Incredible Food Show is held at Lexington Center in Lexington, KY. It is easily accessible from I-75 and I-64.   

For more information, call (859) 233-4567.

1. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat. Add oil and meat to the pan. Spread the meat around the pan and begin to break it up.
2. Combine brown sugar and steak seasoning. Add sugar and spice mixture to the skillet and combine.
3. When the meat has browned, add onion and red peppers to the skillet. Reduce heat to medium and cook onions, peppers, red wine vinegar and Worcestershire sauce with meat for 5 minutes.
4. Add tomato sauce and paste to pan. Stir to combine. Reduce heat to simmer and cook Sloppy Joe mixture 5 minutes longer.
5. Using a large spoon or ice cream scoop, pile sloppy meat onto toasted, buttered bun bottoms and cover with bun tops.

These products can be purchased from LFM market members:

• Onions
• Olive Oil
• Ground Beef 
• Garlic
• Bell Pepper
• Tomatoes
• Cheese
• Rolls

Fayette/Clark County

 

We have plenty of milk to supplement our own now - thanks to Luisa and Steve Dalton's newly permitted Double D Dairy (cute, hunh?) in Nelson County.  We will have lots of cheeses at the market this week, including FETA.  Be sure and check out our new little aperitif cheeses - baby rounds packed three in a container and perfectly awesome on a salad plate or as an hors d'oeuvre.

 

When you get a chance, take a look at our new website and meet some of our critters.  And you must follow the Crave Lexington website and FB page for news about this huge, fabulous food and music festival happening September 21 and 22 at MoonDance Amphitheater and all around town with pop-up events this month and next.  Both our market and Bleugrass Chèvre are part of the tours on Saturday, the 21st.     

 

Blue Moon Farm {Website} {Facebook}

Five inches of rain last week on Blue Moon Farm!  Whoda thunk it in August??  We had another inch on Monday, so now it needs to stop for a while!  We have baby squash and lettuce plants coming up, and the cooler weather is perfect for them!   We hope to have our own beautiful LETTUCE MIX back in a couple of weeks!

There's still time for 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 roasted GARLIC or CANDY ONIONS on the grill?  YUM!!

If you'd rather have sausages, Stone Cross Farm supplies us with great ITALIAN, POLISH, BRATS, CHORIZO, ENGLISH BANGERS and HOT DOGS.  Get a few kinds and do a mixed grill with bell peppers and onions!  Stone Cross also supplies us with the best BACON around for your BLT's!!  BREAKFAST SAUSAGE(mild, medium or hot) for patties or in links, and terrific PORK CHOPS.

Kentucky LAMB from Bourbon County.... RACKS, GROUND, STEW MEAT (great for shish kabob!), SPARE RIBS or Bone-In LEG ROAST.  CHOPS will be back next week. 

GARLIC!!  BULBS, BAGS and HANDMADE GARLIC BRAIDS!!   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!  PASTRIES too! 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!

While we're waiting for our LETTUCE MIX to be ready, 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, or KY Lamb RACK!  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

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

Southland Drive, Sunday, August 18th (10am-2pm)

Reed Valley Orchard {Website} {Facebook}

Stonehedge Farm {Facebook}

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.

We'd like to introduce you to Dahlia 'Nick Sr', an absolute stunner and the first of our 40+ varieties of Dahlias that are just now beginning to bloom. We have two things to say about this ... (1) It's about darn time and (2) they're gonna be worth it! We sourced the tubers from two awesome growers in the Northwest and are really, really looking forward to offering them to you beginning with a few stems this week. More to come!

Also this week we have:

• Oriental lily 'Gracia' - is a new one for us. She's the most luscious shade of pale pink and cream and a great fragrance to boot. Just began blooming as we write this and Charlie made a special note about her ... 'Excellent!" 
• Lemon Basil & Zinnia bouquets - with the great fragrance of fresh-squeezed lemon and packed with loads of summer colors. The basil also tends to root in water, so you'll have it to add to salsas and other summer treats for weeks. 
• Lisianthus - we'll have all five color of Lisianthus this week: pure white, deep dark purple, lavender and white blush, sweet rose and lemony yellow. And for those who just can't get enough of this long-lasting former Cut Flower of the Year, you can get an entire bucket for $50. We agree with those who buy them this way ... summer is too short to not to surround yourself with flowers. 

If there's anything we can do in the way of a special order, regular delivery or planning for a future event, please send us a message on Facebook or give us a call. Many thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you soon! 

- Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Hendricks and Val Schirmer

Wildflour Scones & Tea {Facebook}

Sadly, we will NOT be set up this Saturday at 5/3 Pavilion but WILL be at the UK Farmers Market at Commonwealth Stadium Wednesday 8/14 from 3-6pm for the last UK market of the season! **We will be there unless it decides to thunderstorm**

Come enjoy a locally made afternoon treat with us! 

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

-Beer Cheese & Scallion featuring Brown's Tastee Beer Cheer and Johnson Brothers onions

 
Visit our Facebook page for more info and flavor postings on Fridays. 

Facebook.comWildflourSconesandTea

See you Wednesday!

In Your Community

This week we've changed gears and began formalizing a few new types of outreach. We are excited to announce that starting in September, you will be able to find us inside the Lextran buses you ride around town (and to the market!) and hear us on the radio you listen to throughout the day.

Catch our radio or bus ad? Let us know what you think. Take a creative picture with our bus ad (or a radio!?) and tell us where you were when you took the picture. Submit it to the email address below and you could be featured on our Facebook page!

In the meantime, come see UK Extension Agent Sara Talbott cook up her version of summer this Saturday at market. It's sure to be delicious!

Stephanie Hopkins

Food Desert Initiative Coordinator

Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com