These products can be purchased from LFM market members:

• Watermelons
• Cantaloupes
• Red Onions
• Cucumbers
• Apples
• Olive Oil 

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.

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}

Tonight (Tuesday) is a REAL blue moon!  http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-77098590/  It is beautiful here....full moon with a thunderheads beside it, flashing with lightning!!  We tried some photos, but that's a tough one!

Imagine lettuce growing in Kentucky in mid-August!  We have a new patch coming on, and should have our beautiful BABY LETTICE MIX back in a couple of weeks if the weather allows!  We're hoping to have our BABY SQUASH MEDLEY soon too! Stay tuned!

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.   Roast a couple of bulbs of MUSIC GARLIC beside them on the grill for garlicky goodness to squeeze on top when you serve!  YUM!!

Also, while the fresh tomatoes hold out, get your fill of BLT's!  We can supply you with the ARTISAN BREAD from Sunrise Bakery, LETTUCE from Vibrant Greens, and the best BACON in town from Stone Cross Farm!  Sam's got terrific HEIRLOOM TOMATOES at BRIARY CREEK FARM's stand, just down the row from us on Short St.  For something different, top your sandwich with our CHAMPAGNE DRESSING instead of straight mayo!

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 BREAKFAST SAUSAGE(mild, medium or hot) for patties or in links, and terrific PORK CHOPS, ROASTS and TENDERLOINS.

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

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!  Our own GARLIC POWDER, smoked and not.

ARTISAN BREADS from Sunrise Bakery, including the best GARLIC BAGELS in town, GARLIC TOPPED FOCACCIA and  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.

Keeneland Racing isn't too far off!  If you are planning a big party, 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 couple of beautiful whole BEEF TENDERLOINS, or a 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......... Sunrise 8/4/13, before Sunday market.

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

Henkle's Herbs and Heirlooms

Jessamine County

If knowing the origin of what you consume is important to you, as it should be, then we are the folks to shop with.  EVERYTHING we offer is started from seed and grown by us just 15 miles away at our farm in Nicholasville.  We opt to use biological controls and to release beneficial insects like lacewings and lady beetles (We recently released 35,000 of them) instead of spraying with pesticides that kill honey bees and other beneficial predators to create a pest management system that is friendly to the food we bring to market as well as to the environment.  

Look for us and our big box truck on Thursday at Broadway and Maxwell, 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 are delighted to inform you that we do not sell anything that we do not grow.  We will have the following:

-Heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, multiple colors

-Multi colored cherry tomato pints

-Heirloom Roma tomatoes, great for sauces and salsa

-Fresh cut basil

-'Doyce Chambers' heirloom greasy beans

-NT half runner beans, developed by Bill Best

-Yummy blackberries

-Tomatillos

-Assorted hot and sweet peppers

-Eggplant, multiple varieties

-Fresh purslane

-Our popular Uglies But Goodies

Check out all of the exciting things going on at the farm as well as lots of market pictures 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 25th (10am-2pm)

Magic Beans Coffee Roasters 

Fayette County 

Magic Beans is proud to announce the first-ever "Cafe Noir" micro-fiction contest. So pour yourself a nice strong cup of black coffee and start channeling your inner Raymond Chandler into a short-short murder mystery.

Submissions should be between 1,000 and 1,500 words and should prominently feature coffee as a key story element. (One caveat: Coffee can't be used as the murder weapon.)  

The winning entry will be serialized in future Lexington Farmers Market newsletters, and the winning author will receive a cool Magic Beans swag package, including a T-shirt, a mug, and, of course, some delicious, freshly roasted coffee beans. 

Send entries to murder@magicbeanscoffee.com. Deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21. All entries will become the property of Magic Beans and cannot be returned. 

We'll be at the Market on Saturday and Sunday this week, with a fresh batch of Ethiopia Yirgachefe from the Konga cooperative. We'll also have some organic Fair Trade Sumatran coffee, and we have just a few bags left of that delicious Pacamara varietal from Finca Los Congos in Nicaragua. Come by and say hi! 

Reed Valley Orchard {Facebook} {Website}

Bourbon County

We plan on being at the Saturday market. We will be bringing lots of freestone peaches (white & yellow), blackberries, Kosui Asian Pears,  Apples (including Earli-gold, ginger gold, Gala, McIntosh and Monarch apples. If you would like for us to hold something for you please contact us at  (859) 987-6480.

Follow us on Facebook for updates each week. You can come to the Orchard and pick your own fruit from the vines or the trees!

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

Scott County From

 

We will be set up this Saturday at 5/3 Pavilion from 7am until we sell out. Come enjoy a locally made breakfast or afternoon treat with us this weekend!

Due to the fact we were not at the market last Saturday and able to get produce for this coming week and won't be picking up all our ingredients until Thursdays market on Maxwell & Broadway, we're going to play a game called "Guess What Fabulous Flavors We Will Have This Saturday!"

 

Flavors we know we will have:

-Buttermilk & Kentucky Honey featuring raw honey from Bev and Nick Nickels

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

 

But as far as the other flavors go, who knows!? Any lingering blueberries for Lemon Blueberry? Hopefully blackberries will still be here in all their juicy glory... and maybe the debut of an end-of-summer-favorite: Cinnamon Peach?

 

Check back with us on our Facebook page for more info and a finalized flavor posting Friday. 

Facebook.comWildflourSconesandTea

 
We do know we will have our sweet fruit iced tea this Saturday! This week we will be serving peach iced tea featuring Kentucky peaches from Reed Valley Orchard as well as brewing Caffe Marco coffee, locally roasted in Paris.   

See you Saturday!

 

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!

Stephanie Hopkins

Food Desert Initiative Coordinator

Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com