Last weekend was action-packed: from Boomslang and the LexArts Gallery Hop to the Latino Festival and Crave Lexington. We want to thank all of you that stopped by our booth at Crave Lexington or chose to participate in the Follow The Food Farm tour and visit the Lexington Farmers' Market. Although Saturday started out rainy, I know that the farmers are very appreciative to those who braved the weather.

While this weekend in Lexington might be calmer, the market is still alive with fresh new-to-the-market-this-season produce and brimming with some of the summer's most savored flavors. Bring a bag and an appetite when you visit the market in the coming days.

See You At Market, 

Josh England

Lexington Farmers' Market Assistant Manager

josh@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com

In Your Community 

We've enjoyed bringing Lexington Farmers' Market produce to events and classes around town the past few weeks. Introducing people to the fresh tastes and healthy contents of locally grown fruits and vegetables never gets old.

Tonight we begin a new adventure at the William Wells Brown Community Center as we hosting a vegetable literacy workshop for youth from 6:00-7:00pm. We'll also be hosting a similar workshop for adults at the Center on Thursday at 7:00pm. These workshops will take place monthly through the rest of the school year. Visit our  Events Calendar for class descriptions and details.

When you see us (or one of our new advertisements) around town, send us a message! We'd love to hear your feedback and new ideas for becoming involved in your community.

Stephanie Hopkins 
Food Desert Initiative Coordinator
Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com

P.S. Did you hear our radio ad this month? If not, click here for the full audio. 

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.

• Eggs
• Pawpaws

Fayette/Clark County

 

We will be at the Saturday market with cheeses, and on Sunday, Sorbet Cafe (that's our little satellite biz) will be bringing out our first batch of pawpaw sorbet, dairy free and made with coconut milk and a splash of lime juice which gives it an even more delicious tropical flavor. We'll also have salted caramel with goat cheese and cashews, organic mango-lime and fresh pineapple flavors.  Just so you'll know, we never use dairy except in our flavors with goat cheese.  Corn syrup is taboo (we use organic sugar), and the only thing we add for texture is arrowroot, natural and simple.  So please come and taste the difference.

 

We'll have plenty of fresh chevre and Feta, of course, and both cold and hot spiced cider by the cup from Evans Orchards. 

 

And thanks to everyone who came to visit the farm on the Follow the Farm Tour Saturday. We had way more than 100 people and the numbers are still out.  The goats are still buzzing about who was the most charming.  Seems to have been Honeybee and Magma from what they are telling me.  And Beulah, my gallon and a half milker a day, is still strutting with her award as "best udder."  We are trying to give her a break, but she refuses to quit her job.

 

gourmetgoats@msn.com

www.bleugrasschevre.com

 

This week's photo is of our barn full of garlic!  It's a hard thing to photograph, but I love this one.

This Saturday will be a big tailgating day before UK's evening football game.  Come on down to the market, and we'll fix you up with everything you need to fill hungry bellies and impress your friends!  :-)

We are so pleased to finally have our BABY SQUASH available for you again!  Last year we ended up not even planting squash because of the terribly hot and dry weather, and the year before that our harvest was not good.  So, they're BACK!!  Picked with blooms wherever possible.....weather permitting.  Sweet and tender and beautiful on your plate!  We'll also have some a little bit larger....good for grilling, sauté, or just pop them in your spaghetti sauce to cook!

Blue Moon Farm has 5 weeks left at market for this year, and many of you are starting to stock your freezers with our local meat offerings for the winter.  If you need more than a couple of something, we would appreciate your giving us a heads up so we have enough on hand to fill your needs and still have some for others.  Please email us at garlic@bluemoongarlic.com  

We have Stone Cross Farm's wonderful PASTURED PORK products- Bacon; Breakfast sausage- now in Medium, Mild with Extra Sage, or Hot; Piggy Links;  Ground Pork; Chops- bone-in or boneless; Loin Roasts; Shoulder/Boston Butt; Tenderloins; Jowl Bacon to cook with your beans.  European Sausages- Italian- Hot or Sweet; Chorizo- links or bulk; English Bangers;  Knockwurst/Hot Dogs; Bratwurst.

From Colcord Farm we carry GRASS FINISHED BEEF products-  Steaks- Ribeye, NY Strip, Sirloin, Filets, Flat Iron; Whole Beef Tenderloin; Chuck Roasts; Rump Roasts; Short Ribs; Ground Beef; Burger Patties; and Ground Round.  A new product is BEEF BRATWURST!  All STEAKS and the whole tenderloin are 30% off!

Bourbon County LAMB- Ground; Stew Meat; Racks; Chops; Spare Ribs; Shanks, Roasts.  

GARLIC BRAIDS are traditionally the best way of storing garlic for the winter.  The plant is left intact, which helps to slow the dehydration process, and it looks great hanging in your kitchen to boot!  Handmade by Jean and Leo, we'll have at least 3 varieties from which to choose.  Lots of BAGGED GARLIC, and single BULBS, and our own GARLIC POWDER, smoked or not.  PEPPER POWDERS also!  GARLIC SCAPE PESTO will keep in your freezer all winter too!

Stone Cross Farm's handmade SOAPS make a perfect birthday or holiday gift....a great stocking stuffer!  9 different kinds in wonderful scents!

Sunrise Bakery's ARTISAN BREADS and PASTRIES have become a weekend habit for many of our customers.  Start your day with a sticky CINNAMON BUN or BLACKBERRY MUFFIN, or try a GARLIC BAGEL!  We now have Bleugrass Chevre's soft GOAT CHEESE to top them!  Lots of different BREADS for school lunch sandwiches, to accompany your family dinner, or for breakfast toast!

FRESH CUT BASIL and CILANTRO, hydroponically grown BUTTERHEAD (Bibb) and ROMAINE LETTUCE, and ARUGULA from Vibrant Greens in Madison County.

See you this weekend........rain or shine!

Special orders? garlic@bluemoongarlic.com

Blue Moon Farm

"Garlic Makes Good Scents!"

www.bluemoongarlic.com

www.facebook.com/bluemoongarlic

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.comed2@kycheese.com

Everyone at Elmwood wants to thank you for your support of local farms and let you know how much we appreciate your attendance at the Lexington Farmers Market week after week.  As the seasons change, we continue to work to offer you the highest quality USDA Certified Organic produce, eggs, and meats that we can.

We will be set up each Saturday downtown (Cheapside Park outdoors through Thanksgiving and Victorian Square indoors all winter long), and each Sunday on Southland Drive through October.

PRODUCE we are offering now includes Green Beans, Beets, Cabbages, Rainbow Swiss Chard, Summer Squash, Fall Squash, Kohlrabi, Leeks, Garlic, Bell Peppers, Hot Peppers, Turnips, Onions, Green Onions, Sweet Potatoes and more as new things are coming on each week.

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, each egg is hand washed and inspected for cracks. 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.  Each hen's diet includes certified organic grain which is non-gmo.

MEAT and POULTRY  Each week we bring a complete inventory of our 100% 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 specialty beef sausages, chicken liver, bones for broth, and even bones for your pet!

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.

HERITAGE TURKEY TIME  We take pre-orders for our holiday turkeys in person at the market or by email.  At Elmwood, we care year-round for our own breeding flock in order to raise Bourbon Red (named after Bourbon County KY), Narragansett (the oldest known American turkey breed), and the Slate turkeys (also found on Slow Food's Ark of Taste that promotes the survival of near-extinct foods).  Stop by the market or email the farm for more details on breeds, sizes and pricing.

ALL TURKEYS are Organic Certified free ranging turkeys that are raised outdoors on grass pasture.  They are raised the old-fashioned way, on fresh green grass and clover pastures with wholesome grains, resulting in moist, flavorful turkey.  Not only are Elmwood turkeys raised naturally, free from any synthetic inputs, flavor additives, or stimulants, but everything that every turkey eats is organically raised grain or grass pasture.  You can taste the difference and you will know you are serving the best!

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

There may be a chill in the air but our homegrown produce is far from being over.  There are still 5 more weeks of Sunday market and we will always have the Saturday market after that.  So, just because school has started and retail stores are already gearing up for the holidays don't let the flavors of summer fade away before their time.  Our late tomato planting is just starting to produce as well as a pepper and eggplant planting that was just picked for the first time on Friday.  The late basil and cilantro planting were also harvested for the first time on Friday as well so don't hesitate to come see us at the market, we are still going strong!

Look for us and our big box truck 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

-Fresh cut cilantro

-Tomatillos

-Assorted hot and sweet peppers

-Eggplant, multiple varieties

-Fresh purslane

-Our popular Uglies But Goodies

Also thank you to all those that came to our Crave Lexington presentation.

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!

Local Raw Honey by Nick and Bev Nickels {Website}

Southland Drive, Sunday, September 29th (10am-2pm)

Magic Beans Coffee Roasters {Website}{Facebook}

 This week, we will be roasting our last batch of that exquisite Pacamara varietal coffee from Finca Los Congos in Nicaragua (photo:Jose Rene, Owner, Finas Los Congos) . When we first got this coffee back in March, we were actually a bit put off by its most prized characteristic: its audacious citrus-lime acidity. It seemed to be irrepressible, even at darker roasts. 

So we pushed it to its limits, and our roast revealed a cup with layers of acidity - not just lime, but cherry, too - and a deep, bittersweet chocolate flavor and body. One tough critic deemed it "the single most drinkable coffee" he had ever had. Dang, that stuff was good.

Months later, tasting the coffee again after a respectful interlude, we wondered: Did we really taste all of those things in one cup? Or were we maybe just getting high on our own vapors? (There's always a danger when you get creative with adjectives that you'll start to believe your own hyperbole.) Nope. They were all there: Cherry, lime, chocolate bomb. 

We look forward to offering another fine coffee from Los Congos next Spring after the current crop is harvested. In the meantime, this is your chance to stock up on one of the finest Nicaraguan coffees available anywhere. 

We'll also have a fresh batch of our Sumatra Mandheling Fair Trade Organic as well as an assortment of other coffees from recent roasting sessions. 

September is the PERFECT time to plant gorgeous Oriental lilies in your garden! They are sensational garden performers here in the Bluegrass and it's easy to squeeze in a few, even in the most tightly-packed gardens. We'll have our own bulbs at the Market on Saturday, from the super frilly double 'Rose Lily' to the spectacular pure white giant 'Rialto' and several more varieties. We have photos and complete growing instructions (which are exceedingly simple) and with the showers forecast this weekend, it will be the absolute best time to plant these beauties!

Even though Fall is definitely in the air, we still have lots of marvelous late summer flowers, including fragrant Lemon Basil Zinnia bouquets and gorgeous Dahlias. We will also have a very limited amount of cut Lilies and Lisianthus - if you've got a hankering for them, please come early so you won't be disappointed.

Please don't hesitate to contact us on Facebook if you'd like to order flowers or have any questions. Hope to see you Saturday!

- Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Hendricks Montgomery and Val Schirmer 

Stonehedge Farm Produce {Facebook}

This week we will offer  sweet peppers (yummy, bell, banana); hot peppers (cayenne, jalapeno, habanero, pablano); baby squash; purple hull cowpeas; baby beets; radishes; baby eggplant; tomatilloes; cherry tomatoes (for about another week); baby okra; lettuces and lettuce blends; celery and celeriac; basil and parsley...cilantro coming soon; turnip greens; baby kale; swiss chard; pumpkins (edible heirlooms and decorative only); decorative gourds; zinnias and pumpkin flower bouquets. 

  

 We will not be at market October 5, 8, 10, 12, or 13.

  

-Adrienne and Jim

 

Wildflour Scones & Tea {Facebook}

Scott County