Friends and Patrons of the Market,

We've got an exciting event planned for the community at our market on October 24th - FOOD DAY! This year on Food Day, we'll be working hard to help people eat real.

Faith Feeds | Glean KY will be on site at our S. Broadway & Maxwell market, collecting donations of fresh produce for Lexington's hungry. Plus, LFM staff will be on hand to answer questions for those shoppers using WIC and SFMNP vouchers before they expire.

Please consider purchasing produce at market to donate to Lexington's hungry. You could even bring a few items from your backyard garden! Every little bit helps to feed those in need while supporting local farmers.

Stephanie Hopkins 

Food Desert Initiative Coordinator
Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com

In Your Community

 

See Market News for this week's In Your Community update.

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.

• Collards
• Onions
• Garlic
• Eggs
• Salt
• Parmesan Cheese
• Oil

Only 2 (two) weekends left for Blue Moon Farm at the market this year!!  If there is something special you need for your freezer or to squirrel away in your pantry for the winter, time is short!!  Please email us!

This week's photo is some of the beautiful garlic braids we made last year!  We'll have a new bunch this weekend.....you all cleaned us out last week!

This Saturday will be another picnicking day at Keeneland.  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!   Picked with blooms on wherever possible.....weather permitting.  Sweet and tender and beautiful on your plate! 

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- Ribeyes, NY Strips, Sirloins, Filets, Flat Iron (aka-Top Blade Steak); Whole Beef Tenderloin (think Christmas dinner!); 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.  The racks make a dramatic presentation for a holiday dinner! There's still time to order a whole LAMB cut-up and packaged for your freezer!

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!    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!

Special orders? garlic@bluemoongarlic.com

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

Greetings!  Believe it or not, we still have a nice selection of HOMEGROWN TOMATOES, but the end is near.  Take advantage of the fleeting opportunity to enjoy our homegrown goodness.  Come see us at the last 2 Sunday markets of this season at Southland Drive and on Saturdays at the corner of Short and Upper Street.  All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% HOMEGROWN, and pesticide free.  We do not sell anything that we do not grow.

 We will have the following:

-Homegrown tomatoes, numerous varieties, mostly heirlooms

-Heirloom roma tomatoes for sauces and salsa

-Pint baskets of cherry tomatoes, multiple colors

-Eggplant, multiple varieties

-Fresh cut basil

-Fresh cut cilantro

-Baby lettuce mix

-Fresh cut broccoli

-Sweet Banana, Mild hot Hungarian wax, poblano, Garden Salsa, and assorted hot peppers

-Colored sweet bell peppers and huge green bell peppers

-Velvet's homemade chicken salad

-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!

We are still taking order for all your holiday needs.  Contact us for roasts, chops, and specialty cuts!

-Eileen

 (661) 549-6499

Local Raw Honey by Nick and Bev Nickels {Website}

Southland Drive, Sunday, October 20th (10am-2pm)

Quarles Farm {Website}

Shelby County

It's EASY to have Three Toads Farm's home-grown flowers delivered to your home or business during the cold and dreary months!

Just sign up for a weekly, biweekly or monthly delivery and we'll bring them to you - or someone who could use a special pick-me-up - for just $32 per delivery.

We also do holiday deliveries of bouquets of our Oriental lilies or potted, ready to bloom jumbo Amaryllis and Paperwhites. Quantities are limited so please order early.

This week we'll have some really awesome flowers - dahlias and lilies - and pumpkin bouquets. There's still some time to plant your own gorgeous lilies, which will bloom for you next year. We'll have bulbs of our favorite varieties also at the market on Saturday.

Many thanks for your support! It makes us so proud to be growers of fine flowers for the Lexington Farmers Market!

-Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Hendricks Montgomery and Val Schirmer