River People Farmers Market

Astoria, Ore.- River People Farmers Market concluded its first season on September 29, 2011 with a resounding ring of success.  Over 16,000 people visited the market over its fifteen week season, and twenty vendors–many of them first time farmers–sold produce, fresh seafood, meat, berries, and flowers to an enthusiastic audience of mostly local shoppers.

The River People Farmers Market was one of the first projects undertaken by North Coast Food Web, a new organization dedicated to building a strong local food economy on the North Coast. The market sought to provide a simple path for beginning farmers and fishers to bring their food to market and to provide established vendors a rewarding venue to build a stronger local customer base.  NCFW’s board raised over $7400 in donations to launch the market—the only all-food, all-volunteer run farmers market in Astoria.  Over  1200 hours contributed by dedicated volunteers and board members of NCFW made the market’s season a success.

Local businesses and organizations providing partnership support for the farmers market included The Blue Scorcher Bakery and Cafe, the Astoria Coop, Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank, Astoria Indoor Garden Supply and OSU Extension Clatsop County.  The market took place in space made available by Astoria Indoor Garden Supply at their 13th and Duane Street location. Neighboring shops noted a welcome increase in foot traffic on Thursday afternoons as a result of market shoppers in the area.  “One way we decided to participate was through a booth offering samples of products available at the Astoria Coop,” said Coop board president Merianne Myers.  “I learned to be careful and only sample foods we had a large quantity of. Our sales were definitely up on Thursdays–not just on the sampled items, but across the board.”

The RPFM also featured its own Market Cafe with Chef and NCFW board member Rod Nichols donating his talents to create delicious meals from farm fresh products. Ingredients  purchased from vendors at the market were then incorporated into a varied menu that included grilled salmon on salad greens drizzled with pesto aioli, pasture-raised beef burgers on a freshly baked bun with all the trimmings and grilled pizzas with fresh vegetables and herbs.

Market customers enthusiastically embraced the ‘zero waste’ recycling program at the RPFM.  The Market Cafe used durable plates, utensils, cups and cloth napkins, all of which were washed and reused throughout the market season.  Food scraps from the cafe and customer meals were put into the onsite worm bin or hauled away to local compost piles, keeping non-recyclable trash to a small handful each market. During the fifteen market weeks, RPFM organizers estimated they were able to keep the equivalent of 700 paper plates and bowls; 800 plastic cups and 1000 plastic utensils out of the waste stream.

NCFW board member and regular market volunteer Lori Rutledge echoed the enthusiasm many in the community felt for the market.  “I enjoyed seeing so many local people coming out to shop at the market, run into friends, grab a bite to eat at the market cafe and hang out listening to the music for a while.  It turned out even better than we hoped it would.”

North Coast Food Web’s vision of creating greater access to locally grown and produced food through the River People Farmers Market was realized by expanding shopping to WIC and senior voucher holders and to SNAP (formerly food stamp) recipients. With their ambitious program of matching the first $10 a SNAP recipient spent at the market with another $10 of market tokens, the RPFM made it possible for SNAP recipients to spend  over $3,200 on fresh, nutritious, local food.  NCFW is especially grateful to the Astoria Coop, Astoria Indoor Garden Supply and a generous private donor for the matching funds that made the program possible.

“This was an awesome experience for me” said first-time market vendor Fred Johnson of Fred’s Homegrown Produce in Naselle, Washington.  “I’ll definitely be back next year.”

Many local musicians provided live music at each market, and the market made free booth space available to many local non-profits including, KMUN, Clatsop County Master Gardeners, PFLAG, Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank and North Coast Land Conservancy.

The North Coast Food Web board is developing new projects to strengthen and grow the North Coast’s local food system, and already has ideas for how to improve the River People Farmers Market’s 2012 season. “Although,” laughs Rutledge, “we’re also looking forward to a little bit of a rest now.”

LAST MARKET OF THE SEASON ! Updates and Vendor list for the River People Farmers Market on 9/29/11  – OPEN TODAY FROM 3 – 5

MARKET #15:  – the River People Farmers Market is TODAY!  Astoria’s ONLY “All Food” Farmers Market!  We feature the finest local producers of quality food in a lovely community setting in downtown Astoria at 13th and Duane Street, in the Astoria Indoor Garden Supply parking lot right across from the Astoria Co-op from 3 – 5 PM (closing early to celebrate with our ultra-fabulous vendors and volunteers the end of our first wonderful season!)

WE ARE A GROWER- SELLER MARKET — Come meet the people who grow your food!

We are an ALL VOLUNTEER RUN market:-) COME MEET THE BEST VOLUNTEERS ON THE PLANET!!!

THE RIVER PEOPLE FARMERS MARKET PROUDLY ACCEPTS:
Oregon Trail Cards, WIC and SENIOR NUTRITION Vouchers as well as credit cards – please stop at our information booth and learn about our RPFM alternative currency (tokens)!

TODAY we are continuing our $10 Oregon Trail card match program — for the first $10 you spend using your Oregon Trail card, we will give you another $10 to spend on fresh delicious food at the River People Farmers Market!  THANK YOU TO THE ASTORIA CO-OP, ASTORIA INDOOR GARDEN SUPPLY and Merianne and Tom Myers for their generosity in making this program happen!!!

As always, brought to you by the North Coast Food Web whose mission is:  “To cultivate a thriving regional economy and healthy communities through food and agriculture”, and our community partners – The Astoria Co-op; Astoria Indoor Garden Supply; The Blue Scorcher Bakery; Clatsop Community Action Regional Food Bank; Coast Community Radio; and Oregon State Extension Service

Follow us on FACEBOOK:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-People-Farmers-Market/145157615561398

Our RPFM Vendors this week:

1.  RPFM Market Cafe  – featuring the FABULOUS Rod Nichols cooking his AMAZING PIZZAs with farm fresh toppings and PIE

2.   Farmer Fred Johnson – (Beautiful tomatoes, peppers, kale and basil!!!)

3.  Silver Leaf Farms (lovely produce and vegan treats)

4.  Island’s End Farm (Sauerkraut, kimchee, BASIL PESTO, figs and wonderful Puget Island produce)

5. Blue Scorcher Bakery (Hearth baked breads and pastries)

6. OSU Master Gardeners (have questions about gardening?  Come talk with the Master Gardeners today!)

7.  Lazy Creek Farm  (Potatoes, lettuces, carrots and more)

8.  46 North Farm  – Find Teresa wearing her other hat today at the community booth!
Community Booth:  COAST COMMUNITY RADIO

RECYCLING BOOTH:  THE RPFM strives to be a zero waste market!  Check out the booth right next to the cafe.

CHILDREN’S AREA:  Street Chalk!

MUSIC:  Please Welcome Back JEFFERY REYNOLDS!

Greetings!

This Thursday the 29th is the last River People Farmers Market for the season and booths will be open only from 3-5pm after which vendors and volunteers are celebrating that this wonderful market took place.

We’d like some more people to “find us on facebook.”Please click on the link and “like” us. Let us know what information you’d like to see posted here. Would it help if we posted this newsletter on the Facebook page? Please let us know.

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The Two Islands Farmers Market on Puget Island takes place from 3-6:30 pm until the end of October. We are planning on being there during October and Greyfields also has a booth there. Look us up, or pre-order and pick your order up from us there beginning October 7th. The ferry leaves Westport at quarter after the hour and returns from Puget Island on the hour. Cost is $5 one way for a car and much less (but I don’t know how much) for a bicycle. Once off the ferry, W Birnie Slough where the market is is maybe two miles. Turn left after the Norse Hall and the market is 1/8th mile away.

We live about three miles west of Two islands Market at 541 W. Birnie Slough Rd. (red barn mailbox). We will continue to fill email orders and have them available for you to pick up at our farm on Fridays after noon (or another time we mutually agree on). You can pick up your order and leave cash or a check on our side porch, whether or not we are at home.

Pre-order from the list below by return email.

Fresh Basil Pesto: Just add parmesan!  $6 for an 8 ounce jar.

Krauts: We have been selling out of various krauts very quickly. If we don’t have what you want, please consider placing an order and you’ll get your order before any of the next batch goes on sale. We’ve considered the idea of having a “kraut CSA” for the winter, where you would order what you want and how often and make payments in advance.  If this idea appeals to you, please let us know. We have planted quite a bit of cabbage with making krauts throughout the winter in mind. New to the market last week was kohlrabi kraut, plain or with chili. We made our first batch of this a year ago and just finished it up in August, still good eating!
We will be offering our krauts and kim chi at the Astoria Coop after mid-October.

Tomatoes: We don’t have a large amount of any one type, but do have a nice selection of mostly heritage tomatoes–Anna Russian (a pink) German Striped, Polish Linguisa (large roma paste type), Kellogg Breakfast (yellow), Black Plum, Yellow Plum,and several others. If ordering, please specify which you’d like. Cherry tomato baskets for $2 are a combination of jolly elf roma, blush long cherry, and tommy toe round cherry style.

Produce/Product List for Week of September 29th

In Astoria, we will offer eggs-$5 dozen and carrot or beet bunches, $3 bunch.

• Sauerkraut and Caraway Kraut-16 ounces, $7.50
• HOT Thai Kim Chi-  8 ounces, $5
• Thai Kim Chi- 8 and 16 ounce
• Regular Kim Chi- 8 ounce, $5 ( medium hot,)
• Kolhrabi kraut, regular and hot, 16 ounce, $8.50 and 8 ounce, $5
• Tomatoes- med to slicer size, $2.50 pound; cherry roma, blush cherry, tommy toe cherry, or  black plum -$2 for 1/2 pound basket
• Sweet green peppers- 50 cents each
• Baby Bok Choy-$2/pound
• Mixed greens-$3.00 for 3/4 pound. Kale plus some of most of the greens below. PRE-ORDER only. Great for smoothies, saute
• Radish-$1.25/bunch
• Frisee-$2 bag
• Escarole-$2.50 3/4 pound bag
• Tronchuda-cabbage/kale/collard type green-$2 bunch
• Broccoli Raab-$2 bunch
• Curly Kale-$2 bunch
• Choy sum-Asian green, slight mustard flavor
• Garlic bulb-$1 each
• Zucchini-yellow, green, and ball-type. mostly medium size-50 cents each ( zucs are slowing down)
• Tromboncino Italian summer squash-$2 each
• Winter squash:  spagetti (Small Wonder) or delicata–$1.25 pound
• Decorative “Gremlin” squash-$1 pound
• Cucumber–50cent-$1 depending on size (Cukes are really slowing down)
• Celery stalks and leaves-$1.50 pound
• Sprouting broccoli-$1.50 bunch
• Green Flagpole onions-$2 bunch
• New Zealand spinach-$2.50 for 3/4 lb bag (also slowing down)
• Perpetual spinach–$2 for 1/2 lb bunch
• Green Chard- very tender, $2.50 for 3/4 pound bunch
• Rainbow chard–$2.50 for 3/4 lb bunch
• Basil- $2 for quart size bag, about 3 ounces (2-3 cups)
• Rosemary, parsley, garlic chives, spearmint, lovage, sage, winter savory – $1/bunch. Bay leaves-10 cents each or mixed herbs bag, $2  PREORDER only
• Sorrel-for salads and cooking-$1/3 lb-$2–Ask for sorrel sauce recipe for fish
• Aloe cactus starts-$5 each
• Jams and Jellies: $6/jar–Caramel apple butter (lowest in sugar-no pectin), apricot jam, raspberry jam and jelly, blueberry jam; cascade berry jam and jelly, Waldo berry jam, triple berry jam,  currant jelly and blackbery jam and jelly,   All from unsprayed fruit, most from Puget Island.

Honey:  Creamed honey-$7 for 8 ounce jar. We’ll let you know in October if we have any of our locust/blackberry honey available.
I am a distributor for Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils and other Young Living products and so can purchase at the reduced rate. Check their website for products or ask to look through the catalog at the market. You can place an order through me and pay the lower distributor’s cost plus S&H and tax. I order at the end of every month with orders arriving middle of the next month.

Cheers!  Carol

Our mission at Island’s End Farm is providing high quality organically grown vegetables, promoting increased use and enjoyment of eating leafy greens, and continually nurturing the soil in which we have grown our vegetables for over 30 years.

Just a quick note to let their respective fans know – See you at the market!

Dearest RPFM Vendors and volunteers,

MARKET #13 for the River People Farmers Market is today!

As always, brought to you by the North Coast Food Web whose mission is:  “To cultivate a thriving regional economy and healthy communities through food and agriculture”

THANK YOU ALL FOR A GREAT 12th MARKET LAST THURSDAY!!!   Gorgeous weather, delicious food, and wonderful people having a great time – and more of the same today!

THIS WEEK:  We are continuing our $10 match program for Oregon Trail Card users TODAY!  Oregon Trail card users will be matched $10 worth of EXTRA tokens for the first $10 they spend with their card at the RPFM.  We are able to do this because of a generous donation from Astoria Co-op.
THANK YOU ASTORIA CO-OP and Merianne and Tom Myers for being leaders in the Fight against Hunger on the North Oregon Coast!!!

Vendors,  Again, one or several of the North Coast Food Web board will be at the 1343 Duane Street site from 12:00 on, so please feel free to arrive early to set-up.  We will have booth assignments ready and someone will direct you to your place.  RPFM volunteers will be wearing red aprons and be easily identifiable — and available to help!  Please drive into the site from Duane street, unload and then park off site.  One of us will direct you to available parking.

Check out our FACEBOOK PAGE for new posts!: )https://www.facebook.com/pages/River-People-Farmers-Market/145157615561398

Ultra Fabulous RPFM Volunteers, We will again have the red RPFM market aprons for you in the information booth!  Please stop in and pick one up:)  THANK YOU to you all for your hard work!!  THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU to you ALL!!!

1.  A & B Farms (strawberries, Sylvan berries,raspberries,blueberries)
2.  46 North Farm - (Beautiful plant starts, lettuce bowls and lovely flower bouquets)
3.  Silver Leaf Farms ( produce and delicious vegan treats!)
4.  Island’s End Farm (Sauerkraut, kimchee, basil pesto, figs and wonderful Puget Island produce)
5. Skipanon Seafood (Salmon, smoked fish, canned fish, cocktail shrimp and crab plus more!)
6. Blue Scorcher Bakery (Hearth baked breads and pastries)
7.  Love Warrior Gardens (featuring Brooke’s pesto, greens and medicinal herbs!)
8.  THE MARKET CAFE:  Featuring the AMAZING ROD NICHOLS as chef of the week and as always, fresh delicious food from our RPFM vendors!
9.  Greyfields – pasture-raised lamb and beef
10.  The Astoria Co-op (delectable tastes of organic foods)
11.  Lazy Creek Farm (Delectable, colorful potatoes, carrots and more!)
12.  Belle Terre (organic juices)
13.  Farmer Fred (Tomatoes, basil, lettuces)

RECYCLING BOOTH:  THE RPFM strives to be a zero waste market – come by and check us out!

COMMUNITY BOOTH:  Clatsop Marriage Project

MUSIC:  Jeffery Reynolds

Information Booth:  SNAP OUTREACH – We’ll have brochures and applications available for anyone interested in finding out whether they or their families are eligible to receive SNAP benefits.  If everyone who is SNAP eligible in Clatsop County signed up for SNAP, it would bring 4 million dollars in our community!

END OF THE MARKET PARTY ALERT!!!

Greetings!

We are trying to join the Facebook age and are having some problems. We cannot access a page we orginally started (long story) and when you google our farm, this original incomplete page comes up. We are trying to get it deleted. In the meantime, the link below goes to the site we would like you to see. Please click on the link and “like” us. Let us know what information you’d like to see posted here. Would it help if we posted this newsletter on the Facebook page? Please let us know.

Just a reminder: while we are currently not having a booth at the Two Island’s Farm Market on Puget Island, we do have our jams, jellies, and krauts there. The kraut and kim chi is in the refrigerator right by their cash register. We do have a booth every Thursday, 3-7 pm, at the River People Farmers Market in Astoria, between Duane and Exchange on 13th–across from the Coop.

We live about three miles west of Two islands Market at 541 W. Birnie Slough Rd. (red barn mailbox). We will continue to fill email orders and have them available for you to pick up at our farm on either Thursdays or Fridays after noon (or another time we mutually agree on). You can pick up your order and leave cash or a check on our side porch, whether or not we are at home. On warm days, we put orders in a cooler.
To assure that you get what you want, please pre-order no later than Wednesday evening for pick up at either the Astoria Market or here at our house on Thursday or Friday (or another day that fits your schedule). Pre-order from the list below by return email.

Fresh Basil Pesto: Just add parmesan!  $6 for an 8 ounce jar. These sold out in a flash last week.

Krauts: We have been selling out of various krauts very quickly. If we don’t have what you want, please consider placing an order and you’ll get your order before any of the next batch goes on sale. We’ve considered the idea of having a “kraut CSA” for the winter, where you would order what you want and how often and make payments in advance.  If this idea appeals to you, please let us know. We have planted quite a bit of cabbage with making krauts throughout the winter in mind.

Tomatoes: We don’t have a large amount of any one type, but do have a nice selection of mostly heritage tomatoes–Anna Russian (a pink), Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Kellogg Breakfast (yellow), Black Plum, and several others. If ordering, please specify which you’d like. Cherry tomato baskets for $2 are a combination of cherry roma, blush long cherry, and tommy toe round cherry style.

Frisee:Thanks to a suggestion from Loren of Greyfields Farm, we sauteed some frisee last night using the recipe attached. It was DELICIOUS. As with so many greens (except perhaps tronchuda) a lot of frisee cooked down into just enough for four of us. Using this recipe, the bags we are selling will make 2-3 healthy portions. Do not cook it any longer than the recipe calls for, and if you have to hold it to serve with the rest of the meal, leave the lid off.

Honey: As mentioned last week, our potential honey harvest is looking slim. We did pick up some delicious raw unpasteurized wildflower honey from a friend of ours on the Grand Ronde while visiting them last weekend and will have some for sale this week. We have made some creamed honey and will have a limited amount ready for this week.

Produce/Product List for Week of September 16th

• Sauerkraut and Caraway Kraut-16 ounces, $7.50
• HOT Thai Kim Chi- 16 ounces, $8.50; 8 ounces, $5
• Regular Kim Chi-16 ounce, $8,50, 8 ounce, $5 ( medium hot,)
• Tomatoes- med to slicer size, $2.50 pound; cherry roma, blush cherry, tommy toe cherry, or  black plum -$2 for 1/2 pound basket
• Bok Choy-$2.50 pound. May also have baby bok choy.
• Potatoes-rose fingerlings and yukon gold, $2/pound
• Mixed greens-$3.00 for 3/4 pound. Kale plus some of most of the greens below. PRE-ORDER only. Great for smoothies, saute
• Lettuce mix-$3.50 for half pound bag. Mix includes arugula and tender endive/frisee unless you specify otherwise.
• Radish-$1/bunch
• Frisee-$2 bag
• Beets-$2.50 bunch
• Quinoa greens=$1.50 bag
• Amaranth leaves-$1.50 bag
• Arugula- $2 bag
• Garlic bulb-$1 each
• Curly Kale-$2 bunch
• Zucchini-yellow, green, and ball-type. mostly medium size-50 cents each ( zucs are slowing down)
• Tromboncino Italian summer squash-$2 each
• Cucumber–50cent-$1 depending on size (Cukes are slowing down)
• Sprouting broccoli-$1.50 bunch
• Green Flagpole onion-$2 bunch
• Sweet white onions-75  c ents each
• Tronchuda-cabbage/kale/collard type green-$2 bunch
• New Zealand spinach-$2.50 for 3/4 lb bag
• Perpetual spinach–$2 for 1/2 lb bunch
• Rainbow chard–$2.50 for 3/4 lb bunch
•  Basil- $1.50 for sandwich size bag, 1.5 – 2 ounces (about 2 cups)
• Rosemary, parsley, garlic chives, spearmint, lovage – $1/bunch. Bay leaves-10 cents each or mixed herbs bag, $2  PREORDER only
• Sorrel-for salads and cooking-$1/3 lb-$2–Ask for sorrel sauce recipe for fish
• Dried Walla Walla Sweet onion chips-$3.50: Great in morning eggs, dips with sour cream etc.
• Aloe cactus starts-$5 each
• Jams and Jellies: $6/jar–Caramel apple butter (lowest in sugar-no pectin), apricot jam, raspberry jam and jelly, blueberry jam; cascade berry jam and jelly, Waldo berry jam, triple berry jam,  currant jelly and blackbery jam and jelly,   All from unsprayed fruit, most from Puget Island.

Honey: Glass one pound jar, $7; Plastic one pound jar, $6.50; Glass 9 ounce, $5.00; Plastic 9 ounce, $4.50. This is raw unheated honey from friends who live on the Grand Ronde River. Creamed honey-$6 for 8 ounce jar.

I am a distributor for Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils and other Young Living products and so can purchase at the reduced rate. Check their website for products or ask to look through the catalog at the market. You can place an order through me and pay the lower distributor’s cost plus S&H and tax. I order at the end of every month with orders arriving middle of the next month.

Cheers!  Carol

Our mission at Island’s End Farm is providing high quality organically grown vegetables, promoting increased use and enjoyment of eating leafy greens, and continually nurturing the soil in which we have grown our vegetables for over 30 years.

Dear Friends,

Firstly, apologies to our Astoria customers for our unplanned and unexpected absence at last Thursday’s market due to family health issues.  We are back in full operation and will be doing both the River People Farmers Market (http://www.riverpeoplemarket.org/ ) Thursday fro 3-7 pm and Two Islands Farm Market (http://twoislandsfarmmarket.com/Site/Home-1.html ) on Puget Island Friday from 3-6:30.

MORE BEEF HAS ARRIVED!  I’ll be picking up tomorrow morning from the abattoir a beast who has just completed the 21 dry ageing process.  So, for tomorrow’s market in Astoria we will have all cuts of beef available.  These will include:

Along with this, we will have an assortment of lamb and veal for sale on a by-the-cut basis.  Please remember we sell on a first-come, first-served basis so do plan ahead.  This is our second to last beef this summer as the last one is currently dry ageing, so do plan ahead for your Winter needs.

Lamb Pre-Orders!

Only once per year, we offer to sell whole lambs to customers who’d like to stock their freezers for the upcoming winter.  They are typically processed the first or second week in November, so will be ready right in time for Thanksgiving.  If you have already pre-ordered with us, please do send me another e-mail to verify your order.  If you have not yet, please do consider this as it’s your chance to get a whole lamb at a good value compared to buying at a buy-the-cut basis.

Based on current market forces, lamb has become incredibly expensive both on-the-hoof and as used for meat.  We are currently offering the whole lambs at $5.85/lb based upon hanging weight (50-60# average), with the customer (you) paying the butcher directly.  We want everyone to get the fairest deal possible, so this price will be adjusted to match market conditions in late October which could see it move up or down as much as $0.50/lb hanging.

The greatest compliment you could pay us is to forward our newsletters to your friends and family, especially those interested in wholesome locally raised foods.  If you would like removed from our list, please reply simply with “unsubscribe” in the subject line.

Our goal is to produce high quality farm products grown naturally and ethically.  All animals are treated humanely and we strive to give all our livestock a high quality of life.

Greetings!

This past weekend KMUN sponsored a wonderful fund-raiser on Fred Johnson’s farm in Naselle. We can’t thank Fred and all who organized and helped with this event enough. George and I taught morning classes (year’round gardening and fruit wine-making), then “kicked back” and enjoyed the beauty, companionship,and great music. Fred’s gardens are gorgeous. He was hard at work for two full days, producing wonderful pizza on Saturday and a superlative farm-to-table dinner on Sunday afternoon. We camped in Fred’s field and simply enjoyed the weekend. Keep it in mind if, as we hope, it happens again next year.

Just a reminder: while we are currently not having a booth at the Two Island’s Farm Market, we do have our jams, jellies, and krauts there. The kraut and kim chi is in the refrigerator right by their cash register.

We live about three miles west of Two islands Market at 541 W. Birnie Slough Rd. (red barn mailbox). We will continue to fill email orders and have them available for you to pick up at our farm on either Thursdays or Fridays after noon (or another time we mutually agree on). You can pick up your order and leave cash or a check on our side porch, whether or not we are at home. On warm days, we put orders in a cooler.

Krauts: We have been selling out of various krauts very quickly. If we don’t have what you want, please consider placing an order and you’ll get your order before any of the next batch goes on sale. We’ve considered the idea of having a “kraut CSA” for the winter, where you would order what you want and how often and make payments in advance.  If this idea appeals to you, please let us know. We have planted quite a bit of cabbage with making krauts throughout the winter in mind.
Tomatoes: We don’t have a large amount of any one type, but do have a nice selection of mostly heritage tomatoes–Anna Russian (a pink), Aunt Ruby’s German Green, Kellogg Breakfast (yellow) and several others. If ordering, please specify which you’d like.

Celeriac: False alarm. I think the celeriac needs another month. So, it will join late September/October produce like late tomatoes, delicata squash and other winter squash in October, and sweet potatoes (I hope.)

Honey: As mentioned last week, our potential honey harvest is looking slim. We did pick up some delicious raw unpasteurized wildflower honey from a friend of ours while visiting them last weekend and will have some for sale this week. We have made some creamed honey that will have a limited amount ready by next week.

• Sauerkraut and Caraway Kraut-16 ounces, $7.50
• HOT Thai Kim Chi- 16 ounces, $8.50; 8 ounces, $5
• Regular Kim Chi-16 ounce, $8,50, 8 ounce, $5 ( medium hot,)
• Blueberries, $3.50 pint
• Tomatoes- med to slicer, $2.50 pound; cherry roma, blush cherry, tommy toe cherry, or  black plum -$2 for 1/2 pound
• Bok Choy-$2.50 each
• Beans- green beans, green verts or yellow, $2.50 pound
• Potatoes-rose fingerlings,Butte, and yukon gold, $2/pound
• Mixed greens-$3.00 for 3/4 pound. Kale plus some of most of the greens below. PRE-ORDER only. Great for smoothies, saute
• Lettuce mix-$3.50 for half pound bag. Mix includes arugula and tender endive unless you specify otherwise.
• Radish-$1/bunch
• Frisee-$2 bag
• Beets-$2.50 bunch
• Quinoa greens=$1.50 bag
• Amaranth leaves-$1.50 bag
• Arugula- $2 bag
• Garlic bulb-$1 each
• Curly Kale-$2 bunch
• Zucchini-yellow, green, and ball-type. mostly medium size-50 cents each ( zucs are slowing down)
• Tromboncino Italian summer squash-$2 each
• Cucumber–50cent-$1 depending on size (Cukes are slowing down)
• Sprouting broccoli-$1.50 bunch
• Green onion-$2 bunch
• Sweet white onions-75  c ents each
•  Tronchuda-cabbage/kale/collard type green-$2 bunch
• New Zealand spinach-$2.50 for 3/4 lb bag
• Perpetual spinach–$2 for 1/2 lb bunch
• Rainbow chard–$2.50 for 3/4 lb bunch
•  Basil- $1.50 for sandwich size bag, 1.5 – 2 ounces (about 2 cups)
• Rosemary, parsley, garlic chives, spearmint, lovage – $1/bunch. Bay leaves-10 cents each or mixed herbs bag, $2  PREORDER only
• Dried Walla Walla Sweet onion chips-$3.50: Great in morning eggs, dips with sour cream etc.
• Sorrel-for salads and cooking-$1/3 lb-$2–Ask for sorrel sauce recipe for fish
• Aloe cactus starts-$5 each
• Jams and Jellies: $6/jar–Caramel apple butter (lowest in sugar-no pectin), apricot jam, raspberry jam and jelly, blueberry jam; cascade berry jam and jelly, Waldo berry jam, triple berry jam,  currant jelly and blackbery jam and jelly,   All from unsprayed fruit, most from Puget Island.

Honey: Glass one pound jar, $7; Plastic one pound jar, $6.50; Glass 9 ounce, $5.00; Plastic 9 ounce, $4.50. This is raw unheated honey from friends who live on the Grand Ronde River.
I am a distributor for Young Living therapeutic grade essential oils and other Young Living products and so can purchase at the reduced rate. Check their website for products or ask to look through the catalog at the market. You can place an order through me and pay the lower distributor’s cost plus S&H and tax. I order at the end of every month with orders arriving middle of the next month.
Cheers!  Carol

Our mission at Island’s End Farm is providing high quality organically grown vegetables, promoting increased use and enjoyment of eating leafy greens, and continually nurturing the soil in which we have grown our vegetables for over 30 years.