Last Week at the Market – Fennel
Jul 2, 2008 St. Louis, farmers' markets, missouri
Sorry for the late and brief run down this week but I didn’t spend as much time at the markets last week as I usually do.
Maybe it’s a tough call, but I personally think the highlight was fennel. Probably a lot more people will pick the increase in fruit with all the berries and sweet cherries arriving, but I’m more of a vegetable man and fennel is right up there with the Brussels Sprouts and cauliflower.
At Maplewood the fennel came by way of
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Tags: biver farms, Centennial Farms, Claverach Farms, clayton farmers' market, Farrar Out Farm, Kimker Hills Farm, Maplewood Farmers Market, Silent Oaks Farm, Tower Grove Farmers' Market
Last Week at the Market – Farrar Out Farm
Jun 18, 2008 St. Louis, farmers' markets, farming, missouri, sustainable agriculture
As previously mentioned, the coolest market happening last week was that Farrar Out Farm is now a regular vendor at Maplewood. I, at least, am glad to have them. I’ve known the name for years but rarely have the opportunity to get over to Kirkwood Farmers’ Market on a Saturday so I’d never bought their products for my own use. I know several restaurants (Five for instance) utilize their meats, and they have always been of high quality. The chicken especially is some of the best I’ve had locally.
As for the rest of what I witnessed this week
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Tags: clayton farmers' market, Maplewood Farmers Market, Tower Grove Farmers' Market
Last Week at the Market – Tons of Stuff!!!
Jun 4, 2008 Illinois, St. Louis, farmers' markets, missouri
Wednesday
This week at Maplewood Farmers’ Market I made it in time to be one of those people that swept the Our Garden strawberries out from everyone. As I approached the booth there were ten pints and by the time I left the booth there was one. Two were mine! They were rather small and a bit tart but still better than any others I’d had to this point.
A bunch of new lettuces cropped up this week from Centennial Farms including magenta, butter crunch, and Nevada summer crisp.
Claverach added turnips, spring onions and cucumbers.
Root Cellar also had arugula which I don’t recall seeing last week. It was amazingly clean too. Generally Claverach takes the prize for cleanest vegetables which is a huge bonus when buying from them. They are outright obsessive about cleaning their lettuces especially which I’m sure goes a long way towards restaurants fighting over them.
Ken Muno (Goatsbeard) had his Camembert wheels which I can never remember what he calls after the fact. (Prairie Bloom maybe?)
Saturday
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Tags: Baetje-Farms, biver farms, Centennial Farms, Claverach Farms, clayton farmers' market, farrar out farms, goatsbeard farms, Goshen Farmers' Market, greenwood farms, Hinkebein Hills Farm, Maplewood Farmers Market, prairie grass farms, Scharf Farm, soulard farmers' market, The Root Cellar, Tower Grove Farmers' Market
Prairie Grass Farms Beef…Yes, Beef
May 30, 2008 farmers' markets, farming, missouri, sustainable agriculture
Rumor has it that the Hillebrands have raised one grass-finished head of cattle which they will be selling this Saturday at Clayton Farmers’ Market. Rumor also has it that they might be getting into beef next year which raises the question: will they only sell it at Clayton so as not to compete with Karlios Hinkebein?
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