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Good morning everyone! 

Eagle River Farmers’ Market on Saturday will have Glacier Valley Farm, Arctic Choice Seafoods, and other vendors from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm located outside of Mike’s Meats located at 12110 Business Boulevard.

Glacier Valley Farm will have beautiful zucchini, tender green beans, tomatoes, crisp English cucumbers, cabbage, a variety of lettuces and big, sweet, strawberries! 

Arctic Choice will have a great selection of fresh Alaskan seafood.  Fresh King and Silver Salmon, Sablefish (Black Cod) and Halibut fillets for the BBQ. Also fresh SideStripe Shrimp, Cod & Rockfish fillets will be there along with large Spot Shrimp, Razor Clam meats, Halibut Cheeks, Scallops and always a favorite King Crab, along with other seafood treats. 

For the Saturday Anchorage South Side Farmers’ Market:
SPECIAL EVENTS

Northrim Bank, who is a wonderful sponsor of the South Anchorage Farmers’ Market, will be here with information for their Purple Plant contest.  Here is a link to see last year’s winners.  http://www.northrim.com/home/home/purpleplant They will also have a limited supply of very cool totes that will make your shopping very stylish!

We are very excited about an upcoming event on August 7th.  WineStyles is holding a wine tasting benefit for the Alaska Farmland Trust!  The benefit will start at 11:00 a.m. and continue until 3:00.  For just $10.00 you get to enjoy 3 samples of wine and keep your special Govino wine “glass!” It is shatterproof, reusable and recyclable.  You’ll have fun and also benefit a great cause.  So bring a friend (or two or three) and have a great time sampling wine and visiting the market!

TOURS AND INFORMATION

Last chance to sign up for the Farm Bureau Farm Tour.  The tour is July 31st.  It is an absolutely fabulous tour!  You will visit five different farms, be served an all Alaskan Grown lunch, knosh on sweet rolls and coffee on the bus and everyone will receive a Farm Bureau t-shirt, with the special “Grown Here Not Flown Here” graphic.  To register for the tour contact Patricia O’Neil at .  You really don’t want to miss this tour and I’m not just saying this because lunch is at Carol Kenley’s house.  I just know that everyone who went last year loved it!

Bison & Elk Tours at Little Pitchfork Ranch
Located near Lazy Mountain in Palmer this tour is absolutely beautiful and informative.  The bison and elk come right up to the truck!  If you would like to take the tour, just send an email to:  . 

The 6th annual AK Renewable Energy Fair is Saturday, August 7, but Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) will be here to give you a sampling of all the information they have.  Stop by and see what the latest developments are in the area of renewable energy. 

Alaska Farmland Trust will also be here sharing information about the state of farmlands here in Alaska.  Did you know that only 4% of Alaska’s farmland is accessible and viable for farming, and less than 10% of food consumed in Alaska is locally grown?  Stop by and get more information on how this impacts you!

PRODUCE

VanderWeele Farms has a great variety of lettuce including Red Oak, Bibb, Lollo Rosso, green and red leaf, and Red and Green Romaine.  Radishes and cabbage will also be there along with their famous potatoes.

Glacier Valley Farm will have beautiful zucchini, red, ripe tomatoes, tender green beans, crisp English cucumbers, a variety of lettuces and big, sweet, strawberries!  If people would like to know what is going on at Arthur’s farm he has a Facebook page.  Here is the link:  http://tinyurl.com/29rgvfo

Stockwell Farms will have a wide variety of greens including baby bok choy, kale, Asian kale and other greens, chard, new potatoes, and homemade relishes.

Rempel Family Farm reports:  The rain is appreciated as it makes the potatoes and carrots size up nicely, however, a little sun is needed to make the winter squash grow and the peas, and the beans.  This week Rempel Family Farm will have a few ( if the sun does not shine ) peas, carrots, Snow Apple turnips, cucumbers, green onions, several kinds of potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, lots of greens, spinach, beets, and more.

Wolverine Farm will have their delicious tender peas!

Earthworks Farm will be there with a great assortment of lettuces and greens. 

Northern Lights Mushrooms will be there with their beautiful oyster mushrooms. 

FFA (Future Farmers of America) will have rose hips, local duck eggs, and nettle tea.  Nettle tea is incredibly good for you and they have mixed it with peppermint so it tastes nice and refreshing.

Gray Owl Farm will have a variety of produce including sweet European (English) cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, fresh fennel and cilantro, Napa cabbage, scallions, raddichio, beets, cauliflower and broccoli, some tasty mustard greens and spinach, and a nice selection of potted herbs.

You have probably noticed more greens appearing at the market.  If you are hesitant to try something you are unsure of, here is a great recipe from Alison’s Lunch http://alisonslunch.com/ using collards.  You have to try this especially if you don’t think you care for collards because you will never know you are eating something that is good for you!  It’s absolutely delicious and you might just be seeking out those healthy greens before you know it.  It is on the SAFM website as well as on Alison’s blog.  Here is a link for toast with collards and green olive pesto.  Collards and Green Olive Pesto.  Thanks Alison for this and all your other delicious and healthy recipes!

BAKERY AND FOOD
Rise & Shine Bakery will be bringing their SPENT GRAIN bread again this week, as well as their signature LEVAIN. Both loaves are 100% whole grain sourdough pan loaves, great for toast, sandwiches, and open-faced treats (check out http://www.AlisonsLunch.com for ideas for things to put on toast, if you’d like some new ideas). The spent grain bread has a touch of honey, in addition to the sweetness in the malted barley in the bread, left over from Midnight Sun Brewing Company’s beer-making process, while the levain has just four ingredients: organic whole wheat flour, water, salt, and sourdough (wild yeast). The three-day process of feeding the sourdough gradually to create the bread gives the whole grain bread flavor complexity, nutrition, and keeping quality that you don’t get from loaves made more quickly with commercial yeast.

Dan & Alison will also be bringing their little RAISIN & TOASTED PECAN pan loaf, great for breakfast toast and snacks, and extra healthy because it’s 100% whole wheat. Also look for the FRESH ROSEMARY hearth loaf, a lighter loaf (made with 60% whole wheat) that is fantastic for sandwiches and as a dinner bread with soups and salads. And for you TOASTED SEED fans out there, expect those hearty loaves, packed with sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, and flax seeds, plus a little polenta for extra crunch.
You might want to stock up a bit this Saturday (July 31), since Dan and Alison will be taking their customary “first Saturday of the month off” on August 7th. The bread freezes and thaws extraordinarily well because of the long action of the sourdough on the whole grains.

Mary Jane will be bringing baked goods from French Oven Bakery.  Huge loaves of marble rye, cheddar, jalapeno cheddar, white, and wheat and white sourdough.  Lots of pastries including palmiers, macaroons, and those tempting cinnamon rolls.

Arctic Choice has a great selection of fresh Alaskan seafood.  Fresh King and Silver Salmon, Sablefish (Black Cod) and Halibut fillets for the BBQ. Also fresh SideStripe Shrimp, Cod & Rockfish fillets will be there along with large Spot Shrimp, Razor Clam meats, Halibut Cheeks, Scallops and always a favorite King Crab, along with other seafood treats. 

Matanuska Creamerywill be introducing something interesting and yummy at the market on Saturday.  They are making pepper cheese curds with big grain pepper and spices. I think people will like it if they like spicey or hot things.  They will also have all sorts of cheese including their new mozzerella cheese!  Lots of ice cream as well.  They will also have Alaska Grown hoodies and t-shirts.  All of their products are made from hormone free, grass fed cows. 

Nonessentials has Alaskan honey, barbecue sauce from Apple Branch Pantry and balsamic vinegars made with local fruit such as ligonberry!  Also check out their fresh roasted coffee by Coffee Roastery.  Check to see if they have their tasty salmon wraps!

Southfork Jams will have a limited supply of their popular zucchini relish during August.  The sweet-sour condiment is very versatile, good mixed in tuna or salmon salad, or in deviled eggs for the barbeque.  The relish also makes a nice tartar sauce, to compliment that fresh halibut and grilled salmon.  Of course, you can also use it on those hot dogs and hamburgers.  For those of you who want to stock up for the winter, Southfork will take orders and set aside your jars. 

Three Bearswill be bringing their jams and jellies as well.  A wide variety made with local fruit at terrific prices.

Fat Boyz Ribz will be there grilling up their delicious ribs and hot dogs.  Great cole slaw too!  Just follow your nose!

PLANTS

Country Garden Farms will also be there with their direct from the field sod. Great prices too!

Gray Owl Farm still has many perennials that they will bring to market including Johnson’s Blue Geranium, Ligularia, Asiatic Lilies, Hosta, Penstemmon, Perennial grasses and Cerastium.  They have a large variety of houseplants and tropicals to choose from including a rainbow of colors in Coleus, Pink Philodendron, Ferns, Red Banana Plants, Scented Geraniums, Hawaiian Ti Plants and New Zealand Flax (Phormiums).  They have locally grown Nugget Bluegrass Seed in 2# bags available and offer free estimates on Delivery and Placement of their pure Nugget Bluegrass Sod.  Stop by and pick up a card to plan an appointment for a free estimate for “Instant Grassification.” Can’t we all just get a Lawn?  The garden is producing and they will offer Kohlrabi, Beets, Napa Cabbage, tender Mustard Greens, Arugula, Spinach, Bunching Onions (Scallions), and from the greenhouse their “so sweet” European Cucumbers and crunchy Pickling Cucumbers as well as a variety of herbs. 

MILE 5.2 Greenhouse will have their great selection of plants, plant starts and tropicals as well.

For more information about the market, contact Nancy, South Anchorage Farmers’ Market, at 907-529.7630, or .

Would you like to see some videos about the vendors and farmers who sell their produce at the South Anchorage Farmers’ Market? Check us out!
Chef Delicious Dave at the South Anchorage Farmer’s Market Anchorage chef Dave Thorne describes what to look for when shopping for local produce.



VanderWeele Carrot HarvestRoger VanderWeele of VanderWeele Farm talks about carrot production.

Rise & Shine Bakery: Owners Alison Arians & Dan Schwartz bake their whole-grain sourdough bread in the small commercial kitchen attached to their house on Anchorage’s lower Hillside.



Transplanting Lettuce at Vanderweele Farms: Vanderweele Farms employee Teresa Reel talks about getting plants in the ground during the spring planting near Palmer, Alaska in May 2009.



Strawberries: Arthur Keyes of Glacier Valley Farm talks about his experiment growing California strawberry varieties on his Palmer, Alaska farm.



Harvesting Corn at Glacier Valley Farm: Alaska farmer Arthur Keyes talks about growing and harvesting, corn in Alaska.



Onions from Stockwell Farm: Vern Stockwell perfected the art of growing onions in Alaska.

related recipes

Toast with Collards and Green Olive Pesto

Good morning everyone! 

Eagle River Farmers’ Market on Saturday will have Glacier Valley Farm, Arctic Choice Seafoods, and other vendors from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm located outside of Mike’s Meats located at 12110 Business Boulevard.

Glacier Valley Farm will have beautiful zucchini, tender green beans, tomatoes, crisp English cucumbers, cabbage, a variety of lettuces and big, sweet, strawberries! 

Arctic Choice will have a great selection of fresh Alaskan seafood.  Fresh King and Silver Salmon, Sablefish (Black Cod) and Halibut fillets for the BBQ. Also fresh SideStripe Shrimp, Cod & Rockfish fillets will be there along with large Spot Shrimp, Razor Clam meats, Halibut Cheeks, Scallops and always a favorite King Crab, along with other seafood treats. 

For the Saturday Anchorage South Side Farmers’ Market:
SPECIAL EVENTS

Northrim Bank, who is a wonderful sponsor of the South Anchorage Farmers’ Market, will be here with information for their Purple Plant contest.  Here is a link to see last year’s winners.  http://www.northrim.com/home/home/purpleplant They will also have a limited supply of very cool totes that will make your shopping very stylish!

We are very excited about an upcoming event on August 7th.  WineStyles is holding a wine tasting benefit for the Alaska Farmland Trust!  The benefit will start at 11:00 a.m. and continue until 3:00.  For just $10.00 you get to enjoy 3 samples of wine and keep your special Govino wine “glass!” It is shatterproof, reusable and recyclable.  You’ll have fun and also benefit a great cause.  So bring a friend (or two or three) and have a great time sampling wine and visiting the market!

TOURS AND INFORMATION

Last chance to sign up for the Farm Bureau Farm Tour.  The tour is July 31st.  It is an absolutely fabulous tour!  You will visit five different farms, be served an all Alaskan Grown lunch, knosh on sweet rolls and coffee on the bus and everyone will receive a Farm Bureau t-shirt, with the special “Grown Here Not Flown Here” graphic.  To register for the tour contact Patricia O’Neil at .  You really don’t want to miss this tour and I’m not just saying this because lunch is at Carol Kenley’s house.  I just know that everyone who went last year loved it!

Bison & Elk Tours at Little Pitchfork Ranch
Located near Lazy Mountain in Palmer this tour is absolutely beautiful and informative.  The bison and elk come right up to the truck!  If you would like to take the tour, just send an email to:  . 

The 6th annual AK Renewable Energy Fair is Saturday, August 7, but Renewable Energy Alaska Project (REAP) will be here to give you a sampling of all the information they have.  Stop by and see what the latest developments are in the area of renewable energy. 

Alaska Farmland Trust will also be here sharing information about the state of farmlands here in Alaska.  Did you know that only 4% of Alaska’s farmland is accessible and viable for farming, and less than 10% of food consumed in Alaska is locally grown?  Stop by and get more information on how this impacts you!

PRODUCE

VanderWeele Farms has a great variety of lettuce including Red Oak, Bibb, Lollo Rosso, green and red leaf, and Red and Green Romaine.  Radishes and cabbage will also be there along with their famous potatoes.

Glacier Valley Farm will have beautiful zucchini, red, ripe tomatoes, tender green beans, crisp English cucumbers, a variety of lettuces and big, sweet, strawberries!  If people would like to know what is going on at Arthur’s farm he has a Facebook page.  Here is the link:  http://tinyurl.com/29rgvfo

Stockwell Farms will have a wide variety of greens including baby bok choy, kale, Asian kale and other greens, chard, new potatoes, and homemade relishes.

Rempel Family Farm reports:  The rain is appreciated as it makes the potatoes and carrots size up nicely, however, a little sun is needed to make the winter squash grow and the peas, and the beans.  This week Rempel Family Farm will have a few ( if the sun does not shine ) peas, carrots, Snow Apple turnips, cucumbers, green onions, several kinds of potatoes, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbages, lots of greens, spinach, beets, and more.

Wolverine Farm will have their delicious tender peas!

Earthworks Farm will be there with a great assortment of lettuces and greens. 

Northern Lights Mushrooms will be there with their beautiful oyster mushrooms. 

FFA (Future Farmers of America) will have rose hips, local duck eggs, and nettle tea.  Nettle tea is incredibly good for you and they have mixed it with peppermint so it tastes nice and refreshing.

Gray Owl Farm will have a variety of produce including sweet European (English) cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, fresh fennel and cilantro, Napa cabbage, scallions, raddichio, beets, cauliflower and broccoli, some tasty mustard greens and spinach, and a nice selection of potted herbs.

You have probably noticed more greens appearing at the market.  If you are hesitant to try something you are unsure of, here is a great recipe from Alison’s Lunch http://alisonslunch.com/ using collards.  You have to try this especially if you don’t think you care for collards because you will never know you are eating something that is good for you!  It’s absolutely delicious and you might just be seeking out those healthy greens before you know it.  It is on the SAFM website as well as on Alison’s blog.  Here is a link for toast with collards and green olive pesto.  Collards and Green Olive Pesto.  Thanks Alison for this and all your other delicious and healthy recipes!

BAKERY AND FOOD
Rise & Shine Bakery will be bringing their SPENT GRAIN bread again this week, as well as their signature LEVAIN. Both loaves are 100% whole grain sourdough pan loaves, great for toast, sandwiches, and open-faced treats (check out http://www.AlisonsLunch.com for ideas for things to put on toast, if you’d like some new ideas). The spent grain bread has a touch of honey, in addition to the sweetness in the malted barley in the bread, left over from Midnight Sun Brewing Company’s beer-making process, while the levain has just four ingredients: organic whole wheat flour, water, salt, and sourdough (wild yeast). The three-day process of feeding the sourdough gradually to create the bread gives the whole grain bread flavor complexity, nutrition, and keeping quality that you don’t get from loaves made more quickly with commercial yeast.

Dan & Alison will also be bringing their little RAISIN & TOASTED PECAN pan loaf, great for breakfast toast and snacks, and extra healthy because it’s 100% whole wheat. Also look for the FRESH ROSEMARY hearth loaf, a lighter loaf (made with 60% whole wheat) that is fantastic for sandwiches and as a dinner bread with soups and salads. And for you TOASTED SEED fans out there, expect those hearty loaves, packed with sunflower, pumpkin, sesame, and flax seeds, plus a little polenta for extra crunch.
You might want to stock up a bit this Saturday (July 31), since Dan and Alison will be taking their customary “first Saturday of the month off” on August 7th. The bread freezes and thaws extraordinarily well because of the long action of the sourdough on the whole grains.

Mary Jane will be bringing baked goods from French Oven Bakery.  Huge loaves of marble rye, cheddar, jalapeno cheddar, white, and wheat and white sourdough.  Lots of pastries including palmiers, macaroons, and those tempting cinnamon rolls.

Arctic Choice has a great selection of fresh Alaskan seafood.  Fresh King and Silver Salmon, Sablefish (Black Cod) and Halibut fillets for the BBQ. Also fresh SideStripe Shrimp, Cod & Rockfish fillets will be there along with large Spot Shrimp, Razor Clam meats, Halibut Cheeks, Scallops and always a favorite King Crab, along with other seafood treats. 

Matanuska Creamerywill be introducing something interesting and yummy at the market on Saturday.  They are making pepper cheese curds with big grain pepper and spices. I think people will like it if they like spicey or hot things.  They will also have all sorts of cheese including their new mozzerella cheese!  Lots of ice cream as well.  They will also have Alaska Grown hoodies and t-shirts.  All of their products are made from hormone free, grass fed cows. 

Nonessentials has Alaskan honey, barbecue sauce from Apple Branch Pantry and balsamic vinegars made with local fruit such as ligonberry!  Also check out their fresh roasted coffee by Coffee Roastery.  Check to see if they have their tasty salmon wraps!

Southfork Jams will have a limited supply of their popular zucchini relish during August.  The sweet-sour condiment is very versatile, good mixed in tuna or salmon salad, or in deviled eggs for the barbeque.  The relish also makes a nice tartar sauce, to compliment that fresh halibut and grilled salmon.  Of course, you can also use it on those hot dogs and hamburgers.  For those of you who want to stock up for the winter, Southfork will take orders and set aside your jars. 

Three Bearswill be bringing their jams and jellies as well.  A wide variety made with local fruit at terrific prices.

Fat Boyz Ribz will be there grilling up their delicious ribs and hot dogs.  Great cole slaw too!  Just follow your nose!

PLANTS

Country Garden Farms will also be there with their direct from the field sod. Great prices too!

Gray Owl Farm still has many perennials that they will bring to market including Johnson’s Blue Geranium, Ligularia, Asiatic Lilies, Hosta, Penstemmon, Perennial grasses and Cerastium.  They have a large variety of houseplants and tropicals to choose from including a rainbow of colors in Coleus, Pink Philodendron, Ferns, Red Banana Plants, Scented Geraniums, Hawaiian Ti Plants and New Zealand Flax (Phormiums).  They have locally grown Nugget Bluegrass Seed in 2# bags available and offer free estimates on Delivery and Placement of their pure Nugget Bluegrass Sod.  Stop by and pick up a card to plan an appointment for a free estimate for “Instant Grassification.” Can’t we all just get a Lawn?  The garden is producing and they will offer Kohlrabi, Beets, Napa Cabbage, tender Mustard Greens, Arugula, Spinach, Bunching Onions (Scallions), and from the greenhouse their “so sweet” European Cucumbers and crunchy Pickling Cucumbers as well as a variety of herbs. 

MILE 5.2 Greenhouse will have their great selection of plants, plant starts and tropicals as well.

For more information about the market, contact Nancy, South Anchorage Farmers’ Market, at 907-529.7630, or .

Would you like to see some videos about the vendors and farmers who sell their produce at the South Anchorage Farmers’ Market? Check us out!
Chef Delicious Dave at the South Anchorage Farmer’s Market Anchorage chef Dave Thorne describes what to look for when shopping for local produce.



VanderWeele Carrot HarvestRoger VanderWeele of VanderWeele Farm talks about carrot production.

Rise & Shine Bakery: Owners Alison Arians & Dan Schwartz bake their whole-grain sourdough bread in the small commercial kitchen attached to their house on Anchorage’s lower Hillside.



Transplanting Lettuce at Vanderweele Farms: Vanderweele Farms employee Teresa Reel talks about getting plants in the ground during the spring planting near Palmer, Alaska in May 2009.



Strawberries: Arthur Keyes of Glacier Valley Farm talks about his experiment growing California strawberry varieties on his Palmer, Alaska farm.



Harvesting Corn at Glacier Valley Farm: Alaska farmer Arthur Keyes talks about growing and harvesting, corn in Alaska.



Onions from Stockwell Farm: Vern Stockwell perfected the art of growing onions in Alaska.

related recipes

Toast with Collards and Green Olive Pesto