At the Market this week:
TOMATOES
Peas Peas Peas!
Blueberries
Blackberries
Fresh Pinto Beans
Homemade Breads & Sweets
Assorted peppers
Bell peppers
Green beans
Red potatoes
Swiss chard
Micro greens
Garlic
Pastured eggs
Summer squashes
Cucumbers
Pickles
Beets
Onions
Coffee (Tuesdays)
Local Honey
Pepper Jellies
Handmade Soaps
Plants - vegetables, herbs, flowers
Eggplant
Fresh Prepared Foods
Fresh herbs
Cut Flowers
Soups AND MORE!
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FRESH MARKET NEWS
Farmers' Report on the rain:
Joan writes that some farmers only got 1/2 inch of rain, and others got 6+ inches! You might be wondering what this much rain will do to their crops. Well, have a look at the plants in your yard! Do they look stressed? Yep! And this is what our local farmers live with every day. So when you come out to the market this week, please thank the local farmers for all their hard work raising vegetables and fruits for us - farming in Texas ain't easy! And THANK YOU for being one of our best customers! You're helping the farmers, you're helping the local economy and best of all you are helping your family by serving fresh, locally grown fruits and vegetables, thousands of miles fresher.
SATURDAY JUNE 24TH MARKET IS OPEN
TUESDAY JUNE 27TH MARKET IS OPEN
SATURDAY JULY 1ST MARKET IS OPEN
TUESDAY JULY 4TH MARKET IS CLOSED FOR HOLIDAY.
On Tuesdays, visit us in the parking lot of CHRIST THE KING LUTHERAN CHURCH, in Rice Village, 2353 Rice Blvd at Greenbriar. Tuesday hours are 4 PM til 7 PM, every week!
On Saturdays, you'll find us behind ONION CREEK CAFE at 3106 White Oak Drive between Heights Blvd and Studemont, in the Heights. We're there from 8 AM til noon or til sold out - whichever comes first!! Come early to avoid the heat and get the best choice!
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Real Food, Naturally: The Dictionary of Pastoral Values
by Glen Boudreaux, Jolie Vue Farms
There are many terms used to describe today's expanding agricultural and eating dictionary. It started with "organic", a word used to describe the process of growing food without artificial fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides.
It progressed with the term "sustainable agriculture", which describes a process which goes "beyond organic", an even more popular term in today's lexicon. Sustainable agriculture goes beyond organic by making each farm and ranch independent of imported products, even the organically certified products used to replenish the soil for the next growth cycle. Synergy, diversity, harmony and balance are the keys to sustainability on the farm and ranch.
The current progression takes us to the term "local", as in locally-grown, described as "thousands of miles fresher". This terminology describes the benefits of eating where you live, improving the nutrient values of your food because it is allowed to grow to its full nutritional maturity and delivered before it loses those nutrients to the aging process.
We often describe the benefits of locally-grown sustainable agriculture as "good for the planet, good for the farmer, good for the creatures and good for you", and it is certainly true. But the "good for you" segment means more than just good for your health and eating pleasure. It includes broader and much more spiritual concepts as well. The Europeans refer to this as "eating your view". By that new phrase, they express the benefits of supporting local farmers who add to the splendor of the rural landscape for your enjoyment as you cruise out into the countryside. Is there anything more pleasing than seeing cattle grazing on green pastures? How about a well tended fruit orchard, enriched by ducks and geese grazing the insects under the orchard's canopy? Or fat hens doing the same for a diverse vegetable plot?
Perhaps we should add "good for the soul" to our mantra.
Eat your view at the Houston Farmers Market - it's good for the soul.
Glen Boudreaux, Jolie Vue Farms
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Houston Farmers Market
Every Saturday from 8 AM to 12 noon, behind Onion Creek Coffee House, 3106 White Oak Drive in the Heights, between Heights Boulevard and Studewood
Every Tuesday from 4 PM to 7 PM, 2353 Rice Blvd at Greenbriar in the parking lot of Christ the King Lutheran Church
Houston Farmers Market - Market Contact: Joan Gundermann joan1@gundermannfarms.com or Janice McIntosh jmcintosh1@houston.rr.com
photo courtesy Monica Kressman
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