The Wheat Fleet left Harrisburg yesterday (August 19) and will arrive in Corvallis during tomorrow’s market. Start looking for them on the Jackson Plaza (in front of the fountain) around 10 a.m. We will have displays about the Wheat Fleet, grain grinding with a ranger from Thompson’s Mill and additional info tables from Ten Rivers Food Web and Food Action Team #1. One place to quickly read up on Wheat Fleet is http://tenriversfoodweb.org/home/?p=6881. We’ve gotten coverage in several area newspapers and KEZI-TV, so take your pick of media.
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Word on the web is that the guv has proclaimed Aug. 1-8 Oregon Farmers’ Markets Week. Don’t wait until then to show up, because you will miss out on some of the ever-changing array of good stuff. Here is the recipe we used on July 10 to make honey ice cream at the farmers’ market in Corvallis: 2 cups milk (we used Lochmead) 1 cup honey (we used Yummy Honey and Honey Tree Apiaries, from the market) 1/2 teaspoon salt 6 cups half and half (also Lochmead) 1 tablespoon vanilla Scald the milk until bubbles form around the edge. Remove from heat. Add honey and salt; mix until dissolved. Stir in half and half and vanilla. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Freeze as directed for ice cream freezer. Makes 4 quarts The Saturday farmers’ market in Corvallis is back in its usual spot at 1st and Jackson. The perpetual calendar indicates we won’t have another space conflict with Red, White and Blue until 2015. (The festival is always on the 3rd and 4th of July, and those are only occasionally on a Saturday.) And it looks like temperatures might be more normal for Saturday as well. One more reminder: the Corvallis Farmers’ Market for Saturday July 3 is at 2nd and B, which happens to be our Wednesday site. Just this week, we need to move so that Red, White and Blue can set up in our regular space. The Albany farmers’ market is NOT moving. The Corvallis Artisans Market, an entirely separate organization, will be in its usual digs at 1st and Monroe and will be open longer hours plus Sunday to match the festival’s presence. We could use a few volunteers to assist Lynn Royce of Mitebee Farm with a squash blossom cooking demo on June 30 (Wednesday 3-7 pm) and Saturday July 10 (9 am to 1 pm). The event already has run in Albany. Please go to Marketfriends on Flickr to see the pix. Contact Vonda Peters at volunteercafm@aol.com. Midway Farms Annual Open House Saturday, June 26th 1pm – 5pm Enjoy a summer day on the farm! Live music will put a spring in your step as you walk around visiting all the chickens, ducks, turkeys & more. Meet our famous family milk cow, Heidi, along with her adorable new baby, Abigail. Midway Farms is located midway between Albany and Corvallis on Highway 20. For more information visit our website at www.midwayfarmsoregon.com or contact us at i SAGE and the CSC Youth House Garden are jointly offering a class on container gardening June 15 and June 17. Both classes are 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. June 15 is at the SAGE garden at 45th Place and Country Club in Corvallis. June 17 is at CSC’s garden at 2nd and Western in Corvallis. The classes are free. To Register Call Rachel @ 541-224-4413 Preservation Basics (a 3 -part Series) Vendor web pages and FaceBook pages are now listed on a sub-page of Contact Us. Also see the Contact Us page for more tips on finding farmers. Now would be a good time to get friendly with the ever-growing site map on the right of each LocallyGrown.org page. |
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