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Recipes

Young Turnip Salad with Apples and Lemon Dressing

Raw young turnips are sweet, with a tender-firm crunch. In this refreshing salad, lemon juice and tart, crispy apples accentuate both of these qualities. For a sweet treat, try tossing in some raisins, or top with chopped and freshly toasted pecans or walnuts. From Farmer John’s Cookbook: The Real Dirt On Vegetables.

Makes about 2 cups

1 cup peeled and grated raw young turnips (about 2 medium turnips)
1 cup peeled and grated tart apples (Granny Smith or greenings) (about 1 large apple)
1/2 cup finely chopped fresh parsley
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 tablespoon vegetable
oil
salt
freshly ground black pepper
Toss the turnips, apples, parsley, lemon juice, and vegetable oil in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Market News

This week we welcome back Fred’s Bread, the baker in Honea Path, South Carolina who not only bakes to order, but also grinds the flour he uses immediately prior to baking. Without the raw milk, we weren’t able to justify driving all the way out to meet him, but we’ve adjusting things on our side and he’s agreed to come in a little closer, so now we should be able to continue to include him in the market from now on. This means the market is once again offering everything it did before the raw milk fiasco, except, of course, the raw milk itself. We’re also experimenting with allowing Split Creek to remain permanently listed on the website instead of only listing them every other week. So, you won’t have to remember if this week is a cheese week or not. The answer will always be “yes”.

We will be closed next week for Thanksgiving. It is the only week a year we completely close down. If you wanted ingredients for your Thanksgiving meal (and you could make the entire meal with what’s listed here), be sure to purchase them this week.

We’ve looked ahead on the calendar to next month. Even though Christmas Eve is on a Thursday, we do plan on being open that week. It still depends on the growers, of course, and there’s a chance we may move the pickup to Wednesday. We’ll keep you informed there.

Many of you have asked about local turkeys for your Thanksgiving meal. There is only one grower of naturally raised heritage beed turkeys, and that is Nature’s Harmony Farm. Unfortunately, they’re just one farm and the demand is so great that they actually sold out way back in May. Or February, even. A very long time ago. If you’d like to know about their turkeys for next year, head over to their website and sign up for their email newsletter. You may still be able to find turkeys raised with care from other farms across the country, perhaps even a state or two away, that will ship to you. Just head over to localharvest.org to search for those.

Our new location, Ben’s Bikes, seems to be working out well. We’re still tweaking things on our end, especially with how we organize the growers as they arrive with their items, but it has been going very smoothly. I hope you agree. We are planning on a few projects over the winter to make things even better for us when spring rolls around, and I’m sure we’ll need some extra hands making those happen. I’ll keep you up to date on that as well.

Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!

Coming Events

The Athens Farmers Market has closed for the winter. You can watch for news during the offseason on their website.

The Georgia Organics annual conference being held in Athens on February 18-20. The keynote speaker will be Slow Food Founder and Leader, Carlo Petrini. To make the travel expenses more affordable for farmers who travel from across the state (and beyond), Georgia Organics is looking for Athens households willing to host a farmer in their home during the conference. Check your calendars, see if you have a room you’re willing to share, and if so please let Georgia Organics know by filling out the form you can find at http://athens.locallygrown.net/files/document/document/334/2010HomeStaysForm.pdf.

Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!

We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!