berries!!
Have you tried the wonderful Alaskan strawberries at the market yet? My goodness, it’s been such a cold summer that the berries are only just now coming on strong… but they are wonderfully delicious now! SO sweet and wonderful. Also, we’re likely to see raspberries and gooseberries at the market, weather permitting!! Keep your fingers crossed for mild weather!

new: produce boxes from Glacier Valley Farm (previously known as A&M Farm) at the South Anchorage Farmers’ Market!

Have you been waiting for a year-round Alaskan alternative to the boxes of produce shipped up from Washington every week? We’re launching our very own Alaskan Community-Supported Agriculture program, which we plan to continue through the winter.  Our goal is to use as much Alaskan produce as possible, but including fresh vegetables and fruit from small, family-owned farms in the Northwest. Right now, though, our boxes are 100% Alaskan, and they are BURSTING with colorful, delicious, fresh produce!

Email Arthur Keyes, at , by Saturday night (September 13) if you’re interested in signing up. Through October 1st, you’ll pick up your boxes on WEDNESDAYS, at the Dimond Center Farmers’ Market, from 10am to 2pm. These first boxes will cost $25, and you can pay Arthur Keyes by cash or check when you pick up your box.

We have been thrilled with the response so far to our CSA program, and we want to make sure every box is fantastic… so depending on when you sign up, we may need to put you on a waiting list for a short time while we get our supply chain and distribution sites ramped up. If you have a suggestion for a good pick-up location, please let us know!

recipes
This week I’ve put in two GREAT new recipes that I’m very excited to share with you! As soon as that Savoy cabbage started showing up in the market, I invented a recipe for cabbage with pesto and new potatoes that I think you’re going to LOVE! It’s an absolute no-brainer.  And the other?  Now that the carrots are rolling in, I’m introducing a great carrot spread that you’re going to want to eat on toast, crackers, celery sticks… give it a try!  It’s very easy, and it’s YUMMY!

vegetables
Here’s a list of the vegetables I’ve seen at the market—but there are new things arriving all the time! 

arugula | basil | beet greens | beets, red | beets, chiogghia | broccoli | cabbage, green | cabbage, napa | cabbage, red | carrots | cauliflower | chard | cilantro | collards | cress | cucumbers, pickles | cucumbers, slicers | daikon | dill | eggplant | fennel | kale, lacinato | kale, red russian | kohlrabi | lettuce, buttercrunch | lettuce, iceberg | lettuce, red | lettuce, romaine | mustard, mizuna | mustard, red | mustard, tatsoi | onions, green | parsley, italian | parsnips | peas, sugar snap | potatoes, butterball | potatoes, new | radishes | rhubarb | salad green mixture | shingiku | sorrel | spinach | squash, blossoms | strawberries | sugar snap peas | tomatoes, cherry | tomatoes, red | tomatoes, yellow | turnip greens | turnips (white, snow apple) | turnips (purple-topped) | zucchini blossoms | zucchini, green | zucchini, yellow

bread
Rise & Shine Bakery will be baking two of the large pan loaves this week, their 100% whole wheat sourdough levain, as always, and their alaskan potato bread, made with new crop potatoes grown in Palmer! Both of these basic 100% whole-grain breads make fantastic great toast and sandwich bread. I always save 10 loaves of the potato bread for myself to pop in the freezer for the next few weeks! We’ll also be baking the raisin & toasted pecan pan loaves for your breakfasting pleasure!

Hearth loaves will be the fresh rosemary bread, great with pasta, salads, and warming soups and sandwiches (especially panini!) and our alaskan onion rye bread, our newest savory flavor—great with cheese, and for sandwiches of all kinds!

Mary Jane will also be at the market with all kinds of breads, croissants, palmiers, and macaroons from the French Oven Bakery.

farmers’ market cookbook
The South Anchorage Farmers’ Market Cookbook is filled with 100 pages of delicious, healthy recipes that showcase our flavorful, fresh local Alaskan produce. Recipes provide inspiration for ways to use Alaskan vegetables, fish, fruits, bread, and other products that can be found at our farmers’ markets. The cookbook focuses on vegetable recipes that have fantastic flavor and top-notch nutritional value. And if you’re wondering about how to process our Alaskan produce to freeze for the winter, the book includes instructions!

seafood
Arctic Choice Seafoods will have all kinds of fresh, delicious, Alaskan fish! Here’s a list of what they are likely to have.

fresh king salmon | fresh sablefish | fresh rockfish | fresh halibut | fresh clams | fresh oysters | halibut cheeks | king crab | snow crab | spot shrimp | side stripe shrimp | Dungeness crab | scallops | smoked salmon bellies

Saturday South Anchorage Farmers’ Market
Dates: May 10-October 4
Hours: 9am-2pm
Location: Subway/Cellular One Sports Centre at the corner of Old Seward and O’Malley

Wednesday South Anchorage Farmers’ Market
Dates: July 2- October 1
Hours: 10am-4pm
Location: behind the Dimond Center, in front of the Dimond Center Hotel

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Cheers! And see you at the market!
Alison Arians
Farmers’ Market Reporter

RISE & SHINE BAKERY
Long Term Baking Schedule, Summer 2008
13 September
• pan loaves: 100% whole wheat sourdough levain, Alaskan baked potato, raisin & toasted pecan
• hearth loaves: fresh rosemary, Alaskan onion rye
20 September
• pan loaves: 100% whole wheat sourdough levain, golden maize
• hearth loaves: toasted seed, Alaskan cheese & roasted garlic, dark chocolate & cherry
27 September
• pan loaves: 100% whole wheat sourdough levain, Alaskan barley, raisin & toasted pecan
• hearth loaves: Kalamata olive, Alaska potato & chive
4 October
• pan loaves: 100% whole wheat sourdough levain, Alaskan baked potato
• hearth loaves: Alaskan onion rye, savory pumpkin, fruited almond