This Week at the Crescent City Farmers' Market

We’ve got it Fig-ured Out! | July 18, 2022

FRESH & LOCAL: We’ve got it Fig-ured Out! Figs are here y’all, but be warned - the season is just as short as it is sweet. If you’re a fig lover like us, get ‘em while you can. Fresh figs should be plump and soft, without bruising or splits and are most flavorful when served at room temperature. They’re highly perishable, so store them in your fridge and wash them right before eating, just like you would a strawberry. Sweet figs pair well with rich dairy so dishes with yogurt, cheese or custard are a sure bet. They’re great in baked goods and other sweets, and also stand up to a more savory treatment, as in a salad or pizza with a salty cured meat, and a bracing sour/vinegar component. If you’re looking to save the season, they make excellent preserves and are great dried. Thanks to the geographic diversity of our vendors (different vendors are in season at slightly different times), you can expect to find figs for sale at market for 3-4 weeks. Find fresh figs and fig preserves from Figue Envie at the Thursday Mid-City and Tuesday Uptown markets - the fig balsamic preserves are a must try! Monica’s Okra World and Isabel’s Produce and Tamales at all three weekly markets also carry a more limited quantity. This versatile fruit is a special treat, so don’t miss out!

PICKS OF THE WEEK: Last Call for Kitchenware! In August we will host our first annual CCFM kitchenware sale fundraiser. In preparation, the cookware donations have been pouring in! Thank you so much to all who have donated. If you haven't donated, there's still time! Drop your gently used pots, kitchenware, barware, small cooking appliances, cookbooks, and dishes to CCFM! We are accepting donated items at the CCFM Welcome Tent at our Tuesday Uptown Market until July 26! Drop off your old air-fryer and help raise money for Market Umbrella and Crescent City Farmers Markets! Questions? Email admin@marketumbrella.org.

We’re Hiring! Join the Market Umbrella team and help us build a stronger food system and healthier community! We are looking to fill three full-time positions: (1) a Finance & Business Manager, (2) an Administrative & Communications Manager, and (3) a Greaux the Good Manager to assist with the new Greaux the Good statewide SNAP match program. We welcome you to apply, especially if you’re passionate about agriculture and want to work with an organization with a focus on food access and nutrition education. For more information and to apply, click here!

Calling all prepared food vendors! The Crescent City Farmers Market is lookin’ to get cookin’! Preference is put on applicants who: are underrepresented business owners, provide food that is culturally significant to New Orleans or Louisiana, produce culturally significant products from a diversity of cultures, and who prioritize using local ingredients when possible. Apply here!

VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Figue Envie Figue Envie is making their annual market appearance! Owners and fig farmers, Mandy and Byron met while serving in Mali as agricultural volunteers in the Peace Corp. Now the husband and wife are teachers in New Orleans, but they spend their summer vacations connecting with their farming roots. After tending to fig trees on family land since 2006, they purchased a new plot which has allowed them to quadruple their production. You can now find their fresh figs and delicious preserves at the Uptown and Mid-City markets.

RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Fig and Goat Cheese Flatbread With fig season being short and oh so sweet, this recipe is a seasonal favorite and current staple for MU staff. Being able to source half the ingredients from market, we might as well call this a summer market flatbread. With few ingredients, little preparation time, and figs, this recipe is a must try! What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!

MARKETS THIS WEEK: TUESDAY UPTOWN WALK UP Tuesday, July 19, 2022 8 am - 12 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River CCFM BOX DELIVERY through Top Box Foods Tuesday, July 19, 2022 Order Tuesday through Friday for home delivery the following Tuesday THURSDAY MID-CITY WALK UP Thursday, July 21, 2022 3 pm - 7 pm Lafitte Greenway Plaza 3200 Lafitte Ave. at the Bayou SUNDAY CITY PARK WALK UP Sunday, July 24, 2022 8:00 am - 12 pm Tad Gormley Stadium Marconi @ Navarre

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Come to Tuesday Market for GiveNOLA Day 2022! | May 2, 2022

FRESH & LOCAL: Come to Tuesday Market for GiveNOLA Day 2022! GiveNOLA Day (May 3rd) is tomorrow! Early giving is underway. Click here to donate or start your own fundraising campaign for Market Umbrella. For over a quarter of a century, Market Umbrella and Crescent City Farmers Market have cultivated the field of public markets for public good. Through our markets, we aim to bring vendors and shoppers together over a shared love of fresh local foods. By creating space and opportunity for farmers and small food businesses to succeed, we elevate the local and regional food system. We also offer free trainings and technical assistance to vendors, to help them bring you the best market experience possible. We’re more than a market. With the help of our donors, our Market Match program increases food access throughout New Orleans and beyond. Market Match matches dollar-for-dollar purchases made by customers who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). In fact all of our programs—Marketeers Kids Club, Market Mommas program, Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefit doubling, and more—rely on your support to grow, expand, and reach new heights. Market Umbrella seeks to create positive change in local and regional foodways, but we can’t fulfill our mission alone. Now through May 3rd, we ask that you please make a donation in support of our programs and join us in growing a stronger, healthier and more resilient community. Give online today or visit our Tuesday market (Uptown Square, 200 Broadway Street at the River) and check out our Give NOLA Day table. We hope to see you there!

Preserves available from Isabel’s Tamales and Produce

PICKS OF THE WEEK: Marketing Assistance to Vendors at Market! If you have been to the market lately, you might have noticed a few subtle changes around. Perhaps it’s a new label on a jar of jam or salsa, an eloquently designed banner with a new logo for a farm, or even something as simple as a few signs identifying prices and products! Over the past several months, Market Umbrella has been working with vendors to help them boost their farmers market business through assistance with logo and website development, market presence enhancement, label development/compliance, and social media. From bringing in Eric Hassert with Grow NYC to talk about consumer behavior at the farmers market to having vendors work one-on-one with marketing and design professionals to create logos and labels, all CCFM vendors were offered free resources to help boost their business thanks to a Whitney TA grant and our partnership with the LSU Ag Center on a beginning farmer and rancher development and training program. The spring producer training series continues this week with a newly revamped Market Ready training on Tuesday, May 3rd - providing small scale food businesses with guidance from harvest, packaging and pricing to how to sell to restaurants. Find tickets here!

Greaux the Good! Learn more about the proposed Greaux the Good statewide SNAP match program by visiting the website, and stay connected with the progress of this legislation by signing up for updates!

Keeping those Mother’s Day Flowers Fresh! Properly caring for cut flowers can make a huge difference in how long they stay fresh. With Mother’s Day right around the corner, here are a few clever tips on how to make your bouquet last longer. When you first get your bouquet, use a sharp knife to cut an inch off the stems’ base at a 45-degree angle. This increases the surface area and allows for greater water uptake. Fill your vase with clean, cold water stopping just a couple of inches above the stem. Cut off any leaves or greenery below the waterline. They can breed bacteria. Finally, change the water, realistically, every 2-3 days to keep your bouquet beautifully blooming for as long as possible. If these tips helped you, stop by the Welcome tent at your next visit to the market to let us know how long your flowers lasted!

Join our team! Join the Market Umbrella team and help us build a stronger food system and healthier community! Our current Market Manager is moving on to become a farmer(!) and we are looking for someone berry passionate about local agriculture, direct to consumer sales, vendor support and working with an organization with a focus on food access and nutrition education. For more information and to apply, click here!

VENDOR OF THE WEEK: White Oaks Farm Join us in celebrating a big welcome back to White Oaks Farms! As one of CCFM’s very first vendors back in 1995, we are excited to have them back at market after two long years away. White Oaks Farm, located in Folsom, Louisiana, grows a plethora of seasonal flowers. At our Sunday market you can find mother and daughter duo, Shirley and Ann Randon, with snapdragons, zinnias, sunflowers, calla lilies, and countless other spring flowers! As we get closer to summer, keep an eye out for the addition of veggies at their table. In coming back to the market, White Oaks Farm has so appreciated seeing all of the familiar and new faces of the CCFM community!

RECIPE OF THE WEEK: Loaded Potato Skins Potato skins, but with a twist! Our program coordinator, Amanda, loves baking sweet potato skins using fresh and local sweet potatoes from CCFM vendors. Keep reading to find out how to make this tasty appetizer in your kitchen! What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!

MARKETS THIS WEEK: TUESDAY UPTOWN WALK UP Tuesday, May 3, 2022 8 am - 12 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River CCFM BOX DELIVERY through Top Box Foods Tuesday, May 3, 2022 Order Tuesday through Friday for home delivery the following Tuesday THURSDAY MID-CITY WALK UP Thursday, May 5, 2022 3 pm - 7 pm Lafitte Greenway Plaza 3200 Lafitte Ave. at the Bayou SUNDAY CITY PARK WALK UP Sunday, May 8, 2022 8:00 am - 12 pm Tad Gormley Stadium Marconi @ Navarre

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Cheers to a Healthy New Year! | January 3, 2022

FRESH & LOCAL: Bring on the Brassicas! Brassica is the scientific name for the mustard and turnip family which includes kale, collards, mustard greens, radishes, watercress, rutabaga, arugula, kohlrabi, brussels sprouts, rape (the seed that canola oil is made of), cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, romanesco, turnips and bok choy. What a happy family and nearly all of these are available now at Crescent City Farmers Markets! Brassicas represent some of the oldest cultivated crops with farming roots that reach back over 10,000 years. These vegetables and greens prefer a cooler growing season so they’ll be with us through the winter and deep into spring. Check out Isabel’s Tamales and Produce, Monica’s Okra World, Fletcher Farm (new to the Tuesday market!), Indian Springs Farmers Association, Faust Farm, Joe Fekete Family Farm and more to fill up on healthy produce at any of our weekly markets that you and your family will love. We can also bring brassicas right to your front door: this season they feature prominently in our weekly Crescent City Farmers Market home delivery boxes, which you can order online through our partners Top Box Foods, where Market Match halves the price of the box for customers paying with SNAP.

PICKS OF THE WEEK: Starting 2022 Strong! At Market Umbrella, we are passionate about supporting New Orleans and our phenomenal food community. As a non-profit organization, we depend on donations to help provide weekly Crescent City Farmers Markets year-round. Even with a small staff and limited operating budget, our Crescent City Farmers Markets have a combined annual economic impact of over $11.7 million. While we are proud of that economic stimulus to the regional economy, we are equally interested in how our markets and programs also positively impact nutrition, mental health, food security, environmental sustainability, and civic engagement. Donor support helps us be able to operate a variety of crucial programs that incubate small local businesses and support food access in our community, and thanks to our donors we raised over $17,000 during our end of year campaign, helping us start 2022 strong! If you have donated to Market Umbrella’s end of year campaign, thank you SO MUCH! If you would still like to make a donation, you can visit our website or text CCFM to 44-321 to donate today!

Turn your RESOLUTIONS into REAL SOLUTIONS Start with small changes Instead of a diet overhaul, make small changes to what you eat and drink that will work for you now and in the future. Take one day at a time Sometimes things don’t go as planned, even with the best of intentions. If you miss one day or one milestone for your goal, don’t give up! Be active your way Pick activities you enjoy! If you focus on having fun or learning a new skill that interests you, you will be more likely to stick with it. Team up Find a friend with similar goals—swap healthy recipes and be active together. Staying on track is easier with support and a cheerleader. Celebrate successes Think of each change as a “win” as you build positive habits and find ways to reach your goals. Reward yourself−you’ve earned it!

Get Healthy with a Dry January When you've had your fair share of eggnog and sipped the last of the New Year’s bubbly, you might need a break from alcohol after all the holiday celebrations. You can shift gears and roll into the new year by celebrating Dry January. During Dry January people chose to not partake in alcohol consumption for the entire month. Laying off the alcohol for a month has some major health benefits that will have you feeling your best and brightest for the year to come. Alcohol consumption can disrupt sleep, impair the immune system, and lead to bloating and weight gain. Break the alcohol habit and find a replacement beverage to sip. We suggest checking out Gingerbooch Fermentables at our Tuesday Uptown market. Luke Sirinides created his signature Gingerbooch, kombucha and ginger beer fermented together, with a twist of lemon. His probiotic lemonade is a delicious and healthy drink substitute for booze that will help make Dry January a breeze. Your gut bacteria will love you!

VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Také Box NOLA A warm welcome to Také Box NOLA! Joining the market this past December, duo Caroline and Kyle have been producing gourmet mushroom grow boxes from spore to mycelial block with all organic material right here in New Orleans. Their mushroom grow boxes are essentially a pre-colonized mushroom fruiting block, made from organic rye grain, hay, and hardwood sawdust. All you need to do is apply a little water and watch this beautiful block turn into a blossom of ready to cook, gourmet mushrooms. Také Box currently offers a variety of oyster and lion’s mane mushrooms, and come later this month, king trumpet and shitake boxes. Not only do these boxes provide you with delicious, organic, gourmet mushrooms, but all boxes are silkscreen printed with original textile designed by Caroline herself, making it a beautiful addition to any countertop. Find these distinctive mushroom grow kits and the two fun creators behind it at most of our markets throughout the week!

RECIPES OF THE WEEK: Caramelized Broccoli with Garlic This simple broccoli recipe will have you falling in love with veggies. The slow caramelization brings out a sweetness to broccoli that you might not have known existed. What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!

MARKETS THIS WEEK: TUESDAY UPTOWN WALK UP Tuesday, January 4, 2022 8 am - 12 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River CCFM BOX DELIVERY through Top Box Foods Tuesday, January 4, 2022 Order Tuesday through Friday for home delivery the following Tuesday THURSDAY MID-CITY WALK UP Thursday, January 6, 2022 3 pm - 7 pm Lafitte Greenway Plaza 3200 Lafitte Ave. at the Bayou SUNDAY CITY PARK NOW OFFERING WALK UP SALES ALL DAY, WITH A CURBSIDE PICKUP OPTION! Sunday, January 9, 2022 8:00 am - 12 pm Tad Gormley Stadium Marconi @ Navarre

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