Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market!

 

Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market! | December 28, 2020

FRESH & LOCAL: Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market! The new year is upon us! For many of us, the new year offers the opportunity to reflect and renew or begin healthful self-care habits. The farmers market is a bountiful resource of good-for-you options. Eating local helps to support local economies and producers, strengthening your community and the planet as a whole. Freshly picked produce not only tastes better but it is more nutrient dense, making the farmers market a one-stop shop for new years nourishment. 2021 is all about you - treat yourself, and your vessel, right! The Tuesday, Uptown Market will be open December 29th from 8am-12pm to help you prepare for your new year feast and will be the last day to find homemade, food related vendor gifts that are sold during December. We will be closed Thursday, December 31st and Friday, December 1st, but will resume markets per usual on Sunday, January 3rd to get off to the right start with healthy eating resolutions, so don’t forget to pre-order Wednesday through Friday! As the New Year approaches us with hopes anew, here is to wishing you and your family a wonderful year ahead.

GOOD FOOD CONCEPT OF THE WEEK: In addition to running farmers markets, a critical component of Market Umbrella’s work is to enhance food and nutrition access and awareness in our community. The Good Food Concept of the Week seeks to shed some light on this part of our work and also to demystify the jargon.

New Year Food Traditions This week’s Good Food Concept is New Year Food Traditions – Many cultures and countries have particular "lucky" foods, and the southern United States is no exception. Greens, pork, and cornbread, as well as black-eyed peas, cowpeas, or beans, are some of the typical symbolic foods served on New Year's Day. Peas and beans symbolize coins or wealth, while greens resemble money, specifically folding money. Pork is considered a sign of prosperity in some cultures because pigs root forward, the reason many southern New Year's Day dishes contain pork or ham. Add a bit of luck (we all know we need it) to start off 2021 with these Southern Living New Year recipes!

PICKS OF THE WEEK: Good Luck Cabbage May the new year bring you peace, love, and happiness! It’s a new year in Louisiana so we are going to eat cabbage. For as long as I can remember, my family always feasted on 3 things for various bits of good luck throughout the next year: ham, black eyed peas, and cabbage - cabbage being my favorite. The best way to prepare it is braised with a slab of pork belly and red onions. My husband’s family prefers the traditional smothered way, but there is no wrong way! Think outside the box - construct a tangy slaw to rest atop your pork sliders or go the German route and opt for sauerkraut. Whichever way you prefer to cook it you are in luck because you can find this big boy around for months to come. Happy New Year! - Cristina Berthelot, Market Manager

Romanesco Romanesco AKA Roman cauliflower or broccoflower, is a strikingly beautiful vegetable which grows in a natural fractal pattern. Crunchier in texture than broccoli, Romanesco has an earthy, nutty flavor in comparison. With a firmness more similar to cauliflower, it holds up to many of the same treatments, including roasting, our favorite preparation for just about anything. The crazily geometric curds - the term used for the sections of a cauliflower, broccoli or Romanesco - retain their shape and color throughout cooking, so they’ll look as great on your plate as they do on display at the market.

Keep on Matching! Unlimited Market Match is extended through March 31, 2021! Market Umbrella will continue offering unlimited dollar-for-dollar Market Match on all EBT purchases for SNAP shoppers to purchase additional fresh fruits and vegetables through the first quarter of 2021. Market Match is available at all CCFM locations, for purchases through Top Box Foods Louisiana, and at SPROUT NOLA’s ReFresh Farmers Market. Programs like Market Match are made possible by the support of generous donors. If you are in a position to give, your help is needed now more than ever. An investment today in Market Umbrella will assist us in doubling the buying power of SNAP shoppers, making the best local food Louisiana has to offer more affordable and accessible for our community members who need it most. Donate by visiting our website or by texting CCFM to 44-321 now - only 4 days left to make your tax-deductible gift for 2020!

VENDOR OF THE WEEK: The Other Monicas Tuesday market regular and anchor produce vendor Monica’s Okra World have been with CCFM since our beginnings. Christine and Jess can usually be found under the red tent on Tuesdays but did you know there are more of the Monica clan vending at our markets? Sam Monica and his pa’tner Miranda Wille are regular vendors at the Friday Bucktown market and anchor produce vendor for our newly reopened Mid-City market on Thursdays. Friendly and knowledgeable, their tables are packed with a variety of beautiful produce like tender field greens, cabbage, cauliflower, green onions and whatever else may be in season.

RECIPES OF THE WEEK: Smothered Cabbage No stranger to New Year's Day menus is the humble cabbage. This versatile veg is great almost any way you slice it but on New Year’s Day smothered in most traditional, at least here in the South. Representing good luck and financial prosperity, cabbage perfectly pairs with black eyed peas and cornbread rounding out your good luck feast. This smothered cabbage recipe from Emeril is simple and straightforward allowing you to get in a little extra couch time on January 1st. What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook or even Twitter and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!

MARKETS THIS WEEK: UPTOWN MODIFIED WALK UP Tuesday, December 29, 2020 8 am - 12 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River CCFM BOX DELIVERY through Top Box Foods Tuesday, December 29, 2020 Order Tuesday through Friday for home delivery the following Tuesday MID-CITY Thursday, December 31, 2020 Market Closed BUCKTOWN HARBOR HYBRID CURBSIDE AND WALKUP Friday, January 1, 2021 Market Closed PARKWAY BAKERY DRIVE THRU Sunday, January 3, 2021 Market Closed

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ANNUAL REPEAT: Why Do We Eat Black Eyed Peas and Greens on New Year's Day ?

Of course,  I am not really sure how healthy these recipes are, but traditions are important  here in New Orleans!

Check out the recipes at http://www.neworleansschoolofcooking.com/blog/new-years-recipes and the original story at http://wgno.com/2015/12/29/grandma-explains-it-all-why-do-we-eat-black-eyed-peas-for-new-years/

You can also go online a find some "healthier" alternatives.  😋

Other New Year's  Specials

• Eat Fit Eggnog
• Black eyed peas recipes cause everyone needs good luck in 2017
• NOLA New Year's Food Superstitions
• Eat This, not that--- holiday party edition

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Happy New Year! | December 27, 2021

FRESH & LOCAL: Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market! As 2021 comes to a close, Louisianans plan our New Year’s Day celebration - including a traditional meal of black-eyed peas for good luck and prosperity, cabbage for wealth and money, and pork which represents moving forward, all served up with a side of golden cornbread. Stop by the market and load up on the ingredients you need to start 2022 off right - greens like cabbage, kale, collards and more are especially abundant this time of year. This week, the Tuesday and Thursday markets will both be open to help you prepare for your New Year’s feast. These will be the last two market dates to find homemade, food-related vendor crafts that are sold during December. Market is closed on Sunday January 2nd, but will resume on Tuesday, January 4th to get off to the right start with healthy eating resolutions. As the New Year approaches with hopes anew, we wish you and your family a healthy, safe and wonderful year ahead.

PICKS OF THE WEEK: Eat Healthy in the New Year Among the most common New Year’s resolutions is to start eating healthier. This can mean many things to many people, but by and large it usually boils down to eating less processed food and eating a healthier balanced diet. A great way to eat healthier is to know where your food comes from. The Crescent City Farmers Market is dedicated to connecting customers directly with local farmers, fishers, ranchers, dairies, bakers and food makers within 200 miles of the Greater New Orleans area. Food from the market is mostly fresh, unprocessed, and buying locally minimizes transportation distance and time to ensure maximum freshness, taste and nutrient retention. Just-harvested produce is packed with vitamins, minerals, fiber and antioxidants that have been shown to protect against chronic diseases like heart disease and cancer. Find what you need to start your new year off right at the Crescent City Farmers Market.

Building Community Through Literacy! One Book One New Orleans (OBONO) builds literacy and community by selecting one book each year and encouraging New Orleans residents to read it at the same time. This year’s selection is The Yellow House by New Orleanian Sarah M. Broom, a memoir chronicling her and her family’s life in New Orleans East. On Thursday, December 30th, OBONO will be giving away copies at the Mid-City Farmers Market at The Lafitte Greenway Plaza, 500 N. Norman C. Francis Parkway, from 3 PM to 7 PM.

Last Chance to Donate to CCFM in 2021 There are five days left to make your 2021 gift to the Crescent City Farmers Market! It is because of donors like you that we are able to build a stronger, healthier, more resilient community. Market Umbrella has been dedicated to supporting Southeast Louisiana foodways and culture for over 25 years. Our work would not be possible without your support. Make a donation today and support the markets and programs you love for the year ahead: visit our website or text CCFM to 44-321 to donate.

VENDOR OF THE WEEK: New Vendor: Black Creek Farm Started by Mike Juneau and his wife Christina back in 2016, Black Creek is a small farm in Picayune, MS raising pork, beef, chicken, and sometimes turkeys! After serving in the U.S. Navy, Mike and his wife retired in MS to start their own farm after feeling frustrated by the lack of transparency in the meat industry. With 75 cattle and over 60 Hereford hogs, Black Creek Farms will be bringing GMO and antibiotic free, pasture-raised, grass-fed beef and pork products, including various steaks and roasts, naturally cured bacon (both pork and beef), MSG free sausages, and occasionally whole chicken. You can find them weekly at the Tuesday Uptown Market or every other Sunday at the City Park Market.

RECIPES OF THE WEEK: Black-Eyed Pea Cabbage Soup Bring some good luck and wealth into your new year by making this delicious Black-Eyed Pea Cabbage Soup! Chock full of veggies, this soup is a healthy way to start 2022. 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, December 21, 2021 8 am - 12 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River CCFM BOX DELIVERY through Top Box Foods There will not be a home delivery box on December 28, 2021. Deliveries will start again in the new year on January 4, 2022. THURSDAY MID-CITY WALK UP Thursday, December 30, 2021 3 pm - 7 pm Lafitte Greenway Plaza 3200 Lafitte Ave. at the Bayou SUNDAY CITY PARK Sunday, January 2, 2022 Market will be closed due to the New Year holiday.

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Make this New Year Shiny and RE-USED | December 30, 2019

Fresh & Local: Make this New Year Shiny and RE-USED We are so excited to bring compost collection to our Jefferson Parish markets! With partners Jefferson Parish Environmental Affairs and Schmelly’s Dirt Farm we’ll host compost collection at Ochsner on Wednesdays and Bucktown Harbor on Fridays. Beginning January 3rd, market shoppers are encouraged to bring frozen food scraps to the compost collection tent at either of these markets. There are many benefits to composting. Food waste that goes to landfills produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane (because smothered by other trash, the process becomes anaerobic in the absence of oxygen). When it’s composted, not only do we avoid those gasses and unnecessary landfill contributions, but we also end up with a finished product that can be returned to the ground from whence it came, providing soil nutrition and aeration for the next crop. So whether you’re new to composting or have been looking for a convenient way to get into it (or back into it), bring your food scraps down to the farmers market while you pick up your weekly groceries whose trimmings will become next week’s compost. In the near future, Schmelly’s will also be offering composting demonstrations at market so you can learn more about the process, and eventually will be selling that composted material so you can bring it back to your garden for a complete closed loop!

Happy New Year! Seasons greetings and a Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market! The Tuesday, Uptown Market will be open 9am-1pm to help you prepare for your year-end feast and will be the last day to find homemade, food related vendor crafts that are sold during December, and the last day of retiring vendor G&M Goat Farm. We will be closed New Years Day, but will resume markets per usual on Thursday, January 2nd to get off to the right start with healthy eating resolutions. As the New Year approaches us with hopes anew, here is to wishing you and your family a wonderful year ahead.

Market Umbrella is Hiring! We are in the market for a Business Coordinator! The Business Coordinator is a part-time staff member responsible for assisting in the token economy and financial operations of the Crescent City Farmers Market. Market Umbrella operates the Crescent City Farmers Market with six markets per week. This position will assist in maintaining financial records of transactions at markets and accounting for them at the end of market day. See full details here!

Cabbage May the new year bring you peace, love, happiness, and dolla dolla bills y’all. It’s a new year in Louisiana so we are going to eat cabbage today. For as long as I can remember, my family always feasted on 3 things for various bits of good luck throughout the next year: ham, black eyed peas, and cabbage. My favorite way to prepare it is braised with a slab of pork belly and red onions while my husband’s family prefers the traditional smothered way. Think outside the box - construct a tangy slaw to rest atop your pork sliders or go the German route and opt for sauerkraut. Whichever way you prefer to cook it you are in luck because you can find this big boye at the market for months to come. Happy New Year! - Cristina Berthelot, Market Manager

Vendor of the Week: Prosper Preserve Co. Crescent City Farmers Market is pleased as punch to welcome back Thursday vendor Prosper Preserve Co. The name might be new but the face is familiar and the mission is magnanimous. Previously known as No Hunger NOLA, this vendor makes use of ugly and unused food from local restaurants and grocers and turns them into delicious pickles and preserves. Doing their part to fill your bellies and make our planet a better place, follow this link to find out more about this conscientious culinary creator.

Tuesday’s Green Plate Special: Thali Llama Back by popular demand, Thali Llama is heating things up as the Green Plate Special to kick off the new year! Thali Llama focuses on different regional cuisines of India, where Tyler and Merritt explore dishes they learned throughout their travels. Stop by every Tuesday through the end of January for some heartwarming dishes including mango curry, stuffed Naan, butter chicken, and more!

Recipe of the Week: The Ultimate Winter Side Dish Is Smothered Cabbage Black-eyed peas might be the quintessential “lucky” dish to ring in the new year but it’s cabbage season, y’all! And not much else rounds out a New Year’s Day spread like smothered cabbage. This nutritional giant is related to the Brassica family (kale, broccoli and cauliflower) and is packed with vitamins and fiber! Here’s a plant-based version for a healthier take on this Southern classic. What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook or even Twitter and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!

Markets This Week: UPTOWN Tuesday, December 31, 2019 9 am - 1 pm Uptown Square 200 Broadway St. near the River BYWATER Temporarily Closed Rusty Rainbow Chartres St. at Piety St. OCHSNER Closed for the Holidays Ochsner Rehabilitation Hospital 2614 Jefferson Hwy. at Maine St. MID-CITY Thursday, January 2, 2020 3 pm - 7 pm American Can Company 3700 Orleans Ave. at the Bayou BUCKTOWN Friday, January 3, 2020 3 pm - 7 pm Bucktown Harbor 325 Metairie Hammond Hwy. at the Lake DOWNTOWN Saturday, January 4, 2020 8 am - 12 noon Central Business District 750 Carondelet St. at Julia St. RIVERTOWN Permanently Closed

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