Dear Friends of B & H Organic Produce,
The pictures here: 1- our unplugged tent set up at the Taste of West Reading
2- Miriam our intern. Whom I would be lost without. Say hello to her at market this week.
What an exciting weekend. We had 2 very busy fun filled days at market this weekend and then to top it all off last night was The Taste of West Reading. I had no idea what to expect but the wonderfully motivated people of the West Reading Main Street really put on a gala. It was beautiful. Thank you all so much for all of your hard work and to the chefs as well. I had a great time.
Not to be missed will be the Route 10 Organic Grower's tour on Saturday August 28th. This is a great event that we host each year with Sugarbush Nursery and King's Herb Nook. A free educational event! We each gives tours at 11am, 1pm and 3pm. We will be supplying snacks, and there will be 15% off of our products for the participants of the tour. This year Emily's restaurant will also be participating by using our produce for one of their dinner specials. Please open the flyer below for more information. Tickets do not need to be purchased ahead of time.
This is what we are harvesting this week:
- garlic
- tomatoes
- eggplants
- summer squash
- cucumbers
- fresh cut flower bouquets
- salad mix
- lettuce
- arugula
- peppers
- basil
- kale
- potatoes
- kale
- chard
We raise beef and chicken on our farm. If you have been to the farm recently you could not have missed our chickens. (They are certainly eager this year. And eating lots of organic tomatoes whether I like it or not.) Our meat is raised without hormones or anitibiotics, all the meat is free range. All meat is frozen and sold in cuts (except whole chickens). We bring a limited selection of meats to market each week because it is a lot to haul around. We do not bring the chicken to the Elverson market because of labeling. The meat is sold all year in our store Hartz Natural Foods which is open Monday through Saturday 9 am till 3pm. You may see a list at our website www.bhorganicproduce.com.
Recipes for this week:
I decided to choose Eggplant for the main ingredient this week because it is common for customers to ask me how to prepare it. I simply googled "Eggplant Recipes" and came up with so many options. However, this one site seemed to have it all including preparation tips; http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus/collections/healthy_eggplant_recipes there is something for everyone here.
And Papillon served an amazing Ratatouille at the Taste of West Reading using all my veggies. He serves this as well as an amazing heirloom tomato salad that everyone raves about. Now is the time to get over there and see what wonderful things he does with our produce.
I am sorry that we will not be doing weekly deliveries this week. Market was so busy this weekend I need to recharge my batteries.
Have a super week,
Erica
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