Please do be careful with your jalapeno peppers, as they are very spicy. We definitely don’t want anyone’s children to get a hold of them and eat them by accident, yikes! We are growing some sweet bell peppers as well, but they are larger and require more time to ripen.

TIME FOR LUNCH, NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION TO GET REAL FOOD IN SCHOOLS, LABOR DAY, SEPT. 7, 2009
Join the greater Olympia community at the Olympia Farmers Market on September 7th at noon to support Slow Food USA’s Time for Lunch campaign, which is working to ensure schools have the resources they need to serve real food for lunch. Bring a potluck dish, your family and friends for this fun and important event!
Time for lunch is the first wave of a national movement of people who care about the food they eat and where it comes from, people who are demanding change to make it easier and less expensive to find food they believe in.

Advocates within the food movement – along with politicians on both sides of the aisle – have long said that a strong grassroots voice demanding a transformation of the food system is critical to creating corporate and political change. The time for lunch campaign is our chance to demonstrate that the demand is stronger than anyone predicted.

This labor day is our first opportunity to show that our movement is strong and far reaching. But we need to make sure the media and national leaders hear the message. Visit http://wwwslowfoodusa.org/index.php/campaign/time_for_lunch and make plans to participate in the National Day of Action, and perhaps even write your Congressman.


Teriyaki Beets-Winter harvest cookbook
12 small unpeeled beets
1 tablespoon minced fresh ginger
4 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 tablespoons honey.
Boil or steam beets until almost tender. Rinse in cold water and cut into halves. Combine butter, honey, ginger, and soy sauce in small saucepan and heat until butter and honey are melted. Brush some sauce over beets and place on heated broiler pan. Broil 5-10 minutes until tender, basting frequently. Transfer to serving dish and pour remaining sauce over. Makes 4-6 servings.

Open House/ Farm picnic potluck
Saturday Sept. 19 1-4 pm.

Let’s have a party! A farm potluck picnic, bring a dish to share and tablewares.
We will be hosting farm tours at 2pm and 3 pm. That involves walking around all three fields with some driving in between them all. Don’t you want to come see where all this great food is coming from? Of course you do, so come on over.

Tomatoes for sale! Chickens for sale!

We planted plenty of tomatoes for sauce and canning and you can buy some. We have this week about fifty pounds each of Orange Banana, and Amish Paste available, for 2.00 per pound. Call the farm if you would like to order some now or later. I expect them to be available for another two months.

Our list of chicken wanters is rapidly filling up, but there are still a few birds available for YOU!! So call soon if you want to get on the list. September 21 is the big day, you pick up between 5-7 pm, and the chickens cost 5.00 per pound. The average chicken weighs five pounds, some lighter, not too many heavier.