Coming Soon: National Farmers Market Week | July 9, 2024

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Coming Soon: National Farmers Market Week

Farmers markets are our past, present, and future! During times of crisis, celebration, and everything in between, farmers markets are there for us. Through food access, education, advocacy, innovation, and more, the Crescent City Farmers Market is leading the way for a brighter future! #FarmersMarketWeek

Join us for the 25th anniversary of National Farmers Market Week with three (strawberry) jam packed markets:

August 4th, Sunday City Park Market: 8 am - 12 pm
August 6th, Tuesday Uptown Market: 8 am - 12 pm
August 8th, Thursday Mid-City Market: 3 - 7pm

Stay tuned for lineup announcements!

Good Food Word of the Week:

While Market Umbrella is known for our farmers markets and fresh food access programs, food systems work touches on many social, economic, and environmental issues. The Good Food Word of the Week seeks to shed some light on these parts of our work and the way we talk – demystifying the jargon.

Fertilizer

Just like humans, plants require certain nutrients to grow and thrive. Fertilizer is added to soil in order to provide elements like nitrogen, phosphorous, and potassium that stimulate plant growth. Fertilizers can be made naturally from the composting of organic material or can be manufactured in an industrial process.

Picks of the Week:

Call for Musicians

Are you a musician? Is your neighbor a rockstar? To enhance the shopper experience, we regularly host performances by local musicians at each of the Crescent City Farmers Markets - and we are recruiting more talent to fill market performance slots! Visit our website to learn more about the program and apply today.

Figs at the Market for a Limited Time

As always, the season for figs at the market is oh so short, but oh so sweet. It’s not a fig-ment of your imagination - Fig Envie joined us last Tuesday, and will only be available at market on Thursday the 11th and Sunday the 14th. Get ‘em while you can! Mandy will also be bringing fig leafs - nature’s parchment paper.

Take the savory direction and try out your spin on this Spanish-inspired chicken and fig pasta with chicken from Pearl River Pastures and fresh pasta from Costantini Pasta.

Or go the sweet route and level-up your next dessert with 3-Ingredient Honey Butter Figs!

Welcome Shante

Please welcome our new Market Coordinator, Shante Little! Be sure to say hi when you see her at the Sunday market. Shante is passionate about the synergistic relationships between plants and people, and how we heal through each other. In her free time, Shante enjoys visiting locally-owned and operated restaurants and coffeeshops, walking the river with her two dogs, reading, and wildcrafting. Read more about Shante and the rest of the Market Umbrella team!

Celeb Spotting at the Market

Neuty the Nutria graced the market with a visit this past weekend. Follow him on Instagram! “I am a Nutria who was rescued when I was a tiny baby! My humans took me in & fed me kitten milk until I could eat veggies! #neutythenutria”

Vendor of the Week:

Fig 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. Figue Envie produces fresh figs, traditional fig preserves, as well as specialty flavors like Balsamic Fig Jam, Fig Pepper Jelly, and Autumn Spiced Fig Preserves. Figue Envie will only be at the market Thursday the 11th and Sunday the 14th!

Recipe of the Week:

Peach Spearmint Orange Julius

Veggi Co-op has fabulous herbs at the market these days, like perilla, italian basil, and spearmint! Cool down the hot summer days with this easy and delicious at-home version of the peach spearmint Orange Julius. And if you’re relaxing after the long week, you can always add a splash of something special to your glass too!