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What's In My Farmer's Choice Box This Week?

Salad Mix

Microgreens

Bel Fiore Radicchio

String Bean Medley

Tomatoes

Tomatillos

Shishito Peppers

Italian Plums

 
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Free Range Chickens Available Now

For a limited time we are selling fresh, whole birds. If you're interested in trying locally raised chicken, please contact us via email.

 

Our meat birds are pastured birds, meaning they have access to forage freely outdoors and have access to pasture with all the insects, seeds, plants and worms a chicken could want. This is a natural diet for chickens. 

 

We use organic practices which means we do not use antibiotics, hormones or commercially fertilize or spray with pesticides. We use a natural pasture rotation system with our animals and let mother nature do her work.

Recipe Ideas

Where you're in "back to school" mode or just busy enjoying the last days of summer, we're highlight quick and easy weeknight meals this week.

 

A weeknight pasta recipe for everything from tomatoes, green beans to zuchinni. Mangiano!

 
Easy Pasta Primavera
 

As we transition to fall, keep this easy curry recipe around for colder weeknights

 
Cozy Veggie Korma
 

Radicchio's bitterness is tamed with oranges and this quick crunchy chicken cutlet. 

 
Sesame Chicken with Radicchio Salad
 

Another great pairing for radicchio is roasted cipolinni onions and a juicy steak

 
Seared Steak with Radicchio and Onions
 

Easy weeknight meals around here means quesadillas and tacos. Always. 

 
Squash Quesadillas with Salsa Verde
 

Make some salsa verde on the weekend and use it all week long.

 
Weeknight Enchiladas Verdes
 

Frittatas are a great easy weeknight meal option when paired with a salad (and wine)

 
Best Frittata Recipe
 

A quick stir fry never fails to save the weeknight dinner paralysis

 
Lamb Stir Fry with Green Beans
 

Duck breast and roasted plums in 45 minutes! And the oven does most of the work. Yes!

 
Crispy Duck Breast with Roasted Plums
 

Store bought pastry dough turns this stunner into an easy meal. Pair with a salad.

 
Baked Brie with Thyme Butter Roasted Plums

Farmers' Markets 

 

Bellevue Crossroads 

Tuesdays, Noon - 6pm

 
More Info Here
 

Kirkland Marina Park

Wednesdays, 3pm - 7pm

 
More Info Here

And don't forget, you can place your pre-orders on our website.

Deadline to place your orders is Sunday.

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Around the Farm

We have a medley of string beans coming on strong in the field ... from green, to yellow, purple and even a speckled variety called "Dragon's Tongue." These beans are super sweet and we eat them straight from the plant, but they are even more delicious in a quick weeknight stir fry. 

Emiliano grabbing the last of our pumpkins. Because of all the hot weather this year you'll notice that pumpkins started appearing at Farmer's Markets earlier than usual this season. We're just about all out of our pumpkins already!

We're making room for some Fall plantings right now, like these beautiful purple bok chois. After planting in trays, we thin the baby bok chois and then transplant them in the field. 

Can you believe how long it's been without rain? This year we've had to invest heavily in irrigation systems, like this overhead system. Normally we prefer in-line drip irrigation which is more sustainable, but the drip lines were not keeping our beds wet enough in the hot weather. 

After using overhead irrigation in this new field of breakfast radishes, they sized up quickly and will be ready for market this weekend.

Tacoma, WA, USA
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