Ripe City: eNews from Portland Farmers Market – 8.04

provided by The International Culinary School:

Wine Poached Beet Salad with Walnuts and Market Goat Cheese

Pietopia!
Thursday, August 5
Stop by this celebration of pie, art, community and story-telling held at our Buckman Market
Learn More

Kids Cook Classes
Saturday, August 7
Stone Fruit Gazpacho
Registration Required

Saturday, August 21
Super Summer Salsas
Registration Required

Preserving Series
Thursday, August 12
Tomato Class is SOLD OUT
Wait list only

Thursday, September 9
Chutneys and Relishes
Registration Required

Taste the Place
Stop by the market to peruse seasonal recipes and sample dishes featuring market produce

Sunday, August 15 @ King
Thursday, September 7 @ Buckman
Sunday, September 5 @ King

Token-Matching Program
Fundraisers
Thursday, August 5
Garden Workshop at
Buckman Market to benefit
Fresh Exchange

Every Friday from 5-8pm
Eat at Burgerville any Friday from May 7 to September 3 and 10% of proceeds will benefit Fresh Exchange

Local Lunch Box
Sunday, September 12
A day of activities intended to encourage kids to make healthy, seasonal, local food choices

MARKET
CALENDAR
Melons
Heirloom tomatoes
French filet beans
Tinctured medicinal herbs
Dahlias
Plums
Peaches
Lamb, beef and pork
Oysters from Netarts Bay
Smoked and fresh salmon
Artisan breads and pastries
Gluten free bakers
Fine wines
Floral bouquets
Oregon walnuts
Fresh roasted filberts

PRODUCT SEARCH
Best Buys
We asked our Facebook fans to share some of their favorite deals and steals from the market:

“Bacon end pieces from Sweet Briar Farms. $1.80″

“Deep Roots: Leeks $1.69/lb”

“Willamette Valley Cheese; after 12:30pm, buy 3 wedges and get some free Brie”

“Yukon Gold Potatoes for 89 cents a pound”

“The best deal of all: COMMUNITY! Both free and priceless”
THANK YOU SEASON SPONSORS

AND

THANK YOU KING AND BUCKMAN MARKET SPONSOR

THANK YOU NW 23RD
MARKET SPONSOR

THANK YOU EVERGREEN PARTNER

Letter from the Executive Director

In the coming year, we will see big changes in the way food reaches our plates. These changes will be provoked by Senate Bill 510–a.k.a. the FDA Food Modernization Act–which is intended to safeguard our food supply as the food distribution system grows ever larger. The only trouble is that SB 510 does not discern between a farmer working a ten acre plot in Woodburn, Oregon and multinational farm conglomerates. Click here to find out what PFM Executive Director Ann Forsthoefel wants you to know about Senate Bill 510>>

Susan Bliss Finds Vegetable Bliss

Last year, dedicated PFM shopper Susan Bliss bought ten raffle tickets in support of our annual harvest fundraiser. Imagine her surprise when she walked away with the grand prize–an entire year of weekly shopping trips at the market! Each week, it has been a pleasure seeing Susan at the market, filling her basket with seaonal delights. Read on to find out how Susan has been enjoying her good fortune>>

Zoe’s Favorites Pickles and Preserves
Ever dream of leaving your day job and starting your own small food business? That’s what Michelle Cooper of Zoe’s Favorites did–and she hasn’t looked back since. Here is her story along with one of her most coveted recipes>>

King Market Token Matching Program Reduction
Due to increased popularity and demand, Foodshare Fund Northeast (FFNE), the SNAP token matching program at King Market, has been reduced from $10 to $5 per week, effective August 1. The volunteer-driven, community-funded program–a project of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN)–was launched in July 2009 to increase access to fresh, nutritious food for lowincome residents of North and Northeast Portland. If you would like to donate to FFNE, please click here.

Pietopia!
This year’s Pietopia celebration is bigger and better than ever. Stop by the Buckman Market to meet this year’s winners and view their winning silk screen prints on display at the Pietopia tent. Sampling will begin at 5:30pm and includes the winning recipes as well as pies generously donated by PFM vendors Grand Central Bakery and Packer Orchards. Pietopia t-shirts and pie kits will be raffled off at the end of the market (raffle tickets will be handed out to shoppers from the Pietopia canopy beginning at 3:00pm and collected at the time of the pie tasting). Our Taste the Place booth also runs from 3:00-7:00pm and will feature raspberry rosewater smoothies and cardamom apricot lassi, reflecting the flavors of Pietopia creator Tricia Martin’s most recent travels to India.

Kids Cook at the Market
This month there are two more fun opportunities to teach your kids about the seasonality of food. Classes include a market tour where they will meet local farmers and food artisans, and hands-on experience preparing ingredients purchased fresh at the market. Watch this fun video from a recent class, then sign up today for a chance to see your kids truly excited about new cooking skills and eating fresh, local food!

August Happenings
This month is packed with clever, tasty, and wild excursions for the kids, the whole family, or just for you. Click here to discover what’s happening around Portland’s food and farming community this month>>

Love Ripens at the Market

Congratulations to market vendors Shane Baker and Haley Frost on their recent engagement! Read here how the market set the stage for their sweet romance>>

Market Dates + Locations

DOWNTOWN MARKETS

Saturdays ~ PSU
MARCH 20 – DECEMBER 18
8:30AM – 2PM Fall Hours: Nov – Dec 9AM – 2PM
in downtown’s South Park Blocks
between SW Hall & Montgomery

Mondays ~ Pioneer Courthouse Square
JUNE 21 – OCTOBER 25 10AM – 2PM
at Pioneer Courthouse Square
SW Broadway between SW Morrison & Yamhill

Wednesdays ~ Shemanski Park
MAY 5 – OCTOBER 27 10AM – 2PM
in downtown’s South Park Blocks
between SW Salmon & Main

NEIGHBORHOOD MARKETS

Thursdays ~ Buckman (formerly Eastbank)
MAY 6 – SEPTEMBER 30 3:00 – 7:00PM
SE Salmon at 20th
between SE Hawthorne & Belmont

Thursdays ~ NW 23rd
JUNE 3 – SEPTEMBER 30 3:00 – 7:00PM
Corner of NW 23rd & Savier

Sundays ~ King
MAY 2 – OCTOBER 31 10AM – 2PM
NE 7th at Wygant between NE Alberta & Prescott
All markets accept Oregon Trail EBT, debit and credit cards.