Make this New Year Shiny and RE-USED | December 30, 2019

Fresh & Local:

Make this New Year Shiny and RE-USED

We are so excited to bring compost collection to our Jefferson Parish markets! With partners Jefferson Parish Environmental Affairs and Schmelly’s Dirt Farm we’ll host compost collection at Ochsner on Wednesdays and Bucktown Harbor on Fridays. Beginning January 3rd, market shoppers are encouraged to bring frozen food scraps to the compost collection tent at either of these markets.

There are many benefits to composting. Food waste that goes to landfills produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane (because smothered by other trash, the process becomes anaerobic in the absence of oxygen). When it’s composted, not only do we avoid those gasses and unnecessary landfill contributions, but we also end up with a finished product that can be returned to the ground from whence it came, providing soil nutrition and aeration for the next crop. So whether you’re new to composting or have been looking for a convenient way to get into it (or back into it), bring your food scraps down to the farmers market while you pick up your weekly groceries whose trimmings will become next week’s compost.

In the near future, Schmelly’s will also be offering composting demonstrations at market so you can learn more about the process, and eventually will be selling that composted material so you can bring it back to your garden for a complete closed loop!

Happy New Year!

Seasons greetings and a Happy New Year from your friends at the Crescent City Farmers Market! The Tuesday, Uptown Market will be open 9am-1pm to help you prepare for your year-end feast and will be the last day to find homemade, food related vendor crafts that are sold during December, and the last day of retiring vendor G&M Goat Farm. We will be closed New Years Day, but will resume markets per usual on Thursday, January 2nd to get off to the right start with healthy eating resolutions. As the New Year approaches us with hopes anew, here is to wishing you and your family a wonderful year ahead.

Market Umbrella is Hiring!

We are in the market for a Business Coordinator! The Business Coordinator is a part-time staff member responsible for assisting in the token economy and financial operations of the Crescent City Farmers Market. Market Umbrella operates the Crescent City Farmers Market with six markets per week. This position will assist in maintaining financial records of transactions at markets and accounting for them at the end of market day. See full details here!

Cabbage

May the new year bring you peace, love, happiness, and dolla dolla bills y’all. It’s a new year in Louisiana so we are going to eat cabbage today. For as long as I can remember, my family always feasted on 3 things for various bits of good luck throughout the next year: ham, black eyed peas, and cabbage. My favorite way to prepare it is braised with a slab of pork belly and red onions while my husband’s family prefers the traditional smothered way. Think outside the box - construct a tangy slaw to rest atop your pork sliders or go the German route and opt for sauerkraut. Whichever way you prefer to cook it you are in luck because you can find this big boye at the market for months to come. Happy New Year!

- Cristina Berthelot, Market Manager

Vendor of the Week:

Prosper Preserve Co.

Crescent City Farmers Market is pleased as punch to welcome back Thursday vendor Prosper Preserve Co. The name might be new but the face is familiar and the mission is magnanimous. Previously known as Parish Preserves, this vendor makes use of ugly and unused food from local restaurants and grocers and turns them into delicious pickles and preserves. Doing their part to fill your bellies and make our planet a better place, follow this link to find out more about this conscientious culinary creator.

Tuesday’s Green Plate Special:

Thali Llama

Back by popular demand, Thali Llama is heating things up as the Green Plate Special to kick off the new year! Thali Llama focuses on different regional cuisines of India, where Tyler and Merritt explore dishes they learned throughout their travels. Stop by every Tuesday through the end of January for some heartwarming dishes including mango curry, stuffed Naan, butter chicken, and more!

Recipe of the Week:

The Ultimate Winter Side Dish Is Smothered Cabbage

Black-eyed peas might be the quintessential “lucky” dish to ring in the new year but it’s cabbage season, y’all! And not much else rounds out a New Year’s Day spread like smothered cabbage. This nutritional giant is related to the Brassica family (kale, broccoli and cauliflower) and is packed with vitamins and fiber! Here’s a plant-based version for a healthier take on this Southern classic.

What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook or even Twitter and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!