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CSA Meal Planning 2013

If you are wondering what to do with your share each week, come to this class. We will discuss what comes in your bag, how to make the most of each ingredient, how to store clean and preserve each item and what items pair well together. The biggest complaint we have every week is that…

Winter Share 2012-13 – Week 13

Lots of exciting stuff this week. I went a little out of control on the budget, but I’ll have to make that up some in the next couple bags (which are also quite exciting…although maybe a little smaller). In addition, please see below about a few very noteworthy events around Cleveland. These are not Fresh…

Farm Fair 2013

4 Exciting Courses, Kids Games and Activities, All FREE Please join us this April for a 1-day crash course on how to plant your own garden. Each course will be taught by real farmers, both English and Amish. These producers will cover topics in four courses: Soils – understanding your soil, how to improve it,…

Winter Share 2012-13 – Week 11

These past several days have been excellent weather for “sugaring.” When the day temperatures get above freezing, particularly the 50s, and then drop down to freezing at night, the sap in the trees really runs. Last Friday in fact Allyson and I dropped off jars for the maple at a sugaring operation at 9 PM…

Just Desserts March 18, 2013

If you are struggling to live a healthier lifestyle, but still satisfy that sweet tooth, then this class is made for you. Join Chef Bob Sferra and Fresh Fork Market for a cooking class using healthier ingredients and natural sweetners. In this class you will learn how to use alternative sweeteners to make delicious desserts that are better…

Making Pickles

So, you want to make a batch of pickles? How much do you need to buy? Where do you start? For your first attempt at pickles here is about what you will need: 1 peck of pickling cucumbers 12 quart jars with lids 12 heads of dill 1-2 heads of garlic (optional) 6 cups white…

Fresh Fork in the News 2013

Chocolate for Dinner-Plain Dealer The Villager “FRESH FORK MARKET PARTNERS WITH REDEEMER CRISIS CENTER” Fresh Water Cleveland “market fair a day to teach Clevelanders how to make their gardens grow” The Villager “Fresh Fork Market Teaches People To Be Their Own Farmer” Currents “Ohio’s Farm Raised Venison May Soon Be Found On Area Restaurant Menus…

Winter Share 2012-13- Week 10

Pork chops, frozen green beans, frozen strawberries, oats, and more This week we continue to dive into our frozen stash. The jewel this week is frozen strawberries from Maurer’s Fruit Farm. These will pair very nicely in a smoothie with some delicious Velvet View Yogurt or as a sauce to drizzle over pork chops, or…

Winter Share 2012-13 – Week 9

Freedom Rangers, Peas, Dragon-tongue Beans, Carrots, Rhutabagas, Potatoes, and more This week’s special ingredient is something that we are very excited to offer. It is a heritage breed chicken called a Freedom Ranger. Our usual chicken, the Cornish Cross, is the typical commercial meat bird. It has more white meat and large breasts. The genetics…

Healthy Harvest Notes

This is another letter from one of our farmers in Middlefield- the Healthy Harvester. You may have met him at a Customer Appreciation BBQ I did a very poor job of writing anything last year, quite poor indeed. Seems it always got pushed off until some “not so busy” rainy day in the indefinite future. Never…