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Welcome to 5 Points Community Farm Market
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2500 Church St. in Norfolk
4 lights South of the
Zoo at 26th St.
757-640-0300
Get Fresh Cafe Direct
757-966-6577
Wed., Thurs. & Fri. 11-7
Sat. 9-5, Sun. 11-5
BIG CHILL FUNDRAISER! We've had enough of this heat - have you? We need to raise $5,000 to put our plan to cool the Market into action! Please consider donating $100 (or any amount is appreciated - $2,000 raised so far!) Make your donation through our PAYPAL link to the right or donate at the Market!. This week the weather should be a little cooler! As the General Manager of the Farm Market, I would like to give a Special Shout Out to our dedicated Farm Market Staff, vendors and customers! We literally sweated it out last week! There isn't enough money on the planet to have folks willing to serve as they did. Thank You All and know that a/c is coming! Our farmers are also glad to see a break in the heat, but we still need rain!
Big Chill Fundraiser update - We are getting 3 bids on (3) 3 ton wall mount units. Should have them by Wednesday and may a decision by the end of the week. It will take two weeks to manufacture the units and deliver. These units are going to run about $2,400 each, so we are still collecting funds! Thanks to all of you who can feel our pain and have donated. We thank you! New Dairy Supplier!
Last week we were shocked at the news that South Mountain Dairy was pulling out of our area. We got busy finding another dairy. Sadly, there is NO dairy in Virginia that delivers in our area. So we looked for a dairy that does deliver in the area and choose Oberweis Dairy, out of Vinita Park, MO - www.oberweis.com. Check them out for yourself. Oberweis dairy purchases milk from family cows on their dairy farms. The dairy cows are NOT treated with synthetic rBGH hormones and their farmers are paid a premium based on the measurable quality of the milk they produce. Tankers pick up milk daily and deliver to the dairy planet where milk is pasteurized, homogenized and bottled.
Oberweis Dairy is proud to have their milk certified as kosher by the Chicago Rabbinical Council. Home delivery may be available.
Here are some of the products we will be getting from them:
Milk, lemonade, iced tea, yogurts (drinkable), sour cream, cottage cheese, butter (including European Butter - Plugra), French onion dip.
Ice Cream in Pints and individual servings in Ice Cream tubes! We've ordered a little of these to see if our customers want us to continue to carry them.
Please give us your feedback and let us know how you like these products. We STILL need a Virginia dairy that delivers here! Get Fresh Cafe Lunch SpecialsGrilled Cheese & Gazpasho or Tomato Soup $5.95Seafood Trilogy w/ Tuna, Smoked Salmon & Shrimp Salads $7.95 Get Fresh Cafe - Dinner for 2 for $10!
Wednesday, Thursday, FridayWeek of 729-7/230 (all entrees served with accompanying sides)Have an event you need catered? Large or small - we can help!
Contact Nic in the Cafe at 966-6577. We've done events at the
Zoo and Botanical Gardens and we would be happy to do one for you!
Wednesday
Applewood Smoked Chicken or Ribs Chilled Cantalope Soup paired with either a Smoked Salmon Salad over a bed of Mixed Greens or a Vegetarian Salad with Nuts & Beans
Smoked Eggplant, Tomato & Mozzerella Stack
Thursday
Chilled Cantalope Soup paired with either a Smoked Salmon Salad Salad over a bed of Mixed Greens
or a Vegetarian Salad with Nuts & Beans
Meatloaf
Smoked Eggplant, Tomato & Mozzerella Stack
Friday
Applewood Smoked Chicken or Ribs
Pan Seared Salmon over a Bed Of Mixed Greens
Black Bean Corn & Fresh Veggie Burrito
Thai Tofu Vegetable Stir Fry
Aug 20-22 - Bee Aware Weekend National Bee Keepers Celebration. We'll have special movie/s on Friday night. Saturday and SUnday lots of exhibits and info on bees and their lives! And of course, honey! Sept. 25-27 - Homegrown Local Zone returns. Our annual event with celebrating local foods, drink, art and music! This year we are adding Back to Books Sale, to raise money for the market. Brings us your old tired books. Let's bring back reading! Sustainable Living Fair - Feb 25-27, 2011 Norfolk Botanical Gardens Wait until you see the line up for this event!
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Look for tomatoes, squash, more of those yummie Peach Donuts, blackberries, okra, eggplant, Hanover Tomatoes, green cabbage, cukes, collards, green tomatoes and
corn, corn, corn!
As of this writing, not all of our farmers had checked in. We will have Butter Beans this week and even butternut squash from Chris Drake in Courtland.
Wayne Griffin is bringin' 300-400 ears of corn in on Wednesday and Danny Byrum from Carrollton is bringing in more on Thursday.
Not from around here produce: Avocados, poblano peppers, bananas, grapefruit, lemons, limes red, yellow and white onions, baking potaotes, sweet potatoes, Special mushrooms, cilantro and carrots. Arriving this week:
Windhaven Farm Grass Fed beef has made a fresh delivery to the Farm Market! Steaks, roasts , ground beef and more are now available.
Look for special bushel prices on produce. Take home and freeze some of the bounty of summer for soups and stews during the winter - same with the tomatoes. We're working on scheduling a couple more Canning Classes and Sq. Ft. Garden Classes so you can get your fall produce started.
Remember if you don't see what you are looking for, put in in the Request Book and we'll find it for you and call you when it's in! |
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Notes from the
Community Garden We now have a Facebook page and an
online discussion board for the garden! Please use the following address: http://5pointscommunitygarden.lefora.com/ If you have any questions regarding the set up or usage of this discussion board, please do not hesitate to contact Amanda. |
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