Welcome Upcoming Events Special Pre-Thanksgiving Market

Change in Opening Time: The November 17th market is open from 10am to 1pm.

Vendor list for for our pre-Thanksgiving Market:
Beech Tree Farm
Cherry Grove Farm
Davidsons Exotic Mushrooms
ER & Sons Organic Farm
Funni Bonz
Good Times Kettle Corn
Griggstown Quail Farm
Happy Wanderer Bakery
Hopewell Valley Vineyards
Jammin Crepes
Jersey Jams and Jellies
Krowicki Farm
North Slope Organic Farm
Stace of Cakes
Stults Farm
The Artisan Tree
Woods Edge Wools Farm
Village Bakery
coffee and hot cocoa by Ticos Eatery
Guest Farm: Fulper Farm

via Welcome | West Windsor Community Farmers Market.

NOFA-New Jersey promotes local, organic agricultural products, for healthy environments and healthy communities. The demand for local, organic foods is high. But New Jersey farmers are retiring and all over the state, development continues to push out dwindling farmland. This is not a good situation. But we are doing SOMETHING about it.

We’re launching the Beginning Farmer Incubator Program at Duke Farms in Hillsborough, NJ with the help of the USDA Beginning Farmer & Rancher Development Program Grant, bringing small scale farming back to New Jersey by helping train new farmers.

We’re taking an old barn that hasn’t been used for farming in 20 years and turning it into The Center for Working Lands, with a cooler, a wash station for fresh greens, and all the farming equipment.

The first $15,000 we raise pays for the basics. With $50,000 we’ll be able to add a greenhouse to raise tender annuals, we can irrigate the fields, and get the equipment that’s at the heart of a sustainable, organic farm operation.

via The NOFA NJ Beginner Farmer Incubator by Eve Minson — Kickstarter.

Congress is on the campaign trail – they need to get back to work on the farm bill after the election!

All of our victories so far in the farm bill – a down payment on meaningful subsidy reform, conservation protection for sensitive wetlands, grant funding for local and regional food infrastructure, and more – are on the line in the final months of 2012. When Congress comes back to Washington in November after Election Day, we’ve got to ensure they get a farm bill passed. You’ve helped us get this far, now let’s make this bill even better – and get it to the finish line!

In November, we’ll need your calls, emails, and action! Sign up for Action Alerts below to get the call to action in just a few weeks. And in the meantime – help us welcome Congress back to town with a reminder of why the farm bill matters – click on the image below to share it on facebook and help us spread the word!

via NSAC – Take Action!.

California’s GMO labeling ballot initiative Proposition 37 has already attracted lots of emphatic support and dissent from a host of voices, from Michael Pollan to Danny DeVito. But on Monday, a large contingent of people with a lot of credibility on food issues threw their weight behind the proposal: celebrity chefs.

Over 125 chefs, including some of the most famous cooks in America, have co-signed a strongly worded open letter penned by Alice Waters, the famously pro-organic founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif. In the letter, Waters argues that “the future of food is at stake,” so “this is the moment when we need to stand together as chefs, restaurateurs, and people who care about food to support Proposition 37.”

Underneath Waters’ own statement is a pledge in support of the bill:

We, the undersigned, endorse California’s Proposition 37 – The California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act.

As chefs, we are on the frontlines of feeding America and we have an enormous stake in ensuring transparency in our food system. It is our duty to nourish our guests, both in body and soul. However, we can’t prepare the best food we know how when information about the ingredients we purchase is hidden from us with labels that are missing basic facts. This includes foods that are genetically engineered or contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs). While Proposition 37 does not require restaurants to label their food as genetically engineered, it provides chefs the ability to knowingly source ingredients made without GMOs.

Fifty countries around the world—representing more than 40 percent of the world’s population—already require GMO labeling, including all of Europe, Japan, India and China. Polls show that more than 90 percent of Americans want to know if their food is genetically engineered.

We demand the right to know what’s in our food and we are adding our collective voices to this movement!

via Proposition 37, GMO Labeling Mandate, Wins Support Of 100 Celebrity Chefs.

A Better World Cafe, a community cafe in Highland Park, NJ,
is celebrating their 3 Year Anniversary on Thursday, October 25, 2012.
Please join them to celebrate–there will be great food, local musicians
Spook Handy and Albert Valeri and complimentary anniversary cake!

The Cafe is located at 19-21 S. 2nd Ave in Highland Park, NJ
Come for Lunch: 11:00-3:00 Cake cutting between Noon-1:00

This social enterprise, a partnership between Elijah’s Promise and Who Is My Neighbor? Inc., hopes to makehealthy eating accessible and affordable for all. A Better World Cafe
follows a community cafe model pioneered by Denise Cerreta of
“One World Everybody Eats“  in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In addition to serving the regular cafe guests, A Better World Cafe serves
a complimentary item each day and free meals to volunteers in exchange for
their time.  Guests that choose to make a donation help pay for the
complimentary and volunteer meals.

Throughout the entire anniversary week (Oct 22-26), an anonymous donor will  MATCH ANY DONATIONS to the Cafe 3 for 1
A $1 donation will turn into a $4 dollar donation for the Cafe!

For more information:
visit www.betterworldcafe.org or call Rachel Weston 732-510-1572

A Better World Cafe

This social enterprise, a partnership between Elijah’s Promise and Who Is My Neighbor? Inc., hopes to make healthy eating accessible and affordable for all. A Better World Cafe follows a community cafe model pioneered by Denise Cerreta of One World Everybody Eats in Salt Lake City, Utah.

This new kind of cafe reduces food waste, since customers choose their own portion sizes. It reduces trash because it does not use Styrofoam cups, plastic utensils, or paper plates. And it helps global neighbors because the coffees and teas are fairly traded. The  cafe uses seasonal foods–grown, cooked, and served in ways that make sense for the environment and for the customer’s budget.

• You select your portions and pay a fair price through one of the following options:
• You may pay the suggested price or something better. If you pay more, you will help feed someone else who has more limited resources.
• You may volunteer an hour of time in exchange for a meal.
• You may dine on the complimentary dish of the day if you can neither pay nor volunteer.
• You may use the complimentary dish as one of your selections when you are selecting multiple items, to help keep your total cost down.

Links
A Better World Cafe has its own website! Please visit www.betterworldcafe.org for more information. Also, you can follow the cafe’s Facebook page by clicking on the link below.

via A Better World Cafe – Who Is My Neighbor? Inc..

Good Food For All Elijah’s Promise works to provide good food for all.  In each of our kitchens, we strive to source fresh vegetables and fruits that are sustainably grown by regional farms. We also strive to use meat from animals that have been ethically and sustainably raised. Fresh, local food seems like a luxury for most of us. But the bountiful harvest of quality food from our state and region should not be reserved only for those who have — it should be equally available to all people. Because good food for all means good health, good jobs, a sustainable future, and a chance for a better life.

Community Soup Kitchen
Serving more than 100,000 meals each year through the help of thousands of volunteers, our community soup kitchen feeds the hungry, helps guests connect to available social services, and more.

We are very excited to announce our farmers’ market debut!

While we initially started out inquiring about next year, we learned there is still time this season. We will be testing the waters at the Chatham Borough Farmers’ Market. The Market Manager has the patience of a saint and we wouldn’t have attempted this so soon without her support.

So assuming all our paperwork is approved, we plan to be in Chatham this Saturday. Our acorn finished, natural and antibiotic-free Berkshire Guinea Hog pork will be available and sold by the pound. It’s been USDA inspected and flash frozen in vacuum sealed packs. We’ll be bringing several varieties of sausage, ground pork, loin roasts, pork chops, and shoulder and fresh ham roasts.

We hope hope to see you there! To assure availability, we would be happy to set aside any advance orders. Just drop us a line and let us know quantity and cuts. We will email back pricing.

via Shady Hill Homestead.

Eatwild’s Directory of Farms lists more than 1,300 pasture-based farms, with more farms being added each week. It is the most comprehensive source for grass-fed meat and dairy products in the United States and Canada. To find pastured products near you, click on your state in the map below or from the alphabetical state list at the bottom of this page. Or choose Canada or Outside the US & Canada.Producers listed on Eatwild certify that they meet our exacting criteria, assuring that their animals and the land are well-treated, that their products are exceptionally high in nutrition and free of antibiotics and added hormones. Products include: Beef, Pork, Lamb, Veal, Goat, Elk, Venison, Yak, Chickens, Ducks, Rabbits, Turkeys, Eggs, Milk, Cheeses, Produce, Nuts, Berries, Wild-Caught Salmon and more! Eat Wild – Find Your State.

Visit Jersey Bites for information on all of the following events.

Jersey Shore Wine Weekend, Friday – Sunday, October 12th – 14th. Asbury Park, NJ. From the creators of Jersey Shore Restaurant Week comes four great events to enjoy wine and food.

Friday, Oct. 12th; Joseph Drouhin Burgundy Wine Dinner. Saturday, Oct. 13th; Wine sessions, tastings, cooking demos, grand tasting, ultimate wine and cheese pairing. Sunday, Oct. 14th; Champagne and bloody mary brunch.

9th Annual SJ Pumpkin Show, Friday – Sunday, October 12th-14th. Salem County Fairgrounds, Woodstown. The South Jersey Pumpkin Show and Festival is one of the largest and best in New Jersey. Come out and enjoy live bands, great food, contests, Fall Home Show, over 150 craftsmen, NJ Largest Baked Pumpkin Pie, Amusement Rides and Pumpkin Baking Contest and more.

Our Lady of the Lake Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 13th from 6pm-11pm. Verona, NJ. The Oktoberfest festivities begin with a ceremonial beer tapping, followed by German music, great food and other live entertainment. There are also raffle baskets, 50/50 tickets and the Kinderfest. .

Pacific Ave Cornhole & Craft Beer Festival, Saturday, October 13th. Pacific Avenue in Wildwood. Great morning of fun with a cornhole tournament and craft beer tastings. .

Oktoberfest, Saturday, October 13th from 1pm-6pm. Westmont. Keg and Kitchen will host their first ever Oktoberfest featuring over 40 beers, German cuisine, specialty brews, a root bier garden for kids and entertainment.

Cooking Demonstration, Saturday, October 13th from 11am-2pm. Sara Moulton will teach a demonstrations class of recipes from her book, Everyday Family Dinners, at Kings Food Markets in Short Hills (778 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills). To register, click or call 973-463-6500.

via Foodie Things To Do This Weekend & Beyond | Jersey Bites.