http://galenadips.com/blog Eating Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:21:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 24 smiling Farmers' Market vendors will be greeting you on Thursdays starting June 4th, through the end of September. The new farmers' market will be held in Fountain Park Plaza on Asbury Road from 3-7, but the outdoor festival- like atmosphere - including food, beer and wine for purchase, ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/06/01/new-dubuque-farmers-market-opens-on-thursday-june-4th/% [caption id="attachment_199" align="alignleft" width="265" caption="Before mixing"][/caption] Judy, "The Dip Lady" discovered green smoothies and blended veggie drinks about a year ago. Always in a quest to find more ways to get in those important veggie servings into her body in a raw state, she searched the internet for ideas. ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/06/01/tis-the-season-for-a-veggie-smoothie/% TWITTER We are proud members of the Illinois Farm Bureau. How exciting it was to see an article on page 15 of the May 18th FarmWeek edition entitled "Farmers, ranchers plugging in to social media". As I have learned over the last few months, social media is ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/25/social-media-embraced-by-american-ag/% It was just a matter of time..... Massive companies such as Frito-Lay are starting a marketing campaign with the theme of  "local food".  Five different ads will highlight farmers who grow some of the two billion pounds of starchy chipping potatoes the Frito-Lay company uses each year.  Read the ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/13/huge-companies-getting-on-the-local-bandwagon/% We came across two terms new to us recently....Ecopreneur and Locavore. Today, we'll explore what it means to be an ecopreneur.  This  self-test to determine if you are indeed an ecopreneur was taken from ecopreneurist.com: Are you more interested in what you do and with whom you work than how much ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/12/are-you-an-ecopreneur/% We, along with other local Farmers' Market Vendors  are being given the opportunity to do a short presentation at an Eating Local Workshop this week in Elizabeth, IL. The assignment is to spend a few minutes talking about how we have impacted the Eating/Buying Local movement.  This blog, along with ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/11/use-the-power-of-the-internet/% [caption id="attachment_157" align="alignright" width="100" caption="Leg of Lamb"][/caption]Last week we purchased a wonderful leg of lamb from Marvin's Gardens at the Elizabeth Farmers' Market. Marvin suggested we marinade it with a simple red wine marinade. Here's what we did and it was incredible: 1 - 2 pound Leg of Lamb 1 Cup ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/10/leg-of-lamb-recipe/% [caption id="attachment_126" align="alignright" width="241" caption="Farmers Market Coalition"][/caption]Farmers' Market Coalition - a fairly new organization that is driven by 3 goals: Farmers earn fair prices for the fruits of their labor by selling directly to consumers. Consumers gain access to fresh, nutritious, local produce. Communities regain a figurative “town square,” experiencing the ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/10/internet-resources-for-farmers-market-vendors/% At the Dubuque Downtown Saturday morning market our Galena Dips booth is in a new spot this year. We are right in the thick of things on 13th Street just east of Iowa. From our new spot we get to people watch, and boy is ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/10/people-watching-at-the-market/% [caption id="attachment_110" align="alignright" width="350" caption="Greenhouse Tomatoes from The Stillmunkes"][/caption]. This weeks purchases: Elizabeth, IL on Friday and Dubuque, IA on Saturday- I went nuts! A Leg of Lamb from Marvin and Betty of Marvin's Gardens - Elizabeth market Fri. afternoon. We put it on the BBQ! Recipe to follow! The following from ... http://galenadips.com/blog/2009/05/05/the-veggies-are-coming-the-veggies-are-coming/%