Congratulations to Sarah Woods of Gathered Bakeshop & Market, Taste of the Food Web’s Local Chef of the Year! Sarah’s Berry Pavlova was not only beautiful but also packed a decadent berry filling surprise to each bite. Cheers to all our wonderful competitors that joined us and blew us away with their creations this year! THANK YOU to our sponsors, volunteers, and community for making this a special event. ✨
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As we’re approaching the beautiful summer season and the sunny, warm weather that comes along with it, we’ve also seen new produce here in the market. Some of the most frequently asked questions have been about the different varieties of garlic, so if you’re curious, read through and learn more about garlic, green garlic and our newly featured garlic scapes this month! 🧄
Garlic
Most of us know and use garlic for its spicy and pungent flavor that goes well with a wide selection of culinary dishes, marinades, sauces, etc. Garlic is also known to have antioxidant properties that are great for our health!
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Green Garlic
If green onions had a twin, you best believe it would be green garlic! Much like green onions, green garlic has long, tender shoots that come from spring garlic. Although very similar, green garlic has long, green flat leaves that grow at the top of the plant rather than hollow ones (like green onions). Early on in the season, these shoots are harvested from softneck garlic varieties. before the bulb fully grows out. Soft-neck garlic typically grows in warmer climates. Green Garlic is also milder, sweeter, and less spicy, when compared to regular garlic and tastes similar to onion.
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Garlic Scapes
Harvested from hardneck garlic varieties, garlic scapes are thin, green stalks that grow long and curly. They are the stem and flower buds of the garlic and look and have a fairly similar texture to that of green beans (crunchy and tender-crisp). They usually appear about a month before garlic bulbs are ready for harvest, sprouting from the garlic bulb and then coiling as they continue to grow longer. For the garlic bulb to grow and fully mature, these garlic scapes need to be cut from the bulb first. They have quite a unique flavor to them, with many describing it as a blend between chives and garlic, with notes of onion and scallion. When cooked, they have a sweeter flavor to them that is similar to roasted garlic.
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Wow, it’s been busy in the NCFW kitchen! With the start of market season, we have seen a serious uptick in kitchen use. Next time you’re at the Astoria Sunday Market, be sure to check out the businesses that are fueled by the Food Web: Nord Nosh, Civil, The Spice and Tea Lab, Columbia Bar, Ellie’s Jellies & More, and The Pie Girl and Pie Guy.
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Besides food business incubation, we’re also proud to support independent kitchen users as well as other non-profits and community-minded organizations. We are wrapping up the 2024 season of Lasagna for Learning, a volunteer group that preps lasagnas out of the NCFW kitchen for fundraising in support of Astoria Choice Academy. And, we’re excited to team up with Upward Bound again this summer for a few local farm visits paired with some hands-on kitchen time.
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Producer Presentation: Raising Quail for Fun and Profit
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Last month’s producer presentation was led by one of our favorite local farmers, Esther Moberg of Lagom Small Farm! Her presentation on raising quail was filled with information she has gathered over the past 5 years from her own experience raising quails. We learned from Esther that quail take up a very small footprint and can be a fun and economical way to raise your own eggs or meat. Check out the wonderful quail egg recipe she shared with us below!
If you missed out on her presentation, feel free to visit the following link to download the Raising Quail PowerPoint.
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Recipe: Pickled Quail Eggs
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Ingredients
- Hardboiled quail eggs (12-18 eggs enough for a pint jar) boil and peel eggs, set aside
- 1-2 bunches dill
- 1 cup White vinegar
- 1 tsp Whole black peppercorns
- 1 tsp pickling salt
- 1 tsp mustard seed
- 3 cloves or 1/2 tbsp garlic
Instructions
- Bring to a boil the vinegar and salt on stovetop.
- In a clean pint jar place the mustard, garlic, pepper, dill, and eggs. Carefully pour the boiling vinegar solution in jar. Leave a quarter inch space at top of jar.
- May either refrigerate or can using water processing (place in water bath for 15 minutes to seal canning).
Note: Once opened, keep refrigerated. Good for 1-2 weeks.
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Just released, new episode of For the Love of Farming!
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In this episode Teagan sits down with Amber Lippert of Camas Swale farm, located in the Willamette Valley. It is a family operated certified organic vegetable farm. Amber and her husband, Jonah, along with an experienced crew grow vegetables, herbs, berries and flowers for a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program and sell wholesale. They started their farm 13 years ago and have been on their current home farm site for the past 10. Amber shares their journey and some of the strategies they implement to keep the farm going.
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Building Sustainable Farm Resiliency
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Pacific NW CSA Coalition is working in collaboration with Western SARE and their Farmer Core Team on a project titled Building Sustainable Farm Resiliency through Farmer-Centered Business Solutions. Their goal is to develop information and resources that help farmers navigate business decisions. 👨🌾 The first step of this process is performing a needs assessment, and they are inviting any and all PNW farmers to participate. Your feedback will determine what resources they develop, and ensure the content is relevant. Consider providing your input via their survey!
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Farm Service Agency Member Nominations!
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FSA county committees are a critical component of the operations of FSA and allow grassroots input and location administration of federal farm programs. The committees are made up of 3 to 11 members who serve three-year terms. Nominations are now being accepted for farmers and ranchers to serve on local county committees. All nomination forms for the 2024 election must be postmarked or received in the local FSA office by Aug. 1, 2024. Elections for committee members will occur in certain Local Administrative Areas (LAA). Customers can locate their LAA through a geographic information system locator tool available at fsa.usda.gov/elections and determine if their LAA is up for election by contacting their local FSA office. More Information
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Plan & Protect: A Toolkit for Ag Landowners and Service Providers
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The Oregon Agricultural Trust has released their Plan & Protect Toolkit, a new multimedia resource that answers some of your most important questions about how working land easments can be used as a business planning tool. Two guidebooks offer information for both producers and service providers on all things working land easement. And seven videos highlight the stories of farmers and ranchers who used working land easements in a variety of situations to help their businesses thrive.
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We are pleased to announce that North Coast Food Web is the recipient for Adrift Hospitality's Cocktail for a Cause program! 🎉 For the month of July, support us by ordering the ✨Juniper Highball ✨at any of the following locations:
- Knot bar at Bowline Hotel. Astoria, OR
- Pickled Fish Restaurant on the fourth floor of Adrift Hotel + Spa. Long Beach, WA
- Current Surf | Coffee | Cocktails at Boardwalk Cottages. Long Beach, WA
- Shelburne Pub at Shelburne Hotel. Seaview, WA
🍸 Juniper Highball — gin. juniper simple syrup. lime. fever tree tonic. cucumber ribbon. Non-alcoholic option available!
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From our friends at Clatskanie Farmer Collective: You don’t want to miss out on Clatskanie Farmers Market Festival 2024 line-up!
🐝 Pollination Celebration - highlights our beautiful PNW pollinators! Experience the Columbia County Beekeepers, OSU Extensions Educational Pollinator Fashion Show + Booth, with live observation hive, local bee products and beer on tap from Crooked Creek Brewery. 🍻
🧄 Garlic Festival - Our garlic growers from all over the state of Oregon are counting the days until the harvest begins. We time the festival at the very moment the curing, trimming, cleaning and grading is complete. There is no better time or place to purchase your year’s supply of garlic in Clatskanie than in August! Olympic Mountain Ice Cream may have a special garlic treat for you! 🍦
🍎 Harvest Festival - will highlight the end of season goodness with an abundance of apples, pumpkins and pears! Bring your own apples and turn them into a fresh pressed delight while savoring the last day. KMUN will join to round out the season!
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Our work to cultivate a resilient and equitable food system on the North Coast wouldn't be possible without our community of volunteers, our wonderful Board of Directors, and the donors that fund our programs!
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1152 Marine Drive
Astoria, OR 97103
Office: 503-468-0921
Market: 971-326-0598
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