And today...what a banner day. First up, early morning at the South of the James Market in Forest Hill Park. All of the vendors are now making good on that hard work of planting and tending. The bounty is beautiful and overwhelming. Today we bought even more goodies including:
- BLT sandwiches for breakfast at Big Daddy's - can you say ripe, sweet Hanover tomatoes??
- Sun Gold cocktail tomatoes from Amy's Garden
- Iced coffee from Blanchard's
- Indonesian hot tea from Koralee Coffee
- Chocolate chip cookies from Countryside Bakery - they still carry blue chicken eggs and today they also had quail eggs; the chocolate chip cookies were so good last week, we had to buy some more
- Red bell peppers and corn from Pleitez Produce - last week the corn was so sweet we could have eaten it raw
- Onions and purple long beans from Fertile Crescent Farm
- Tomatoes from the Hanover guy
- Microgreens from the Microgreen guy
- Feta from Lover's Retreat Farm
Always fun. Always dog friendly. Always colorful and picturesque.
And then we treated ourselves to a drive in the country to Brookview Farm. We had talked about going for forever and had never made it out there. Today was the day. 
We were warmly greeted and received information about their organically raised beef and how they also carry pork raised on another farm nearby. The freezers were packed with deliciousness. On this visit we picked up:
- NY strips
- Ground beef
- Sweet Italian pork sausage
- Beef brisket
Considering what we purchased, the prices were not exorbitant. The steaks were $11 a pound which is comparable to The Fresh Market here. I'm excited about trying some local beef and pork products. Last week we purchased a flat iron bison steak from Edmonds Farm at SOJ. We marinated, grilled, and devoured the steak. What tender, lean goodness. I highly recommend giving it a try. The bison producers come to the market every other week.
4 comments:
How are the prices at the farmers markets? $11 a pound for steak sounds pretty great. How are Elwood Thompsons prices? My wife and I are moving to Richmond next month and need to find all of our shopping spots. We are in NYC at the moment, our local organic grocery is pretty pricey, the Whole Foods here is as well. Even the farmers market in Union Square and about are up there in costs. Our local butcher is good, can't wait to check out Belmont Butchery. Been following your blog for a few months now, its helping us prepare! Thanks for doing what you are doing.
Josh - Welcome to Richmond! It will definitely be different than NYC. I have not been to Elwoods in a while. The prices seemed very high the last time I was there. As far as the Farmers Market. I think the prices are not too, too bad. And the produce looks so much better than other places. When I can get organic lettuce (in season) for $2 a head and it looks so much better than any store, I'm happy. Tomatoes will run about $2-3 a pound. Eggs $3-4 a dozen. Fennel was running about $2 a bulb. And don't forget to check out the bison - it's not cheap, but it's very, very good. I'm having my beef NY strip tonight!
Josh - One more thing - cool paintings!
Don't forget to check out the pasta people! It's all fresh made. The store is off Ritchie Parkway, but they're always at the market. They run out early tho. I love the tagliatelle and the pommorola (sp?) sauce.
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