Slow Food Picnic

We enjoyed a Slow Food gathering at Local Bounty on June 10.  The food was great, the conversation was interesting, and the mosquitoes stayed away.  A perfect evening!  We even had a visit from a couple of hot air balloons.
 

A variety of salads: spinach and blueberries; fresh cabbage with Asian dressing

Homemade pizza with fresh herbs, sundried tomatoes, and goat cheese

Dessert pizza with fresh strawberries and mint

Crock pot chicken with olives and cherries

Swiss chard and cheese in pastry

Good friends and good food

Hot air balloons!

Backyard Bounty: Windy Hill Berry Farmand Vineyard

Martin and Terese Zelones are owners of Windy Hill Berry Farm and Vineyard.  They grow a variety of berries selected to produce well in this climate including:  strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, red and black raspberries. They also grow a variety of vegetables and make specialty jams.

The Zeloneses also raise grapes.  This is the second year for the wine grapes and the fourth year for table grapes. As the demand for each increased, Martin bumped up the quantity and varieties. Most of the grapes are sold to local winemakers. 

The 42 dozen eggs that they sell each week from their Golden Comet chickens are sold through Local Bounty, at the Coshocton and Dover farmers markets, and in several area stores, including the Pit Stop, Collin's Sanitary Meat Market, Village Market in West Lafayette and the Unusual Junction.

For more information, visit their website:  http://www.windyhillberryfarm.com/

 

You are Invited to a Slow Food
Potluck Picnic

Sunday, June 10
6:00 p.m. at
Local Bounty Coshocton
22951 SR 83 N (beside soccer fields)
Please bring a slow food* dish to share and your own table service.
Mint tea and water provided.
Enjoy a fun evening meeting new people, sharing ideas, eating great food!
Invite friends who might be interested in slow food!
*slow food n.—food which is prepared with care, using high-quality local and seasonal ingredients, and is intended to be savored and eaten with gusto;  the opposite of fast food

RSVP:slowfoodcosh@gmail.com
or 545-5234

Baker Amy Shaw finds following with breads



Amy Shaw, owner of The Flour Basket, makes several different types of breads in her home for Coshocton's Local Bounty. / Julie Ames/Tribune

 In 2011 Amy Shaw decided to acquire her home bakery license and sell her goods to friends, at the local farmers markets, and through Local Bounty.  Each week, she makes about 30 loaves of her white, wheat and cinnamon raisin breads for standing orders she has from several neighbors, as well as for the markets.  In recent months, Shaw has started working on gluten-free breads.



Finding a Niche of Their Own

Marissa Mullett and her daughter Marin

The Keene Creek Farm name might be fairly new in the community, but its owners are not.
Rowdi and Marissa Mullett, 1999 graduates of River View and Ridgewood high schools, moved back to the area and bought their home and farmland in late 2008.

On their 3 acres, which includes a greenhouse built by Rowdi, the couple is raising produce that is not commonly found in farmers markets in the community, such as toi choi, a popular green in Asian cuisine; eight ball zucchini which is good for grilling; sweet peas, a Victorian flower, and more. 

Although not certified organic, Keene Creek Farm is chemical free. The couple try to be eco-friendly when it comes to watering the garden as they use water collected in a rain barrel next to the chicken coop.

For more information:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Keene-Creek-Farm/269144846456198

Mullet Apiaries in Warsaw

Dick Mullet, of Mullet Apairies, places a cap on a bottle of raw honey, which he will label and sell at Local Bounty and area farmers markets. / Valerie Boateng/Tribune

Mullet Apiaries sits on 80 acres of woodland in Warsaw and produces raw honey, creamed honey, maple syrup, beeswax and candles. Mullett sells many of these products at Local Bounty market.

To be classified as raw, honey has to be unheated and unfiltered. Mullet simply strains his honey to remove the bee parts left behind in the collection process.

"The pollen grains are still in there if you're looking for the medicinal part of the honey for your allergies," he said.  Some theories indicate eating locally produced honey is helpful for the treatment of allergies.  Mullet's bees feast on various wildflowers in the area, which makes his honey in demand.

For more information:  http://www.facebook.com/mulletapiaries

Backyard Bounty: Strawberry Hill Farm

The Coshocton Tribune is running a series of articles called Backyard Bounty.  Each one will feature a different vendor from Local Bounty.  Today's story is about Ron and Mary Meyer's farm, Strawberry Hill, located in Fresno.  The Meyers sell free range eggs at Local Bounty.  They also raise organic produce and, of course, strawberries.  In addition to Local Bounty, their farm products can be found at the Coshocton Farmer's Market and through their CSA, Community Supported Agriculture.  Strawberry Hill is certified organic. 

For more information:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Strawberry-Hill-Farm/110686212351823

Backyard Bounty Series in the Coshocton Tribune

Yay for the Tribune for publishing a series of articles called Backyard Bounty!  It is a series of stories highlighting the local vendors who sell products at Local Bounty.
» The market opened in October 2011 and is stocked with foods and items made by more than 20 vendors in Coshocton County. Local Bounty is at 22591 Ohio 83, the former Surf's Up building. Current hours are 2 to 6 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday.
» For more information, call Local Bounty at (740) 622-1400 or email localbountycoshocton@gmail.com.

The first article in the series profiles Ben Young who raises Black Angus steers on his family's farm in Warsaw.

Amy's Gourmet Treats available at Local Bounty

Amy Cutshall and her mother Carol Hosler

The Coshocton Tribune printed a story about Local Bounty vendor, Amy Cutshall, owner of Amy's Gourmet Treats.  She makes granola and dog treats. (I've had her granola and it's really yummy!)

Food, Art, and Poetry

What happens when you take locally grown fresh produce and mix in one artist, several poets, and an art center?  Slow Food Coshocton is participating in a creative endeavor with local farmer/vendors at Local Bounty; former Coshocton resident and artist Stephanie Revennaugh; local poets Robin Mullet and Holli Rainwater, among others; and the Pomerene Center for the Arts. 

This is how it works:   Over the next several months, “care packages” of locally produced food will be mailed to Revennaugh who now lives in Montana.  She will create a painting of the food.  In the meantime, local poets will write poems inspired by the food items.  The whole project will culminate in September with an art show/poetry reading/dinner at the Pomerene Center for the Arts. 

One painting and a few poems have already been created.  Revennaugh will be posting the finished paintings on her Facebook page.  She is also asking for help in naming the paintings. 

Stay tuned for more information on this creative project as it develops! 

Tranquility Garden at Hopewell Industries

Slow Food Coshocton is partnering with Clary Gardens and Hopewell Industries to convert part of the parking lot at Hopewell Industries into a Tranquility Garden.  The garden will be a 30’ by 30’ space that will include a water element, seating, and raised beds for both flowers and vegetables.  The objective of the garden is to provide a green space that offers tranquility and stress reduction; opportunities for learning; and the possibility of a small income from the sale of produce.    Because of the steps involved in plan approval and the time that it will take to build the space, the garden will probably not be ready for this growing season.  The role of Slow Food in this process will be to help bring people together to financially support the project and volunteers to help with the work.

If you have questions, ideas, or an interest in helping with this project, please email us at slowfoodcosh@gmail.com.