Bailey's Local Foods

Monday, May 20, 2013

Order before Tuesday at 8pm for Bailey's Local Foods pickup on FRIDAY, May 24th

Kevin from Snyder Heritage Farms has a few new items that many have asked for. We now have:

Turkey sausage in 4 varieties: Natural, Garlic, Maple and Smoked Natural
Smoked Drumsticks

Geraniums, Begonias and Marigolds from Sam Bowman's daughter Alma
Swiss Chard and Kale from Sam Bowman
Green onion bunches from Nith Valley
Flour and grains from Oak Manor - Stock up!
Awesome McKechnie Tortillas to go with Black Bean Dip from Green Table Foods
Crema LaVaquita from Local Dairy
So much more that I can't even think of right now!

Chicken Coop Tour - June 15th!
Hi friends, supporters, and associates of Waterloo urban chickens!
We're doing a 2013 Chicken Coop Tour, and we'd like to invite you to come! The event is Saturday, June 15 from 11am to 3pm.
The format will be similar to others years - i.e. the Public Square will be the hub of activity (and the place where you can pick up a map to the coops), and then members of the public can go to whichever coops they choose. Please see this link and then share it with your friends: http://www.waterloocooptour.com/

All weekends should be three days,
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Thursday, May 16, 2013

Ordering open until TUESDAY for Friday May 24th pickup in Waterloo! - Bailey's Local Foods

Theresa from Garden Party is back! In addition to being one of this area's awesome CSAs she is offering some items for you. Look for her herbs, preserves and cut flowers - all organic! She also has a 'make your own stock' kit. Just add heat and water!
Oak Manor Flour - Stock up as after this pickup we'll be offering these amazing organic grains less often (May 24th, June 21st, July 12th, Aug 9th) - yes the dates changed if you've already marked them in your calendar
Country Flavour Preserves - We're restocking so you can order anything you want including cases of your favourites. Please let us know if you want something that we haven't listed as a case!
New Moon Baking has new granola bars. Maryrose says they're good, and I trust her judgement on these things.
Winnie's Gluten-Free Foods is back - offering some of their frozen specialties for us this summer including GF TourtiÃ¨re. Look for stuffed ravioli and new varieties of perogies in the 'prepared' section too!
We have a few select cuts from Vibrant Farms and some Stewing Beef available too until we restock (We've ordered a half steer so that we'll have more soon). If you have special requests for cuts, please let us know! We'll be sure to have some lovely thick cut steaks and more.
Spud's Finest potato chips are one of my weaknesses. The bags seemed a bit bigger last week (more for sharing) I'll have to restock, how about you?

Community events! (There are quite a few!)

BLBF Map Launch & Food Revolution Day
May 18 marks Food Revolution Day AND the launch of Foodlink Waterloo Region's 2013 Buy Local! Buy Fresh! Map. It will be a great day at the Kitchener Market! Be one of the first to get your free map between 10 am and 3pm. Details at: http://www.foodlink.ca/index.php?p=events.ViewEvent&Id=16&calendar_month=2013-05#eventdetails

Little City Farm Seedling Sale!
This Saturday you are sure to see many familiar faces at Little City Farm while they celebrate the 11th Annual Organic Seedling Sale! This year a selection of vendors will provide a great variety of organic and heirloom varieties of seedlings including vegetables (e.g.tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, kale), culinary herbs (e.g. basil, thyme, lavender, sage, dill) and some flowers and perennials all ready for planting. This exciting annual sale specializes in heirloom tomato varieties. At least 15 varieties (I heard it was closer to 50 varieties!) of heirloom tomatoes will be available, including a range of colours (pinks, purples, greens, reds, oranges); a range of sizes (e.g. cherry, plum, pear, sandwich slicer, beefsteak); a range of features (e.g. patio, striped, mid-season, early harvest) etc etc!!!

When: May 18, 9am-noon
Where: Little City Farm, 508 Duke Street West, Kitchener
Payment by cash only!

Sharing Backyards (organized by KW Urban Harvester) is designed for those with backyards (who aren't growing their own food, or have extra space left over) and those without backyards (who would like to grow food) to find each other, if they're close together geographically. There are some in the neighbourhood already signed up: http://www.sharingbackyards.com/browse?jump=kitchener,+on

Fertile Ground Farm Work Bee
If you just want to commit to getting your hands dirty for a day rather than an entire season, Angie's farm is hosting a Work Bee on the long weekend - Monday the 20th. Here's a little more info: http://www.fertilegroundcsa.com/content/farm-work-bee

Foster Parent Information Night
Youâ€™re invited to attend an information session on how to become a foster parent.
Foster parenting a child is a very rewarding opportunity to give back to our community by helping a child.
Date: Monday, June 3, 2013 or Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Time: 7pm â€" 8:30pm
Location: The Family Centre, 65 Hanson Ave, Kitchener
Please call to register: 519.576.0540 or www.fosteringkids.ca

Enjoy your weekend!
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Bailey's Local Foods ordering now open for Friday May 24th pickup in Waterloo!

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
Items that you have placed in your shopping cart will be ordered on your behalf on Tuesday, May 21st at 8:00pm.
There is no checkout button. If you do not intend to order, please ensure that your shopping cart is empty.

Upcoming dates:
Friday May 24th, Friday June 7th, Friday June 21st, Friday July 5th! We may add in another Friday in June if the strawberries are ready!

A message from Rachael:
Two weeks until the next pickup. Friday pickups can be so fun. Thanks to all of you who joined us tonight!

Well, asparagus season is sure in full swing and tasty too! Hopefully this weekend's weather doesn't really get as cold as predicted. I'm asking you all to send a few warm vibes to Mother Nature.

Speaking of asparagus, I want to tell you the best way to store it! Upright, in a container with 1-1.5 inches of water in the fridge (sort of like cut flowers). If the ends have dried out you might want to give them a fresh cut, though not as much as cutting is needed compared to grocery store asparagus. If you'll notice the asparagus from Barrie's Asparagus and Paul Bowman are all green and edible. The price may be a bit higher than the grocery store, but you have little to no food that needs to be thrown away (if you get asparagus with white ends, you should be trimming the woody ends off). If you want to read a post from 2009 when Bailey's Local Foods was just a toddler check out our email archives here. I love this post as it talks about asparagus and how grocery stores use it (and many other seasonal vegetables) as "Loss Leaders" to get you into their store.

Well, with asparagus comes rhubarb! We have a hard time classifying rhubarb. Is it a fruit or a vegetable? While it really is a vegetable it sure goes great with the strawberries that are coming next... or made into a syrup for your drinks, or as a sauce for your ice cream... or you can chew on it dipped in a little sugar. What is your favourite?

Things to order:

Asparagus and Rhubarb!
Country Flavour Preserves - While you are waiting for peach or cherry season you can eat amazing fruit that has been preserved with love.
New Moon Cookies has so many flavours of awesome cookies. Everyone loves Momints and Goldies as well as their "Crunch This" Granola. They have some new cookies coming out and we're hoping to sample their Mini-Moon Cookies For Kids at the next pickup (with less sugar than most cookies)
You cleaned us out of McKechnie Tortilla Chips on Friday. We're looking forward to a fresh batch on the 25th! Have you tried their wraps? You can get the Stone Wheat and Mexican White wraps in 8", 10" or 12" sizes for an easy to wrap burrito!
'Tis the season for seedlings. We have so many available in the 'plants' section' under 'other' The 26th will be a perfect planting day, I'm sure!

Enjoy your weekend!
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Tuesday, May 7, 2013

Order before TONIGHT! (Tuesday) at 8pm for Bailey's Local Foods pickup on FRIDAY, May 10th

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.

Items that you have placed in your shopping cart will be ordered on your behalf on Tuesday, May 7th at 8:00pm. (yes, ordering ends Tuesday and pickup is FRIDAY!)
There is no checkout button. If you do not intend to order, please ensure that your shopping cart is empty.

Upcoming dates:
FRIDAY May 10th, Friday May 24th, Friday June 7th, Friday June 21st, Friday July 5th! We may add in another Friday in June if the strawberries are ready!

EDSS Twice as Sharp will be at our May 10th pick. Bring your knives and scissors so that they are as sharp as you are in the kitchen! If you take the blade(s) off your power mower, they can sharpen them for $10 each! $3 for knives under 6", $4 for knives 6" or over, within reason.
As the weather improves, you can bring your bike to our pickups for tune-ups and repairs by Nav of Bliss by Bike.

A message from Rachael:

Ah, Friday pickups! So glad we're back! We will have lots of samples and vendors on Friday. Leave yourself a little extra time to browse!

If you are honouring a mother this weekend, a great way to make her happy is by feeding her. Grab some baked goods, chocolate, or coffee. She might appreciate flowers, plant markers for her garden or seedlings even more. On Friday we'll have a few extra vendors at our pickup with gifts that mom might like. Here they are if you want to bring along a little extra spending money (and if you're a mom like me, you sometimes have to buy yourself the gifts you really want!)

Cocos Nucifera makes natural body care products with a consciousness - www.cocosnucifera.ca
Old Thread Design takes unused items and upcycles them into new treasures. Old ties become necklaces, a t-shirt becomes a new owl hat or necklace. - https://www.facebook.com/OldThreadDesigns
Funky dresses and purses made from repurposed sweaters by Stregaputti's Woolgathering - https://www.facebook.com/stregaputtis.woolgathering

Check these out:

Turkey from Snyder Heritage Farms were processed this week so we've put them back on the order form. You might not want to turn the oven on, but maybe you could deep fry a turkey or BBQ some wings to enjoy!
Aspargus and rhubarb. Limited amount of organic and lots or conventional!
So many seedlings! I just added petunias too!

Enjoy this day!
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/baileyslocalfoods and twitter at https://twitter.com/baileyslocal.

Sunday, May 5, 2013

Ordering open until TUESDAY for Friday May 10th pickup in Waterloo! - Bailey's Local Foods

EDSS Twice as Sharp will be at our May 10th pick. Bring your knives and scissors so that they are as sharp as you are in the kitchen! If you take the blade(s) off your power mower, they can sharpen them for $10 each! $3 for knives under 6", $4 for knives 6" or over, within reason.

As the weather improves, you can bring your bike to our pickups for tune-ups and repairs by Nav of Bliss by Bike.

A message from Maryrose (written yesterday):
Hi Folks,

It is a beautiful Saturday afternoon and I am on the computer. It is nap time here and everyone but me has crashed. Perfect time to place my Bailey's order and write an email telling you about the items I have been ordering as of late.

Someone asked me recently if I have tried everything we have to offer at Bailey's. I would have to say I have tried about 90 - 95% of the items. When I first became a member I made a point of ordering one vegetable every pick up that I had never tried before. Arugula was one of those items. I wasn'€™t a fan of it as it was to peppery as a green for me. At the end of the last growing season Rachael suggested I sauté it as I do with all the other greens. So I tossed it in with a bunch of other greens and it was amazing. The peppery bite mellows out and it is amazing. I am so happy we have it is back.

While placing my order today I decided to google Sorrel as it is a green I haven't ordered in the past. I came across this great link. 50 uses for Sorrel. Now to decide which way to use it. Looking forward to trying it next week.

We like to eat spicy foods in our house. Now with a little one sharing our meals with us we have had to tone it done a bit. I was pleasantly surprised when I tried Barrie's Asparagus' All Purpose Seasoning (in our 'pantry' section). We use it on just about everything to add flavour. My neighbour loves the Steak Spice.

I have also become a big fan of the jarred Garlic from August Harvest (pantry/prepared section). I keep both the pureed and minced in our fridge. If you are a forward thinker you could just puree some of the lovely garlic grown by many of our farmers and freeze it. I on the other hand did not and love the convenience of having these on hand.

Same goes for the Ghee (clarified butter) from Local Dairy. Great for sautéing mushrooms, greens or whatever your heart desires. We have even popped popcorn using Ghee.

We recently added Pretzel buns from Grain Harvest. They are delicious as a sandwich or with a burger. We sometime just have them toasted with butter. They freeze amazingly well.

New Items on the Offering List:

It is Asparagus Season. Both Asparagus and Rhubarb have been added fro Barrieâ€™s Asparagus. They also have a new Portobello Asparagus Burger available. We tried it last week - it is really good.

Caramelized Onion with Feta Salad and a Gluten Free Lasagna. We are happy to have Culinary Studios offering some of their prepared items. I will be having the Salad for dinner on Pick Up day.

We have added some of our first seedlings in the plant section. They are able to stand up to colder weather and need to get in the ground ahead of the big seedling day on May 24th'€™s pick up. There are flowers as well as food seedlings!

A few local events:

TransitionKW's Tools for Change Movie Night Presents Home The Movie
May 22nd - 7:00pm - Any donations will be greatly appreciated!
Through visually stunning footage from over fifty countries, all shot from an aerial perspective, Yann Arthus-Bertrand shows us a view most of us have never seen. He shares with us his sense of awe about our planet and his concern for its health. With this film, Arthus-Bertrand hopes to provide a stepping-stone to further the call to action to take care of our HOME.
The movie will be followed by discussion of what we can do at the local level to change what we see happening at the global level.
Register at TFCMovieNight.eventbrite.ca.

You're Invited - Foster Parent Information Night!
Being a foster parent is a wonderful opportunity to help a child in need in your community.
Join us to learn how you can become a foster parent and be part of something special!
Monday, June 3 at 7:00pm at The Family Centre
To register: 519.576.0540 or www.fosteringkids.ca

11th Annual Seedling Sale at Little City Farm!!
Sat, May 18, 2013 (Saturday of the long weekend - rain or shine!) from 9 am-12 noon (sale starts promptly at 9 am, but no earlier)
Payment by cash only - and please bring your own trays or containers to cart your seedlings home in!
More at: http://www.littlecityfarm.ca/workshops-1.php.

In love with spring,
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/baileyslocalfoods and twitter at https://twitter.com/baileyslocal.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Ordering still open for Friday May 10th pickup in Waterloo! - Bailey's Local Foods

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.

Items that you have placed in your shopping cart will be ordered on your behalf on WEDNESDAY, May 7th at 8:00pm.
There is no checkout button. If you do not intend to order, please ensure that your shopping cart is empty.

Upcoming dates:
FRIDAY May 10th, Friday May 24th, Friday June 7th, Friday June 21st, Friday July 5th! We may add in another Friday in June if the strawberries are ready!

EDSS Twice as Sharp will be at our May 10th pick. Bring your knives and scissors so that they are as sharp as you are in the kitchen! If you take the blade off your power mower, they can sharpen that too! $3 for knives under 6", $4 for knives 6" or over, within reason.
As the weather improves, you can bring your bike to our pickups for tune-ups and repairs by Nav of Bliss by Bike.

A message from Rachael:
Welcome to May! April showers be gone... I'm ready for those flowers!

Can you tell I'm enjoying this break? I haven't sent you an email in over a week! It's time to put in your order for May 10th. Less than a week until we call and email all the farmers and suppliers with your orders.

Asparagus!
I spoke with Tim Barrie yesterday and the asparagus are poking out of the ground already. They will be ready for us on May 10th - if there is no more frost (hear that Mother Nature?). As you are an understanding bunch I'm adding these harbingers of spring to the order form with the hope that I won't have to give you any bad news on the 10th. This is what makes local food so exciting... right?

Live music at Bailey's!
I've really been enjoying Paul's music at Bailey's and wanted to introduce him to you more formally. On pick-up days feel free to sing along, request a song or say thank you to Paul for adding music to our pickup days!

Paul Horton is the guitar player/singer who has been entertaining at our market pick up days. Rock & roll, folk, country, and "un-categorized" songs are done with a laid-back, acoustic sound. Paul started playing and singing in the late 50's with his brother and his Dad. He was a teenager in the early Elvis years and played in a rock band until the late 60's. Glen Campbell influenced his acoustic playing and musical direction through the 70's. These days, Paul still plays occasional gigs with his brother and is in the contemporary Christian group "Hearts of Praise", based in Ingersoll, as well as doing single jobs in the area. He is also involved with music at Breslau Mennonite Church.

When not playing music, Paul owns a business in Breslau producing hot rod chassis parts. He has been married for almost 40 years (to a very tolerant woman). They have two sons, two daughters-in-law, and nine grandchildren.

Thank you Paul!

There are so many new things on offer right now. Here are a few:

Ambrosia Pastry Co. has this area's only 'bean to bar' chocolate. You should try it.
The CULINARY STUDIO is offering a fresh 3 grain salad, a market fresh soup and a gluten free lasagna made with zucchini and beef.
Spinach
Plants - food and flowers!
Asparagus

Don't forget to order a few things for Mother's Day and the Victoria Day long weekend!

Enjoy,
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/baileyslocalfoods and now at twitter too at https://twitter.com/baileyslocal.

Sunday, April 21, 2013

Bailey's Local Foods ordering now open for Monday May 10th pickup in Waterloo!

EDSS Twice as Sharp will be at our May 10th pick. Bring your knives and scissors so that they are as sharp as you are in the kitchen! If you take the blade off your power mower, they can sharpen that too! $3 for knives under 6", $4 for knives 6" or over, within reason.
As the weather improves, you can bring your bike to our pickups for tune-ups and repairs by Nav of Bliss by Bike.

A message from Rachael:

The next pickup seems so far away. May 10th is our first Friday of 2013, the Friday before Mother's Day and only a week before the Victoria Day long weekend and the unofficial start of summer (maybe the snow will have stopped by then).

So far I have a few kinds of cheese in my shopping basket. The Colby and Monterey Jack from Millbank shredded and mixed together are necessary for quesadillas around here. It's a quick lunch without much clean up. I'm also getting some pepperettes and other foods for travelling as we have a little trip in store. How about you?

The winter is a bit of a slower time for us so we have a chance to catch up and make improvements. Did you notice the new and improved pick up slips? Now your purchases are grouped by the area in the hall where you will find them and in order by supplier as well! At the next pickup all the items that you order multiples of will be a different colour so that you remember to pick up the number you ordered! I hope that this makes your pick up experience more fun!

Another of the things we're working on right now is updating our very out of date website. We're putting together a bit of information on each our farmers, producers and suppliers so that you can get to know them better. After asking you on facebook (https://www.facebook.com/baileyslocalfoods) and twitter (https://twitter.com/BaileysLocal) you want to know about items that are GMO free. Just as a quick primer, all farmers who are certified organic are GMO free. We'll do our best to find out the farmers who only grow or use GMO free seed and products and let you know. If you have input on what you'd like to see this would be a great time to share it with us!

Just like I remind you to stock up when it's a big stretch between pickups I'll remind you that you only have to shop for 2 weeks this time. We're easing back to weekly pickups as the produce ramps up. Soon enough there will be asparagus, rhubarb and then strawberries!

Going back to Fridays means we've added back breads from Golden Hearth Baking Co, but that well unfortunately loose items from Winnie's Gluten Free Foods. Organic, stone ground flour from Oak Manor will be available on the first pickup of each month through the summer (if you mark things on your calendar you can mark May 10th, June 7th, July 5th and Aug 9th)

New Moon Cookies was recently featured in an article on Blog To. If you've ever wondered what the kitchen looks like, here's a chance to check out some action photos and see the cookies being made. http://www.blogto.com/eat_drink/2013/04/behind_the_scenes_at_new_moon_kitchen/

Community events:

Donâ€™t miss the Stitch â€˜nâ€™ Kitsch Spring sale! Find unique, handmade items made by local artists on Saturday April 27th from 11am to 6pm at First United Church.
The film "Dirt" is being shown by Transition KW Wednesday April 24th at 7pm at the REEP hous and there's lots of seats still available. Reserve your seat at http://tfcmovienight.eventbrite.ca/. Bailey's member Jon Spee is facilitating the discussion about the humourous history and current state of this important organic matter.

Take care,
Maryrose and Rachael
Bailey's Local Foods
baileyslocalfoods.ca

P.S. We can use your egg cartons, fruit boxes, baskets and jars from preserves again if you return them.

Click http://baileyslocalfoods.ca/ordering to log-in and order.
If someone has forwarded you this email and you have not yet registered, please go to https://www.100milesystems.com/baileyslocalfoods.ca/register.php and register!

Find us on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/baileyslocalfoods and now at twitter too at https://twitter.com/baileyslocal.