By: Angeline and James Street
Brambles Market
Well, summer is here for sure-at least in the produce department, if not outside! This is our favourite time of the year. We get excited by every delivery; it's like Christmas every week. We can't wait to break into the boxes to see what new goodies we have received. Asparagus is done, as are fiddleheads and mache. But, then there are other treasures to be had: baby potatoes, baby carrots, strawberries, lettuces,green beans and baby zucchini... Oh, it's hard to know what to eat first!!
We are planning and setting up so many things for the coming year. It's too bad there are so few hours in the day to get everything done. As many of you know, we are working on a website as one of our big projects right now. It is taking longer than expected as we want it to be really great. There are just so many things we want to cram onto the site, but we have to pick and choose what we do put on it, so that it is useful and entertaining and interactive for YOU. And it really is challenging to figure it all out! If there are particular things that you think you would like to see on the site, please let us know. Right now, if you have food photos or recipes featuring local goodies, feel free to send them in to us to use on the site. The more the merrier!
French Breakfast Radishes
Here's an idea: Serve the radish roots in the French fashion: dip them in butter and kosher salt and eat them with buttered bread for breakfast!
The first year and a half have flown by, and we sure have learned a lot! We are taking stock of what we do well, what we need to improve, and what else we want to accomplish in the coming year. (That's where all the thinking and planning come in...) We just have to work really hard at making at least half of our dreams into reality now.
So, here is the first newsletter as part of one of the things we want to make happen this year! Let us know what you think! If it's great, let us know. If it stinks, we suppose you can tell us that too. Till next time, thanks for being part of the Brambles experience with us. We couldn't have done it without you!
Meet the Grower: Vantreight Farms Saanichton
Fresh cut daffodils from organic, bio-diesel run Vantreight farms, Vancouver Island, B.C.
We are utilizing organic methods and are applying this year for organic certification for our 15,330 m2 (165,000 sq.ft.) state-of-the-art greenhouses and land adjacent to the greenhouses totalling approx 6.5 acres with further certification planned for the future. Our packing facility is second to none with a 4650 m2 (50,000 sq.ft.) warehouse processing plant, 8 cooler units totaling 1,189 m2 (12,800 sq.ft) of cold storage, shipping and receiving areas with 3 loading docks with room for further expansion. Future plans include the use of bio digesters for the creation of heat and power to grow food all year round while significantly reducing GHG's for the region.
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