Sunday, December 12, 2010

December 11th, 2010

Our second month as the Koa'e Farmers' Collective and we keep growing every week!
Saturday's spread at the KFC booth...
(thanks, Raven, for the photos!)


Our contributors/offerings included:

Josanna's Organic Fruit Stand
-Silk Fig bananas
-Tangerines
-Oranges

Beach Road Farm
-Tangelos
-#10 Ulu
-Medicinal Fruit Vinegars
(Fig Wine and Pineapple 'N Parsley)

The Abbotts' Farm
-Salad mix
-Lettuce
-Fresh baby cilantro
-Jakfruit
(fully processed!)
-Apple Bananas
-Green & Red Chilies

Chitta's Very Organic Sustainable Homestead
-Avocados
-Limes
Joyce's Place
-Meyer's Lemons

Evening Rain Farm
-Lilikoi 
(orange, yellow and purple passion fruit)
-Brazilian Cherries
-Raw, Infused, Medicinal Honey 
new! *Tangerine Spice* 
(tangerine peel, clove, allspice, vanilla)
*Yellow Ginger & Hawaiian Chili*
*Hamakua Coffee*
*Rosemary & Garlic*
*Lavender Vanilla Chamomile*

Local ingredients: tangerine, allspice, vanilla, yellow ginger, Hawaiian chili, Hamakua shade-grown coffee, rosemary, HONEY

Saturday, December 4th, 2010



These photos are from the Koa'e Farmers' Collective's 5th time at S.P.A.C.E. farmers' market in Seaview, HI.  Come visit every Saturday 8 am - 12 pm.


The Produce

Top to bottom: 
Satsuma mandarins (on top table) -  Malama O Puna (Ann)
Silk Fig bananas - Jossana's OG Fruit Stand
Tangerines - Josanna's
Tangerines - Akua Ike
Grapefruit (bottom left) - Akua Ike

Not pictured:
Vanilla beans - Malama O Puna (Ann)
Lilikoi (passion fruit) - Evening Rain Farm
Homemade, Medicinal 
Fruit Vinegars
from Beach Road Farm

*Pineapple 'N Parsley*
~ Aged 2 years ~
"This is a very mellow, delightful tasting, vinegar with
lots of depth.  Also very medicinal.
Made from a fermentation of white pineapple with skins left on to extract the anti-inflammatory enzyme, bromelain.  After 1 year it is infused for 1 more year with parsley for more health benefits.
Bromelain from the pineapple is good for digesting microbes from diseased cells in the bronchial tissues and keeps joints and connective tissue healthy.  Pineapple has a remarkably high percentage of the important trace mineral, manganese , an essential component of digestive enzymes for proteins and carbohydrates." - Lyn, Beach Road Farm  

*Fig Wine*
~ Aged 1.5 years ~
"Made from the Brown Turkey fig, this is a good, strong,
pungent vinegar - great health benefits with a meal and a little goes a long way in taste!
Fig aids digestion by cleansing and soothing the intestines.  High in calcium, figs also have a notable amount of protein, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium." - Lyn, Beach Road Farm

Raw, Infused, Medicinal Honey
from (yours truly) Evening Rain Farm 



*Yellow Ginger & Hawaiian Chili*
*Hamakua Coffee (shade-grown)*
*Rosemary & Garlic*
*Lavender Vanilla Chamomile*
Local ingredients: Yellow ginger, hawaiian chili, hamakua coffe, rosemary, vanilla, HONEY