<p>Get Ready for the Super Bowl in New Orleans!</p> | January 27, 2025

Fresh & Local:

Get Ready for the Super Bowl in New Orleans!

This year, New Orleans is hosting the Super Bowl, and there's no better place to stock up on fresh, local ingredients for your Super Bowl party! Whether you’re hosting friends or enjoying the game with family, make your menu shine with some seasonal superstars. 

Come out and grab fresh, in-season produce like oranges, grapefruits, and satsumas for your dips and drinks, and collard or mustard greens for Southern-inspired appetizers. Hardy root vegetables like sweet potatoes, carrots, and beets are perfect for roasting or adding to salads. And don’t forget about the fresh local seafood—shrimp, oysters, and fish are ideal for a creamy dip or a flavorful gumbo!

Recipe Ideas:

• Louisiana Shrimp Dip: Creamy shrimp dip for crackers or veggies.
• Crispy Carrots: Perfectly roasted with your favorite spices.
• Citrus-Glazed Chicken Wings: Zesty glaze for your wings.
• Collard Greens with Bacon: A Southern classic, full of flavor.

And don’t forget! Due to the Super Bowl, our Sunday City Park Market will temporarily relocate to the City Putt Parking Lot for Sunday January 26th, February 2nd, and February 9th. Parking is available at the Tricentennial Lot, Victory Ave, or street parking on Dreyfous and City Park Ave. Restrooms at Cafe du Monde.

We'll return to our regular spot on Sunday, February 16th. Thanks for your flexibility!

Image credit to Ceasars Superdome

Picks of the Week:

Support Monica's Okra World Through the Crescent Fund

One of our longtime Crescent City Farmers Market vendors, the Monicas, needs your help. Late last year, Berlie Monica suffered a major stroke, leaving his family to manage mounting medical expenses and the farm without him.

Your donation through the Crescent Fund will provide direct relief to the Monicas, ensuring they receive the support they need during this challenging time.

100% of your gift goes to the Monica family. Donate now by clicking here or texting "MONICAS" to 44-321.

What To Do In The Garden After A Freeze

While the city transformed into a winter wonderland, your garden may have taken a hit. Don’t worry—our friends at the LSU AgCenter have you covered with advice on how to help your plants recover. They recommend holding off on pruning until spring to avoid encouraging vulnerable new growth and suggest using this time to evaluate which plants survived the cold. For detailed tips on recovery and building a freeze-resilient garden, check out the full article by Heather Kirk-Ballard, LSU AgCenter Horticulturist!

Bring Out Your Scraps & Compost

Did you know that you can bring frozen food waste, scraps, and compost to the Tuesday Uptown Market? Schmelly’s Dirt Farm is collecting at the market to transform your scraps into soil-enriching compost! Examples of acceptable scraps include: fruit and veggie peels and trimmings, coffee grounds, nut shells, egg shells, and grains.

In addition to collecting your food scraps, Schmelly’s sells earthen products like organic soil (from your compost!) - nutrient-dense plant food good for everything including flowers, vegetable gardens, and production farms.

So why compost? Food waste that goes to landfills produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane (because smothered by other trash, the process becomes anaerobic in the absence of oxygen). When it’s composted, not only do we avoid those gasses and unnecessary landfill contributions, but we also end up with a finished product that can be returned to the ground from whence it came, providing soil nutrition and aeration for the next crop. So whether you’re new to composting or have been looking for a convenient way to get into it (or back into it), bring your frozen food scraps down to the farmers market while you pick up your weekly groceries whose trimmings will become next week’s compost.

Workshop on Pricing Crops for Small Scale Farmers

Exciting news for small scale farmers! Join Market Umbrella and partner organizations for a 3-part Costing Webinar Series hosted by the Louisiana Small Scale Agriculture Coalition (LSSAC). This series will provide you with the framework and tools needed to better understand how to accurately price your crops based on your effort and input. Don’t miss out on this opportunity to make your farm more financially sustainable. Learn more and register today, or share with your farmer friends!

Vendor of the Week:

Leo's Bakery

This year, Leo’s is selling an iconic ricotta, chocolate, and orange king cake! Pre-order here for pick up at the Thursday Mid-City Market and Sunday City Park Market.

Leo's Bread is a small-scale bakery in New Orleans, Louisiana, specializing in loaves of bread, croissants, bagels, and sandwiches. It began in 2013 with the sale of loaves of bread from the trunk of a car in front of Pagoda Cafe. Soon after, Leo’s Bread set up a stall at the mid-city Crescent City Farmers Market. After seven years of baking around town, they opened a brick-and-mortar bakery at 2438 Bell St in the spring of 2021. The bakery is open for breakfast and lunch five days a week and continues to have a table at the weekly Thursday Mid-City Market and Sunday City Park Market.

Recipe of the Week:

Mushroom Corn Chowder

Chock-full of veggies and cheese in every spoonful, this thick, creamy chowder will take the chill off even the coldest of winter evenings. Toast up and dip some of your favorite Leo’s Bread in it!