Thank You for Making Moonlight Market Magical! | April 24, 2023

Fresh & Local:

Thank You for Making Moonlight Market Magical!

We are so grateful to everyone in the CCFM community that helped make Moonlight Market so successful! Together, we raised funds to support the Crescent City Farmers Market and allow us to host more than 75 food-producing families and provide fresh food access for a growing community of local eaters!

This event was made possible through the hard work and generosity of our chefs, sponsors, musicians, volunteers, staff and of course, the attendees! We are so grateful for the passion and support of our local food system in this community and we look forward to exploring new connections and growth planted at Moonlight Market.

Picks of the Week:

GiveNOLA Day 2023 Lineup

Tuesday May 2nd is GiveNOLA Day, New Orleans’ 24-hour day of community giving! Join your friends and neighbors in supporting local non-profit organizations making a difference in our community – like Market Umbrella and the Crescent City Farmers Market! Join us at our Uptown Market for all of your favorite CCFM vendors plus special activities to celebrate GiveNOLA Day! We’ll have live music, a cooking demonstration with Chef Dana Honn of Carmo and Huckleberry Creamery will bring their baby goats!

You can schedule your donation now, before GiveNOLA Day begins by visiting the Market Umbrella GiveNOLA Day page.

Market Mommas Meetup

Tomorrow, April 25th, we’re hosting a Market Mommas Club Meetup at our Uptown Market! Shop for fresh, local food from 8 am to 12 pm and take time to visit Movement and Meditation with Shanda Domango Brown. We’ll have educational resources on stretching food dollars as well as more information about Market Mommas Club. We also have free giveaways for Market Mommas Club Members: breastmilk storage bags and nursing covers!

Market Mommas Club connects breastfeeding moms with support groups and offers $60 in incentives for up to 6 months to spend at market! Enrollment is now open, applicants must be eligible for Medicaid and/ or WIC; pregnant and planning to or already breastfeeding babies up to six months old; and attend one breastfeeding support group per month with our program partners. If you are a new mom or a previous MMC participant that is newly pregnant or breastfeeding, please complete the 2023 Registration Form. Thank you to Louisiana Healthcare Connections for the generous support to make this program possible!

May Marketeers Club Meetup!

Please join us for the next Marketeers Club Meetup on Sunday, May 7th at the City Park Market! Did you know that April is National Garden Month? We will be celebrating garden month by doing an activity with plant starts. This is a great opportunity to get your hands dirty and learn how to grow food from plants!

Marketeers Club is a free membership program for market visitors under the age of 12. Marketeers participate in monthly market activities and receive a special $5 market token during their birthday month! To enroll your growing ones, complete this membership form and your kids can join the club!

Vendor of the Week:

Mycelium Express

If you have been to any of our markets, you will recognize the two masterminds behind Mycelium Express. Rickey and Mike have been growing mushrooms since September of 2018 and have been a beloved part of our market since the Summer of 2019. Rickey and Mike cultivate a wide selection of mushrooms including Oyster, Shiitake, Portobello, Cremini, Lions’ Mane, Coral Tooth, and King Trumpet. They also carry wild foraged mushrooms like Golden Chanterelles and Morels when they are in season, so get them while you can! And not to mention, Rickey and Mike offer grow-at-home kits and specialty tinctures made from their mushrooms. If you haven’t met these “fun-guys”, you can find them every other Tuesday at the Uptown Market, Thursdays at the Mid-City Market, or on Sundays at our City Park Market.

Recipe of the Week:

Quick Pickled Radishes

This quick pickled radish recipe from Love and Lemons puts the “rad” in radish! Seriously, all puns aside, this recipe is nutritious, perfectly simple, and an amazing way to add tangy flavor and complexity to dishes. Slap these pickled radishes on tacos, burgers, sandwiches, salads, or snack on them as-is! They keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks which is more than enough time to incorporate these pickled root veggies into a myriad of meals.

What’s your favorite dish to make after visiting the Crescent City Farmers Market? Share your recipes with us on Instagram or Facebook and it might be featured in our weekly newsletter!