This Friday - Free Movie Night at the Farm!

The movie Food, Inc. is totally in line with Traders Point Creamery's philosophy and mission to bring you fresh, simple and organic food. We are inspired by this movie and the way it is revolutionizing attitudes towards food. We're celebrating the DVD release in style:

FIRST MOVIE NIGHT AT THE FARM! There is no charge!

• Friday, November 6th, 8:00 pm

If you saw Food, Inc. in the theater, then you know this documentary is changing people's views on food, the industry that has grown up around it, and how many different (and totally processed) versions of corn exist! If you didn't get the chance to see Food, Inc. earlier, we can't stress enough that you should!

Eat a delicious, healthy dinner in the Loft and then stay for the movie or just come for the movie! Tell your friends, tell your family, and bring everyone you know to our Food, Inc. Movie Night on the Farm!

Email: events@tpforganics.com to let us know if you're coming!

Friday is Our New American Grill Night in the Loft!

The Loft introduces "American Grill Night."  All of your favorites - burgers, chicken, pork chops, steaks, and mac 'n cheese, prepared from the freshest, organic ingredients.  You can rest assured that none of our meat has ever experienced a factory farm.  It's good ole fashioned American food, the way it would have been done on the farm so many years ago!

For appetizers, we have:

Portabella Duxelle With Goat Cheese Bruschetta, Spinach Artichoke Dip with Fromage and Water Chestnuts, Pizza Sticks, and Grass-fed Beef Sliders.

Our menu highlights include sandwiches, full entrees, delicious soups, salads and more:

• Balsamic Chicken Breast - made with Trader's Point Creamery's own chicken.
• Grilled Bone-In Pork Chop - A fresh cut organic bone-in pork chop with a sweet fig BBQ glaze.
• Steak - Strip or Sirloin, cooked the way you like, finished with steak butter or Cabernet Sauce.
• Farm Burger - 100% grass-fed with your choice of toppings: lettuce, red onion, garlic aioli. You can also add avocado, bacon, sauteed mushrooms, Fleur de la Terre, Garden Herb Fromage or Spicy Fromage cheese.
• Stuffed Burger - 100% grass-fed Farm Burger with a delicious center of caramelized onions, crispy bacon, and spicy Fromage and Fleur de la Terre cheeses.
• Grilled Chicken Sandwich - made with TPC's own chicken and served on a Valentine Hill Farms herb roll 

Each entree comes with your choice of a side dish:  Mac 'n Cheese, Green Beans with Bacon, Purple Potato Gratin, or TPC Cottage Cheese.  

And, if you'd like a soup or salad to accompany your dinner (or you'd like that to be your dinner!), we have them too: 

• Soup of the Day or TPC's Almost Famous Chili
• Mushroom Salad, Green Salad, or Grilled Chicken Salad 

American Grill Night on the Farm: the Trader's Point Creamery antidote to factory farming! 

For a complete menu, visit our website!

Wine Dinner: Postponed...

The Five Course Wine Dinner in the Loft has been postponed! We had to reschedule, but keep your eyes peeled for a new date! 

We are excited about this wonderful event and will let you know the rescheduled date as soon as possible! 

Get 'Em Before They're Out of Season

For a limited time only, Trader's Point Creamery will continue to have its Orchard Trio and Strawberry Yogurt. 

The Farm is Closed on Thanksgiving!

The Loft Restaurant, Dairy Bar and the Farm Store will be closed for Lunch and Dinner on Thursday, November 26th, for Thanksgiving!

We will re-open on Friday for lunch and dinner, as normal, as well as normal Farm Store hours! We hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving celebrations!

Don't Forget: THIS SATURDAY Green Market and Loft Breakfast!

This Saturday, November 7th will be the first Winter Green Market of the year.  Winter Green Markets are held each Saturday, November - April from 9 am - noon in the cozy, heated, Big Red Barn. 

And it wouldn't be Winter Green Market season without The Loft serving Saturday Breakfast! 

• The Loft's Saturday Breakfast, 9 - 11:30 am, includes: Chef's Organic Scramble, Sausage*, Skillet Fried Red Potatoes, and Wheat Toast with Jelly.
• Cost: $10/plate for Adult, $6/plate for Kids
• * Vegetarian option available.

Come pick up some seasonal produce at our Green Market and enjoy a delicious breakfast - every Saturday!

Our Green Market Moves Back to Saturday for the Season

This Saturday, November 7, the Creamery Farmer’s Market begins year six of a tradition of bringing you wholesome, locally-grown food for 52 weeks a year. In fact, aside from the Bloomington Market, TPC is the only farmer’s market in the state that can make the claim of continuous, year-round operation. That’s quite a legacy, and we owe it all to the small, dedicated group of farmers and producers who have had the vision and courage to persist at what is surely one of the most arduous and risky ways of making a living. We’ve grown a lot since 2004. In the early years, Winter Market consisted of a handful of meat, egg and baked-goods vendors who set their wares up among the breakfast diners in the Loft and hoped that they would make enough in sales to pay for their time and gas. This year, we launch Winter Market with a full Red Barn---26 vendors, with more to join us as the season progresses. As the years have gone by, the meats and eggs have been joined by an increasing variety of fresh cold-weather vegetables, cultured vegetables, dairy goods, artisan prepared foods, teas and coffees and even pet food and organic personal care products. If you’re a long-time, regular supporter of our Market, we offer our sincere thanks. If you haven’t attended since last winter, welcome back. And if you’re new to the farm market experience, come to make new friends and get some of the best food you’ve ever tasted. We promise you a memorable Saturday morning.

Vendors Attending This Week

* Aboubakar Allal - handmade silver, leather and wooden works, as well as traditional drums from Niger, Africa

* Bee Haven Honey – honey and hive products

* Bluffwood Creek Organic Farm and Apiary -honey sticks, hand cream and lipbalm

* Countryside Orchard – Enterprise, Gold Rush and Fuji apples; also CARAMEL APPLES and CIDER

* Daina's Petite Pies - single serving dinner and dessert pies made with premium local meats and vegetables

* Earth Cure Farm – Heritage Breed turkeys fed with soy–free  feed; 9-15 pound range. If you wish to pre-order, contact Rob North at 574-892-6351.  He will be attending the Market on November 7 and 21 only.  

* Farming for Life - Raw sauerkraut and other Lacto-fermented vegetables, real crock-fermented dill pickles, and lacto-fermented beverages, including Garlic Beet Kvaas and Kombucha.  Also featuring this week: SPAGHETTI SQUASH, GOLDEN ACORN SQUASH, HEIRLOOM PUMPKINS FOR PIES AND BAKING (LONG ISLAND CHEESE, JARRAHDALE, AUSTRALIAN BUTTER, MUSQUEE DE PROVENCE), WALLA WALLA SWEET ONIONS, AND GARLIC.

* Feast Catering - a variety of tamales, salsas, and gourmet baked goods. 

* Flower Child Aromatherapy – handmade soaps, sachets, incense, perfumes, and liquid hand sanitizer

* Grabow Orchard – apples, quickbreads, shortbreads, cookies

* Harvest Cafe Coffee Company - freshly brewed coffee, a variety of freshly roasted coffee beans or freshly ground beans, loose tea, iced tea and iced mochas

* Homestead Growers – mushrooms, arugula, lettuce greens, butternut squash

* Kelsey's Cultured Foods - cultured organic vegetables

* Life Farm - certified organic produce; This week’s features include: HOOPHOUSE SALAD TOMATOES

* Litterally Divine Toffee and Truffles-chocolate and vegan truffles (made with organic ingredients) and almond toffee (both vegan and organic), coffee toffee made with Harvest Cafe     Coffee's beans, and ice cream toppings

* Mario Tepas – Handcrafted Central-American art and jewelry

* New Leaf Farm – cabbages, bell peppers, spinach and other greens

* Pet Lover’s Organic Bakery - handmade organic pet treats; 50% of sales go to benefit the Humane Society

* Phelps Family Farm - a variety of beef and pork meats, sausages and eggs

* Redwine Farm - farm fresh eggs, hot sauce and pepper seasoning,  mustard greens, pie pumpkins, turnips, kale, Swiss chard, spinach, butternut squash and snow peas 

* Seldom Seen Farm - transitional organic produce.  This week's features are Cilantro, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Green Onions, Butternut Squash, Cabbage, Napa Cabbage, Kohlrabi, Collards, Kale, Salad Mix, Arugula, Fennel, Salad Turnips, Purple Top Turnips, Watermelon Radishes, Red Radishes, Rutabaga, Brussels Sprouts, Carrots, Beets.

* Seven Springs Farm – Will not be returning to Market until November 15 to deliver turkeys. You can still order a turkey by calling 317-691-3948 or at Luella@sevenspringsindiana.com.

* The Swiss Connection - unique (and delicious) cheeses, meats (including beef sausage products) and ice cream, plus a variety of pet products.  Featuring for a limited time: LAMB CUTS, including lamb chops, ground lamb, stew meat, shoulder chops, leg steaks, rack of lamb, leg of lamb (both with bone and bone out), and shank.  THIS WEEK’S SPECIAL: BUY ONE PACKAGE OF STRIP STEAK, GET A BULK PACKAGE OF BEEF BREAKFAST SAUSAGE FREE

* Trader's Point Creamery - organic milk, ice cream, pourable yogurt, artisan cheeses, eggs, and ground beef

* Valentine Hill Farm - variety of whole grain breads, English muffins, Mediterranean herb pasta, European style lemon and orange pound cakes, and spritz cookies (all made with certified organic ingredients) 

* Zen Sheep Farm - Ground lamb, lamb ribs, certified organic pie pumpkins, wool products including, yarn, pillows, roving.

 

Pre-Order Your Holiday Pie Hero Pies!

In the Loft Restaurant, we sell slices of these delicious, homemade pies...made specially by the Pie Hero for Traders Point Creamery! If you've been in the Loft for lunch or dinner and have tasted the pies, you know how "melt in your mouth" delicious they are!

And now, the Pie Hero is giving you the opportunity to pre-order your own gourmet, homemade holiday pie! Take the stress out of baking a homemade pie for Thanksgiving, and order one of the delicious (and organic!) Pie Hero Pies instead! All you have to do is place your order by Wednesday, November 18th!

Special Holiday Prices:

• One pie for $25!
• Two pies for $40!

Your pie will come frozen and will include baking instructions so you can experience that Fresh Baked Pie Hero flavor any time you want!

Choose from:

• Fresh Roasted Pumpkin
• Pecan
• Apple Cranberry

Your pie will be ready for pick-up at Traders Point Creamery any time before Wednesday, November 25th (hint: just in time for Thanksgiving!)

To order: email the Pie Hero at grey@piehero.com

For more information, visit www.piehero.com!

Recipe of the Week

"Make your Own Strawberry" TPC Yogurt

• 1/4 cup of frozen, organic strawberries
• a tsp. or two of sugar, if desired
• 1 cup Trader's Point Creamery Whole Milk Yogurt

Mash up strawberries (or puree in a blender, depending on how smooth or chunky you like your fruit), and mix in sugar, if using.  Stir into yogurt and enjoy!

Quote of the Week

The human cost of factory farming -- both the compromised welfare of slaughterhouse workers and, even more, the environmental effects of the mass production of animals -- is staggering.

Natalie Portman

Upcoming Events

Friday, November 6th -- First Movie Night on the Farm: Food, Inc.

Thursday, November 26th, -- The Loft Restaurant, Dairy Bar and Farm Store will be closed for Thanksgiving!