Food Inc.: Is Your Food Factory or Fresh?
"The way we eat has changed more in the last 50 years than in the previous 10,000 years."
That's a quote from "Food Inc.", a movie we Creamery folk highly recommend to all our readers! Food Inc. is an expose on how industrialized, commodized, and sometimes just plain unhealthy our food chain has become. If you have tasted the freshness of our Creamery products, and know that there's a difference between that and the mega-farm milk products you buy at the grocery store, then we think this is a film for YOU!
It includes interviews with experts in this arena, such as Eric Schlosser (Fast Food Nation), Michael Pollan (The Omnivore's Dilemma; In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto) and Stonyfield's Gary Hirshberg and Polyface Farms' Joel Salatin. These may be names you recognize; some of them may be new...whether you're just learning about and commiting to local, organic, sustainable food or you're a veteran, this movie will leave you shaking your fist and jumping for joy!
It's a movie who's time has come - the sustainable food movement is ready for primetime! Be a part of this exhilirating experience.
"When we run an item past the supermarket scanner, we're voting for local or not, organic or not..." As someone who has asked to be on our newsletter distribution list, you're likely already using your "food $$$" to vote for what you believe in - local, organic, sustainable, real food. Come watch this movement take hold as "Food Inc." grips America! You can say, "I told you so!" or "Hallelujah!" to the person sitting next to you.
For more information, go to www.foodincmovie.com/
*Trader's Point Creamery is not associated with Food, Inc. and we do not receive anything for promoting this film. We just believe in it and thought you might be interested.
To Honor our Brazilian Interns, It's Brazil NIght on the Farm
Bring a little bit of Brazil into your life - come join us and our wonderful interns from Brazil for dancing, eating, drinking, and enjoying life in a Southern Hemisphere kind of way! Whether you're looking for the party atmosphere of Rio; a walk on the shore at Fortaleza; or the rhythms of Sao Paulo, Brazil Night is looking for YOU!
- Friday, August 7th, 5-8 pm
- Brazilian Dinner and Evening of Fun
- Dinner: Adults $15 Kids $7
We will have a Brazilian dinner of organic, grass-fed beef skewers, Feijoada Completa (aka Black Beans and Rice), and local & organic Creamy Cabbage Slaw with pineapple, raisins, carrots,and TPC Whole Milk Yogurt. Dinner will be accompanied with a sweet Brazilian custard dessert made, of course, with our wonderful milk and farm fresh eggs!
Veggie Option: Homemade Black Bean Garden Burgers with above sides.
Kids Option: Half portion of the Adult Dinner Entree or Grassfed All Beef Party Dogs with Cheesy Rice and Brazilian Custard!
Come enjoy the food, samba music, and join couples, children and anyone else who likes to move dancing the night away!
Join us for a evening that will take you to Brazil and back!
Healthy PiZZA - You Bet!
Come scratch that pizza itch in the more healthful, fun, and agro-responsibile way that we can think of!
The Loft invites you to "Pizza Night and Wine Tasting" every Wednesday from 6 pm - 9 pm.
On Wednesdays, in addition to offering 4 mouth-watering varieties of homemade thin crust pizzas, we'll be tasting Italian wines. Try them all (we mean the wines, but hey, why not the pizzas too!) and pick your favorite.
Artisan Cheese Medley - A wonderful blend of cheeses including Traders Point Fleur de la Terre, Traders Point Fromage, Traders Point fresh mozzarella, as well as provolone and parmesan.
Margherita - Red ripe roma tomatoes, Traders Point fresh mozzarella, red onions and spiced olive oil topped with fresh basil from our garden.
Garden Veggie - Red ripe roma tomatoes, striped summer squash from our garden, red and yellow sweet bell peppers, and a mix of wild mushrooms, topped with a blend of cheeses, including Traders Point Fleur de la Terre and fresh mozzarella.
Carne - Hand cut bacon and homemade sausage made with Gunthorpe Farms pasture pork, sun-dried tomatoes and red onions topped with our Traders Point cheese blend.
Wednesdays mean Pizza Night at Traders Point Creamery! Come for delish thin crust pizza made with the freshest organic ingredients. There'll be a mini wine tasting too, so you can choose a divine wine to go with your pizza pie. And, of course, dessert choices abound at TPC! We're open till 9 p.m. on Wednesday, so join us for a little Italian fare at the farm.
Reminder - Still Time to Vote For TPC as Best Ice Cream
We Need Your Votes!...Help Trader's Point Creamery win "Best Ice Cream" on the Channel 6 A-List. 
How to vote: Go to: wrtv.cityvoter.com
- Find the yellow bar at the top of the screen labeled "Best of TheIndyChannel.com A-List" at the top of the screen.
- In the center of the yellow bar, Click on: "Ice Cream Shop."
- Click on the yellow "Vote" button located under "Traders Point Creamery."
Votes must be cast before August 14th! Act now - don't lose this opportunity to tell everyone how much you love TPC Creamline Ice Cream!
Green Market - Get the GOOD STUFF Here!
Here's an experiment (even for you non-science readers) that may change your grocery buying habits forever. Come to our Green Market on Friday night with a list of the foods you will need to feed your family for the next 7 days, and see how much of that list you can check off from among the product choices offered by our terrific vendors.
Starting with your morning coffee beans from Harvest Café Coffee Company, breakfast can be as simple as whole grain English muffins from Valentine Hill Farm topped with Bluffwood Creek Honey, or as elegant as sausage from Swiss Connection with a side of fresh scrambled eggs from Seven Springs Farm. If you’re a breakfast-on-the-go family, sprinkle Fields of Agape’s whole grains and a handful of Brandywine’s blackberries over a cup of Traders Point Creamery yogurt, and your day is off to a nutritious, no-fuss start.
For lunch, pack a salad of fresh greens from Seldom Seen Farm, topped with Feast’s chanterelle mushrooms, Redwine Farm’s chopped veggies, and a splash of Country Mouse City Mouse’s newest dressing creation: a mango cilantro vinaigrette!
Make a one-step grilled kabob dinner with Phelps Family Farm’s beef, and potatoes, onions and eggplant from Life Farm. Serve with a side of Minty Dill fermented cabbage from Kelsey’s Cultured Foods or chilled chunks of melon from New Leaf Farm. End the perfect meal with the perfect dessert: handcrafted organic truffles or toffee clusters from Litterally Divine Toffee.
If you loved what you tasted, come back and do it all again next week. Before long, the Green Market will be a habit you won’t want to break!
Vendors attending this week's Green Market:
*Aboubakar Allal - handmade silver, leather and wooden works, as well as traditional drums from Niger, Africa
* Brandywine Blackberries - organic blackberries
* Bluffwood Creek Honey-honey sticks, hand cream, lipbalm, honey candy, bee pollen and honey
* Country Mouse City Mouse-condiments, dips, soups and dressings made from generational recipes; organic orange-lavender lemonade and hibiscus-blackberry tea served in biodegradeable cups NEW: SHAFFER SISTERS DOUBLE MANGO CILANTRO VINAIGRETTE.
* Countryside Orchard - Monarch and William’s Pride Apples
* Daina's Petite Pies - single serving dinner and dessert pies made with premium local meats and vegetables. This week’s feature: BANGERS AND MASH PIE, made with Swiss Connection raw milk cheddar cheese, and beef sausage.
* Farming for Life - lacto-fermented organic vegetables and beverages
* Feast Catering-a variety of tamales, sweets, salsas, CHANTERELLE MUSHROOMS, Chanterelle Mushroom Pie, and, for a limited time, sweet-corn-and-basil tamales and PEACH BLACKBERRY TARTS
* Fields of Agape-chemical-free grains (Omega III golden flax, hard red wheat berries, hard white wheat berries); free flour grinding while you wait
* Flower Child Aromatherapy-handmade soaps, sachets, incense, and perfumes
* 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. NEW—Organic Java Estate Coffee
* Kelsey's Cultured Foods-cultured organic vegetables. This weeks feature: MINTY DILL, a refreshing blend of green cabbage, cucumber, mint, dill and lemon juice
* Life Farm-certified organic produce. This week's features are broccoli, potatoes, squash, American slicing cucumbers, sweet white onions, eggplant and leeks
* Literally 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
* New Leaf Farm- pledge-organic produce, including zucs, tomatoes, green beans, yellow wax beans, summer squash, bell peppers, jalapenos cucumbers, CANTALOUPE and WATERMELON
* 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, organically grown vegetables and cut herbs, hot sauce and pepper seasoning. This week’s features are beets, mild onions, peppers, zucs, salad cucumbers
* Seldom Seen Farm-transitional organic produce. This week's features are gourmet lettuce mix, beets, burpless cucumbers, various greens, greenhouse tomatoes, pea shoots, peppers, squash, beans, sunflowers, and flower BOUQUETS
* Seven Springs Farm-beef, chicken (whole and parts), eggs, popcorn. Now taking orders for Thanksgiving turkeys!
* The Swiss Connection-unique (and delicious) cheeses, meats (including beef sausage products) and ice cream, plus a variety of pet products
* 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, pasta, European style lemon pound cake and spritz cookies (all made with Certified Organic ingredients)
***If Friday is rainy or stormy, see us in the Red Barn. Inclement weather won't keep us from offering you a palate-pleasing variety of real food!***
Recipe of the Week
Summertime is prime zucchini season. Pick up a few zucchinis at a farmer's market (or from your own garden!), and a bottle of Trader's Point Creamery Plain Yogurt and you have the making for a great summertime salad.
Zucchini-Yogurt Salad
- 1 1/2 lbs of zucchini (about 4 smaller zucchinis) - grated
- salt
- bunch of green onions
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 cup Trader's Point Creamery Plain Yogurt
- freshly ground pepper
- any fresh cut herbs - dill, tarragon, parsley or thyme work nicely
Place grated zucchini in a colander and salt somewhat liberally. Let stand for 15 minutes allowing water from zucchini to drain. Chop green onions. Wring out as much liquid as possible from the zucchini. Heat olive oil over medium-high heat. Add green onions and saute for 2 minutes. Add zucchini and saute for 3-5 minutes. Turn heat down to medium-low and continue cooking zucchini and onions for 5 more minutes. Remove pan from heat and let cool for a few minutes. When cool enough not to curdle the yogurt, stir in yogurt, pepper, and fresh herbs. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Quote of the Week
"Cooking has many functions, and only one of them is about feeding people. When we go into a kitchen, indeed when we ever just think about going into a kitchen, we are both creating and responding to an idea we hold about ourselves, abotu what kind of person we are or wish to be. How we eat and what we eat lies at the heart of who we are - as individuals, famalies, communities."
Nigella Lawson, Feast: Food to Celebrate Life
