Hispanic Heritage Month
“Preservation of one’s own culture does not require contempt or disrespect for other cultures.”
Happy Tuesday All!
This week kicks off the start of Hispanic Heritage Month! Thursday to be exact! Hispanic Heritage Month started out as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Johnson and was later expanded to include an entire month (Sept 15-Oct 15) under President Reagan. We celebrate this month to recognize the many contributions of Hispanic American people. As we all know, many Hispanic American people work in agriculture. As of last year our population was composed of roughly 6% Hispanic Americans, but makes up 23% of our nation’s agricultural producers. Without these producers, we would not have food on our tables. There are many champions of Hispanic Heritage Month, but I wanted to focus on the agricultural part. One of my favorites is Dolores Clara Huerta who was an impactful leader behind the Farm Workers Rights Movement of the 1960s. Another is Evangelina Villegas, she was a cereal biochemist whose work with maize led to the creation of a high-quality protein maize. Here is more information on both of these amazing people. Further education and information about Hispanic Heritage Month can be found here. I found this blog post very interesting as well!
Middle GA Growers Co-op has some great late summer veggies along with eggs and coastal GA shrimp! Vesterfield has some wonderful veggies along with lettuce and ginger! Salamander Springs is bringing various herbs fresh cut and potted along with greens, onion, and peppers! They also have beautiful bouquets! Be sure to check them out!
Produce:
Okra, sweet peppers, jalapenos, garlic, microgreens, pumpkins, microgreens, butterhead lettuce, baby kale, ginger, onions, peppers, greens, potted and fresh cut herbs
Please give us a follow on Facebook for important updates. The link is: https://www.facebook.com/Napier-Heights-Food-Co-op-105813577853396
We partner with Wholesome Wave Georgia each week to double SNAP benefits to help make fresh food a bit more accessible. Click the link for more information about this program: https://www.wholesomewavegeorgia.org/
Our wonderful produce vendors have pre-order sites. This is a great way to guarantee the seasonal goodness they have. Their hours are below:
Vesterfield Farms has a pre-order site that you can access from Sunday 1:00pm to Tuesday 9:00am vesterfieldfarms.com
Rag and Frass Farm along with Middle Georgia Growers Co-op has a pre-order site that you can access on Mondays for pickup at the market farmersweb.com/producers/ragandfrassfarm
Stuffed Peppers Many Ways
I hesitated to do another pumpkin recipe this week since we have some of these amazing late summer veggies. I have always loved stuffed peppers. They’re a great dish on their own or as a side! They’re super adaptable for basically any filling and you get a vegetable serving just from the pepper, not to mention the other goodness that it’s stuffed with. Here is a great little history of the stuffed pepper, and how many different cultures have many different variations of it. https://thecookful.com/history-stuffed-pepper/ there are several links here that lead to recipes for different stuffed peppers.