Lexington, Kentucky (August 21, 2023) — Louisville’s Gray Street Farmers Market (GSFM) hosts Market Recipe Sampling Day.
Starting this month, the community will join local farmers to sample customary recipes using locally grown produce and discover the uses of water spinach, cowpea, enoki mushrooms and other produce from traditional recipes in Somalia and Myanmar. invited to do so.
GSFM collaborates with the University of Kentucky nutrition education programis housed in University of Kentucky Martin Gatton School of Agriculture, Food and Environmentwhich takes common diets from farmers’ countries of origin and uses locally available produce to create healthy, accessible recipes.
The goal of this market is to increase access to fresh, locally grown food in downtown Louisville. Food access and food insecurity are major issues in Louisville.
“Healthy eating is important for everyone and we are excited to partner with GSFM and Common Earth Gardens to showcase how diverse cultures prepare healthy meals.” said he. bethany prattSenior Extension Associate, Kentucky Nutrition Education Program.
Common Earth Gardens (CEG) collaborates within Kentucky’s diverse and multicultural communities to provide access to land for growing food, developing new agricultural businesses, and building healthy community networks. increasing. A key aspect of CEG’s work is helping farmers with international farming experience adapt their agricultural knowledge and traditions to the Kentucky climate and sell their food through local farmers’ markets.
“We are thrilled to have this opportunity to showcase farmers, their produce and recipes that highlight the healthy diets of their countries of origin,” said Melissa Schleck, co-market manager at GSFM. .
Schreck added, “GSFM has been operating as an outreach program for the UofL Department of Public Health Informatics since 2009. The marketplace is also affiliated with the Louisville Metro Public Health Authority. Due to the novel coronavirus (2020, 2021), we started with a monthly market last year, but this year we have a new cooperation with Common Earth Gardens. has returned to the weekly market. ”
Sampling will take place the following day during market hours from 10:30am to 1:30pm.
The Gray Street Farmers Market is held every Thursday from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm through October 26 and is located at 500 Block E. Gray Street in Louisville, Kentucky.