February 15, 2017 "For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment, the size of its income, or even the statistics of

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February 15, 2017

"For the true measure of agriculture is not the sophistication of its equipment, the size of its income, or even the statistics of its productivity, but the good health of the land."

- Wendell Berry, The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture

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Back to Basics Tallow Skin Care

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Back to Basics Tallow Skin Care is safe and effective, and nourishes your skin. These products are made from organic ingredients, without hormone-disrupting chemicals, or petroleum products. A skin's faithful friend!

Tallow, the main ingredient, is uniquely compatible with the biology of our cells. It consists of 50 to 55 percent saturated fat, just like our cell membranes. The result is healthy toned skin that looks, feels and is, good.

Tallow contains skin nourishing ingredients that plant-based oils do not, like the abundance of fat soluble vitamins (A, D, K, and E) that naturally occur in pastured tallow, along with the potent anti-inflammatory conjugated linoleic acid (CLA) and anti-microbial palmitoleic acid.

Feel good about your skin. Let your skin feel good about you!

List of products:

? Tallow Body Butter- Peppermint or Lavender/Grapefruit/Sweet Orange
? Tallow Facial Cleanser- Lavender/Grapefruit/Sweet Orange
? Tallow Night Cream- Geranium, Lavender, Carrot Seed
? Tallow Cream Deodorant- Lavender/Lemongrass or Patchouli/Spearmint

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Customer Kudos

Angie Interview

Angie Roelofs is a CTS (Career and Technology Studies) teacher at Kate Andrews High School in Coaldale. Her area of expertise is Home Economics, which she loves. So, the Natural Leaven Bread class was of particular interest to her.

Angie found us at the Farmers' Market over 20 years ago, and has hung in there through our various learning curves. Kudos to Angie.

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Kombucha Class

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We've selected three possible dates for this course. Let us know your first and second choices.

Sunday, March 12 at 2:00 pm

Wednesday, March 22 at 6:30 pm

Thursday, March 23 at 6:30 pm

Cost: $35:00

The class will be held at Martin and Jeannie's home.

Each participant will be provided with a starter kit to make your first batch of kombucha and contact information for support afterwards.

Call 403-329-9157 or email: solutions@harvesthaven.com

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On Sale...

Bone-In Chicken Breast - Sale $9.99/lb Reg. $10.49/lb (See Recipe Box)

Lamb Shoulder Steak - Sale $9.29/lb Reg. $10.89/lb

Beef Brisket - Sale $7.49/lb Reg. $8.49/lb

Beef Onion Sausage - Sale $9.49/lb Reg. $10.99/lb

Red Onions - Sale $2.29/lb Reg. $2.99/lb (See Recipe Box)

Frozen Raspberries – Sale $8.89/lb Reg $9.99/lb (See Recipe Box)

Chinese 5 Spice, 56 gm – Sale $6.79 Reg. $7.49

Garam Masala, 56 gm – Sale $6.79 Reg. $7.49 (See Recipe Box)

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The Recipe Box

Please note, all ingredients in our recipes are organic.

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Easy Chicken Masala

1/2 cup plain whole-milk yogurt
2 Tbsp coarsely chopped fresh cilantro
2 Tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp Harvest Haven garam masala
1 tsp coarse kosher salt
1 large Harvest Haven garlic clove, pressed
2 to 2 ½ pound Harvest Haven bone-in chicken breasts
1 small Harvest Haven onion, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices

Mix yogurt, chopped cilantro, olive oil, garam masala, salt, and garlic in glass baking dish. Add chicken to marinade, coating all sides. Cover; refrigerate at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated.

Position racks in top third and bottom third of oven; preheat to 400°F. Arrange onions in thin layer on large rimmed baking sheet to form bed for chicken. Top with chicken pieces in single layer, spacing apart for even roasting (chicken will still be coated with marinade). Discard remaining marinade.

Roast chicken on top rack until cooked through and juices run clear when thickest portion is pierced with knife, about 1 hour. Serve chicken atop onion slices. Spoon pan juices around.

Recipe courtesy of: Epicurious

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Orange Onion Salad

Seems an unlikely combination, but it is delicious.

1 large Harvest Haven red onion, sliced
2 large oranges, sliced

1/4 c olive oil
1 Tbsp lemon or lime juice
1/4 tsp salt
1/8 tsp oregano

Lettuce leaves
Ripe black olives, sliced (optional)

Slice onion thick. Soak in cold water 1/2 hour. Drain. Peel oranges. Slice crosswise into thin slices. Try for 8 onion slices and 12 orange slices.

Mix olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and oregano together. Add onions and oranges. Marinate 15 minutes.

On four salad plates place lettuce leaves. Arrange 3 orange and 2 onion slices on top of each plate. Spoon a bit of marinade over top. Scatter olives over all.

Serves 4.

From Company's Coming: Salads by Jean Paré.

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Raspberry Sauce

Raspberry Sauce

2 cups water
2 cups raw cane sugar or less to taste
4 tablespoons cornstarch
3 Tbsp. butter
1 – 2 cups Harvest Haven raspberries, fresh or frozen

In a small saucepan, whisk together the water, sugar, and cornstarch. Bring to a boil over medium high heat and cook until thickened, about 1 minute.

Gently fold in the raspberries and butter. Stir until the butter melts and the raspberries are heated through.

Serve over French toast, cake, ice cream, or whatever suits your fancy.

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Down on the Farm

Chicken Dust Bath

James loves his birds and takes special care of them as you can see in this video he shared with us.

He says: "I walked in this morning to put in some fresh leaves and found a party going on. Happy bunch for sure. The dust bath is necessary to keep any mites from bothering the chickens.

"The bedding they are dusting themselves in is made of leaves, wood chips, alfalfa hay, spilled feed, and wood ash."

Every day, James takes a pail to the cattle feeders and scoops out the loose leaves from the alfalfa hay left behind by the livestock. This feed is rich in Vitamin D because the hay has been sun-dried, unlike processed alfalfa pellets or grain.

A small amount of natural wood ash is distributed in the hen house for dust baths. This keeps the chickens free of mites and parasites without using nasty chemicals.

In the fall, dried leaves were gathered in a pile and tarped. The chickens love to scratch through these dried morsels searching for bugs.

The place smells quite fresh and woodsy and everyone is "feelin' good."

Here's some interesting information about chickens (scratch bullet point 6):
Do You See What I See? 12 Fascinating Facts about Chicken Eyesight

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