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Eric Bowen
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M.Sc. Ecology, Colorado State University, 2013
B.S. Natural Resources, NC State University, 2007

Recipes

Moist Chocolate Zucchini Bread

I had this delicious recipe this week at #Trifoodhack at Raleigh City Farm. Prepared by @APinther, the recipe is online at PaleOMG.com.

Ingredients

1 medium zucchini, shredded (available from Homegrown City Farm)
2 eggs, whisked (try duck eggs from Wild Dog Farm for extra flavor)
¾ cup sunbutter (or nutbutter if you prefer)
? cup raw honey
¼ cup cocoa powder
2 tablespoons coconut flour
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt

Instructions

Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. So you first need to shred your zucchini. Use the shredding attachment on your food processor or take the long and boring route using a cheese grater. Whichever works. Once yours zucchini is shredded, you need to remove the excess liquid. And zucchinis have a lot of it. What I did was place a couple paper towels down on the counter, throw the zucchini on top, then place another paper towel on top of the zucchini then squeezed. The more you squeeze, the more liquid will come out. Genius. Use more paper towels as needed, but be sure to squeeze until the zucchini feels water-less. Place zucchini in a bowl with the rest of your ingredients. Use a large spoon to mix well until all the ingredients are combined and you have a deep chocolate color. Pour your ingredients into a loaf pan. IMPORTANT NOTE, I used 2 mini loaf pans that were about 5×3. Place in oven to bake for 25-35 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when you poke it. Mine took almost 35 minutes to completely cook through. Let cool, cut and serve!

Market News

Seed Libraries
The social media highlight of the week was an article I read about “seed libraries” that towns and communities set up in corners of their public libraries. Via Modern Farmer: link
Have you ever been to a seed swap? Does your family have some heirloom heritage variety that’s been passed down through the family?
Tell us about it on our facebook page! facebook.com/goMarketNC.

Recent events

Sweet Beet City Farm farm-raiser and farm-warming party

Last night at least hundred people turned out to support Sweet Beet City Farm’s “farm-raiser” and “farm-warming” party. Here’s some images from the event: (link)

Trifoodhack

We also had a great #trifoodhack meeting on Wednesday at Raleigh City Farm. I was particularly happy to reconnect with Carol from Slow Money NC who has helped connect dozens of farms and restaurants with local lenders. I was excited to learn this work with continue and expand as Slow Money is plans to hire their first full-time staff person to help with the growing number of loans they help connect.

New this week at Market
We have a couple new varieties of garlic this week from Wild Dog Farm and

Coming Events

Upcoming:
Crop Mob at Ayrshire Farm (the late Bill Dow’s farm is run by his partner Daryl Walker), TOMORROW July 22nd 9am-1pm. Weeding and organizing help needed. Pizza and beer will be provided.
602 Friendly Pooch Lane, Pittsboro, NC 27312

Slow Money Pots and Pizza Party, July 28th (link)

Within Reach Film Screening, July 29th (link)

RAFI-USA “Crop Hop” Square Dance Party and Fundraiser, August 8th (link)

“The Carrack Garden” Sept 23rd-Oct 2nd

Details: “Art and installations that are inspired by the beauty and bounty of our fragile paradise, planet Earth and explore botanical elements, a loss of our paradise, cultivation, history and decorative elements of this bounty through visual art, installation design and programming.”

To stay up to date about other events in the food system, check out the new “Trifoodhack” Google Calendar and let me know if you have an event you’d like to share with the community.