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By the way... Marcy's
latest CD is on sale (hammer dulcimer) at Ludgate
Farms along with Phil
Shapiro and Carrie Shore's new CD and other local
music -
great for gifts!
The new CD from Samite
is selling really well - great music!
If you like farm store photos  and some other fun images from
around the area: check out our photo page!
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Farro: Grain of the
Legions
...
New in our bulk Dept ...
"Grano Farro has a long and
glorious history: it is the original grain from which all others
derive, and fed the Mediterranean and Near Eastern populations for
thousands  of years; somewhat more recently
it was the standard ration of the Roman Legions that expanded
throughout the Western World. Ground into a paste and cooked, it was
also the primary ingredient in plus, the polenta eaten for
centuries by the Roman poor. Important as it was, however, it was
difficult to work and produced low yields. In the centuries following
the fall of the Empire, higher-yielding grains were developed and
farro's cultivation dwindled: By the turn of the century in Italy there
were a few hundreds of acres of fields scattered over the regions of
Lazio, Umbria, the Marches and Tuscany.
Farro would probably still be an extremely
local specialty had the farmers of the French Haute Savoie not begun to
supply it to elegant restaurants that used it in hearty vegetable soups
and other dishes. Their success sparked renewed interest in farro among
gastronomes, and now the grain is enjoying a resurgence in popularity
in Italy as well, especially among trendy health-conscious cooks."
[ source article and
recipes ]
Summer's fruits can help fight cancer, slow
aging and more
By Marci Laehr
In
a world of fast food hamburgers, chocolate snack cakes and puffed sugar
cereal, the fresh fruit of summer can offer a refreshing, sweet
reprieve. And on top of their fabulous flavor, the tangy berries of the
season are also loaded with wonderful nutrients.
Amy
Lee, a clinical dietitian with Aurora Health Care at Memorial Hospital
in Burlington, VT said all berries are good sources of fiber and
vitamin C
and are high in antioxidants. Eating them lowers your risk of cancer
and heart disease, she said. "We breathe in different pollutants
and they destroy tissue," Lee said. "The antioxidants fight free
radicals; (they) counteract that and keep us healthy." Berries may even
help slow the aging process and boost memory, she said.
Wait, there's more good news. When they're dark red,
blue or almost black, and ready to fall off the bush, is when berries
are the most beneficial. "The darker, deeper color tells you they have
more nutritional value - just like with vegetables," Lee said. [ original
article ]
Old time string band ...
Rabble Rousers: Old-Time stringband, playing  originals and
traditional southern old-time music around the Ithaca area. Darin Trass
- Fiddle, Steve Selin
-
Banjo, Jason Zorn - Guitar, Bret LeBleu - Bass. Their new CD "Rat Race"
is on sale at Ludgate Farms.
Turtle
United Turtle United's new CD is now on sale
at Ludgate Farms....
Turtle United
of Rochester, NY was formed in late 2003 by
four young people of varied musical backgrounds
united by a love of contra dancing and contra dance music. The band
plays
traditional and original fiddle tunes as
well as some unusual covers of Rusted Root and Ani
Difranco among others.
Always fun and danceable, the mood of the Turtles can be funky, dreamy,
silly, rocking, slinky, and everything in between!
We now have a
terrific
selction of locally produced and recorded music from local
musicians ... mostly on the I-Town record label. Click on the
album cover to vist I-town website... most of their best sellers are in
our store now!
SIM
REDMOND BAND - SHINING THROUGH If you liked Good  Thoughts you'll love this one.
Sim Redmond - Guitar , Vocals , Kalimba
Uniit - Vocals , Percussion
Dan Merwin - Bass, Harmonica
Jordan Aceto - Guitar
Asa Redmond - Drums
Guest Musicians
Nate Richardson - Keys on Shining Through, This Fire, Reminder,
Lovebird, These Dreams, and Train Song. Guitar on Break Like the Sun.
Vocals on Train Song.
Kevin Kinsella - Vocals and Rhythm Guitar on Ancient Chinese Secret,
Bottle on Back and Forth
Judy Hyman - Electric and Acoustic violins on In An Instant
Chris Welter - Trumpet on Shining Through, Grace Under Water, and
Ancient Chinese Secret
Dan Delacruz - Tenor Sax on Shining Through and Back and Forth
Five 2 - Vocals on Shine, Back and Forth, and Ancient Chinese Secret
Five 2 is Charisse and Yvette Lucente and Uniit.
Lingonberry preserves ...
This is an image of the Lingonberry
bush which grows in
Scandinavia. The flavor and texture is similar to our  cranberry. We
sell 2 or 3 brands of Lingonberry preserves beautifully packaged
and
exported by various European exporters -
they make a great house gift or addition to your holiday table; try
serving along side or instead of cranberry sauce. Click on the image
for a link to the Finnish web site for
more botanical information. [ more ]
 Classical Professional Chamber Music ...
Are you looking for a nice clean
professional
classical chamber sound for your next important event? .......
Sonorous
"Classical
music for all occasions: string quartet, wind quintet, and a singer."
Contact Suzanne
Miller -- violist.
"Suzanne is a graduate of Ithaca College where she earned both her
Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Viola Performance." [ more
]
From
Marcy:
The Corners Gallery opening reception
Saturday July 10, 3:00-6:00pm
 Enjoy
dulcimer music while you peruse the latest show at this gallery
specializing in custom framing and images of Cornell, Ithaca,and the
Finger Lakes.
For more
information about hammered dulcimers, sound clips from my CD
and current repertoire, photos, schedule, and more, please visit my
website http://mp-dulcimer.com/
-- Marcy"
By the way... Marcy's
latest CD is on sale at Ludgate
Farms along with Phil
and Carrie's new CD and other local music -
great for gifts!
New Album from
Traonach
"Macintosh Jon" traditional Irish Music made in Ithaca ... This
wonderful recording is on sale at
Ludgate Farms. Some history... From
Traonach's  first album: "About the name Traonach
("TRAY-knock") Traonach is the Gaelic term for the corncrake, a
reclusive and entirely inoffensive bird formerly common throughout
Europe, Central Asia, and Northern Africa. In Ireland its gentle,
evocative call (although it is quite raucous at night) was once as
familiar as the cuckoo's, but modern farming developments (particularly
the increased use of machine harvesters) have brought the traonach to the brink of extinction;
it is a very rare class of creature in most of Europe and even Ireland
today. The Traonach has been celebrated in Irish mythology. It is shown
intertwined with a heron in the sixth-century Book of Kells; in the
stamps of numerous countries from the Ukraine to Ireland, and in print
or song by the likes of Flann O'Brien, Archie Fisher, the Pogues, and
Silly Wizard. We all liked the name and the rural association (for this
music is of a famously rural cast) but when we heard that Felix
McGowan's nickname for the youthful Ed was "The Corncrake," the vote
was unanimous."
Here is another great gift idea for the
gardener in the family ...
"THE WOODCHUCK'S GUIDE TO GARDENING"
A NEW ORGANIC GARDENING BOOK FILLED WITH STORIES OF
NORTHERN GARDENERS ALONG WITH PHOTOGRAPHS AND
SKETCHES.
The book includes: Foraging for Wild Plants
In Spring, Planting by the Stars in Summer and Putting Food By in Fall
and Children & Gardening throughout the year. For sale at Ludgate
Farms.
A Brief Description: The Woodchuck's Guide to
Gardening travels  down the garden path from
germinating seeds in spring to saving seeds in fall. The stories
in the book lend spirit and substance to gardening in northern New
England. They reconnect us to the four gardening cycles of the
year though anecdotes and history, poetry and wit, politics, the
story's of children in the garden patch, and lots of down-to-earth
organic gardening tips.
Woodchuck gardeners stands for thrift, practicality and a connection to
the earth and the cosmos. Growing vegetables, flowers and fruits
in colder climates takes ingenuity, patience and a sense of humor
because one never knows what the weather will be up to. This way
of doing things not only represents a method, but also a way of viewing
life. For example, woodchuck gardeners like to say, "Keep it
simple," or "It depends," and "If it's not one thing, it's
another." They are folks, young and old, who practice common
sense organic gardening. Some even plant seeds by the moon or
constellations, and stir up herbal brews and remedy's.
There are testimonials by Will Rapp, the CEO of Gardener's Supply,
Charlie Nardozzi of the National Gardening Association, Enid Wonnacott
of the Natural Organic Farmer's Association of Vermont & Heinz
Grotski of the Biodynamic Association.
The author of the book is Ron Krupp, a
Vermont Public Radio gardening commentator and garden writer for The
Burlington Free Press. Ron is the coordinator of the 165 plot -
Tommy Thompson Community Garden in the Intervale in Burlington.
* The Woodchuck's Guide to Gardening received
The Christian Science Monitor - Garden Book of the Year Award for New
England in 2002.
Hot weather
recipe idea:
Quick and simple --
You'll need -- Fresh
Mozzarella, fresh  basil,
homegrown or fresh vine
ripe hothouse tomatoes and some really nice extra virgin olive oil with
a little aged spanish vinegar. Slice the tomatoes and mozzarella and
spread on a plate lightly salt, then sprinkle the vinegar first and
then
the oil over everything. Garnish with basil .. yum!
Ludgate's gets fresh homemade mozzarella
delivered
to our little
store every week .. it is made in the Italian neighborhood in Brooklyn
-- the old fashioned way .. we have stocked fresh mozzarella in the
Ithaca area, literally, for decades.
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Grandma Oilei’s Hand & Body Balm and
Body Lotion ...
Now in stock at
Ludgate Farms -- Grandma Oilei’s Hand & Body Balm and Body
Lotions are a family age-old original recipe. They are handcrafted from
cold-pressed, naturally extracted, unrefined pure virgin coconut oil.
Essential oils are added in some recipe. This natural oil, for
thousands of years has bestowed health and radiance to the hair and
skin of the South Pacific Islanders. Exposed to the blistering sun, the
chafing of ocean breeze and weather conditions they are still famed for
their beautiful hair and skin. If it protects and beautifies in harsh
conditions, imagine what it will do for your skin in your environment.
This versatile oil as a skin moisturizer, suntan lotion, or hair
conditioner, no other oil can compare. This final product is of
exceptional quality with rich odors and flavors locked in place, has an
indefinite shelf life as it is still ”living” oil. Automation
processing can not make this quality of pure virgin coconut oil. It
must be slow and labor intensive. The results are well worth the
effort. Some commercially produced coconut oil is called unrefined, but
it does not make it all natural. Many are extracted using a chemical
called hexane, which produces much higher yields but diminishes the
therapeutic benefits of the coconut oil. This pure and natural “living”
oil solidifies below 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Put in warm pan of water to
liquefy.
Sustainable harvested timber on Palau
Island ...
Ludgate Farms now has craft
items locally made with woods from this sustainable tropical source:
Cuban Mahogany (swietenia mahagoni), a rare plantation grown and
sustainable harvested timber on Palau Island is a timelessly elegant
wood of choice for any woodworking project. It has that mystique
appeal! It was preferred by fine furniture builders as one of the most
prized furniture grade wood in the 18th and 19th centuries. Other
tropical woods used on these handcrafted value added products are
Alexandria Laurel (Calophylum inophylum), Narra (Pterocarpus indicus),
Sandalwood (Adenanthera pavonina L.), Mango tree (Magnifera indica) and
Gmelina (Gmelina palauensis). I often utilize and turn board end trims,
shorts and narrow boards that otherwise can not be sold as lumber to
build these handcrafted value added products such as various kitchen,
home and office/desk accessories. Custom work is always welcome!
From the woodworker, Toby: "I am a
local crafter who builds these handcrafted value added products and I
am a local importer of distinct exotic wood from a family managed
plantation grown and sustainable harvested timber. No tropical rainforest trees
were disturbed during harvesting, skidding and transporting operations."
Toby is a native of the South Pacific and is married to a
Tompkins County Native -Mike
Grandpa Lukilei’s Wood Preserver ..
Grandpa Lukilei’s Wood Preserver is a family age-old original recipe.
It is handcrafted from cold pressed, naturally extracted, unrefined
pure virgin coconut oil, beeswax, orange oil and special tropical wood
resin. The virgin coconut oil used in the recipe is chemically
free produced pure “living” oil has an indefinite shelf life.
For thousands of years, South Pacific Islanders used this to preserve
and water proof the hulls of their canoes. Grandpa Lukilei’s wood
preserver, a natural solution that takes dull dry wood and actually
adds moisture back into it to restore it’s original beauty. This
moisturizing formula can help correct water rings, heat and sun damage
that can come from years of exposure to direct sun light. It also can
conceal minor scratches and mars, and protect against humidity and
further water damage. Rub on thin coat; polish with cotton cloth. Apply
two additional coats after 12 hours interval. Repeat this process every
three months or as needed. This new line of wood finish comes in a
small one-oz. jar for $7.99. A little goes a LONG way.
Eating chocolate while pregnant may lead to happier
babies ...
PARIS : Women who munched
on chocolate while they  were pregnant
gave birth to happier babies, according to a study reported in next
Saturday's New Scientist.
University of Helsinki researcher Katri Raikkonen
and colleagues
enrolled more than 300 pregnant women and asked them to rate their
stress levels and chocolate consumption.
Six months after their
child was born, the mothers were asked to gauge
their child's behaviour in such fear, soothability, smiling and
laughter.
"The babies born to women who had been eating
chocolate daily during
pregnancy were more active and 'positively reactive' -- a measure that
encompasses traits such as smiling and laughter," New Scientist says. [
more
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Green Tea Confuses Cancer
Cells
(CBS/AP) Research
at the Mayo
Clinic
shows that a component in green tea helps kill cells of the nation's
most common form of leukemia.
The scientists say the green tea component -- EGCG --
helps kill
the cancer cells by cutting off the communication signals they need to
survive.
The cells used in the study were from patients with B-cell
chronic
lymphocytic leukemia, or CLL. It's most often diagnosed in patients in
their mid-to-late 60s -- and currently, there is no cure. The Leukemia
& Lymphoma Society says symptoms usually develop gradually.
Patients tire more easily and may feel short of breath when physically
active. They may lose weight. They may experience frequent infections
of the skin, lungs, kidneys or other sites.
The findings, reported in an early electronic article in
the journal Blood, show green tea's EGCG killed leukemia cells in
eight of ten patient samples tested. [ rest of article
]
Organic Bananas ...
We have a new more
reliable source for organic bananas.  Bananas are a tropical fruit...
this may seem obvious, but they really do not respond well to
refrigerated produce trucks and walk in coolers. In many markets they
get thrown in with the rest of the produce for storage and then they
turn gray and ugly and the flavor is off. Ours are never refrigerated
(just like our tomatoes) which is why we don't always have them and
also why when we do have them they are yellow, not gray.
Back To
School -- Junk Food Equals Big Profits, Minus Healthy Kids
Commentary,
Michele Simon,
Pacific News Service, Sep 03, 2004
As children head back
to public schools this fall, they will face not
only the usual challenges brought on by shrinking budgets, but also an
increasing onslaught of junk foods, thanks to a powerful industry that
profits from peddling fat and sugar.
In May, a national survey by the Center for Science in the
Public
Interest revealed that 75 percent of beverages and 85 percent of snacks
sold in school vending machines were of poor nutritional quality --
soda, chips, cookies and candy. While nominal nutrition standards apply
to federal school meals, anything goes for all other foods, which are
sold mere steps away from the lunch line. [ more school lunch articles ]
Linda
Stout
... a singer-songwriter from Ithaca, N.Y., introduces her
jazz-infused songwriting on "Good Luck Child." This debut CD features
an intimate sound compared to Dido and Everything But the Girl. She has
been called a female Kenny Rankin. This CD is now on sale
at Ludgate Farms.
Linda
Stout throws CD release party...
The CD release
party for Linda Stout's "Good Luck
Child" was held Saturday Oct. 23,
3-5 p.m.
at the Moosewood
Restaurant in the Dewitt Mall.
Admission is free, but arrive early to get a seat. Moosewood will cater
the event, and there will be a cash bar. CDs will be sold at a
discount. Linda will play songs from her CD, other songs she wrote and
some jazz standards with Charlie Shew on percussion (Samite of
Uganda,
Hank Roberts, formerly Robbie Dupree, Orleans) and Joseph Prusch on
bass (Joseph is also a fiddler).
Linda's spare
jazz-infused singing and
playing, which even has
acoustic and roots elements, has been compared to Everything But
the
Girl and Dido. She has been called a female Kenny Rankin for how she
melds jazz, pop and folk on guitar and baritone ukulele.
Ghost Cat
Records
www.LindaStout.com
Linda@LindaStout.com
News tidbits from OCA
A Yale student
cafeteria has gone organic, and in the process, has become so popular,
students are actually counterfeiting IDs to eat there. More...
Given
the rise in childhood obesity and related diseases, the Seattle School Board has
unanimously voted to ban soda and junk food
machines in the city's 100 schools. The board also voted to increase
the use of locally grown and organic foods in the school lunches. These
policies are among the strongest in the nation to date. More...
The mystery of the disappearing art .... Do
you folks remember this (see photo below)? It has been stolen or
relocated!! Please email Jeni if have any info ..... Jeni
Wightman
Original posting from Jeni Wightman below. I posted it to
satisfy the
curiosity of our neighborhood. It was a living art exhibition and
should have gone until harvest. -m
"Corn and Bean
- a Native American seed
installation
SEASON: June 7-
harvest
GALLERY HOURS: dawn to
dusk or moonlit poison ivy rendez-vous
SITE: Northrup King
planted corn field near the intersection of Hanshaw Road and Freese
Road, across from Ludgate
Farms
Gourmet Country Market (1552 Hanshaw Road).
Sponsored in part by the American
Indian Program
More Information? email me." Jeni
Wightman
"ORGANIC FOODS SLOW GLOBAL
CLIMATE CHANGE"
From OCA: "The Rodale
Institute has
found that supporting organic  agriculture reduces negative impacts on
global climate change. Conventional farming uses large amounts of
synthetic fertilizers made from fossil fuels. The manufacture and use
of these petroleum-based products make up as much as 30% of the
agriculture industry's output of carbon dioxide. Organic farmers rely
on manure and other organic matter for fertilization, which the Rodale
Institute reports actually allows carbon to be stored safely in the
soil. Buying locally grown foods also protects against unneeded
greenhouse gas emissions. On average, food travels 1,500 miles in the
U.S. before landing on the dinner table. Learn more..."
New! Pika's
Quiche in our freezer ...
"A Pika's
Quiche is an old fashioned quiche prepared from my (Belgian)
grandmother's recipe. Every one of our quiches is hand made from
scratch, using only the freshest and - if the season allows - local
ingredients."
Serve
the quiche as a palate teaser or as a main dish, or  even as hors
d'oeuvres. For many customers, Pika's Quiche has become the ideal
brunch... for others it is an ideal gourmet lunch. In other words the
possibilities are endless and will seduce everyone! They're great
for
Weddings, Birthdays, Anniversaries, Engagements, Special Events,
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas Gifts, Ladies Lunches, Baby Showers,
..... or if you, just like us, enjoy good and honest food and want
to
add a touch of delicious homestyle cuisine to your breakfast, brunch or
dinner, a Pika's Quiche is the perfect meal!
These are pre-cooked. The
small quiches heat in the microwave quickly. -m
Load up on greens to lose weight....
Smart use of
salads reduces overall calorie consumption
By
Karen Collins, R.D.
Updated: 10:34
a.m. ET April 02, 2004
"Maybe
you’ve had this experience: After arriving at a  restaurant, ravenously
hungry, you first eat a good-sized salad. Later, when the main course
arrives, all you can do is nibble and pick at it. If this has happened
to you, you’ve stumbled across a good weight management strategy.
Research
shows that starting with a large salad can help cut overall calorie
consumption at a meal. But your approach to the meal, as well as the
salad’s size and composition, make a difference. To prove that salads
can cut calorie intake, Pennsylvania State University researchers...
" [ more ]
Around Ithaca music calendars for:
The Rongo
The ABC Cafe
The Ithaca Common Ground
The Chapter House
Castaways
The Lost Dog Cafe
The Nines
Free Ithaca Downtown Summer Concert Series [ here...
]
Free concerts on the Cornell Arts Quad [ here...
]
Hiking Trail guide
available at
Ludgate's ...
"Guide to Trails
of the Finger Lakes Region" This is the little blue book with
all the cool topo maps! (2002 most recent edition) Describes 126.8
miles
of main FLT (Finger
Lakes Hiking Trail) from South Bradford on map M13 to O'Dell Road on
map M19.
Also Queen Catherine Marsh Trail, Interloken Trail, Abbott Loop, and
Virgil Mountain Spur. Published by the Cayuga Trails Club, with maps.
Great for Day hikers or serious overnight backpackers. $7.95 [ more ]
Not for cycling - for
bicycling trail information visit your local bike shops.
Christi Sobel: "My
hometown and birthplace is Ithaca, NY, and I lived there until I went
off to college, when I more-or-less relocated to the Phildelphia area.
A few years  after finishing my undergrad degree in biology
and studio art, I decided I wanted to follow my heart, leave crowded
Philly for greener and more relaxed pastures, and go ahead and be an
artist. Fortunately, it's been a successful and adventurous life, using
my pen as my passport to many places in the US and soon to the world.
In 1998, I completed a graduate course of study in Scientific
Illustration at UC Santa Cruz, and interned at the Royal Botanic
Gardens, Kew, in London, in the fall of 1998. I currently reside in
beautiful upstate NY, where I am freelancing on a variety of projects
and developing a line of notecards featuring my artwork."
Shade Grown
Coffee ...
What is it? Extracted from the Songbird
Foundation website: "Many
of the birds
populating North America each
summer spend their
winters in 'Coffee Country' in
Northern Latin America. Traditional
coffee plantations provide some of the last remaining forests of this
region, providing essential habitat for the birds. Hummingbirds,
swallows, warblers, orioles, tanagers and other native and migratory
birds find a safe haven in the remaining forests of shade coffee
plantations. Studies in Colombia and Mexico found 94-97% fewer bird
species in "sun grown" coffee plantations than in "shade grown" coffee.
Most birds find food and shelter in the canopy of the shade coffee
plantations, while there is very little food and shelter in sun grown
coffee plantations." [ more ]
Here's
a great "under twenty dollars gift idea" from the local  pottery
folks at Frog Hill - we always have lots of these mugs in stock. "The
pots emerge from the fire transformed from soft brown clay into
colorful, durable stoneware. The potter has anticipated the changes
caused by the firing and made the pieces subtly different than the
forms he is seeking. Still every firing brings exciting surprises, and
some losses. It is a time for re-evaluation of artistic direction and
fresh inspiration for a new cycle of creating." [ more ]
Great gift idea....
How about chocolate,
flowers and a massage?
Ludgate Farms is teaming up with Laurie Roe of Healing Hands of Ithaca!
Laurie Roe, MS, LMT has been in massage practice in Ithaca, New York
since 1996 after
graduating from the Finger Lakes School of Massage.
She also has a masters degree in clinical nutrition from the University
of Chicago. Her clients regularly tell her they like her work because
it is deep and satisfying, a “real” massage. She has had extra training
in sports massage and also works for Cornell Outdoor Education as a sea
kayak instructor. Her new office is centrally located in downtown
Ithaca. Please call for prices. Package deals are available. Healing
Hands of Ithaca: Laurie
Roe, MS NYS Licensed
Massage Therapist. Massage Gift
Certificates are now available at Ludgate
Farms
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