Field Notes
The Chef’s Perspective
By Bri Farrell – Chesapeake Harvest Regional Sales Manager
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Sweet Potato Gnocchi
- Two pounds of sweet potatoes (any color)
- 2/3 cup whole milk ricotta cheese
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese
- 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
- 1/4 teaspoon fresh grated nutmeg
- 1 1/2 cups flour (more for dusting)
- Wash the potatoes well. Puncture a few times with a fork. Wrap in a damp paper towel, and microwave until soft, about 7 minutes. Or, bake in the oven for about an hour. Scoop the flesh into a mixing bowl. Discard the skin. Mix the ricotta, parmesan, nutmeg and salt until well combined and almost completely smooth. Add the flour 1/2 cup at a time, kneading very gently after each addition (don’t over knead it or it will become tough).
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Food Safety is Everyone’s Responsibility
Everyone wants safe food. Consumers want to have faith that the foods they consume won’t make them ill, and farmers want to provide a product that is as free of risk as possible. One of Chesapeake Harvest’s primary missions, as we cultivate economic opportunities for farmers, is to support our region’s specialty crop producers in their food safety goals. For farmers, this is a complex task that, depending on customer demands, can require a written food safety plan, annual and pre-harvest risk assessments, frequent water testing, training workers in health and hygiene policies, wildlife monitoring, frequent equipment cleaning, intensive record keeping, the capacity to implement the plan and pass an annual audit, and many more details.

December Produce Picks
Carrots
You may see carrots as a backdrop vegetable, something you can’t live without but that rarely make center stage on your table. Allow us to shine a spotlight on fall carrots! One taste and you’ll be ready to give them a starring role in your fall menus. The secret is in the sweetness. When temperatures drop, certain plants begin converting natural starches to sugars to help prevent them from freezing. Lucky for us, because all that survival instinct means that carrots and other cold-hardy vegetables actually get sweeter as the mercury drops. Contrary to folklore, they won’t give you the ability to see in the dark. But, carrots do contain copious quantities of carotenoids which guard against vision loss, cancer, stroke, and other diseases. Use them raw, roasted, souped or stewed. Or try juicing them into a nifty sangria!
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