Local, Fresh, Organic, Sustainable: Zen Village Farmer's Market

The Zen Village Farmer's Market is bringing local farmers together with the goal of providing affordable organic produce to the public.

The market is open every Sunday from 9am-3pm at Zen Village, 3570 Main Hwy., Coconut Grove. Information at 305-567-0165 and online at www.zenvillage.org.

Zen Village is a multi-cultural, united-faith organization and Buddhist temple that promotes spiritual well-being, diversity, and holistic wellness. The center offers healthy lifestyle education and wellness techniques that promote healing and self development. Zen Village's focus is to train instructors and healers to become community leaders in the holistic wellness professions with the hope of bringing on a healthier and better community. The mission of Zen Village is to teach individuals to nurture self and others by providing valuable ancient wisdom on holistic harmony in people's lives.

The goal with the Farmer's Market is to promote sustainable healthy living! Nutrition plays a big role in the cultivation of wellness. It is important to be mindful of the foods we eat.

Embracing sustainable living is a cyclic and synergistic effort. Local farmers are encouraged to do what they do best: grow healthy and organic produce free of pesticides, GMO agents, and other dangerous toxins. But most important of all, they grow them with love!

Consumers are always encouraged to eat whole foods that have been cultivated with integrity for overall good health. Hence, good nutrition is an important component for overall well-being. Thus, the farmer-consumer relationship is synergistic because the more local organically grown produce consumed, the more farmers are encouraged to continue their business at affordable prices.

Zen Village understands the importance of this relationship and offers the center free of charge to the farmers every Sunday.

A special emphasis of Asian vegetables will be showcased along with delicious foods prepared by professional chefs!

Welcome to Miami and the Beaches
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter
Download the FREE iPhone App

Take Your Special Someone to Truluck's in Miami and Enjoy the Date Night Menu

Truluck's in Miami has the perfect menu planned for that someone special. At just $39 per person, diners chose one appetizer, one entrée, and share one desert from the special prix fixe Date Night menu.

Appetizer Choices:

• Crab and Corn Chowder
• Sonoma Greens Salad
• Knife and Fork Caesar Salad

Entrée Choices:

• Viking Village Sea Scallops (Topped with heirloom tomatoes and local fruit in a sweet and spicy vinaigrette with steamed broccolini)
• 5 oz Center-Cut Filet of Beef (With chimichurri, horseradish-goat cheese and parmesan mashed potatoes)
• Sesame-Crusted Hawaiian Tuna (Served with tamari wine sauce and parmesan mashed potatoes)
• Cioppino (A feast of seven fishes! Tomatoes and fresh herbs simmered with seasonal fish, calamari, crab, mussels and gulf shrimp)

Dessert Choices:

• Carrot Cake
• Chocolate Malt Cake

In addition to the items on the Date Night menu, Truluck's works hard to bring diners the best-tasting, sustainable ingredients that make sense for the plate, the palate, and the planet. Truluck's believes that as responsible restaurateurs, they must be champions in the sustainable seafood movement. That's why Truluck's will never serve endangered, overfished species and follows all Ocean Conservancy guidelines.

Environmental stewardship and sustainability drive all aspects of Truluck's operations. For this reason, Truluck's purchased their own crab fisheries to ensure all crab is caught and prepared safely and humanely. Truluck's respects the seasonal cycles of marine life and does not serve seafood out of season. This protects aquaculture and ensures better-tasting, higher-quality food.

Florida's famous stone crabs at Truluck's

Truluck's is so committed to fresh Florida crab that the company employees a group of crabbers who crab exclusively for Truluck's at their very own fisheries on the Isle of Capri just outside of Naples, Fla.

Each day the boats go out into the turquoise waters of the Gulf of Mexico, set their traps, and catch the crab. They then return to our fisheries where Truluck's chefs prepare the crab, size them and pack them in ice. Then they're off to the airport, and ultimately transported to a Truluck's restaurant. The crabs go from traps to table in less than 24 hours!

Truluck's also serves 100% antibiotic- and hormone-free Niman Ranch beef, pork and lamb. Niman Ranch and its family farmers raise livestock traditionally and humanely, and feed all animals only the highest-quality 100% vegetarian feeds. All animals are raised exclusively on environmentally sustainable U.S. family-owned farms and ranches.

Truluck's also features more than 100 wines by the sampling, glass and bottle. 

The only Trucluk's location in Miami is at 777 Brickell Ave., in beautiful Brickell Key. Hours of operation are: Lunch: Monday-Friday, noon-3pm; Cocktail Hour in the Stone Crab Lounge: Monday-Friday, 3pm-7pm, Saturday, 5pm-7pm, Sunday, 5pm-close; Dinner: Sunday-Thursday, 5pm-10pm; Friday-Saturday, 5pm-11pm. For more information please call 305-579-0035 or visit www.trulucks.com.

There are also South Florida Truluck's location in Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton. In Fort Lauderdale at 2584A East Sunrise Blvd. For more information please call 954-396-5656 or visit their website. In Boca Raton at 351 Plaza Real. For more information please call 561-391-0755 or visit their website.

Welcome to Miami and the Beaches Magazine
Like us on Facebook
Follow us on Twitter