Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, October 29th, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. Exit. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
We are an authorized Bridge Card Farmers Market
The Kraut Boys Return!
Jon Erickson and Scott Matus will be at the market at 11:00am to show us their world famous and entertaining kraut making techniques!
Foodies Rejoice!
New this week! Cowslip Creamery Artisan Cheeses, Northern Naturals Apple Cider, Maple Moon Farm Fried Cakes! Little Rooster Flatbread Crackers!
The Return of the Funny Farm!
We welcome the return of Jim & Barb Loe, well-known long time organic farmers this Saturday!
At this week’s market:
Funny Farm of Grant
Long-time Sweetwater customers will remember that Jim & Barb Loe were one of our original founding farms back in 2005 when we first opened the market! They’ll be joining our winter market occasionally when they have extra produce from their CSA. This week they’re bringing Garlic & Potatoes! Welcome back you two!
Northern Naturals LLC of Kaleva
Hugh Bowling of Fruitful Acres, a partner in Northern Naturals, has been bringing us great berries and tree fruit for years now. This week you’ll find their fresh pressed Certified Organic Apple Cider and Concentrated Cherry Juice at the Creswick Farms booth. Freshly pressed and full of deliciousness!
Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica
NEW ITEMS! In addition to Grassfield’s Goudas, we will now carry a selection of cheeses from Cowslip Creamery! Located on Lubbers Farm in West Michigan, Cowslip is dedicated to making excellent cheese the old fashioned way, by hand, using fresh milk from cows grazing sustainable pastures. This week try either the artisan Phocas, or Brigid. Also we’ll have a selection of delicious Flatbread Crackers from the Lubber’s on-farm Little Rooster Bakery! And don’t forget to try our newest jam creations: Special Late Harvest Rubel (a wild heirloom blueberry) and Smooth Operator Red Plum.
Editors note: Be sure to check out the story at the M-Live Blog on Chickadee Creek Farm this week: http://topics.mlive.com/tag/Sweetwater%20Local%20Foods%20Market/index.html
Maple Moon Farm of Shelby
TRY OUR FAMOUS JONES FAMILY FRY CAKES! Old-fashioned, home-made doughnuts. This recipe handed down through the generations, has been adjusted by Amanda to include local and organic ingredients, including our homegrown potatoes and West Michigan grown organic whole wheat pastry flour. These are a real treat! We will have both the original, which are rolled in cinnamon and sugar, and pumpkin spice, which are made with our own pie pumpkins. They are a special, available this week, perfect with fall apple cider or a hot cup of coffee. They will be sold individually or by the dozen.
VEGGIES: Kale, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Lettuce, Arugula, Beet Greens, Radishes, Salad Turnips with greens, Potatoes, Onions, Garlic, Winter Squash, Pie Pumpkins, Leeks, and Carrots.
We will have an abundance of butternut squash!
Bulk greens are available, please email your order to maplemoonfarm@gmail.com
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
VEGGIES ~ Regular Green Cabbage, Savoy Cabbage, maybe some Red Cabbage, Celery, Celeriac, Cauliflower, Broccoli, Sweet Potatoes, Winter Squash, many varieties! Green Peppers (we got more picked!), Carrots, Beets; Potatoes; Hot peppers, Kohlrabi. Herbs: Parsley, Cilantro, and Rosemary.
BEEF ~ BEEF SALE: Beef Hearts are $2 per lb. Soup bones are $1 per lb. Make your beef stock! Other cuts available this week:
- We have lean Ground Beef!
- Porterhouse, Tenderloin and Sirloin steaks
- Sirloin Tip, Rolled Rump and Chuck Roasts
- Stew Meat & Short Ribs
- Liver, Tongue, Oxtail.
Our steers are on lush rotational pastures from May to November. They get all our quality hay they can eat, plus a little home-grown and ground- on-the-farm grain mostly in winter. Feeding cows small amounts of good grains are like humans eating small portions of dessert. It’s ok for them as long as grass and legumes are their main diet. The steers are hung to age and processed by Ebel’s Meats in Falmouth, a family-run USDA operation.
Quarters of BEEF for sale. This is the most economical way to purchase beef. Talk to me or email for more information. We have 2 quarters still available for sale. It will be ready the end of October. www.earthscapefarm@gmail.com
ORGANIC OLIVE OIL from Palestine! 500 ML Bottles. Organic, Extra Virgin and Cold Pressed. This oil is imported by Higher Grounds Coffee.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags. New large shipment this week. Certified organic, Fair Trade. Various types, beans or ground, dark or light roast, full caf, half caf or decaf. Try a cup at the Sweetwater Market table!
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Pasture Raised, Antibiotic & Hormone Free, Artisanal Meats
BEEF
Cube Steak
Ground Beef in 1 lb. packages
Ground Beef patties
Gourmet Burgers – Ground Beef with Bacon
Corned Beef Hash! Perfect for when you want a quick meal, with potatoes and spice already added, or add eggs for breakfast! 1# pkg.
CHICKEN
Chicken Breasts, boneless, skinless
Chicken Leg Quarters
Chicken Patties, BBQ or Plain. 1# 4/pr pkg.
PORK
Pork Tenderloin is back!
Pork Chops
Pork Steak
Bacon, Apple & Hickory Smoked
Breakfast Sausage Bulk & Links
Italian Bulk Sausage!
SPECIALTY SAUSAGES & MEATS
New! Oberon Brats! Nathan has been promising a beer brat since 2005, the year we opened the market, and he has finally delivered a great new sausage, made with LOCAL beer!
Garlic Kielbasa Sausage
Chorizo
Deli Ham Slices
Deli Sliced Old Fashioned Bologna. We kicked up the garlic and black pepper a notch, try it and you’ll be hooked!
Pepperoni Slices
Pancetta. Italian style, cured, seasoned & spiral sliced in small bundles.
EGGS No soy in chicken feed. $3.25 a dozen.
PRE-ORDERS. Space limitations force us to carry only the most asked for meats. If you want to be sure to get the meats you want every week, PRE-ORDERING is the way to go. Take a look at the complete product list here: www.CreswickFarms.com
Email or call Diana Jancek at dijaan1@charter.net or (231)893-3937 no later than midnight on the Monday evening before the next market and she will have it ready for you to pick up on Saturday
Facebook Fan Page:
http://www.facebook.com/CreswickFarms
Liberty Family Farm and Bakery of Hart
Fresh Eggs from happy hens on pasture!
FRESH GREENS & RADISHES FROM THE HOOPHOUSE
Lettuce heads, Swiss chard, kale and spinach.
BAKERY OFFERINGS
Fresh Quiches
GF Applespice cake.
New Regular & GF pumpkin patch bread
New! Spooky Chocolate cupcakes
New! Coffee cream brownies
New! Harvest Cookies
New! Butter Nut squach galettes
A variety of Breakfast Cookies.
Multigrain rolls, morning glory muffins, apple muffins, fresh corn muffins.
Pumpkin cinnamon rolls
Granola
Pumpkin scones
Cranberry Apple Bars
Fresh Eggs from happy hens on pasture!
Shady Side Farm of Holland
Soup time – and we’ve got the perfect grown-on-our farm Heirloom Dry Beans for your pot! Choose from Hutterite Soup, Yellow Indian Woman, Hidatsa Red, Jacob’s Cattle, Black Valentine, or our two standards, the Black Turtle and Red Pinto. Freshly harvested and Certified organic!
And we’ll take along handwoven rag rugs (made from recycled materials), fresh-from-the-farm wool socks, yarn and roving for spinning.
Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery of Hart
Our breads are all made from 100% organic flours and grains. Nearly all of our breads are naturally-leavened using a levain that we cultivate on site in our bakery. All of our doughs undergo a long, slow fermentation process that produces extraordinarily flavorful and easily digestible breads. The grand finale: our breads are baked in a handbuilt ,wood-fired brick oven which creates loaves of amazing texture and beauty!
This week’s SPECIALTY BREAD:
Rosemary Round: Local, freshly chopped rosemary transforms our light wheat bread into something althogether new. $5.50
OUR NINE WEEKLY VARIETIES:
Homesteader’s Wheat (A light wheat bread with a wonderfully chewy crust) $5.00
Oceana Round ( Rustic Italian country bread) $5.00
Third Coast Three Seed (Sunnies, Sesames, and Flax in a light wheat) $5.50
Annie’s Raisin Spice (sweet organic raisins, organic cinnamon, and freshly ground cardamon) $6.00
The Michigander (made with Michigan-grown whole wheat—dark and soulful) $5.50
Griff’s 8-Grain (Hearty, hearty! Eight organic grains and a bit of Michigan honey) $6.50
Finn’s Pecan Raisin Pecan (Jam packed with pecans and organic raisins) $8.25
Elbridge Parmesan Olive (Sumptuous parmesan and Kalamata black olives) $8.00
Irish Cheddar Peppercorn (Smooth Irish Cheddar and tongue-tingling organic black pepper) $8.00
Pastries for Saturday: We will be baking our Delightful Pecan Date Scones, Cranberry Orange Scones, Truly Ginger Scones, and our Michigan Cherry Scones. All of our scones are made with organic butter and cream, fresh eggs, and a pinch of organic sugar. We will also be baking our Expedition Cookies, our Tree Hugger PB Cookies, and our Deep Mud Brownies.
***HAVE YOU TRIED OUR GRANOLA LATELY? We make two different varieties of granola including:
MOUNTAIN CRUNCH GRANOLA: organic oats, organic sunflower seeds, organic coconut, sliced almonds, Michigan honey, organic coconut oil, pure vanilla, sea salt. $6.00/pound
LAUGHING TREE PEANUT BUTTER GRANOLA: organic oats, organic sunflower seeds, organic coconut, Michigan honey, Michigan-made peanut butter, organic coconut oil, pure vanilla, sea salt. $6.00/ pound
Both of these granolas are baked in our wood-fired brick oven after the intense bread-baking heat has dissipated (after several days). They are baked at a low temperature to ensure that the nutrients in the grains and seeds remain intact! Please note, these granolas are SWEETENED ONLY WITH MICHIGAN HONEY! There is absolutely no refined sugar in them. They are both wonderful with milk or yogurt or as part of a trail mix. Our children love them! Come have a taste… At least one variety will be available at the market each week.
We are truly honored to bake for you and your family.
Hilde and Charlie Muller
Bees & Botanicals of Spring Lake
Pretty, Practical & Organic products for the home
Certified Organic Soap– Great selection of all the favorites available such as Lemongrass Tea, Oats & Spice & Lavender
Featured soap this week: Fresh Cedar Forest has the same great organic bases as our other soaps with calendula petals added as well as essential oils of cedar and lemongrass. A light, fresh but distinctive scent liked by men and women.
Nature does it best with Michigan beeswax candles from tea lights to tapers. Bright and long burning,
Smooth & rolled tapers, and many other fun shapes to choose from. Great with fall colors and textures.
Lip Balms– smooth, moisturizing blend, current flavors: Grapefruit, Natural
Organic Lavender Dryer Bags back in 2 sizes & Organic Lavender Sachets (smell great and natural moth deterrent)
Hand made cards & gift tags for bags, boxes & wine bottles and a variety of gift boxes for soaps
Olson Farm of Shelby
We’ll return next week.
Hickory Ridge Family Farm of Hart
We will bring fresh and frozen turkey and will be taking orders for Thanksgiving turkeys.
Last but not least
First Notice! By unanimous vote of the vendors, Sweetwater will be CLOSED on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 26th. We’ve been tracking this day for a few years now and it seems people are either too full to think about food, or are out scooping up Super Saturday bargains! Thanks, and please pass on to folks who might not read this.
If you would like to become a Friend of the Market for a suggested donation of $20.00, which entitles you to a free cup of coffee at every market you attend for a full year, please see me at the market this Saturday! We will also have Higher Grounds Coffee by the Cup for a suggested donation of $1.00.
Hope to see you at the market!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager
We are an authorized Bridge Card farmers market!