Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, October 9th, 2021
10:00am to 11:00am
Mercy Health Lakes Village
6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd.
Below you will find a list of who is coming and what they’ll have on hand for walk up purchasing! If you love stumper mushrooms as much as we do be sure to visit George Saturday – he’s got them!
And Blackbird Farm has first week for beautiful brussels sprouts! Check out the list and we’ll see you all at the market tomorrow!
Vendors attending Saturday October 9th :
Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
We are looking forward to serving up a whole host of delicious veggies for this Saturday’s market! (Please note that these are for walk-up sales only.)
This week, we celebrate the arrival of October with a panoply of fall harvest delights:
BRUSSELS SPROUTS: This year’s harvest is looking spectacular. A very popular crop, and we have only a limited supply this week. You have been warned.
SALAD TURNIPS: A fall delicacy, for those who know. Tender, mild turnips developed for fresh eating. The greens are delicious also.
CAULIFLOWER: Everyone’s favorite fall vegetable makes its first appearance this season. Limited quantities.
lettuce, beautiful red butterhead and loose leaf
kale, red and green curly
microgreens, radish and arugula
parsley
purple mini cabbages
storage cabbages, purple and green
Murdoc cabbages, the first choice for kraut
kohlrabi, purple and green
radishes, possibly the last of the season
celery, perfect for all your fall soups and stews
scallions
carrots
beets
sweet peppers
hot peppers
shallots
yellow onions
and our exclusive family heirloom garlic
***Be sure to ask Forrest what goodies he has this week. He will have his usual, of course, but I also caught inklings that he’s baking up some other delights as well.***
Looking forward to seeing friends old and new this Saturday morning!
Greg Dunn
Michigan’s Finest Mushrooms
I will also have the following available for market:
Maitake (hen of the woods) $15 per pound
Honey mushroom (stumpers) $8 per pound
Great for soups and stews.
Thanks,
George
Michigan’s Finest Mushrooms
(773) 383-4243
Georosie84@yahoo.com
Earthscape Farm
Find on our table Saturday: SAVOY AND RED CABBAGE! BROCCOLI! CAULIFLOWER! Colorful Sweet Peppers! Poblano and Felicity heatless jalapeños! Onions! Eggplant! and whatever else we may have extra in the garden. We keep growing too much!
WE HAVE A NEW SUPPLY OF BEEF SO SHOULD HAVE MOST ITEMS!
Note: We will have a limited selection of beef cuts with us for Walk up purchase, but please try to get a preorder in to get exactly what you want.
SALE ITEMS: BEEF BROTH BONES $2 / LB; LIVER $3.50 PER LB; BEEF ROASTS! BUY TWO, GET 10% OFF!
We have 2 remaining Quarters of Beef for sale. Are you interested? Cut, wrapped and frozen ~~ they are all about $630. You save about $100 per quarter buying it like this.
Please let us know if you want to pay at pick up (cash or checks made out to Earthscape Farm), or on line with a Square invoice.
Email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
All the cuts are below, and orders are filled in the order we receive them.
Tenderloin $20 / lb. 2 per package OUT
Porterhouse $14/lb 1 per package
New York Strip $14 / lb 2 per package
T Bone Steak $13/ lb. 2 per package
Rib Steaks $12 /lb. 2 per package
Sirloin Steak $10/lb. 1 per package
Flank Steak $10 / lb. 1 per package OUT
Hanger Steak $10 / lb 1 per package OUT
Stew Meat $7 per lb.
Kabob beef $7 per lb.
Skirt Steak $7/lb
Cubed Steak $7/lb. .5 to 1.5# per package
Round Steak $6.50/lb. .5 to 1.5# per package
Rolled Rump, English and Arm Roast $8.00/lb. 2 – 3.5 # each BUY 2, get 10% off!
Brisket $8 per lb.
Chuck Roast $7.50 per lb.
Ground Chuck! $7.50 per lb.
Ground Beef $6.50/lb. ~ 1/2# and 1# packages
Ground Beef Patties $7.50 per lb. 2 per package and 4 per package
Short Ribs $5 per lb.
Liver $4/lb ON SALE $3.50 PER LB.
Heart $3 per lb.
Tongue $3.50 per lb.
Oxtail $5 per lb.
Soup Bones $2.50 per lb. ON SALE $2 PER LB.
CONTACT: Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
CONTACT: Patrice and Bill Bobier
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
Thanksgiving Turkey Pre Order
$6.25 per lb.
Happy Fall! The farm is overflowing with delicious food. We are so excited that Fall is here! There are so many veggies & meats available to cook with!
VEGETABLE OFFERINGS– We have a large amount of delicious vegetables in the garden ready for picking!
New! Kennebec Potatoes $5.00 per bag
New! Broccoli $5.00 per bag
New! Brussel Sprouts $5.00 per bag
Red Norland Potatoes $5.00 per bag
Onions $4.00 per bag
Chard $5.00 per bunch
Winterbor Kale $5.00
Laccinato Kale $5.00
Red Cabbage lg $8.00 per head
Green Cabbage lg $ 7.00 large
Arugula $5.00
Red Lettuce $5.00 per bag
Sage by bag $3.00
Basil by bag $3.00
Farm Fresh Free Range Eggs $5.00 per dozen
DAHLIA BOUQUETS – we still have an abundant beautiful selection of flowers.
Autumn orange, yellow.burgundy, and creamy white bouquet large $20.00
Pink, purple, and white bouquet $20.00
Zinnias by the bunch $10.00
Mixed fall bouquet $10.00 with a variety of flowers!
PASTURED CHICKEN
Whole Chicken $5.00 per lb avg weight 5-7 lbs
Breasts $10.25 lb avg. weight per pkg 1-1.3 lbs
Thighs $6.00/lb
Drumsticks $5.75/lb
Wings $5.75/lb
Broth Pack $4.00
Livers $5.00
PASTURED TURKEY
Maple Sage Breakfast Sausage $7.00/lb
Garlic Basil Sausage $7.00/lb
Turkey Drumsticks $5.00/lb
Wings $5.00/lb
PASTURED PORK
Pork Chops $8.00/lb
Pork Roasts $8.00 lb
Ribs $8.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Slices $8.50/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Hocks $6.00 lb
Italian Brats $9.00/lb
BAKERY OFFERINGS
Bakery preorders due by 1:00, we will have limited baked goods available for walk up customers Saturday. Thank you very much!
The Wrights
Liberty Family Farm
231-873-3737
libertyff@gmail.com
Funny Farm of Grant
Hello to all our Sweetwater friends! We accept Senior Project Fresh and
WIC Project fresh coupons and credit cards, cash & checks at market.
If there’s something you really want, text me at 734 945 0720 and we’ll
reserve it for you. Our offerings this week are:
Potatoes, Nicola, best flavor, IMHO; Harvest Moon, blue outside, gold inside, qt box $3 (approx 1.5 lbs.)
Red Peppers
Orange and Purple carrots $3 lb.
Kale, curly and Swiss chard $3/ .5 lb.
Onions, giant Red and Yellow $2 each, smaller size $2 lb.
Shallots, Red $2/4 oz.
Leeks $2 each
Winter squash, Acorn 3/4 – 1.5#; Spaghetti, small 1-2#, large 3#;
Delicata 3/4 – 1#; Heirloom Butternut small 1#, med. 1.5-2#, large 3#,
priced at market. (about $1 lb.)
Cabbages, large ones
Herbs, Parsley, Cilantro, Dill frond 1 oz bunches $1 & $2
Jellies, Elderberry, Wild grape, Blueberry, Apple and new this year our
own Blackberry! All low sugar varieties. $7
Himalayan salt, regular and smoked apricot and hickory $5 reg. and $8 smoked
I’m working on dried items. Coming soon, kale powder, onions and
scallions, parsley, shiitake mushroom powder.
Barb & Jim Loe
Funny Farm
Hello to all our Sweetwater friends! We accept Senior Project Fresh and
WIC Project fresh coupons and credit cards, cash & checks at market. Here’s our
offerings this week:
If there’s something you really want, send us an email and we’ll
reserve it for you. Our offerings this week are:
Potatoes, Nicola, Pinto, mottled pink and white with yellow/gold flesh,
All Blue, and Harvest Moon, blue outside, gold inside, qt box $3 (approx
1.5#)
Orange and Purple carrots $3 lb.
Kale, curly and Swiss chard $3/ .5 lb.
Onions, giant Red and Yellow $2 each, smaller size $2 lb.
Shallots, Red $2/4 oz.
Leeks $2 each
Winter squash, Acorn 3/4 – 1.5#; Spaghetti, small 1-2#, large 3#;
Delicata 3/4 – 1#; Heirloom Butternut small 1#, med. 1.5-2#, large 3#,
priced at market. (about $1 lb.)
Herbs, Parsley, Cilantro, Dill frond 1 oz bunches $1 & $2
Jellies, Elderberry, Wild grape, Blueberry, Apple and new this year our
own Blackberry! All low sugar varieties. $7
Himalayan salt, regular and smoked apricot and hickory $5 reg. and $8 smoked
I’m working on dried items. Coming soon, kale powder, onions and
scallions, parsley, shiitake mushroom powder.
Barb & Jim Loe
Funny Farm
Pine Row Farm of Rothbury
Hello,
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. I will plan to get totals emailed out by 9:00pm. If you don’t get a response from me, please contact me. We accept cash or check payable to Pine Row Farm.
100% grass fed beef:
NY strip steaks $13.75/#
Brisket $8/#
Arm roasts $7.50/#
English roasts $7.50/#
Chuck roasts $7.50/#
Ground sirloin $10/#
Ground round $7/#
Ground beef $6.50/#
Short ribs $6.50/#
Shank $5/#
Suet $1/#
Liver $4/#
Soup bones $2/#
We sell by halves and quarters!
Poultry
Our poultry is all free range with certified organic feed available.
Aracauna chicken eggs: $6/dozen
Honey
We have the following honey:
Plastic squeeze bottles:
12 oz bear $6
1# raw $8
2# $12
Glass canning jars:
Half pint raw $6
Pint raw $10
Quart raw $16
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Glass jars only. Mother Hubbard’s maple syrup:
Quarts $16
Pints $10
Kasza Sugar Bush Maple Syrup
Glass containers.
Gallons $55
Quarts $16
Pork
Our Idaho Pasture Pigs are growing nicely. They are incredibly entertaining as they race around outside. 🙂 We do already have a waiting list for pork halves. Please contact us if you wish to be added.
See you Saturday!
Sarah (and Bill and the kids),
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215
The Pasturage LLC of Montague
Now on! Boneless Leg of Lamb is 10% off.
Also, we have whole racks of mutton available for $12/lb and mutton chops for $13/lb.
Finally we are taking pre-orders for rabbit. They will be available fresh on Sat. Oct. 16. Check out how they are raised here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Finally, advance notice: we will not be at Sweetwater on Oct. 23, but we will be at Muskegon.
Available this week:
LAMB
Sausage
Breakfast links. $14.00lb. Around a 1# package, natural casings.
Sweet Italian links. $14.00lb. Around a 1# package, natural casings.
Bratwurst. $14.00lb. Around a 1# package, natural casings.
Garlic Bratwurst. $14.00lb. Around a 1# package, natural casings.
Roasts
OUT Boneless Shoulder Roast. $8.00lb. Braise, appraise and rave. Avg. 3.3
Bone-in Shoulder Roast. $8.00lb. Bone in, avg 2 – 2.75 lb per pkg
Neck Roast. $8.00lb. Wine and dine. Avg 2 lbs per pack.
Sirloin Roast. $14.00lb. Melt in your mouth amazing. 1 per pack, boneless, netted, avg. 1.2 lbs per pack.
Bone-in Leg of lamb. $10.00lb. Epitome of a roast. Around 4 lbs each.
Boneless Leg of lamb. $10.00lb. Any way you cut it: delicious. Netted, range 3-4 lbs. per pack.
Shanks, 2″. $10.00lb. Beautiful Osso Bucco. Three 2” pcs ea
Shanks, whole. $10.00lb. 2 whole shanks, avg 1.5 – 1.8 per pkg
Do not be afraid of
OUT Lamb Kidney. $5.00lb. 2 per pack, avg. 0.3 lbs per pack.
OUT Lamb Tongue. $5.00lb. Everyone’s favorite… 3 per pack, avg .58
Lamb Heart. $5.00lb. Aorta be standard fare. Avg. 0.6 lbs per pkg.
Lamb Liver. $5.00lb. Conveniently pre-sliced in a reasonable package size. Avg 0.5lb
Cuts of the smaller variety
Loin Chop. $14.00lb. Avg wt .47lbs
Rib Chop. $14.00lb. Tender dollar-coin size bone in. 2 per pkg, avg 0.36 lb
Steaks
Sirloin Steak. $14.00lb. 1 per pkg, avg .77lb ea
Can’t go wrong freezer stand-by’s
Stew Meat. $12.00lb. 1lb pkg.
Ground Lamb. $12.00. Makes the best shepherd pie. 1lb tube
MUTTON
Mutton chops. $13.00lb. 2 per pack, loin chop, bone-in., avg 0.50 lbs per pack.
Mutton Rack, Whole. $12.00/lb. Avg. 9 ribs per rack, around 2 lbs per pack, thick layer of fat, and nice flavor because the ewes were hung for two weeks before cutting.
PORK
Sausage
OUT Andouille. $10.00ea. Classic creole style. 1lb pkg, 5 links per pkg.
Brats. $10.00ea. Classic recipe. 1lb pkg of 5 links.
OUT Chorizo. $10.00ea. Traditional Mexican style. 1lb pkg 5 links per pkg.
Kielbasa. $10.00ea. German style. 1lb pkg, 5 links per pkg.
OUT Bulk Breakfast sausage. $10.00ea. Same recipe as the links but in a 1 lb. tube.
New! Polish sausage. $10 per lb. Packages range 1.2-1.9 lbs per package.
New! Jalapeno Bratwurst. $10 per lb. Packages range 1.2-1.9 lbs per package.
Do not be afraid of
Fat Back. $3.00lb. My favorite for deep frying.
Leaf fat. $5.00lb. Great for flaky pastry. 1.5 – 4lbs per pkg
OUT Ham Hocks, smoked. $6.00lb Two hocks per pkg, range 0.5-1.5#
Hocks, fresh. $5.00lb. Two per pack, range 1.5-2lbs.
Pork Heart. $5.00lb. One per pkg. .75 – 1.25lb
Pork Kidney. $5.00lb. One or two per pkg. .25 – .75lb
Pork Neck Bones. $4.00lb. Great for stock 8-12 2” pcs, 1.25 – 2lbs
Pork Liver. $5.00lb. Clean flavor.
Trotters (aka pig feet). $5lb. Collagen-rich. Makes you look 10 years younger! 2 per pack. Avg. 0.75lbs per pack.
Cuts of the smaller variety
Pork Chops. $10.00lb. 3/4″ thick, 2 per pkg. Range 0.5 – 1.5lb
To order:
Text or call 231 288 6112.
Email thepasturage@gmail.com
Please do so by Friday at 4pm for Sweetwater Local Foods Market pick up. Otherwise, whenever.
Look for a confirmation via whatever method you contacted me. Thank you!
To pay:
Cash or check (made out to The Pasturage, LLC) at pick up is preferred.
Or I can do a credit card at pick up. Or, finally, I can email you an online link to pay via credit card beforehand.
Thank you so much for your patronage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
If you missed our Tuesday deadline we will have a limited selection of breads and pastries available for walk up purchasing.
Hilde and Charlie Muller
231-873-9820
Find us on facebook and Instagram
www.laughingtreebakery.com
Three Speed Coffee of Muskegon
All Three Speeds certified organic coffee is roasted by sight, smell & sound based on a roast profile developed by Chad. All coffee is small batch, no automation. No Tolerance For Bitter Coffee…..EVER!
Individual cups of fresh brewed coffee available for $3 each. Note: if you add condiments to your coffee you will need to bring them along with you.
Preorders accepted until Friday 6:00pm. Send orders to chad.s@3Speedcoffee.com
Payment by check payable to Three Speed Coffee, or cash at Saturday Market pickup.
Beat the heat! We will have Cold Brew available for $4.00 a 20 oz cup!
Coffee Price & Sizes (Please specify Whole Bean, or Ground)
8oz – $9.00
14 oz – $15
Bali Blue Moon
Sulawesi Toraja
Guatemala
Sumatra
Kenya
Mocha Java Blend
We have lots of large coffee bags, burlap printed with unique coffee labels, for $5.00 ea.
Thanks
Three Speed Coffee
Winner Best Coffee honors in the 2020 People’s Choice of West MI Awards!
Chad & Lori Shepard
chad.s@3Speedcoffee.com
Sweetwater Curated Local Foods
If you placed a preorder in time you will be able to pick it up on Saturday.
Walk up sales:
Limited! Northern Natural organic apple cider $7.00 ½ gal
Limited! Omena organic Apple Juice. 32oz $4.00. Honeycrisp Apples.
RETURNING SOON
Scholl Farms of Montague
We are not at market on October 9th.
Apologies for the confusion.
Forest Finds of Muskegon
Forest Finds
Will return October 16th. In the meantime you can check out the Etsy shop or contact me to arrange pickups.
Check out the Etsy shop at
Etsy.com/shop/forestfindslove, available for pick up at Sweetwater market, or contact me at ForestFinds@yahoo.com
Call or text 616-834-3233
NOVA Bakery of Muskegon
We will return soon!
Email: addy@novasupernaturalbakery.com
Phone: 614-216-2546
Addy Kinziger, RD, Pastry Chef
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR How to Pre-Order
1. Look over the list. Each vendor has a unique deadline for when they need to receive your pre-order depending on their product. Send your pre-order by email to each vendor you want to order from, within their required deadlines.
2. Vendors will respond back by no later than Friday before market day with an order confirmation and an invoice that in most cases will allow you to pre-pay for your order. If a vendor is not set up to take payment online they will accept checks (preferred) or cash in a sealed envelope on market day pickup.
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