Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, August 24th, 2013, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners Lakes Campus
On 6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. Exit. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
We accept Bridge Cards Year Round!
Double Up Food Bucks starting July 6th!
Announcing the Sweetwater Farm Tour II!
Sunday, September 15th, 9:00am-5:00pm
Stop by the Market Manager table this Saturday to get more info and sign up for our second Sweetwater Organic Farm Tour! Space is limited so don’t delay!
Attending this Saturday’s market:
R.F. Johnson & Sons of Sparta
Strawberries! Erin Mund will be bringing Everbearing Strawberries from the Johnson farm. Limited numbers so come early!
Wind Dancer Blueberries sold out.
Note: We want to thank Megan Rant for bringing blueberries to both the Wednesday and Saturday markets these last weeks. Wind Dancer is sold out for the season, and Megan will be going back to her “day job” soon, as a math teacher at Zeeland High School!
Blueberry Heritage Farm of Holland
Julia will be bringing Certified Organic Jersey blueberries.
Shady Side Farm of Holland
We will be at market with felting kits, wool roving, certified organic beans, and Grassfields Farm’s awesome cheese!
This week the October is our Special of the Week. The 2-lb. bags will be available for $10, regularly $11.50 and the 1-lb. bags will be available for $5.50, regularly $6.00. October Beans are a member of the cranberry bean family. These beans have a creamy texture, a slightly nutty flavor, and thin skins. Use in soups, chilis, or bean salads. Here’s a link to our October Bean Tomato Salad: http://bit.ly/13TVfaT
Please note: We have a few openings for raw milk deliveries through Grassfields Farm’s cow share program. Feel free to ask me how you can get fresh milk delivered to Sweetwater each week.
The aged raw milk cheese flavors we will have along this week include: Baby Swiss, Country Dill, Edam, Fait Gras, Garlic & Onion, Gouda, Lamont Cheddar, Leyden and Polkton Corners. See you Saturday!
shadysidefarmmichigan@gmail.com
Coffee House & Cafe Wraps to Go!
New this Saturday: The Sweetwater Wrap! Coffee House Owner Nick and Chef Matt stopped by the Wednesday market to shop for the ingredients for the first ever Sweetwater Wrap, which will make its appearance at this Saturday’s market! The Coffee House Cafe and deli, where breakfast is served everyday from 7am-11am & lunch is served from 10am-3pm, located at 255 Seminole Rd. has become the go-to spot for those seeking perfectly brewed coffee and amazingly inventive dishes created from as many local sources as the chef can find.
This weeks menu:
Sweetwater Wrap…..$6
garbanzos, baba ghanoush, cukes, sweetwater pesto, spinach wrap
Black Bean Wrap…….$5
black bean crumbles, organic chard salad, roasted red peppers, spinach wrap
BBQ Quinoa Wrap…….$5
corn salsa, mooville ranch, organic kale salad, mexican BBQ, spinach wrap
Homemade hummus with Charley’s Chips….$5
Sweetwater Broccoli Salad………$5
Homemade Guacamole with Charley’s Chips……$5
E&S Moore Farm of Coopersville
Suzanne Moore will be bringing eggs from Isa Browns, Comets, R.I. Reds and Arucaunas.
Meadow View Goat Dairy of Fremont
Stop by our booth and try our aged Tomme as well as our Dutch Kase cheese. Similar to our Tomme de Fremont, it is a lower fat aged cheese. We’ll also have our regular line of Feta, fresh Chevre and flavored Chevres. We also have our maple syrup and some of our neighbors free-range, GMO feed- free eggs.
http://www.meadowviewgoatdairy.com/home
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Chicken is back! We will be at market with our pastured chicken. Available cuts: whole, leg quarters, and bone-in breasts. Also customers who pre-ordered Freedom Rangers can plan on picking them up.
Funny Farm of Grant
Funny Farm Special
Broccoli for the Freezer
Enjoy all Winter
Regular price $2.50 lb
5 lbs for $10
10 lbs for $18
Larger quantities available by special request.
Please call or email.
231 834 8643 Leave a message with name,
phone# , amount and day for pickup-Wed or Sat
funyfarm@riverview.net (note: only 1 n in funy)
This is the nicest broccoli we have ever had!!
This week we’ll also have
summer squash, okra, cucumbers, lemon cukes,
cherry tomatoes in lots of colors, scallions, green onions,
hot peppers, sweet green peppers, kales, kohlrabi,
rutabagas, cabbage, many varieties of potatoes, melons,
and anything else we can find!
Apron Lady & Janet will return as well!
Maple Moon Farm of Shelby
Tomatoes (lots of different heirlooms in a variety of colors)
Sweet Peppers (beautiful red, orange and purple)
Jalapeños
Hot Peppers
Broccoli
Cabbage (this week we have pocket cabbages, tasty little heads, just right for when you just need a little cabbage)
Summer Squash (have you tried our trombocino squash yet? You can’t find it in stores. A traditional Italian squash that holds up to cooking with incredible flavor)
Cucumbers
Pickles
Snap Peas
Green Beans (green, purple, yellow, and dragon tongue)
Carrots (yeah! the deer are sharing!)
Kale (four different varieties to suit all your needs)
Celery (The Redventure we’re growing has incredible flavor! not to mention beautiful color. We also have Tall Utah that has nice fat green stalks which we love to slather with nut butter)
Fresh Herbs including parsley, dill, basil, marjoram, cilantro, sage, mint, and more
Herbal Salves-Let your medicine be local too!
We infuse wild harvested herbs that grow naturally on our land, as well as some great medicinal plants we grow in the garden, in high quality organic oil for great herbal medicine.
Mama’s All Purpose-A great general purpose salve that can help everything from bug bites to bumps to burns to diaper rash. Contains calendula, comfrey leaf and root, violet leaf, plantain, chickweed, cleavers, and now with St. John’s Wort!
Mike’s Muscle Relaxer- Mike needed something stronger this year, so we added the power of western plain grown arnica. Also contains dandelion flowers, rosemary, and st.john’s wort. The perfect remedy for tired, over-worked muscles.
Andi-Anxiety-Named for our friend Andy, a gentle balm that helps promote relaxation. Contains lemon balm, rose petals, oat tops, lavender, chamomile, catnips flowers, and borage flowers.
Rob’s Relief– Our original salve. Nature’s remedy for poison ivy. A must for anyone who wanders MI woods. Contains jewelweed and burdock leaf.
We’ll have our normal spread of herbal teas; Nourish, Peace, and Restore.
Crow Feather Farm of Hesperia
Big, sweet red Watermelons and other melons
Heirloom tomatoes and delicious ‘Sungold’ cherry tomatoes
Ripe hot or sweet peppers in several varieties
Sale on Carrots! for juicing, freezing, or fresh eating
Baby Salad Greens: Lettuce mix, Brassica mix, Arugula
Radishes, Kale and Rainbow Chard
Also lots of fresh, tasty Basil and Cilantro, and fresh-cut flower bunches.
See you at the Market
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
At our tables this week: Dandelion Acre of Hesperia
Homegrown natural colored Romedale/CVM yarns. Check it out!
VEGETABLES: Tomatoes – little ones, big ones, Heirlooms, paste! Broccoli. Carrots. Large Red and Yellow Onions, Garlic, Green Beans, Sweet Peppers, Eggplant, Summer Squashes, Cucumbers (Regular and Japanese) and Pickles in quantity for pickling, Arugula, Swiss Chard, Scallions, Red Norland Potatoes, Kohlrabi, and herbs!
SALE! ORGANIC OLIVE OIL ~ Fair Trade, too! Imported by Higher Grounds in Traverse City. $15 per bottle!
New Shipment: HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags. Certified organic, Fair Trade. Various types, beans or ground, dark or medium roast, full caf, half caf or decaf. Try a cup at the Sweetwater Market table!
We will have a full array of beef cuts on Saturday, August 17th.
Join our pre-ordering email system! earthscapefarm@gmail.com .
BEEF AT THE MARKET THIS WEEK:
SPECIALS: Short Ribs! $3 per lb. Liver – $3 per lb. Order in advance to be sure we save some for you.
SPECIAL SPECIAL! ORDER 5# OR MORE OF SHORT RIBS AND GET AN ADDITIONAL 10% OFF! ADVANCE ORDERS APPRECIATED.
Ground beef 1 lb pkgs $4.90 per lb.
1/4 lb patties – $5.75 per lb.
Boneless Steaks: Tenderloin steaks – the best cut of beef on a side $20 per lb. RibEye and
New York Strip Steaks $14 per lb. Sirloin $10 per lb. Skirt Steak
Bone in Steaks: Porterhouse, Rib (my personal favorite)
Roasts: Rolled Rump, Chuck, Boneless Rib. Roasts are $6, $6.50 and $7 per lb.
Whole Brisket
Swiss Steak and Round Steak – $6.50 per lb.
Stew Meat and Kabob Meat $6.50 per lb.
Short Ribs, also good for meaty soups $3 per lb. SALE!
Soup Bones $2 per lb.
Oxtail! There’s only 1 per steer :-). $5 per lb.
Liver – $3 per lb. SALE!
Tongue and Heart – $3.00 per lb.
We have some old heart packages from 2012 for $2 per lb, pre-ordered only.
Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica
We will be at market Saturday with a great selection of produce, sustainably grown herb and flowering plants, and meat from our heritage Mulefoot pigs. Come see us!
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
Summer is winding down and we’re enjoying its final throws by slicing up tomatoes and peppers to incorporate into delicious toasted sandwiches on Homesteaders, Michiganders, Cobmoosa Onion Rye, et al. Long live abundant gardens and great bread! Please check out our list below as to what will be available this week at stores and markets.
BREADS: Each week we bake our seven scrumptious weekly breads (listed below) as well as one or more specialty breads. Please consult the schedule below to find out when we are making your favorite specialty bread!
GRANOLA! We make two different varieties of granola: Mountain Crunch Granola (pure vanilla, toasted almonds, and organic coconut oil) and Laughing Tree Peanut Butter Granola (all-natural PB, pure vanilla, and Michigan honey).
OUR EIGHT WEEKLY VARIETIES:
Homesteader’s Wheat (An extraordinary 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
The Michigander (made with Michigan-grown whole wheat—dark and soulful) $5.50
Annie’s Raisin Spice (sweet organic raisins, organic cinnamon, and freshly ground cardamon) $6.00
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
100% whole grain Kamut: Light and moist with a fruity flavor, a great loaf for folks with wheat sensitivities. $6.00
SPECIALTY BREAD BAKE SCHEDULE
Elbridge Parmesan Olive (Sumptuous parmesan and Kalamata black olives) $8.00
Irish Cheddar Peppercorn (Smooth Irish Cheddar accompanied by tongue tingling black pepper). Price $8.00
Cobmoosa Onion Rye ( Carmelized organic onions, Michigan rye flour, and a hint of caraway) $6.00
Pastries available for Saturday:
Hilltoppers (our NEW Molasses Ginger cookies…A 4oz cookie sweetened with golden molasses and bits of candied ginger) $2.25 each
Treehuggers The one and only quarter pound peanut buttery original. $2.25 each.
Expedition Cookies– The kitchen sink including bits of chocolate, coconut, and raisins rolled into whole oats and barley flour. $2.25 each
Cranberry Orange Scones
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Lovely Lemon Scones
(All our scones are $2.25 each* and are handmade with our own fresh eggs, organic cream, and organic butter)
Orange Mud Brownies $3.00 each Our Deep Mud Brownies infused with Michigan grown, dried Michigan cherries.
Deep Mud Brownies $2.75 each* Our brownies are made with extraordinary Callebaut dark chocolate, our own fresh eggs, and Michigan grown organic barley flour—they are amazing!!
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
Garden Offerings
Basil, beans, cabbage, parsley and broccoli.
Tomatoes-heirloom, beefsteak and cherry tomatoes!
Grass-fed Beef
Steaks, roasts and short ribs.
Bakery Offerings
Quiche gluten free and reg.
Breakfast cookies
New ! Our very own Rustic Apple Tart
Made with our old fashioned apples !
Organic Blueberry Turnovers
A variety of muffins …..
Hope to see you at the market!
By the way…Tim won first place in the intermediate division sheep shearing! We are proud of you Tim!
September’s Herbs & Produce of Montague
We are attending a wedding this week, see you next Saturday!
Friends of the Market
The Friends of the Market Program is in the process of being redesigned. We will need many helping hands to assist us in sustaining and growing this invaluable resource. We do not know of another Farmer’s Market like Sweetwater in the state — one focused on organically produced, local products. The mission of the Friends of the Market will be to promote growth and sustainability. We will be rolling out the details of the program in the next several weeks. Those who wish to participate will be asked to help by donating time, talent and/or financial support. Whether you have been involved in the past or are new to the market we would love to have you join us. Please contact the Friends of the Market committee at email – Sweetwaterfriends@yahoo.com if you are interested in helping. Provide your contact information and we will follow-up with you. Thanks!
See you at the market!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager
Contact info: (231)292-1152, dijaan1@charter.net
We are a BRIDGE CARD market!