Sweetwater Local Foods Market Saturday, September 12th, 9:00am to 1:00pm Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes On Harvey St. ½ mile S of Lakes Mall-exit US31 at Pontaluna Rd We are a Bridge Card & Project Fresh Market

This Week’s Vendors

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Creswick Healthy Snack Sticks!Creswick Healthy Snack Sticks!Healthy Snacks for Kids Sale continues! Creswick Meat Snack Sticks. Buy 4 for $4.00 each, get 1 pack free! Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats New item! Pepperoni slices! Great nitrite free thin sliced for pizza, pasta salads & more. Pork Sausages: Red Hot Brats, Jalapeno Brats, Garlic Kielbasa, Breakfast Links & Bulk. Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken Links, Chicken with Spinach & Feta Cheese Links. Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage! Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork. New item! Pork Tenderloin! Also: Country Style Ribs. Ham steaks. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked Nitrite-Free Bacon, Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends. Grass-fed Beef New item! Beef Stew Cutlets. Perfect for soups, stews & casseroles. Fire up the Grill – We’ve got STEAKS! Back this week: Flank Steak (think Fajitas & London Broils), T-Bones, Ribeye & Sirloin Steak. Filet Mignon. Also: Chuck Roast. Gourmet Burgers, grass-fed beef & hickory smoked bacon 3-1/3lb patties per pkg. Ground Beef in 1 lb pkg. Ground Beef Patties 3-1/3lb patties per pkg. Pastured Poultry New item! Smoked Chicken Halves! Also, chicken wings, leg quarters, whole chicken & ground chicken in 1# pkg. NOTE – Chicken breasts are temporarily out of stock. They will return in October. Soy Free Eggs: Limited quantities. Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by Monday before the market and he will have it ready for you to pick up on Saturday. For a complete list of products, please see the website: www.CreswickFarms.com . Earthscape/Full Circle Farm of Hesperia – Bill will be at the Market to answer your questions about soil and animal health. BEEF SALE! BUY 2 ROASTS AND GET 10% OFF! Soup Bones $1 per lb. Other cuts available: Rib Eye Steak, New York Strip, oxtail, tenderloin, Rib Steaks, Sirloin steak, Chuck and Arm Roasts, Rolled Rump Roast, TBones, Porterhouse, liver, heart, stew meat, Swiss steak, Short Ribs, ground beef bulk and patties. This is a mix of all grass-fed beef and some beef with our usual few months of grain to tenderize the meat. Please send me your advance orders and I’ll be sure to save beef for you. VEGGIES THIS WEEK: Silver Queen Sweet Corn! Leeks! Purple Peruvian Fingerling Potatoes! Also: Beets with greens, Celery, eggplant, sweet peppers & Russian fingerling potatoes, Kennebec Potatoes – the best for homemade french fries, Jade Green Beans, Broccoli, Red Norland Potatoes, Lettuce Mix, Chard and Kale, summer squashes, cucumbers and whatever else we find ready to pick on Friday! Fresh herbs: parsley, basil, oregano, rosemary, chives, dill. Organic Olive Oil! Moutere Grove from New Zealand ~ 250 ml $20; 500 ml $30 and bottled Catalan 250 ml $16; 500 ml $24, a new Greek oil and Mansur from Argentina. HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE! I’ll be bringing a new assortment of 1# bags. CHECK OUT OUR BLOG! http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com Olson Farm of Shelby Tomatoes, Ailsa Craig white & Copra red onions, red potatoes, green beans and this spring’s batch of Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. Grassfields Farm of Coopersville Certfied Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition. New! We’re proud to announce an addition to our cheese line-up. It’s called Polkton Corners, and is a delicious, unpressed Gouda. Also: Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), Edam, Lamont Cheddar. Happy Hill Farm of Hart New! Fresh ducks and fresh turkey pieces. Sale! Our 2008 chicken turkey & duck is on sale now – 50% off while it lasts! Hoophouse & Veggie Garden! Leeks, Sweet corn, Cabbage, Multi-colored carrots. Cucumbers for pickling & slicing. Green, purple, & yellow, dragon & rattlesnake pole beans. Collards, kohlrabi, beets, green onions & big onions, mixed greens. Squash: green, yellow & 8 ball zuccini. Yellow scallop squash. Broccoli. Yukon Gold, Kennebec & Red Lasota potatoes. Herbs: Fresh & dried parsley, cilantro, basil, rosemary & sorrel. Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links/andor bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed. Ducks. Young and tender. The drakes weigh about 6 lbs.; the hens are just over 3 lbs. Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. We will have frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin. Pastured chicken: Two options: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains or chicken fed our own 2nd year transition corn. We have all cuts—whole, cut up, bone-in and boneless skinless breast, drumsticks, thighs, leg quarters and wings, soup stock, feet, liver, hearts and gizzards. All of our meats are raised on pasture with daily moves, and are processed on farm: no stressful transporting. Stewing Hens. Hens retired from laying eggs make the best chicken soup in the world! Simmer these gals for several hours and you have genuine old-fashioned chicken! Or roast on high in the crockpot with no water for 8-12 hours for scrumptious roasted chicken! Rabbit. Whole, frozen. Raised by David Filbrun on the farm. Happy Hill will have Abundant Harvest Bakery goods at their booth, including Granola Breakfast Cookies and several gluten-free offerings. Free-Range Eggs: Large. Also, goose eggs. Ag and Health Alive of Marne For any Fertrell fall garden supplies please call 616-677-6178 and Paul will bring it to market. Also: Chicken & Duck Eggs, Honey, maple syrup, garden books, bagged wool. Nantucket Bread Co. Freshly baked loaves of Whole Wheat Raisin Bread as well as regular Whole Wheat, baked with organic flour. Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon End of Summer Sale! 20-50% off everything! Earthly Kneads of Muskegon We’ll be back next week. Last but not least: Big Sweetwater Hugs & Thanks goes out to newest Friends of the Market members Lebeau Potgieter & Amelia Bueche! If you would like to become a Friend of the Market for a suggested donation of $10.00, 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. Please note: Higher Grounds Coffee 1# bags for sale at Earthscape booth.

Music at the Market: Most of our usual musicians will be at Wheatland Music Fest this week but a few have asked to come and play for us. Also, we were saddened to learn of the recent passing of Doug the Singing Cowboy. We certainly enjoyed his music and our thoughts are with his family & friends.