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May at the Market!

Published on May 3, 2013 by sweetWaterAdmin
May-Pole
May in Michigan!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, May 4th, 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!

 

Swingtooth returns this Saturday!

 Guitar duo Dave & Lee Middleman will play their jazzy classic stylings with a spring twist this Saturday!

 

Sweetwater Pre-Ordering Service for Sunday, May 5th!

If you prefer the convenience of pre-ordering your meat & eggs from the market consider signing up with any of the vendors below or by emailing dijaan1@charter.net for our preorder reminder email that will go out on Sundays. You will receive a price list from all participating vendors for each week and will have until Tuesday, midnight to send an order in for the following Saturday’s market..

This Sunday, May 5th, you will be receiving an email from the market with price lists and ordering info from the following farms: Earthscape Farm (beef & eggs), Chickadee Creek Farm (pork & eggs), Liberty Family Farm (lamb, chicken, pork & eggs), Hickory Ridge Family Farm (pork, chicken & eggs), and Maple Moon Farm (pork & eggs).

You will have several days to put an order in which we will send off to the individual farms who will fill the orders and bring them to the market. If this service goes as well as we think it will we may expand it to offer other items as well! Thanks for your loyalty to our little market!

 

Attending this week’s market:

Crow Feather Farm of Hesperia

We have a Facebook page now – check us out, and “like” us, please! https://www.facebook.com/CrowFeatherFarm?fref=ts

You can find us at the Earthscape Farm spot. This week at market, we will once again be offering our delicious Baby Brassica Salad Mix! We’ll also have tasty ‘French Breakfast’ Radishes, and a toothsome selection of fresh herbs including Parsley, Cilantro, Rosemary, and Sage, as well as eggs from our pastured hens.

Shady Side Farm of Holland

Lona from Shady Side Farm will be at market with their certified organic dry beans. This week’s special is the Jacob’s Cattle Bean. The 2-lb. bags of these beautiful red beans will be available for $10, regularly $11.50. The Slow Foods USA has named the Jacob’s Cattle Bean as one of their Ark of Taste foods. Jacob’s Cattle Beans are an heirloom from Prince Edward Island, and are red and white speckled. More about the bean here:   http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/programs/ark_product_detail/jacobs_cattle_bean/

 

In addition, we’ll have  Grassfields Farm Cheese along this week in the following flavors:

 

Lamont Cheddar

Garlic & Onion

Country Dill

Chili Cheese

Polkton Corners

Leyden

Gouda

Edam

 

Contact us at: shadysidefarmmichigan@gmail.com

 

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

The BOBIER BEEF Story ~  We look forward to getting your pre-orders by Email.  If you want more info about our farm in particular, including prices, send us an email  earthscapefarm@gmail.com .

Our steers and cows were born on our Farm, as were their great-great-great Grandmothers.  We’ve been doing rotational pastures since the 70’s.  We only buy bulls for breeding, and they come from reputable farmers in Michigan.  Our cows raise their own calves until they are weaned at about 9 months.  We raise our own hay, plus what we buy comes from our own neighborhood so we know how it was grown. Our cattle have access to 3-5 acre yards through the winter, with some barn access, fresh water, bedding straw, and all the hay they can eat.  The steers get minimal amounts of homegrown and ground grain during the colder months (like Dessert!).  We think this makes our beef tasty and tender, with all the benefits of grass-fed beef, too!  The cattle really hope the weather straightens out so they can get on pasture soon!

BEEF:

At the market this week:

SPECIALS: Ground Beef – 10 packages for $50.  Liver – $3 per lb.  1 Whole Brisket

Ground beef  1 lb pkgs

Ground Sirloin

Ground Beef Patties  1/4 # each,  4 to a package

Bone-In:  Rib, T-Bone and Porterhouse Steaks

Boneless:  Tenderloin – Do a stir-fry with a small package or grill some larger steaks!

Boneless:  NY Strip, Sirloin and RibEye Steaks.

Roasts:  English and Chuck

Swiss Steak & Round Steak

Stew Meat

Short Ribs, also good for meaty soups

Soup Bones

Tongue,  Liver and Heart

Vegetables:  Carrots & Spinach from our small hoophouse!

Eggs from our small flock.

ORGANIC OLIVE OIL ~ Fair Trade, too!  Imported by Higher Grounds in Traverse City

New Shipment! HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags.  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!

 

Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica

Have you tried our Slow Ark of Food selection pork yet? You don’t know what you’re missing out on! This week we’ll have our pork spareribs, pork chops & steaks, as well as picnic hams, smoked ham slices, smoked hocks and more! We believe our pork has all of the old fashioned raised on the farm taste you’ve been looking for!

 

Maple Moon Farm of Shelby

This week we have a variety of greens; baby lettuce salad mix, kale, and spinach.

Mother Nature has grown ramps and garlic chives.  These have intense and incredible flavors!  Ramps are delicate and unfortunately are often over and mis harvested.  We are committed to sustainable and ethical wild harvesting.

We have our normal spread of herbal products; herbal teas, creams, lip balms, and a few remaining salves.

Ground Breakfast Sausage!  From our pastured pigs.  We love sausage and spinach together.  $6.50 per pound, or 10 pounds for $60.

We are offering a unique opportunity for you to invest in our farm.  Our Seed to Harvest program allows you to redeem you financial investment with an additional 10% in farm produce.  Please ask us for more information.

 

Scholl’s Country Farm of Montague

We will have a representative at the market with our eggs, limited supply this week. Thanks!

 

Funny Farm of Grant

Mushroom lovers, take note! Our shiitake mushrooms are back! We’ll also have our fresh cut Spinach & Spring Mix!

Apron Lady & Janet will return as well!

 

Hickory Ridge Family Farm of Ferry

New: Chicken Pre-Ordering! See us at the market for details. The DEADLINE to pre-order chicken from the first batch is May 18, 2013. We are requiring deposits of $8.00 per chicken ordered. Once again we will be pricing pre-ordered chicken at a fixed rate. This year’s pre-order flat rate is $15.00. You will owe the balance after deposit upon delivery or pick up, which should be the last week of June, 2013. PORK: Raised on pasture, our pigs get 60% of their diet from foraging. We’ll have our usual pork cuts: bacon, pork steaks, ham roasts, ham slices, ham hocks, ground pork in one pound pkgs, shoulder roasts and our newest product –  Smoked Ham Ends & Pieces! Use for flavoring all your soups, stews and casseroles. We’ll have eggs as well.

 

Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery of Hart

Is it time already?  It seems the spring/summer market season has arrived and, if the weather is anything like it was this past Saturday, we welcome it.  Our most humble thanks to all of you who visited us at our little bakery stand at The Sweetwater Local Foods Market all winter.  Our dear friend Emily will be tending the stand there this summer and we’re very excited to welcome her back from Ann Arbor where she just completed her freshman year at UofM.  Cobmoosa Onion Rye, Irish Cheddar Peppercorn, and Elbridge Parmesan Olive are on tap for this weekend

Mountain Crunch Granola (pure vanilla, toasted almonds, and organic coconut oil)

Laughing Tree Peanut Butter Granola (all-natural PB, pure vanilla, and Michigan honey).

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!  We often have samples of each variety available at market—come have a taste!

 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

Cobmoosa Onion Rye ( Carmelized organic onions, Michigan rye flour, and a hint of caraway) $6.00

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

Pastries available for Saturday:  

Mrs. Moose’s Wangdangdoodlers $2.25 each-Chunks of chocolate and walnuts give this cookie texture into which one can sink their teeth with great fervor.

Cranberry Orange Scones

Truly Ginger Scones

Michigan Cherry Scones

Pecan Date Scones

(All our scones are $2.25 each* and are handmade with our own fresh eggs, organic cream, and organic butter)

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!!

Cherry Mud Brownies $3.00 each* Deep Mud brownies infused with Michigan grown dried cherries.

 

Liberty Family Farm and Bakery of Hart

From the Hoop house

Limited mixed greens and spinach.

From the Farm

Farm Fresh Eggs

New!! Grass-fed Lamb and Pastured Pork

We have a full selection of meat featuring

Sliced pepper bacon

Harwood bacon

Fresh Ham roasts, country style ribs, chops, ground and more…

From the Bakery

A new selection of artisan bread whole wheat, ciabatta, 3 seed bread and challah

Breakfast cookies

Quiches- sausage & Cheddar, spinach,onion & cheddar

New! Spinach, onion, and ham turnovers  Made with our nitrate free ham.

New! Ham, onion & cheddar quiche

New!  Our own ham sliced lunch meat, organic cheddar sandwich on our

own Bollio 3 seeded roll.  Delicious!!

Cinnamon Rolls are back!!

New! Mixed Green Salad to go, with our mixed greens, dried cherries,

sliced almonds and organic cheddar.

Hope to see you at the market!

Italian brats, german brats, garlic basil brats, breakfast sausage and more…

 

Saving Face Organics of Fruitport

New Product! That WAS the sun we saw out this last week, right? Well, we’ve been working on our lastest product, which is my own version of SPF, called Invisible Umbrella. Testing a product can cost into the thousands of dollars and at this point we can’t afford that, but rest assured that the zinc oxide, coconut oil and red raspberry seed oil that’s in Invisible Umbrella have all tested well in sun protection trials.

 

Bees & Botanicals of Spring Lake 

  Pretty, Practical, Eco-friendly and Organic!

Our soaps are made with organic ingredients, no foaming agents added, only rosemary extract for preservative and only essentials oils used for a nice variety of scents (unscented also available) –  Lavender, Lavender Citrus, Honey, Shea & Oats, Simply Rosemary,Lemongrass Tea, Oats & Spice,Orange,  Vanilla & Oats (Dreamsicle)

By request – Soap Dishs now available in both pine and cedar
Pretty draw Cord embroidered bag with 2 oz. bar available in the Orange, Vanilla & Oats and Lavender (make nice gifts)

Fragrant and versatile Organic Lavender – Organza, embroidered, and hand colored organic Lavender Sachets.  Add natural fragrance to drawers, closets, clothing in storage, travel bags, desk drawers… it smells sweet, clean & fresh but also known to be a natural relaxant and also a moth deterrent.

100% Michigan beeswax candles; natural, bright, clean and long burning.

Tea lights back in stock!

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Maple Creek Sugars of Fremont

We will not be at market this week. See you soon!

 

Friends of the Market

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.

 

See you at the market!

Diana Jancek
Market Manager

Contact info: (231)292-1152, dijaan1@charter.net

 

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