Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, May 7th, 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!

Mother’s Day is Sunday, May 8th, and we have lots of gift ideas!

Great baked goods, Spring Bouquets, Windowsill gardens, garden plants and more for your mom!

Bridge Card Customers – Use Your Card to Start Your Garden!

You can use SNAP benefits to purchase veggie garden plants and we have them this week!

Bags & Blooms of Ravenna

Theresa Loss returns with her beautiful Spring Bouquets just in time for Mother’s Day! Theresa will also have plenty of her signature cloth shopping bags.

Sheryl Marshall Glassworks of Muskegon

As Sheryl says, “Good bye and good buys!” Sheryl is relocating to Ann Arbor and will be offering her beautiful glassworks at great prices just in time for Mother’s Day.

Customers familiar with her work know that glass finds a special form in her capable hands whether fused, slumped, blown, lamp worked or placed in stained glass or mosaics.

This will be her only appearance at Sweetwater, so come and say good bye and possibly pick up a good buy on a piece of her work!

The Fishmonger’s Wife of Muskegon

Finally – we have SMOKED FISH as well as fresh Lake Michigan White Fish!

Pre-orders will be held until 11 a.m. and then released. If you are going to be late feel free to call us at 231-730-3327 to make other arrangements.

This Saturday you’ll have the chance to meet The Wife’s Mom, Nancy.Nancyis a reformed “I Don’t Like Fish” omnivore that we’ve won over to the Fresh Fish side. She’ll be at Sweetwater for the month of May.

We Use a Month’s Worth of Muskegon Chronicles every Saturday… that’s a lot of fish wrap. The up side is that after it has been fish wrap, newspaper can still be recycled. Please feel free to bring us your newspapers throughout the market season, we’ll gladly use them.

We Also Accept and Reuse Plastic Handled Grocery Bags to pack your fish on ice. During the warm summer months it is very important that your fish be kept cold until you are able to refrigerate it. If you want to avoid using plastic bags you can borrow an eco-cooler from us for a $5 deposit, or bring your own cooler with ice to market.

Finally – we have SMOKED FISH as well as fresh Lake Michigan White Fish

Each week, Eric and Amber Mae Petersen purchase fish fresh off the docks from the family business –  Petersen’s Fisheries and then clean, pin bone and package the fish for greatest freshness. From there, Amber Mae takes the fillets to Market.

Earthly Kneads Bakery of Muskegon

Note: This is our last Sweetwater Market. If you are unaware of what’s going on with the bakery, please visit our note at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=190745604294427

The shop will be open on Saturday of this week and Thursday and Friday of next week with our last day being Friday (May 13th). We are having a big sale on all remaining Simply Organic, Food for Thought, Naturally Nutty, Theo Chocolate, and Light of Day Organic Tea Products. Get it while you can!

Bread: We will have our usual Saturday fare along with some specials. Gail accidentally ordered 65 pounds of cheese instead of 15, so I have a feeling some cheesy goodness will be on the menu.  If anyone’s interested in really large blocks of organic baby Swiss, please let Gail know. We will be making one of our new loves this weekend, too – Beer Bread made with Oberon Beer, a touch of honey and just a hint of orange. It’s a medium whole wheat.

Scones: As always, made with 100% whole grain flour, organic sweet cream cultured butter, and lots of love. This weekend – Apricot Almond or Dark Chocolate Chip

Cookies: If you’ve been waiting for our Energy Bites to make a comeback before we close, this is the weekend to get them! We have oodles of freshly baked ones for your tasting pleasure. Don’t forget about the Dark Chocolate Chip cookies, too! We also have vegan and gluten-free Cinnamon Sunflower Butter Raisin Cookies.

Granola, Muesli, and Gorp: We are stocked up on all our varieties! Available in 1 pound bags and freshly baked.

Thanks for your business over the years and we hope that we are back baking again for you soon. If you’d like to sign up for our list to be notified when we’re back in business, please sign up with either A.J. at the market, Brian at the shop, or feel free to send us an email at contactus@earthlykneads.com .  Have a great summer!

Harmony Gardens CRC of Montague

Great Mother’s Day gift idea: Windowsill Herb & Salad Gardens! Nice selection of herb & lettuces in a wood box made from repurposed 100 year old local cedar! We’ll also have lots of veggie plants for your gardens.

Check out our Open House on May 13-14: http://sweetwaterlocalfoodsmarket.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/hargar-open-house-poster-may-2011.pdf

CJ Veggies of Zeeland

Gift idea! Herbs for Mom – we’ll have Parsley and Cilantro plants. We’ll also have more fresh picked organic spinach and water cress. Charles and Judy have been growing produce since 2005, slowly expanding land and varieties while learning.  Certified Organic thru MOSA for five years and farming 1 3/4 acres of specialty veggies.  Charles and Judy are passionate about growing food that will help achieve optimal health.

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

New Product! Organic Olive Oil! 500 ML Bottles.

Organic, Extra Virgin and Cold Pressed

Robust and pungent and highly prized

Cultivated in Palestine since the Roman Empire.

Imported by Higher Grounds Coffee Roastery.

Quarters of BEEF for sale.  Talk to me or email for more information!  www.earthscapefarm@gmail.com

EGGS!  Our chickens are HAPPY! We will have eggs.
VEGGIES this week ~ Fresh from our small hoophouse  and harvested from the outside gardens, too ~ Spinach!  Salad Greens!
BEEF ~  Try our beef!  Our steers were on lush rotational pastures from May to November.   They are hung to age and processed by Ebel’s Meats in Falmouth, a family-run USDA operation.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags ~ New Shipment this week. Various types, beans or ground, dark or light roast, full caf, half caf or decaf.
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart

From the Hoop house: Radishes, Lettuce mix, Spinach, kale, and Mustard mix

From the Farm: Fresh Eggs

NOTE: We will have fresh chicken in 2 weeks (May 21)

From the Bakery: Mothers Day items: Chocolate Raspberry Cake (topped with fresh Raspberries) serves 4 Gluten Free Cheese Cake (topped with fresh, organic fruit) serves 4

Gluten Free Items: Apple Spice Cake, Espresso Meringues w/walnuts and chocolate chips Crispy Rice Granola

-Full Assortment of Breakfast Cookies

-GRANOLA – Cranberry Delight, Cashew Cranberry, Peanut Butter, Maple Walnut w/Apple

-QUICHE – Spinach/Cheddar, Swiss Chard/Gouda

-EMPINADAS

-VEGGIE TURNOVERS

-Apple Gallettes drizzled with White Chocolate

NEW ITEMS: Rhubarb Galletes (yes, fresh Rhubarb!), Brioche Breakfast Rings, Pumpkin Muffins topped with Sunflower Seeds, Baguettes, Cinnamon Rolls and more!

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Pastured Raised, Antibiotic & Hormone Free, Artisanal Meats
Featured this week Gourmet Burgers (1/3 Pork + 2/3 Beef)
Place a Special Order (see below) to insure availability of the meats you want.
PORK
Pork Chops
Pork Tenderloin,
Bacon, Apple Smoked
Bacon, Hickory Smoked
Pancetta
BEEF
Ground Beef in 1 lb. packages
Stew Meat

Gourmet Burgers

Soy-Free EGGS (Limited Supply – First come, first serve)
SPECIALTY SAUSAGES & MEATS
Garlic Kielbasa Sausage
Chorizo
Deli Ham Slices
Pepperoni Slices
Hot Italian Sausage Links
Breakfast Sausage (Bulk)
Breakfast Sausage (Links)
Meat Snack Sticks
Chicago Style Hog Dogs
Important Notice Regarding Pre-Orders: If you pre-order meat you will have to pick it up on Saturday by no later than 12:00 noon or the items will be put back in stock. If you have an emergency and can’t make it you can call the phone to reach me before the noon cut-off at 231-769-6514. Thanks! Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than midnight on the Monday evening before the next 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

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville
Raw Milk Certified Organic Cheese
Gouda, Gouda w/dill, Gouda w/chili flakes, Gouda w/cumin (Leyden), Gouda with Garlic and Onion, Lamont Cheddar. Edam

Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery of Hart

Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery 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! Come early!  We often sell out by noon…***Come meet and greet Patti Krellick who will be running our Sweetwater Market stand throughout the summer. We are so excited to have Patti’s help in with our market stand—we find Patti to be competent, warm, and enthusiastic and we appreciate her willingness to help!

Saturday May7th:

Homesteader’s Wheat (A light wheat bread with a wonderfully chewy crust) $5.00 {formerly known as West Michigan Wheat}

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

Cobmoosa Onion Rye (carmelized organic onions, Michigan rye flour, and  a pinch of caraway) $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) $7.75

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 May 7th :  We will be baking our Cranberry Orange Scones, Truly Ginger Scones, Michigan Cherry Scones, and our Simply Currant Scones.  All of our scones are made with organic butter and cream, our own fresh eggs, and a pinch of organic sugar.

Shady Side Farm of Holland

Do you know how old those dried beans in the grocery store are, or where they come from? Have you tried our dried beans yet? Try cooking with our pintos and black beans and see and taste the difference a locally grown and harvested dried bean makes! We’ll be back this week with soybeans, pinto beans, black beans, wheat and corn. Plus remaining stocks of wool socks, roving and rag rugs. We are Mike and Lona Bronkema of Shady Side Farm and we have been farming since 1992 and have recently transitioned to organic in parts of our operation, certifying through Global Organic Alliance (GOA). The farm is home to 150 or so sheep and some chickens. Wool from our sheep is dyed at the farm, and in our spare time Mike makes beautiful, warm wool socks and Lona makes hefty rugs from recycled fabrics. http://shadysidefarm.etsy.com

http://shadysidefarm.blogspot.com

Maple Creek Sugars of Fremont

Doug & Tate Luchies have been producing wonderful maple syrup & honey for almost 8 years on their farm.  Sizes will range from quarts to pints.

Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Eggs this week! We’ll be bringing plenty of eggs from our Delaware, Barred Rock, Araucana, and Black Australorpe flocks. You can still get your order form in for pre-ordering chickens.

Bee & Botanicals of Spring Lake
Nature inspired…pretty, practical and organic!

Happy Mother’s Day to all of our Sweetwater Moms!

Organic Soaps –  A full selection of great organic soaps: Grapefruit, Blood Orange & Bergamot, Lemongrass Tea, Lavender, Peppermint, Oatmeal Spice (made with certified organic oils, and botanicals – no artificial fragrances or colors, only essential oils).  Soap Gift boxes with gift tag – $1 each

Bees Wax Candles –  angel, Bee skeps, Bears,  3″ and 5 ” pillars,  tapers, votives,and tea lights.
Clean burning! Long Burn Time! Non-Petroleum!  100% Michigan beeswax!
Lavender – Sachets A variety of styles and sizes to choose from, Organic Lavender dryer bags

Organic Bath Tea, made with certified organic botanicals and bonus bath salts.

Hand made cards and gift tags
Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Last but not least

Sweetwater Hugs & Thanks! To two new  Friends of the Market: Mary Fischer & Lona Bronkman!          As always, 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.

Sweetwater is on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Muskegon-MI/Sweetwater-Local-Foods-Market/111077177535

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms, and hope to see you at the market!

Diana Jancek
Market Manager

We are an authorized Bridge Card farmers market!