April showers bring…..music & spring greens back to the market!

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Spring Greens at the Market!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, April 17th, 9:00am to 1:00pm

Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes

On Harvey St just 1/2 mile North of Pontaluna Rd.

We are a Bridge Card market

All Eligible Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Front Porch Picken & JoAnn Windberg back this week.

Road Notice! We have been told the road is being worked on again this summer….bummer. Don’t be deterred, take the detour!

This Week’s Vendors

Agriculture & Health Alive of Marne

New from the Garden! Spinach & Arugula! Freshly dug & potted Comfrey plants. Comfrey is a dynamic accumulator; that means it has a large taproot that brings valuable minerals up to the surface. Good for teas, poultices & lots more. Garden supplies. We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth. From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons. Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods. Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate. Blackstrap molasses, honey & maple syrup.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats New Product! Pancetta! A Dry Cured Italian Bacon 1/4 pound packages. This is a favorite of chefs, highly seasoned, used sparingly to add great flavor to many dishes – $5/package. Returning this week! Creswick’s Snack Sticks! 4 generous sticks $4.00/pkg. Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked or Hickory Smoked Bacon. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends. Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage in 1# bulk pkg. Breakfast links back next market. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg. Braunschweiger Old Fashioned Ring-Style Bologna. Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. Grass-fed Beef Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties) Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties). Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking. Pastured Poultry Please note: We will be out of fresh frozen chicken until May. Chicken Sausages: Chicken Spinach Feta links. Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage. Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below). Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning  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

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~  We  have Quarters of our Grass-Fed Beef FOR SALE! We just butchered and have the beef hanging to age and tenderize it. If you order in the next week, your quarter will have your name on each vacuum-packed package and will be cut and packaged however you desire. Prices are $400-$450 depending on individual hanging weights. It would be ready to pick up in 3 weeks.  Email pbobier@voyager.net or call for details. We will have  beef by the pound and package at Sweetwater on Saturday.  Steaks, roasts, ground beef,  stew meat, cubed steak, liver, heart.  I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities  (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb. Veggies this week ~ Spinach and Mixed salad greens;  Russet Potatoes and Red La Soda, the last of the red potatoes; Dried herbs. Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar. HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~  I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~  http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com We are signing up this year’s CSA members.  Let us know if you are interested. We will deliver to Sweetwater Market this year!

Harmony Gardens of Montague

Mix of Brite Lites Chard. Spinach. Kales. Parsley.

Olson Family Farm of Shelby

This season’s batch of my made on the farm Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. New this week: Herb & Flower Window Boxes. Handmade of basswood from the farm. Sized 4×4″ & up, perfect for a window herb garden.

Earthly Kneads of Muskegon

Specials – Chocolate Bread Pudding, Cherry Cola Muffins, Strawberry Pie Muffins.  Feel free to call the shop to order ahead!  231.728.6383 Scones – Dark Chocolate Chip, Blueberry Lemon, Cinnamon Raisin. And….a great assortment of cookies, breads and other treats! Also – We will also have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.

Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart

From the bakery: Gluten-Free Bread Breakfast Cookies Regular, Chocolate Walnut Mini Cheesecakes Empanadas Bread Jumble Cookies Broccoli cheddar quiche From the Farm: Grass-fed Lamb Grass-fed Beef Soup Bones & Roasts

Hickory Ridge Family Farm

Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm. Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen. Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed. Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain.  Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin. Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves. Free-Range Eggs: Large. New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders. Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville

Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition. This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Fruitland Farm of Whitehall

Pure Goat Milk soaps. Made by hand with olive, coconut & essential oils. No artificial ingredients, fillers or fragrances. Patchouli Lavender, Jasmine Lavender, Oatmeal & Honey. Try our new Jewel Weed soap.

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

NEW PRODUCTS are here!  Sweetwater is the first to offer the new 4oz Balancing Facial Toner $7.00, 2oz EveryDay Moisturizer $16.00, 2oz Night Time Facial Restorative Serum $24.00. Our feature product this week is Sweet Almond Oil with Vitamin E.  This product is meant to be used as a deep,  protective moisturizer focusing on very dry skin types as well as mature skin.  It offers protection in cold, wind, and sun exposures; deep skin moisturizing with no greasy feeling and the antioxidant properties of Vit E offers additional healing effects. Great for both day and night moisturizing! This week we are offering $1.00 off Sweet Almond Oil with Vitamin E

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

Beginning this Saturday I will be offering Mother’s Day necklace sets and bracelets.  Also on the agenda for Mom are my new Dragonfly earrings…sold out of these at Christmas.  Also there will be new “Friends Forever” bracelets.  And new ladie’s watches…I will have one in “Snowflake Obsidian” and one in a peridot double strand crystal with sterling accents. This week the “On Sale” table will feature young lady’s jewelry at 50 % off the marked price.

Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

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Happy Easter! Happy Spring!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, April 3rd, 9:00am to 1:00pm
 Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St just 1/2 mile North of Pontaluna Rd.
We are a Bridge Card market

All Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Easter Specials!

Front Porch Pickin’ Band Returns!

This Week’s Vendors
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon

Specials – Have a Happy Easter!  Looks like there will be beautiful weather for it this year.  Easter Treats: Rolls, rolls, and more rolls.  We’re on a roll!  Spice Cake with cream cheese frosting (cakes or cupcakes), Carrot Spice Cheesecakes (gluten free), Hot Cross Buns, Cherry Almond Sweet Rolls, Pies (Maple Pecan, Chocolate Pecan, Apple Galette), Apple Pie Coffee Cake, Spring Sugar Cookies (Bunnies, eggs, flowers, and butterflies), Giant Chocolate Cookies covered in mint chocolate (gluten free AND vegan!).  Feel free to call the shop to order ahead!  231.728.6383

Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Challah, Soft & Slightly Sweet Light Rye Bread (special this week!)

Scones – Dark Chocolate Chip, Cinnamon Raisin, Cranberry Orange

Muffins – Strawberry Streusel, Blueberry Lemon

Cookies – Sunflower Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F., available in Cinnamon or with Organic Raisins), HUGE! Dark Chocolate Chip, Sweet & Salty Cashew Cookies (all oats, no wheat), Oatmeal Raisin (all oats, no wheat), Lemon Fig Oatmeal (all oats, no wheat), and more!

Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp

We will also have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked or Hickory Smoked Bacon. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.
Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage in links or 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.

Braunschweiger

Old Fashioned Ring-Style Bologna.

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham.

Grass-fed Beef
Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties)

Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties).

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.
Pastured Poultry
Please note: We will be out of fresh frozen chicken until May.

Chicken Sausages: Chicken Spinach Feta links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).
Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning  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
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~ We  have some quarters of beef for sale.  Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.

We will have  beef by the pound and package on Saturday!  Steaks , roasts, ground beef,  soup bones, Liver, heart.  I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities  (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb.

Veggies this week ~ Spinach and Mixed salad greens;  Russet Potatoes and Red La Soda, the last of the red potatoes; yellow and red onions; celeriac, parsnips.  Dried herbs.  Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~  I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~  http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com New photos are up!  We are signing up this year’s CSA members.  Let us know if you are interested. We will deliver to Sweetwater Market this year!

Olson Farm of Shelby

Taste of Spring Maple Syrup 2010! First week for my newest batch of syrup. Limited quantities this year as all syrup makers in the area experienced a smaller harvest due to weather.   Corn! I will be bringing my grinder and my saved open pollinated shelled yellow corn & wheat berries. I will grind you a custom blend and give you a recipe for the best tasting corn bread you ever ate!

Hickory Ridge Family Farm
New this year! Meat CSA! We are offering an incredible deal for 20 families to get top quality locally raised meats at a great price. Stop and ask Will for details and a copy of the Farm Newsletter.

Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.

Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.

Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken

Whole Turkeys, 75% off while they last.

Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain.  Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.

New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.

Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Ag & Health Alive of Marne

Spring is around the corner! Start preparing now for your garden! We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.

From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.

Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods.

Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate. Blackstrap molasses, honey & maple syrup.

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake

Hello Sunshine and warmer weather!

We are fully stocked for this weekend with our wonderful certified organic soaps. From Lemongrass Tea soap with it’s light lemon scent and touch of tea tree oil to our new Rows and Furrows Gardener’s soap with ground apricots, coffee, and sweet orange essential oil.  All of our soaps are made with only essential oils, the colors in the soap are from the botanicals used in each recipe, no artificial preservatives and are not animal tested! Gift Boxes available for soaps (small extra fee), to  make a thoughtful and usefull little hostess gift.

Other sweet offerings:

Herbal bath tea blend of yummy organic botanicals – try the new convienent single use bath bags that come in a set of 2.

Rose bud mini heart shape wreaths, hand made, pretty to hang on a little girls or baby’s room wall or unique wedding shower gift.

Lavender dryer bags to freshen your laundry and ecofriendly way.  No chemicals and lots less packaging then traditional dryer sheets.

Everlastings in single sachets and also pretty drawstring bags with 4 sachets inside and nicely packaged for gifting.

Happy Easter and look forward to seeing you at the market!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

Special Namesake Sale! To help celebrate My granddaughter Brittanie’s 6th birthday we’re going to introduce our new Facial Freedom line at 20% off.  This line consists of a cleanser, toner, scrub, acne treatment and protective moisturizer.  100% of these products are organic, vegan, 90% are gluten free, and all are USDA approved.  We hope you’ll stop by and check out our new line.

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

Sale! This Saturday (and probably several Saturdays) I will have a close-out sale on mens, boys, and young lady’s jewelry; 50 % off till sold out.  Also, I will have remaining bagged chocolates on sale for $1.00. For sale, (but not ON sale) some bagged Easter treats and Easter bracelets celebrating Jesus.

For those folks who did not attend last market, I have created an “Economy Table”; goods on this table are $20 and under for ease of sortment/shopping.  See you there!

Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs

Time for some body spring cleaning with detox herbs like Red clover and Dandelion! These herbs make great teas or added to smoothies or salads can help clean your blood and rid the body of toxins. For you to sample this week “Honeybush” tea.This is a mellow-sweet red tea from Ethiopia full of anti-oxidants and caffeine free –  yummy!

Sweetwater special: Buy any tea strainer thru the month of April and get an ounce of tea

your choice $3.00 or less for free.

Last but not least

Big Sweetwater Hugs to Renewing Friends of the Market Ben & Jen Michaels & daughters Alison & Meredith! 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.

Celebrate March: Shamrocks & Basketball Madness!

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Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, March 20th, 9:00am to 1:00pm
 Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St just 1/2 mile North of Pontaluna Rd.
We are a Bridge Card market

All Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

This Week’s Vendors
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon

Specials – St. Patty’s Day Treats!  Irish Cream Cheese Cakes, Irish Soda Bread (made with or without currants), Guinness Bread (with or without cheddar cheese), and Cinnamon Rolls with Irish Cream Glaze.  Pizza Crusts (just top & bake!), Chocolate Bread Pudding Squares, Cheesy Spinach Pockets with caramelized onions and roasted garlic.  Feel free to call the shop to order ahead!  231.728.6383

Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah

Scones – Dark Chocolate Chip, Apple Pie, Cranberry Orange

Muffins – Chocolate Raspberry, Blueberry Lemon

Cookies – Double Chocolate Cookies (Vegan, NOT G.F.), Sunflower Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F., available in Cinnamon or with GF & Vegan Chocolate Chips), HUGE! Dark Chocolate Chip, Sweet & Salty Cashew Cookies (all oats, no wheat), Oatmeal Raisin (all oats, no wheat), Lemon Fig Oatmeal (all oats, no wheat), and more!

Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp

Also – We will also have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
New Product Coming Next Market! Pancetta! A Dry Cured Italian Bacon

1/4 pound packages. – $5/package.

Returning this week! Creswick’s Snack Sticks! 4 generous sticks $4.00/pkg.

Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked or Hickory Smoked Bacon. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.
Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage in links or 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.

Braunschweiger

Old Fashioned Ring-Style Bologna.

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham.

Grass-fed Beef
Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties)

Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties).

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.
Pastured Poultry
Please note: We will be out of fresh frozen chicken until May.

Chicken Sausages: Chicken Spinach Feta links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).
Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning  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
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~ We  have some quarters of beef for sale.  Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.

We will have  beef by the pound and package on Saturday!  Steaks , roasts, ground beef, tongue, soup bones, Liver, heart.  I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities  (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb.

Veggies this week ~ Potatoes –  Russet, Red La Soda; yellow and red onions; carrots, celeriac, parsnips.  Dried herbs.  Maybe some spinach ?
Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~  I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. A new shipment arrived this week.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~  http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com New photos are up!  We are signing up this year’s CSA members.  Let us know if you are interested.

Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart

From the bakery:

Abundant Harvest Bakery

Breakfast Cookies

Regular, Chocolate Walnut

Mini Cheesecakes

Empanadas

Bread

Jumble Cookies

Broccoli cheddar quiche

From the Farm:

Grass-fed Lamb

Grass-fed Beef Soup Bones & Roasts

Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.

Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.

Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken

Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain.  Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.

New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.

Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Ag & Health Alive of Marne

Spring is around the corner! Start preparing now for your garden! We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.

From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.

Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods.

Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate. Blackstrap molasses, honey & maple syrup.

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake

New! I am introducing a new soap to our certified organic soaps just in time for your Spring plantings, called Rows and Furrows Gardener’s Soap. It’s a clean scented soap with that extra grit from ground apricots and coffee with light sweet orange essential oil for added grease cutting ability. All of our soaps are made with only essential oils, the colors in the soap are from the botanicals used in each recipe, no artificial preservatives and are not animal tested!

Herbal bath tea blend of yummy organic botanicals now comes in two sizes; the jar with refillable muslin bags and now also a set of 2 single use bags.

Sweet hand made rose bud mini heart share wreaths, pretty to hang on a little girls or baby’s room wall or unique wedding shower gift.

Along with our single hand made cards I now also have package sets of 4 hand made cards which are nice to use yourself or also for a hostess gift.

Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

NEW PRODUCTS are here!  Sweetwater is the first to offer the new 4oz Balancing Facial Toner $7.00, 2oz EveryDay Moisturizer $16.00, 2oz Night Time Facial Restorative Serum $24.00.

Our feature product this week is Sweet Almond Oil with Vitamin E.  This product is meant to be used as a deep,  protective moisturizer focusing on very dry skin types as well as mature skin.  It offers protection in cold, wind, and sun exposures; deep skin moisturizing with no greasy feeling and the antioxidant properties of Vit E offers additional healing effects. Great for both day and night moisturizing!

This week we are offering $1.00 off Sweet Almond Oil with Vitamin E

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

NEW!!! “Strands”…possibly the most versatile jewelry in the world!  “Strands” can be worn several different ways in the front of your body OR down your back to dress up a sundress or plain outfit.  They can also be worn partially in the front and partially in the back.  “Strands” can also be worn as a belt or in an updo.  What a fun and practical piece of jewelry!  Also new this Saturday will be “BeadforLife” necklace sets.  BeadforLife is a non-profit organization providing impoverished Ugandan women and their children the opportunity to rise above poverty by making beads from recycled paper.  I have purchased some of these beads and have mixed them with Gemstones and the like to make pretty spring and summer sets.

Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs

Stock up on spring cleansing herbs like dandelion and red clover. we will have “Irish Breakfast Tea” to sample,and many favorites to purchase.Honey and whole food lotions available as well as selected essential oils.

Last but not least 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.


What’s New at Sweetwater March 6th

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The sap is running at Olson Farm this weekend!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, March 6th, 9:00am to 1:00pm

Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes

On Harvey St just 1/2 mile North of Pontaluna Rd.

We are a Bridge Card market

All Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

This Week’s Vendors

Olson Farm of Shelby

Stop out to my farm this weekend and see how maple syrup gets made! I am busy tapping trees & boiling this spring’s batch of Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. The Muskegon Chronicle is visiting the farm on Saturday. If you want to come out call me at 231 861 1903 for directions.

Earthly Kneads of Muskegon Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah Specials – Energy Bars (small, healthy bars that filled with seeds, fruit, oats, spelt, and sweetened with barley malt syrup and brown rice syrup – VEGAN), Pizza Crusts (just top & bake!), Gouda for What Ales You, Marble Rye (NEW! Special this weekend), Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Sticky Buns, Apple Pie Buns (These are GOOD! Homemade apple pie filling and sweetened cream cheese), Cherry Spice Bread Pudding Squares, SB&J (sunflower butter & apricot chardonnay jam) pockets.  We will also have bread pudding kits (Chocolate or Cherry Hazelnut) and stuffing kits (the stuffing kits are 1/2 price!). Scones – Dark Chocolate Chip, Blueberry Lemon, Cranberry Orange Muffins – Blueberry Streusel Surprise, Lemon Poppyseed Cookies – Chocolate Hazelnut Cookies (Vegan, NOT G.F.), Sunflower Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F., available in Cinnamon or with GF & Vegan Chocolate Chips), HUGE! Dark Chocolate Chip, Sweet & Salty Cashew Cookies (all oats, no wheat), and more! Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp Also: We will have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats

Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork

Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked  Bacon. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.

Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.

Braunsweiger

Old Fashioned Ring-Style Bologna.

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham.

Grass-fed Beef Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties) Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties).

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.

Pastured Poultry Please note: We will be out of fresh frozen chicken until May. Chicken Sausages: Chicken Spinach Feta links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.

Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).

Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning  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

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~ We  have some quarters of beef for sale.  Email pbobier@voyager.net for details. We will have  beef by the pound and package on Saturday!  Steaks , roasts, ground beef, tongue, soup bones, Liver, heart.  I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities  (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb. Veggies this week ~ Potatoes – Russian Fingerlings (last week!), Russet, Red Norland; yellow and red onions; carrots, celeriac.  Dried herbs. Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar. HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~  I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. A new shipment arrived this week. CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~  http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com New photos are up!

Hickory Ridge Family Farm

Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm. Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen. Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed. Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain.  Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin. Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves. Free-Range Eggs: Large. New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders. Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville

Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition. This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar. HandCrafteds Good for the body & soul!

Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake New! I am introducing a new soap to our certified organic soaps just in time for your Spring plantings, called Rows and Furrows Gardener’s Soap. It’s a clean scented soap with that extra grit from ground apricots and coffee with light sweet orange essential oil for added grease cutting ability. All of our soaps are made with only essential oils, the colors in the soap are from the botanicals used in each recipe, no artificial preservatives and are not animal tested! Herbal bath tea blend of yummy organic botanicals now comes in two sizes; the jar with refillable muslin bags and now also a set of 2 single use bags. Sweet hand made rose bud mini heart share wreaths, pretty to hang on a little girls or baby’s room wall or unique wedding shower gift. Along with our single hand made cards I now also have package sets of 4 hand made cards which are nice to use yourself or also for a hostess gift. Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs NOTE: Thank you to all for your interest in the new products we have been sampling.  These products will be available for purchase starting March 20th! Spring is truly coming and it’s very important to prepare your skin for venturing back out of doors.  Even though indoor winter air is very dry and actually depletes our skin of much needed moisture, once we go outside  we are exposing our skin to the elements of wind, sun and particles/toxins in the air.  Not only is moisturizing critical, so is exfoliating.  To prevent the buildup of dead cells on your skin’s surface, gently exfoliate once a week to stimulate circulation, remove old cells and provide your skin with better ability to breath. Our Organic Almond Oatmeal Scrub is just the solution for gently exfoliating the skin. Ingredients: Organic Oatmeal finely ground – provides protein silica to soften the skin’s surface gently without harsh chemicals and leaves skin feeling satiny to the touch after each treatment. Organic Almonds finely ground – provides scrubbing action to remove surface buildup without harming new skin cells. Simply add a few drops of Organic Citrus Cleanser or water to 1 tablespoon of Organic Almond Oatmeal Scrub  to make a fresh  new scrub each time you use it. Feel the softness immediately after each use  and see the new glow your skin will have!

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon NEW!!! “Strands”…possibly the most versatile jewelry in the world!  “Strands” can be worn several different ways in the front of your body OR down your back to dress up a sundress or plain outfit.  They can also be worn partially in the front and partially in the back.  “Strands” can also be worn as a belt or in an updo.  What a fun and practical piece of jewelry!  Also new this Saturday will be “BeadforLife” necklace sets.  BeadforLife is a non-profit organization providing impoverished Ugandan women and their children the opportunity to rise above poverty by making beads from recycled paper.  I have purchased some of these beads and have mixed them with Gemstones and the like to make pretty spring and summer sets.  Again, this Saturday I will have the last week of the “End of 2009” 50% off jewelry sale with the items on sale not having been shown before.  See you there!!!

What’s New at Sweetwater Local Foods Market?

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Organic Pizza!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, February 20th, 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 Market –All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Music is Back at the Market!

This week Jo Ann Winberg & the Front Porch Pickers are joined once again by

Nathan Wright on the fiddle and friend Jon Misner playing the Irish Bodhran!

This Week’s Vendors

Earthly Kneads of Muskegon

Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah

Specials – Pizza Crusts (just top & bake!), English Muffin Bread, Chili Cheese Cornbread, Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Chocolate Raspberry Buns (These are GOOD!), Cherry Hazelnut Bread Pudding Squares, Cheddar & Spinach Pockets (Caramelized Onions, Roasted Garlic, Spinach, and Raw Milk Cheddar Cheese).  We will also have bread pudding kits (Chocolate or Cherry Hazelnut) and stuffing kits (the stuffing kits are 1/2 price!).

Scones – Honey Lemon Fig, Cranberry Orange

Muffins – Cherry Cola, Strawberry Streusel Surprise

Cookies – Double Chocolate Cookies (Vegan, NOT G.F.), Peanut Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F., available plain or with GF & Vegan Chocolate Chips), HUGE! Dark Chocolate Chip, Sundrop, Coconut Pecan Macaroons (GF), Sweet & Salty Cashew Cookies (all oats, not wheat)

Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp

We will also have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats

! Corned Beef New! Try one this week, slow cooked in a crock pot with cabbage, or sliced thin for sandwiches – this is meat-lovers heaven!

Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork

Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked  and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.

Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg. Braunsweiger is back!

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham.

Grass-fed Beef

Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties)

Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties).

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.

Pastured Poultry

Please note: We will be out of fresh frozen chicken until April.

Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken & Chicken Spinach Feta links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.

Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).

Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning  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 .

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~ We  have some quarters of beef for sale.  Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.

We will have  beef by the pound and package on Saturday!  Steaks , roasts, ground beef, tongue, soup bones, Liver, heart.  I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities  (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb.

Veggies this week ~ Potatoes – Russian Fingerlings (last week!), Russet, Red Norland; yellow and red onions; carrots, celeriac.  Dried herbs.

Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.

HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~  I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. A new shipment arrived this week.

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~  http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com New photos are up!

Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart

This week from the Bakery:

Hazel Nut Meringues, Breakfast Cookies, Quiche, Cheese Cakes

From the Farm:

Grass Fed Lamb and Pasture Raised

Simply Wool:

We will have some yarn/wool products featuring a queen sized wool filled (from the fleeces of our flock) comforter for sale.

Hickory Ridge Family Farm

Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.

Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.

Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken

Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.

Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain.  Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.

Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.

Free-Range Eggs: Large.

New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.

Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Olson Farm of Shelby

Corn! I will be bringing my grinder and my saved open pollinated shelled yellow corn & wheat berries. I will grind you a custom blend and give you a recipe for the best tasting corn bread you ever ate!

Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. Less than a case left so plan to pick some up before it’s all gone until  I make this spring’s newest batch.

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville

Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.

This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar.

Ag and Health Alive of Marne

Spring is around the corner! Start preparing now for your garden! We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.

From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.

Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods.

Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate. Blackstrap molasses, honey & maple syrup.

Also: pie pumpkins. They make great substitutes for any recipe calling for squash.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

Beginning this new year, Brittanie’s Thyme will expand with not only new and upcoming products but also with a little more detailed information about our individual products.  So this week we’d like to start with our Organic Citrus Cleanser and some of the benefits.

Ingredients: Organic Aloe (for hydration and gentle cleansing)

100% Natural Glycerin (softens skin, atracts moisture from the air)

Organic Jojoba Oil ( closest to our natural body sebum oil, readily absorbed)

Vitamin E (healing properties, antioxidant, preservative)

Organic Grapefruit essential oil (antioxidant, stimulant and cleansing)

Organic Rosemary essential oil (improves circulation, creates glowing skin)

This product is a gentle gel/liquid cleanser, providing you with hydration, light moisturizing and  essentail oils  that improve skin’s natural glow.  It is effective on all skin types without drying and provides the slightest moistuizing without clogging pores.  This is the reason you will not find any emulsifiers in this product. Once you’ve tried our lighter cleanser, you will feel the original softness your skin was meant to have.

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

This Saturday I will be hosting my END OF THE YEAR sale again.  I usually hold this sale 2-3 weekends but it didn’t work out that way this year and I have had folks say “I wish you were having your sale again”, so I am.

EVERYTHING on the tables will be 50 % off.  I will have jewelry, purses, and totes.

Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs

This week we will have plenty of coconut-lime body lotion on hand. Please stop by and sample “Forever Fruit Tea” a wonderful herbal blend that is caffeine free and great tasting! We will gladly bring a specific herb or tea just cal  616-696-1808 by Friday 2/19 so we can bring it.

Last but not least:   Sweetwater thanks goes out to renewing Friends of the Market Dave Fredericks & Hildi Paulsen! 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.

Super Sweet Fun at the Market this Saturday!

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Go Saints!

Happy Valentines Day!

Superbowl Specials & Valentines Day Treats!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, February 6th, 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 Market All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Superbowl Specials!

Valentine’s Day Treats!

Music!

Front Porch Pickers return!

Chair Massage!

Christine Schultz from Weiss Family Chiropractic will be back this week with

Free Chair Massage!

This Week’s Vendors

Earthly Kneads of Muskegon

Special Note Lots of goodies for Superbowl Sunday and for Valentine’s Day this weekend!!! Our cupid bakers have been baking up a love cookie storm. We’ll have three kinds of cookies for your sweetie: homemade fortune cookies with love quotes on the inside, sugar cookies that spell out L-O-V-E, and giant sugar cookies with conversation heart messages. We also have a limited amount of chocolate bread pudding kits. If you’re looking for treats for a Superbowl party, we’ll have bread bowls (for filling with dip), par-baked medium whole wheat pizza crusts (vegan), and long sub buns (contain dairy & egg). Call the shop to reserve yours: (231)728-6383

Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah

Special Breads – Gouda for What Ales You, Leek & Sage Spelt Bread

Other Specials – Spinach Pizza Pockets, more in the note above, too!

Scones – Chocolate Cherry, Mango Orange, Blueberry Lemon

Muffins – Chocolate Raspberry, Mixed Berry

Cookies – HUGE Dark Chocolate Chip, Lemon Fig Oatmeal, Apricot Hazelnut Oatmeal, Sundrop, Sweet & Salty Cashew, and more!

Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia

BEEF ~ We have some quarters of beef for sale. Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.

We will have beef by the pound and package on Saturday! Steaks , roasts, ground beef, tongue, soup bones, Liver, heart. I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb.

Veggies this week ~ Potatoes – Russian Fingerlings, Russet, Red Norland; yellow and red onions; cabbages; carrots, celeriac. Dried parsley.

Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.

HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags.

CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com New photos are up!

Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart

This week from the Bakery:

Breakfast Cookies in two choices.

Carrot cake cheesecakes

Whole wheat bread

Gluten free Meringues.

From the Farm:

We will have a fine selection of grass-fed lamb, beef soup bones & smoked pork hocks.

Hickory Ridge Family Farm

Super Bowl Special! Treat guests and yourselves to Locally Raised Hot Wings! Get 25% Off Any pkg of Chicken Drumsticks or Wings!

BOGO! Whole Turkeys. Average 20#. Buy 1 Get 1 free! We have approximately 25 of them in the deep freeze at the Hart Starting Block. If you want them for the market tomorrow please call us at (231)861-6814 before 5:00 today and we’ll bring them, otherwise you can put your order in on Saturday and we’ll bring them to the next market on February. These turkeys were raised at Happy Hill Farm on pasture and processed in November.

Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.

Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.

Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken

Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.

Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.

Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.

Free-Range Eggs: Large.

New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.

Garlic! $1.00 a head.

Olson Farm of Shelby

Corn! I will be bringing my grinder and my saved open pollinated shelled yellow corn & wheat berries. I will grind you a custom blend and give you a recipe for the best tasting corn bread you ever ate!

Last market for red white potatoes and

Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. Less than a case left so plan to pick some up before it’s all gone until I make this spring’s newest batch.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats

New! Creswick Old Fashioned Ring Bologna. Braunsweiger is back!

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. New batch this week!

Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.

Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken & Chicken Spinach Feta links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.

Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork

Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.

Grass-fed Beef

Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon.

Pastured Poultry

Chicken Breast. Whole Chicken. Chicken leg quarters. Ground chicken in 1# bulk pkg.

Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).

Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning 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

Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.

This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), Lamont Cheddar & newest cheese Polkton Corners.

Ag and Health Alive of Marne

Spring is only 45 weeks away! Start preparing now for your garden! We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.

From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.

Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods. Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate, honey or maple syrup.

Also: pie pumpkins. They make great substitutes for any recipe calling for squash.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

New! Great things have been happening with Brittanie’s Thyme. We have been working with MSU on new marketing ideas and we are about ready to launch our new label designs and lines. You will be seeing: Mindful Beauty (original skin care), Facial Freedom (our new teen line) and Outdoor Harmony (Insect Repellent and Bug Bite) .

We also are adding three new products: Moisturizer, Facial Serum and a Toner. (stop by for free samples available this Saturday)

As the final details are set on the labels (coming in March) we would like to use the two

market days in February to help support the great need in Haiti by giving 5% of all sales this month to Doctors Without Borders for badly needed medical supplies. Thank you for your support, see you at the market.

Bee and Botanicals of Spring Lake

Organic Bath Soaps! If you are trying to go greener this year (or just want a great soap) our certified organic bath soap is a great place to start! Certified organic guarantees that all the oils and herbs were grown – and processed – according to organic standards (no pesticides, no radiation, environmentally friendly methods, etc.). These soaps are made with only essential oils, the colors in the soap are from the botanicals used in each recipe, no artificial preservatives and not animal tested!

Valentines Day Specials! Valentines Day just around the corner we have a nice selection of soap gift boxes for purchase in a variety of designs, as well as Valentines Day cards.

Herbal bath tea blend of yummy organic botanicals, pretty sachets, organic lavender dryer bags, Lavender Hill Stain bars (travel size only right now) and organic catnip also available!

Look forward to seeing you at the market!

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

NEW! Valentines Day jewelry, gifts and cards along with my new “vintage-look” necklaces at lower prices. Also, new earring designs and no-clasp pendant necklaces.

Weiss Chiropractic Wellness Center of Spring Lake

Located in downtown Spring Lake. The center’s mission is to help the people in our community experience natural healing and wellness by coaching them to eat well, move well and to think well. The center has two chiropractors and three massage therapists. The center will be available at the market to answer health related questions, offer spinal screenings, and will provide free five minute chair massages. The center will also offer 30 minute chair massage gift certificates for just $15 dollars.

Last but not least: Sweetwater thanks goes out to renewing Friend of the Market Don Kunst and new member Terry Lehnen! 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.

Join Us for Music & Great Food at the Market!

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Yum! Cinnamon Rolls!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, January 23rd, 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 Market-All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Music is Back at the Market!
This week Donna Carlston & the Front Porch Pickers are joined by
Nathan Wright of our own Liberty Family Farm and friend Jon Misner!

This Week’s Vendors
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon
Special Note – The shop’s open again and we’re back at market. Hope everyone’s new year is off to a good start. We missed everyone! Come by and say, “Hi!” to Diane on Saturday at Sweetwater. Having trouble sticking to your New Year’s resolution to eat healthier? Try some of our Whole Grain Spelt Bread. Spelt has 4 times the fiber as conventional wheat, a lower glycemic index, and it’s easier to digest. Our 100% Whole Grain Spelt loaf is made with no oil and no sugar or added sweeteners. The Seeded Spelt is our 100% Whole Grain Bread plus pumpkin, sunflower, sesame, and flaxseeds. Having trouble sticking to a resolution to eat UNhealthier? We’ve got that covered, too. Mmmmmm… Cinnamon Rolls…
Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah
Special Breads – English Muffin Bread, Chocolate Cherry Bread (Yes, you read correctly – CHOCOLATE CHERRY BREAD!), Gouda for What Ales You
Other Specials – Cinnamon Rolls with Cream Cheese Frosting, Spicy Sweet Potato Turnovers, Cheesy Shiitake Turnovers (made with our Beer Bread)
Scones – Apple Pie, Cranberry Orange, Dark Chocolate Chip
Muffins – Chocolate Raspberry, Blueberry Lemon
Cookies – Double Chocolate Cookies (Vegan, NOT G.F.), Peanut Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F., available plain or with GF & Vegan Chocolate Chips), White Chocolate Cherry Almond Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F.); Apple Pie Oatmeal Cookies; and more!
Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts, plus Muesli and Gorp
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
BEEF: We have all cuts of beef for Saturday! Steaks – tenderloin, rib, Porterhouse, sirloin, Tbone, cubed; roasts – arm, chuck and rolled rump; ground beef, tongue, soup bones, Liver, heart; I’ll also have ground beef in 10 + # quantities (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb. We also have some quarters of beef for sale. Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.
Veggies this week: Potatoes – Russian Fingerlings, Russet, Red Norland; yellow and red onions; cabbages; carrots.
Organic Olive Oil: Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. Just received a new shipment!
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com
Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart
This week from the Bakery:
Breakfast Cookies in Regular, Chocolate Walnut & Cherry Pecan
A delicious selection of cookies in a bag.
Honey Whole Wheat Bread
Broccoli Quiche
Spinach and Gouda Quiche
Mini Cheesecakes
Gluten Free Merigues, and also macaroons
From the Farm:
We will have a fine selection of GRASSFED LAMB!
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Big BOGO Sale! Whole Turkeys. Average 20#. Buy 1 Get 1 free! We have approximately 25 of them in the deep freeze at the Hart Starting Block. If you want them for the market tomorrow please call us at (231)861-6814 before 5:00 today and we’ll bring them, otherwise you can put your order in on Saturday and we’ll bring them to the next market on February 6th. These turkeys were raised at Happy Hill Farm on pasture and processed in November for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.
Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.
Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken
Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.
New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.
Garlic! $1.00 a head.
Olson Farm of Shelby
Last market for red Norland potatoes and large yellow onions.
Corn! I will be bringing my grinder and my saved open pollinated shelled yellow corn & wheat berries. I will grind you a custom blend and give you a recipe for the best tasting corn bread you ever ate!
Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. Less than a case left so plan to pick some up before it’s all gone until I make this spring’s newest batch.
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
New! Creswick Old Fashioned Ring Bologna. Sells out fast so come early! Note: We’re out of Braunsweiger this week but will have more soon!
Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.
Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. Out this week. More next week.
Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.
Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken & Chicken Spinach Feta links.
Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.
Grass-fed Beef
New! Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon.
Pastured Poultry
Chicken Breast. Whole Chicken. Chicken leg quarters. Ground chicken in 1# bulk pkg.
Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).
Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning 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
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), and Lamont Cheddar & newest cheese Polkton Corners.
Ag and Health Alive of Marne
From the bookshelf: We have a number of great books to curl up with and read this winter, including our newest book on gardening: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.
We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.
Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate, honey or maple syrup, along with baked goods from Nantucket Bakery!
Also: pie pumpkins. This make great substitutes for any recipe calling for squash.

HandCrafteds
Good for the body & soul!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs
New! Starting the New Year off, Brittanie’s Thyme is establishing new Skin Care Systems to help our customers understand our recommendations for proper care of certain skin types. To begin the year our first collection is the Basic Skin Care System, containing the 4 oz Organic Citrus Cleanser, 4 oz Organic Almond Oatmeal Scrub and 1oz Organic Sweet Almond Oil. A $35.00 value/ now $25.00 thru Jan. This starter system offers daily care for the majority of skin needs, while allowing you to add special care items of your choice. A flyer detailing our new skin care systems and products has been sent to the printer and will be available in the very near future.
Bee and Botanicals of Spring Lake
Happy New Year! If you are trying to go greener this year (or just want a great soap) our certified organic bath soap is a great place to start! Certified organic guarantees that all the oils and herbs were grown – and processed – according to organic standards (no pesticides, no radiation, environmentally friendly methods, etc.). These soaps are made with only essential oils, the colors in the soap are from the botanicals used in each recipe, no artificial preservatives and not animal tested!
With Valentines Day just around the corner we have a nice selection of soap gift boxes for purchase in a variety of designs, as well as Valentines Day cards.
Herbal bath tea blend of yummy organic botanicals, pretty sachets, organic lavender dryer bags, Lavender Hill Stain bars (travel size only right now) and organic catnip also available!
Look forward to seeing you at the market!
Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon
Valentines Day jewelry, gifts and cards along with my new “vintage-look” necklaces at lower prices. Also, new earring designs and no-clasp pendant necklaces.
Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs
This week we will have a green tea for you to sample along with lots of honey, lotions, and a nice selection of dried herbs & teas.
New! Try our new “Rose Geranium Bath Bombs” – fizzy fun for the bath!
Also new this week: red and black sea salts!
Stock up on whole food lotions and water free “hand sanitizers”. We’d be glad to answer your herb questions – stop by and chat!

First Winter Market of 2010!

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First Winter Market of 2010!

Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, January 9th, 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 Market
All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Start your new year out right with some healthy, humane & homegrown food from
the only year-round farmers market in West Michigan!

This Week’s Vendors
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
New! Braunschweiger and/or Creswick Old Fashioned Ring Bologna. We will have plenty of what Nathan calls his “greatest creation” — a delicious smoked liverwurst made the traditional way, with pork liver, cream & spices, and the ring bologna, which we quickly sell out of every week we’ve had it.
Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.
Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. Sandwich size in 1# pkgs.
Pork Sausages: Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.
Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken links.
Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin, Pork Chops. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.
Grass-fed Beef
New! Round Roast. Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Ground beef, bulk in 1# pkgs. Ground Beef Patties 3 patties 1/3lb ea per pkg.
Pastured Poultry
Chicken Breast. Whole Chicken. Chicken leg quarters. Ground chicken in 1# bulk pkg.
Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).
Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning 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
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), and Lamont Cheddar & newest cheese Polkton Corners.
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
BEEF: Liver, heart, cubed steak, ground beef, ground beef in 10# quantities (8 packages) for $35.00. These steers were fed some homegrown grain with their homegrown hay last winter, and were on lush rotational pastures all summer. Cows can eat grain as long as they are on pasture or hay free-range. They balance their own diets when given variety to choose. We will have a new batch of beef, all cuts at the next Market Day. We also have some quarters of beef for sale. Email pbobier@voyager.net for details.
Veggies this week: Butternut squash, Native American Hadista Squash (large Hubbard shaped, orange skin and flesh, long storage variety)Russet potatoes, Red LaSoda potatoes, dried parsley & dried basil.
Organic Olive Oil: Choose your favorite bottle or try a bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com
Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart
We will have plenty of our great Ultimate Breakfast Cookies, Honey Whole Wheat Bread (made from freshly ground organic wheat), Gluten Free Broccoli quiche, Olive Oil Bread, Jumble Cookies (full of chocolate, raisins, and nuts) and more!
Ag and Health Alive of Marne
From the bookshelf: We have a number of great books to curl up with and read this winter, including our newest book on gardening: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.
We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.
Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate, honey or maple syrup, along with baked goods from Nantucket Bakery!
Also: pie pumpkins. They make great substitute for any recipe calling for squash.
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Goose! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.
Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.
Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken
Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.
New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon
The bakery is closed until January 14th. We will reopen on January 15th and will return to Sweetwater Market starting on January 23rd.

HandCrafteds
Good for the body & soul!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs
New! Starting the New Year off, Brittanie’s Thyme is establishing new Skin Care Systems to help our customers understand our recommendations for proper care of certain skin types. To begin the year our first collection is the Basic Skin Care System, containing the 4 oz Organic Citrus Cleanser, 4 oz Organic Almond Oatmeal Scrub and 1oz Organic Sweet Almond Oil. A $35.00 value/ now $25.00 thru Jan. This starter system offers daily care for the majority of skin needs, while allowing you to add special care items of your choice. A flyer detailing our new skin care systems and products has been sent to the printer and will be available in the very near future.
Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon
Sale! Huge, end-of-the-year clearance sale! Purses and totes – 50% off!
Earrings – 25 to 50% off! Necklaces and sets – 30 to 50% off!
Greeting cards – 50% off or 3 for $1.00!
Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs
We hope you had a blessed Holiday Season! Stop by and sample our Fire Fly Chai Tea a delicious warming herbal chai. The herb of the month is “oregano”. This is an all around anti viral, anti fungal, and natural antibiotic. Great for cooking and for your health. Stock up on whole food lotions and water free “hand sanitizers”. We’d be glad to answer your herb questions – stop by and chat!

Last Holiday Market for 2009!

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Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, December 19th, 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 Market
All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!

Last Holiday Market of 2009!
Back Porch Pickers return with Old Tyme Christmas tunes!
New Holiday Gift Vendors! Free Sweetwater Gift Cards!
Relaxing Free Chair Massage!

This Week’s Vendors
The Organic Olive Oil Company of Spring Lake

Taste a Sample of Organic Olive Oil!

We are pleased to welcome Field Reichardt, owner, to our market this week! Field will be sampling the delicate Armando Mansur, from Argentina … and the robust Taso Sarganis from Greece. They will be available in both 250 and 500 ml sizes at the Earthscape booth this Saturday! You can always purchase his oils at Earthscape, or check out his company at:
http://www.organicoliveoilcompany.com/
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
Special Christmas SALE! Organic Olive Oil! 10% of all sales donated to the West Michigan Food Bank ~ Feeding America. Bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
BEEF: We are running low on many cuts of beef, but will have all cuts again in January. These steers were fed some homegrown grain with their homegrown hay last winter, and were on lush rotational pastures all summer. Cows can eat grain as long as they are on pasture or hay free-range. They balance their own diets when given variety to choose from. SALE! Beef liver and Swiss (Cubed) Steak 50¢ off per pound.
Ground Beef Sale! in 1#-2# packages, minimum order 10# at $3.50 per lb. Must be pre-ordered. Call (231)861-2234 or email pbobier@voyager.net We have a limited number of quarters of beef for sale – they will be done in January.
Veggies this week: I will try to dig Carrots or Parsnips in this weather. We still have Celeriac, Cabbage, Winter squash, Red & Yellow onions, and potatoes in storage. Potatoes: Red Norlands are the most popular red-skinned potato ~ excellent boiled, mashed, & smashed. Russets are the standard baking potato- high in starch and low in moisture, so they bake well and yield light, fluffy mashed potatoes. They don’t hold their shape after cooking, so don’t use them to make potato salads or scalloped potatoes. We also have Russian fingerlings ~ buff brown skin / white flesh.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com
Ag and Health Alive of Marne
Great Holiday Gift Ideas! We will have half bushel baskets with wrapping paper & ribbon for a special gift for a gardener or anyone special. Fill it with:
-Any of a number of great books on healthy living economies, including our newest book on gardening: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.
-We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.
-Stock a special food basket with Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate, or a bottle of honey or maple syrup, along with baked goods from Nantucket Bakery!
Also: winter squash & pumpkins.
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon
Please Note our Holiday Hours:
Monday(Dec 21) thru Wednesday(Dec 23) – 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Thursday(Dec 24) – 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M.
Christmas Day – CLOSED
Saturday(Dec 26) – 9:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M., No Market this Day
Sunday(Dec 27) – CLOSED
Monday(Dec 28) – 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Tuesday(Dec 29) – 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M.
Wednesday(Dec 30) THRU January 14th – CLOSED
Regular hours resume starting January 15th.
We will return to Sweetwater Market starting on January 23rd.
Special Note: Get your holiday pie, cake, cookie, and bread orders in for next week! Diane will have special order slips with her at market this Saturday. Talk to her or call the shop if you’re interested in ordering ahead (231-728-6383). Next week, we’ll have pies (buttermilk, eggnog, pumpkin eggnog, and dutch apple), cakes (devil’s food with peppermint frosting), holiday cookies (mexican wedding cookies, pfeffernuesse, springerles, gingerbread men, holiday sugar cookies, ginger hermits, available as assorted multipacks, too), stollens, panettone, and rolls.
This Weekend’s Bread Selection: Our usual assortment of Saturday Breads (Seeded Spelt, Whole Grain Spelt, Peaseant, Italian Rosemary, Tuscan, Challah) plus English Muffin Bread, Beer Bread, “Gouda for What Ales You”, and Christmas Stollens.
Specials: Christmas Stollens, Sticky Buns, and Ginger Hermits (bar cookies topped with a generous amount of caramel icing and lots of crystallized ginger)
Scones: Lemon (Yes, we were able to get our hands on some good looking organic lemons. Get them while you can!), Dark Chocolate Chip, Eggnog (probably the last week for these)
Muffins: Strawberry Pina Colada, Chocolate Raspberry
Cookies: Vegan Chocolate Cherry Peanut Butter; Dark Chocolate Chip; Sugar; Sweet & Salty Cashew (all oats, no wheat); Pfefferneusse (German “Pepper Nut” Cookies – Spicy Gingerbread & Almond Cookies tossed in powdered sugar), Gingerbread Men, Christmas Iced Sugar Cookies
Granola: Several varieties this week, plus Muesli and Gorp. We have holiday jars of granola all packed up and ready for gift giving, too!
Great gift Extras: We’ll have an assortment of Food for Thought certified organic jams & preserves and Naturally Nutty certified organic nut butters with us.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!!
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
Lunchmeats & snacks.
Great Holiday gift ideas! Braunschweiger and/or Creswick Old Fashioned Ring Bologna. We will have plenty of what Nathan calls his “greatest creation” — a delicious smoked liverwurst made the traditional way, with pork liver, cream & spices, and the ring bologna, which we quickly sell out of every week we’ve had it.
Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.
Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. Sandwich size in 1# pkgs.
Pork Sausages: German Thuringer. Red Hot Brats. Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.
Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken links, Chicken with Spinach & Feta Cheese links.
Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin, Pork Chops. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.
Grass-fed Beef
Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Burgers: grass-fed beef & hickory smoked bacon 3-1/3lb patties per pkg. Ground Beef Patties 3-1/3lb patties per pkg.
Pastured Poultry
Chicken Breast. Whole Chicken. Ground chicken in 1# bulk pkg.
Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).
Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning 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
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Polkton Corners, Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), and Lamont Cheddar
You can special order Grassfields Cheese by emailing Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning before the next market.
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Shetland Wool Skeins & Hand-knit mittens & gloves!
Order your Christmas Goose Now! These freshly processed and frozen geese run between 6 to 9 lbs, and were pastured on grass and supplemented with oats grown on the nearby Earthscape Farm.
Duck! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast. Frozen.
Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken
Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.
Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. Whole turkeys processed the week before Thanksgiving, also: frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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 meats raised on pasture with daily moves.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.
New from Hickory Ridge! Besides raising pastured poultry, Will raises Shetland sheep and now has beautiful wool in various natural colors for sale by skein. Also his sister Rebecca will bring her hand-knit gloves, mittens & socks. She will also do custom orders.
Olson Farm of Shelby
Christmas Potato Sale!
2 quarts for $3
Onions
Taste of Spring Maple Syrup.
Fruitful Acres of Manistee
Specially packed gift bags of assorted certified organic apples grown up at Fruitful Acres, & Hugh’s Northern Naturals fresh-pressed apple cider!

HandCrafteds
Good for the body & soul!

New Vendor!
Ladybug Designs of Muskegon
Emma Hardiman will return this week with more of her wonderful, cozy knitted afghans, quilts, angels and more!
Special Sale Prices for last Holiday Market!
Organizers! Help that special person conquer clutter with a quilted organizer for the car, kitchen, bathroom –anywhere! $25.00/ $5.00 off Now $15.00
Aprons $15.00/ $5.00 off Now $10.00
Heart potholders $6.00/ $1.00 off Now $5.00
Strawberry potholder $5.00/ $1.00 off Now $4.00
Baby afghans $35.00/ $5.00 off Now $30.00
Baby quilts $50.00 / $5.00 off Now $45.00
Angels: Large $15.00 / $5.00 off Now $10.00 Small $10.00 / $5.00 off Now$5.00
Tree $5.00 / $1.00 off Now $4.00
Pillow $5.00/ $1.00 off Now $4.00
Computer bags $20.00 / $10.00 off Now $10.00
Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs
End of the Year Holiday Special! Maybe the shopping is done or maybe you’d like something for yourself, but whatever the case may be we’d like to add a little warmth with 25% off your entire purchase, for this last Sweetwater market of 2009! And may we add a heartfelt thanks to all of you for this wonderful season – from Michelle, Nancy and Yvonne at Brittanie’s Thyme!
Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake
We’re happy to help you shorten that holiday shopping list and buy organic too!
Certified organic soaps in a nice variety make great office gifts, hostess gifts and stocking stuffers.
To make it even easier we have soap gift boxes available with holiday designs (for a small additional fee).
Quietude herbal bath tea blend of yummy orgainc botanicals and salts to relax after a long stressful day.
Also nice to tuck in stockings or in with another gift, pretty sachets in lavender, citrus and Rose blends.
Organic catnip for the kitty’s stocking : x )
Lavender Dryer bags available in 2 size packages, and our Lavender Hill Farm stain removal bar for you laundry needs.
Holiday cards and gift tags.
Wishing you all the simple joys of the holiday season!
Thank you for your support this year and look forward to seeing you at the market!
Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon
Christmas Sale!
Lots of specials for Christmas gifting this Saturday!
Christmas tins – $1.00 off
Christmas “treat” boxes – $1.00 off
Snowflake suncatchers – $3.00 off
Christmas “purse” cards – $1.00 off
Christmas Snowman jewelry – 20% off
All other Christmas jewelry -10% off
Also, I would like to give a heads up on my end-of-the-year jewelry sale that will occur in January, 2010. 20 to 50 % off on all items displayed.
Linda LaMair Crafts
I will have hand-blown glass pendants (with a free leather cord), which make great gifts and also felted items including bowls, Christmas ornaments and earrings. I’ll be offering a special on the balls and ornaments – buy any 5 and get $2.00 off the total price. I will also have a few handknit scarves and purses.
Sandgate Ceramics of West Olive
Pottery artist Judy Bregman has been making kiln-fired pottery for many years, and will be bringing her hand-made, wheel-thrown teapots and cups. Each item makes a unique one of a kind gift!
Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs
This week Laura will have an assortment of herbal organic teas and different herbs, plus local honey and whole food beauty care items. Soul Infusions is located at 90 N. Main St, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. Laura can be reached at 616-696-1808.
Weiss Chiropractic Wellness Center of Spring Lake
Great gift idea! Christine from Weiss Chiropractic returns this Saturday to provide free five minute chair massages. You can then purchase 30 minute chair massage gift certificates for just $15 dollars! Located in downtown Spring Lake, the Center’s mission is to help the people in our community experience natural healing and wellness by coaching them to eat well, move well and to think well. The center has two chiropractors and three massage therapists.

Last but not least: We would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our Friends of the Market for 2009 – Thanks so much for your support, and we hope to see you back in 2010!!
Sweetwater Thanks to our 2009 New & Renewing Friends:
Jo Ann Windberg
Betsy Horrigan
Marianne Nelson
Jackie Nelson
Julie Winklepleck
Jen & Thom Jorgensen
Mike, Jennifer & Malcolm Johnson
Jim & Jackie Fisher
Brad & Heidi Sprague
Joan LaMourie
Delphine Hogston
Arlene Hecksel
Louis Ward
Kate Heineman & Lee Henderson
Nancy Waters
John Gabrosek
Jennifer Stewart
Joanne Patterson
Lebeau Potgieter & Amelia Bueche
Victoria Veenstra & Robert Taylor
Cheryl Gurden
AJ Bougher
Cecelia Perkins
Deborah Johnson

Free Sweetwater Gift Cards! Stop by the Coffee table to get your Free Sweetwater Holiday Gift Tag. Designed by local graphics artist Dustin Anderson, it will tell the gift receiver that your gift was purchased locally! One tag card per gift purchased at the market.

Sweetwater Change in Market Schedule!

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Hello & Happy Holidays to all Sweetwater Customers!

We are sending out an extra notice this week about a change in our days of operation. Our last market of 2009 is this Saturday, December the 19th. We will then be closed for the next two Saturdays, on the 26th & Jan 2nd, and will reopen on January 9th.

Market Calendar Dec – May:
We will be open this Saturday, December 19th from 9-1.
We will be closed the day after Christmas, Dec. 26th.
We will be closed the day after New Years, Jan. 2nd.
We will be open January 9th, 9-1 and every other Saturday thereafter until end of May.
Market days in January: Saturday the 9th, Saturday the 23rd.
Market days in February: Saturday the 6th, Saturday the 20th.
Market days in March: Saturday the 6th, Saturday the 20th.
Market days in April: Saturday the 3rd, Saturday the 17th.
Market days in May: Saturday the 1st, Saturday the 15th, Saturday the 29th.
Beginning June 5th, open every Saturday.

We hope this doesn’t inconvenience any of you. We have a special market planned for this Saturday, with Christmas music by our Back Porch Pickers, and lots of special sales on gift items, so be sure to check out this week’s What’s New at the Market on Friday!

Thanks, and hope to see you at the market!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager
Sweetwater Local Foods Market