Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, April 15th, 2023
10:00am to 11:00am
Mercy Health Lakes Village
6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd.
Contact info at end of newsletter
Supporting Small Local Organic Food Producers since 2005!
Sweetwater Pledge to Customers
No preorders this week? Never fear, we’ll still have plenty of products on our tables for your purchasing/eating pleasure!
Laughing Tree Bakery will have breads & pastries.
The Pasturage & Pine Row Farm will have a selection of beef, pork, & lamb.
Scholl Farm may have extra eggs (as may Pine Row Farm), ask when you come!
Busy Bee Farm will have a good selection of her canned goods (see her list).
Also please see bottom of newsletter for a list of vendors whose products you can get anytime by ordering online, including Dark Water Coffee Roasters, Forest Finds herbals & NOVA bakery chocolate confections.With Earth Day coming in just one week, do your part and recycle this newsletter to a friend, relative or neighbor who needs to get on the Good Local Food train! They can get their own newsletters by signing up here:
https://tinyletter.com/SweetwaterLocalFoodsMkt
If you missed the Frauenthal Theatre showing of David Ruck’s The Erie Situation it will be showing at Muskegon Community College on Thursday April 20th at 7pm in the Overbrook Theatre! More on the film here: https://www.theeriesituation.com/
Thanks for all of your efforts to preserve and help grow our local food community – see you at the market!
Vendors Attending Saturday April 15th:
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
If you missed your Tuesday preorder window, we will have a nice selection of breads & pastries for walk up sales.
Hilde and Charlie Muller
Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery
231-873-9820
Find us on facebook and Instagram
www.laughingtreebakery.com
The Pasturage of Montague
Spring arrives: The ramps in our woods are about three inches tall! How blessed are we to partake of this good earth?! I will be at market with a freezer-full of selections, here’s the list:
The Pasturage Product Price List 1-2023
If you want to be sure of a selection, send a preorder to thepasturage@gmail.com
Thank you all for keeping it real, the food that is.
Julie
Pine Row Farm of Rothbury
Hello :-),
Fridays have been eventful here on the farm. The first calf arrived on Friday. She’s doing great. I’m looking forward to watching the spring calves playing together.
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. If you miss the deadline or prefer to shop in person, I do bring a selection of what’s available every Saturday. I will plan to get totals emailed out by 9:30pm on Friday. If you don’t get a response from me, please contact me. We accept cash or check payable to Pine Row Farm.
100% grass fed beef:
Prices listed are per pound. Orders are filled in the order we receive them.
Ribeye $18
T-bone $18
Porterhouse $18
Rib steak $17.50
NY strip steaks $17.50
Sirloin sizzlers $11.50
Sirloin tip roasts $11.50
Round steaks $7.75
Brisket $9
Hanger $10
Flank $10
Rolled rump roast $8.50
Chuck roast $8.50
English roasts $8.50
Skirt steaks $10
Stew meat $8.75
Arm roasts $8.50
Short ribs $7
Shank $5.75
Ground beef $7.25
Ground sirloin (vacuum sealed) $12
Soup bones $2.25
Suet $1.25
We sell by halves and quarters. We have a quarter of beef ready now, and a quarter available on May 1. Please contact us if you would like to be on the list for beef in 2023.
On May 1 we will have ground beef bundles available in 50 and 100 pounds. Please let me know if you want added to my list for that quantity.
Do you know anyone who says Jersey is the best beef? We have one 100% grass fed Jersey steer that’s ready. He was born and raised on the farm without any medications or vaccines.
Pork
We have one whole pork available. It is Idaho Pasture breed, born and raised on the farm, and never had any vaccines or medications. We raise our pigs on pasture, hay, and a small daily portion of certified organic grain.
Poultry
All of our poultry are free range, locked in nightly, and have certified organic feed.
Chicken eggs: $6/dozen
Duck eggs: $10/dozen
Goose eggs $3.50 each
Honey
We will bring the following honey:
Plastic squeeze bottles:
1# raw $8
2# $12
Glass canning jars:
Pint raw $10
Quart raw $16
Beeswax
1# block $10
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Glass jars only. Mother Hubbard’s maple syrup:
Pints $10
Quarts $20
Kasza Sugar Bush Maple Syrup
Glass containers.
Quarts $20
Gallons $55
See you Saturday!
Sarah (and Bill and the kids),
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215
Scholl Farm of Montague
Note: Change of plans, Connie will be at the market this Saturday!
All of our products and produce are raised/grown organically using 100% certified organic feeds for our animals.
EGGS, Chicken – $6.00/doz.
FROZEN CHICKEN [Looking for a warm home (oven)]
– Frozen whole birds, 4 TO 6+ lbs. $5.50/lb.
– Frozen whole cut up chicken, 8 pcs per pkg. 5-6 lbs., $6.00/lb.
– Necks, gizzards, and livers: $3.00/lb.
Place all orders via voice message at (231) 893-1311. Leave your name, phone number and speak slow and clear.
Thanks So Much,
Stu and Connie
Busy Bee Farm of Whitehall
This week’s offerings: Pints are $10, 1⁄2 pints $5
AppleSauce
Pickled Banana Peppers
Savory pepper jam
Salsa Verde
Apple pie jam, sugar free too
Pumpkin pie jam
Variety of Pie fillings, Sugar free Apple
Apple Butter
Carrot Cake Jam
Chow Chow
Tomato Jam
Sweetheart Jam
Strawberry Jam
Ketchup
Marinara
Green Tomatoes
Manwich
Sliced green tomato
Salsa
Fig Onion Spread
Taking preorders and I will have products available for purchase on the day of.
For Preorders email busybeefarm58@gmail.com
Check out our products and follow us on Facebook @BusyBeeFarm5258
Cash or Credit Card Accepted
Thanks, Deb Brown
RETURNING SOON
Liberty Farm of Hart
We’ll be back at market next week.
Thank you very much!
The Wrights
Liberty Family Farm 231-873-3737
The Woven Farm of Whitehall
I will be at Farm Conferences both this Saturday and Next Saturday. I look forward to returning on 4/29 with the first field veggies of the season! In the meantime, don’t forget to reserve your seeds+seedlings, Veggie CSA, Flower CSA, or Market Card! Seeds can be picked up at market or mailed to your door, Seedlings will be ready to pick up mid May, Market Cards have an additional 20% added to the value of your choosing on the card, and Veggie+Flower CSA’s boast a number of added perks, along with multiple pick up locations (including Sweetwater) or delivery! To reserve your seeds, seedlings, or CSA, head on over to our website
Cheers to Good Growing!
Sam
231-215-6008
Inquire@thewoventrifecta.com
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
We have quarters of beef hanging at Ebels right now. Email or call me if you are interested. They will be cut and packaged this week. We will try to come to Sweetwater again in a few weeks with a good supply of all cuts! If you put your order in now, we’ll fill those orders as we get them.
CONTACT: Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
Order Online
NOVA Super.Natural.Bakery.LLC of Muskegon
Thank you to everyone who ordered Easter goodies, I hoped you enjoyed them!
NOVA is returning to the Western Market, downtown Muskegon chalets for a second season! Opening day is Saturday May 27. If you want to know my specials/weekly offerings, please follow me on either FB or IG (@novasupernaturalbakery). I will be moving more toward the middle into Chalet letter J (used to be teaologie!)
If you ever have any special requests for a special occasion, please feel free to email me! addy@noavsupernaturalbakery.com
Visit my website: www.novasupernaturalbakery.com
Dark Water Coffee Roasters of Mears
Check out our newest coffees at www.darkwatercoffeeroasters.com and we will ship right to your doorstep! There are some exciting new offerings sure to excite your morning cuppa, including Winter Solstice! Notes of baked molasses and spice with subtle undertones of dried fruit. Our coffees are made with Fair Trade & Organic beans.
Lauren, Tony, Damian, and Neve
Forest Finds of Muskegon
Please check our online product list and feel free to place an order anytime! I can make arrangements for pickup when you place your order. For our entire list of herbal products please check here:
Forest Finds
If you have any questions, etc about any of our products please email me at ForestFinds@yahoo.com
Call or text 616-834-3233
Forest Finds
Thanks! Cody
In Case of Severe Weather: Cancellation Notice
If we need to cancel a market due to severe weather I will send out a separate email no later than Friday evening before a market notifying you that we will be closed. I will post the same message to our FB & Instagram pages as well as the website. If you know people who are regulars to the market and not in the habit of checking emails please let them know. Thanks!
INSTRUCTIONS FOR How to Pre-Order
1. Look over the list. Each vendor has a unique deadline for when they need to receive your pre-order depending on their product. Send your pre-order by email to each vendor you want to order from, within their required deadlines.
2. Vendors will respond back by no later than Friday before market day with an order confirmation and an invoice that in most cases will allow you to pre-pay for your order. If a vendor is not set up to take payment online they will accept checks (preferred) or cash on market day pickup.
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Contact the market
(231)742-8477 (leave a message).
Email: sweetwaterlocalfoodsmkt@gmail.com
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To remind everyone about what is unique about Sweetwater, here is a link to the Sweetwater Pledge to Our Customers. This Pledge is signed by all vendors, and we stand behind Sweetwater Pledge to Customers