Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, May 24th, 2025
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!

MARKET NEWS

Time to Get Growing! Blackbird Farm is coming with lots of beautiful garden plants! The Woven Farm returns, and along with Pine Row Farm & Funny Farm are all accepting preorders for our one hour market this Saturday!

Attending Sweetwater Market on May 24th:

Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
Friends, due to high demand, we are unable to accept any more preorders for our herb and vegetable plants. Nevertheless, despair not! We will bring plenty of herbs & veggie plants to Sweetwater for walk up sales this Saturday, May 24. Looking forward to seeing all you good people then!
Herbs & Edible flowers:
rosemary
thyme
oregano
chives
curly parsley
flat parsley
Genovese basil
lemon basil
Thai basil
dill
cilantro
mint
lemon balm
violas
calendula
nasturtiums
Greens, cukes, squash:
swiss chard
kale
zucchini
summer squash
slicing cucumbers
pickling cucumbers
tomatillos
Peppers:
red sweet peppers
little lunchbox peppers
jalapeno peppers
anaheim peppers
ancho peppers
tomatoes:
Black Cherry
Supersweet 100
Sungold
Sunpeach
Brandywine
Cherokee purple
Striped German
Green Zebra
Jaune Flamme
Valencia
Wisconsin 55
Thanks!
Greg Dunn
Blackbird Farms LLC
farmer.blackbirdfarms@gmail.com
blackbirdfarms.net
instagram.com/blackbird.farms

The Woven Farm of Whitehall
Hello Sweetwater Friends!
I have missed you these last few weeks, but I am thrilled to be backwith an abundance of spring crops!
I have the following available for PREORDER ONLY!
Please email inquire@thewoventrifecta.com with your order by 5pm Friday!
I will have:
Salad Mix 6oz bags – $6/bag
Baby Kale Mix 6oz bags – $6/bag
Spinach 6oz bags – $6/bag
French Breakfast Radishes – $4/bunch
Green Onions – $3/bunch
Dandelion Greens – $3/bunch
Lemon Balm – $3/bunch
As a reminder, all produce is grown on farm, chemical free, certified naturally grown, and grown with love…Just 19 miles from Sweetwater Market! 🙂
Cash/Check preferred! If you are a market card holder or would prefer to pay with a credit card, please let me know in your order so that I can send you an invoice! (Invoice must be paid prior to pick up!)
If you prefer walk-up sales, we will also be attending the Montague Farmers Market from 9am-1pm on Saturday!
Looking forward to sharing an abundance with you all this week and throughout this season! Thank you for your continued support!
Cheers to Good Growing!
Samantha Otto
Farmer; Food+Farm Edu
The Woven Trifecta
231-215-6008
www.thewoventrifecta.com

Funny Farm of Grant
Hello Sweetwater fans! This week my phone is corrected so please text meat 734-945-0720 and I will reserve your request. Thank you for supporting our market. This week I will bring:
Asparagus $5 lb
Spring Mix lettuce $5 bag
Radishes $2 bunch
Fresh oregano $1 bunch
Jelly made from Funny Farm fruits. $5/jalf pint
Thanks, see you Saturday!
Barb Loe
Funny Farm

Pine Row Farm
Hello :-),
100% grass fed beef:
We have two quarters available. Please contact me if you are interested!
Prices listed are per pound. Orders are filled in the order we receive them. Preorders are encouraged but I bring a selection for walk ups.
Ground beef $7.25
Ground sirloin, vacuum sealed, $13.25
Burger patties $8.50
Short ribs, regular cut, $7
New York strip steak$17.25
Porterhouse $20
T-Bone $20
Rolled rump, chuck, arm, or English roast $8.50
Stew meat $9
Shank $5.25
Soup bones $2.25
Sale! Save 25 cents a pound on 50 pounds or more of ground beef or ground sirloin, while supply lasts.
We sell by halves and quarters. Please contact me if you would like beef soon. We have beef at the processor, and no additional dates scheduled currently.
*New: We have Jersey beef bundles for anyone interested in a package that is smaller than a quarter. It would include chuck roasts and soup bones. There is also brisket available. I can vary the size of the package to your freezer space.
Poultry
All of our poultry is free range, locked in nightly, and has certified organic feed.
Please return your empty cartons. Thanks!
Chicken eggs are$7/dozen. Sold out
Duck eggs are$10/dozen.
Honey
Glass canning jars:
Pint raw $10
Quart raw $16
Beeswax
1# block $10
Tiny block $1.50
Maple syrup
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Quarts and pints are glass jars. Mother Hubbard’s maple syrup:
Pints $10
Quarts $20
Gallons, plastic containers, $65
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. I will get totals emailed out by 5am Saturday morning. If you don’t get a response from me, please contact me. We accept cash or check payable to Pine Row Farm.
See you Saturday!
Sarah
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215

Returning to market soon

Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
We’ll return next week!
Andy and Dennise

Mannor Farm of Hesperia
We will return to our markets the first week of June and will be at Sweetwater when we have someone to deliver to that market.
Dan & Linda Mannor
The Mannor Farm LLC
5595 E Arthur Road
Hesperia, MI 49421

Sweetwater Verified at Muskegon Farmers Market

Laughing Tree Bakery
We’ve decided our longstanding market stall is a better fit for us overall, so you can find us back in Stall 135!
Hope to see you at the market soon–outdoor market is open 8–2pm and is already very lively!  Asparagus is happening, garden plants area bundant, and the energy is invigorating!

The Pasturage of Montague
Hello Farm Fresh Folks!
As of this Saturday, May 24, along with Muskegon Market we will also be attending the Montague Farmers Market! It runs from 9-1 and is one block south of the World’s Largest Weathervane (is that still true?  no idea.)  Gina will be our illustrious staffer for the second year there.  Welcome her back in style with lots of purchases!
Pre-order and delivery are still available for Sweetwater.  Our online pre-order from and website are down, so it’s best to call Julie at 23one 288 6 one one 2.
Take care!
Julie

Sweetwater Verified Goods in other places

Tortoise & Hare Farm of North Muskegon
Our farm store website can be found at https://tortoise-hare-farm.square.site/s/order#QAVY3RDJ2SUEWHIIYVFNW44L   We have tatsoi, green garlic, bok choy &spinach available, plus plants.
Established in 2018,Tortoise & Hare Farm grows a wide variety of Certified Naturally Grown vegetables. We are dedicated to growing clean, safe, high quality vegetables without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. We offer a summer CSA and weekly farm stand at the farm (3940 N. Weber Rd, Muskegon, MI 49445).

Shady Side Farm of Holland
We have an on-farm store that’s open each Wednesday & Friday afternoon from1-4pm. We are located at 13275 Blair St, Holland 49424, just 3/4 mile east ofUS-31 between Grand Haven and Holland. We’d love to have you visit!
Lona
Shady Side Farm
info@shadysidefarm.net
Get news, recipes, and alerts from the farm: https://mailchi.mp/ffb92e5e9f09/shadysidefarmsubscribe

Kaufmans Certified Organic Produce of Fremont
We will return to the Muskegon Farmers Market on May 31^st. In the meantime, we have the following available at our farm:
Eggs, $4.50 dozen.
Maple syrup $10.00 pint
Rhubarb $2.00 a lb.
Tomato & pepper plants $1.00 each
Herb 4.5 inch pots, price varies.
More varieties will be added as season progresses.
Vegetables & plants available by pre-order only!
Our farm store hours are Monday – Saturday 8am to 5 pm. We take cash & checks only, please include phone# on checks. Address is 7547 Croswell Ave, Newaygo, MI 49337. Thanks.
Allen Kaufman

Hidden Creek Farm
Everything here on our farm is raised with love and care until it is ready for harvest. We do this WITHOUT the use of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMO’s), pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, hormones, steroids, or antibiotics. In addition to all the above our livestock is also corn, soy and wheat free. We focus on raising our livestock with a pasture and produce based diet. Our on Farmacy farm store is open Monday-Saturday from 9am-6pm
https://www.thehiddencreekfarm.com/
1230W River Rd, Muskegon, MI (616)796-5696

Dirty Roots Healing of Muskegon
See my website https://www.dirtyrootshealing.com/shop for details. To keep up to date with all my new products, classes and latest news sign up for the Newsletter at my website.
Thanks all for your support!
DirtyRootsHealing.com
DirtyRootsHealing@yahoo.com
616-834-3233
Thanks!
Cody

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