Sweetwater Monday Preorder List for Saturday October 8th Farmers Market


Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, October 8th, 2022
10:00am to 11:00am
Mercy Health Lakes Village
6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd.
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The leaves on my maples are turning…the furnace insisted on kicking on this morning….sigh. But this time of year is so wonderful for all the veggies and fruits we get to put up, dry, freeze, can, and eat!
The Mannor Farm will join us this week, check them out.
Laughing Tree Bakery needs your preorders by 6pm Tuesday.
Scholl Farm is back with pumpkins & squashes & all that good fall stuff!
Pine Row Farm, Liberty Farm & Earthscape Farm all have a great selection of meats for the soups & stew season!
The good farmers of Woven & Blackbird & Funny Farm will be bringing a huge selection of fall veggies! (and Patrice has Peppers!)

Thanks again, and see you at the Market!

Vendors Attending Saturday October 8th:

Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
We plan to have many, many items for walk-up sales—watch for more information in Friday’s newsletter.
Thanks so much! We’re looking forward to seeing friends old and new this Saturday!
Greg Dunn
Blackbird Farms LLC
farmer.blackbirdfarms@gmail.com
blackbirdfarms.net
instagram.com/blackbird.farms

The Woven Farmstead of Whitehall
Hello! The field and its offerings are ever changing as we welcome cooler temperatures. I have an abundance of the following available for preorder, as well as will have a larger variety available for walk up sales! (Check back on Friday for microgreen varieties!)
Mini Cabbages – $3/quart
Swiss Chard – $3/bunch
Curly Kale – $3/bunch
Tuscan Kale -$3/bunch
Collards – $3/bunch
Potato Medley (red/yellow/purple/blue) – $5/quart
Onions (small) – $5/pint
Sage – $3/bunch
Rosemary – $3/bunch
Lavender – $3/bunch
Leaf Fennel – $3/bunch
Fresh garlic – $5/pint
All is Certified Naturally Grown and Grown with Love!
To order, please email inquire@thewoventrifecta.com by 7am Friday
Additionally, I will be hosting a CSA celebration at the farm on Sunday October 16th from 3pm-6pm. I would like to extend the invite to folks who contributed to the go fund me this past spring as a big thank you – I truly could not have gotten through the season without your support and would love to welcome you to celebrate the season’s successes. I will need RSVP by the 9th via email to plan accordingly for food 🙂 RSVP via email or call/text!
Cheers to good growing!
Sam

Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
VEGGIES from the garden and hoop house!!
Red Potatoes $5.00/ qt
White Potatoes Russets $5.00/ qt
Kale $5.00/bag
Carrots $6.00 per lg bunch
Radish $5.00
Collards $5.00 bunch
New! Green spicey mix $5.00 bag
New! Spinach $6.00 bag
FARM FRESH EGGS! $5.00 per dozen
NEW! FRESH FARM Hydrangea bouquets $15.00
New! Hydrangea Wreaths $25.00
PASTURED CHICKEN-
 Whole Chicken $5.50 per lb avg weight 5-7 lbs
Breasts $10.25 lb avg. weight per pkg 1-1.5 lbs
Thighs $7.00/lb
Drumsticks $5.75/ lb
Wings $5.75/lb
Livers $5.00
PASTURED PORK
Pork Steaks $8.00/lb
Fresh Ham Steaks $9.00 /lb
Pork Kabobs $8.00 /lb
Ground Pork $6.00/lb
Maple Sage Sausage $8.00/lb.
Italian Brats $9.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Slices $ 9.00/lb
Pork Shoulder  Roasts $10.00 lb
Ribs $9.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Hocks $7.00 /lb
GRASS FED BEEF 100% we raise Irish Dexter Cattle pasture raised!
Ground Beef 1# pkg $7.50
GRASS FED LAMB 100% raised on pasture! No hormones or chemicals ever!
Ground Lamb$10.50
Leg Steaks$15.00
Shoulder Steaks$12.75
Lamb Stew Meat $9.00
Shanks $9.00
BAKERY OFFERINGS
New! Baked donuts cinnamon/sugar, glazed,  or Plain $6.00 per half dozen.
New! Apple coffee cake $12.00 8 inch square made with our own organically grown apples.
New! Pear & Cheddar Galettes $10.00 8 inch
New! Maple Almond Granola $6.00
New! Apple Crumb top pies made with our own organic apples $18.00
New! MultiGrain Knot Rolls 4pk $6.00
New! Green Pepper, Roasted Onion, Corn & Cheddar Quiche $15.00 Made with our own organic veggies.
Apple Galettes $10.00
Spinach & Cheddar GF or Reg. $15.00
Broccoli & Cheddar GF or Reg. $15.00
Classic Banana Bread $8.00 small $5.00
Ultimate Granola $5.00 bag
Breakfast Cookies $4.00 each
Pizza Crusts $5.00 (4 pack)
Please send order via email libertyff@gmail.com by Friday evening and we will send an invoice on Friday evening through email.  Feel free to pay with cash on Saturday. Please email if you do not get a confirmation within 24 hours.
NOTE: If you get this email too late for a preorder we will plan to have limited amounts of veggies, apples, eggs & baked goods available for walk up sales.
Thank you very much!
The Wrights
Liberty Family Farm
231-873-3737

Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
To place an order and PRE-PAY please go to www.laughingtreebakery.com
And look for the ORDER FOR SWEETWATER button in the upper right corner.
Please pre-order by Tuesday at 6pm.
To pay with cash or check at pickup send an email order to: Hilde@laughingtreebakery.com
BREADS Available for Pre-Order for Saturday, October 8th:
Cheddar Peppercorn Bread $8.00
Cobmoosa Onion Rye $7.00
Finn’s Pecan Raisin Pecan $10.00
Homesteader’s Wheat $7.00
Michigander $7.00
Oceana Round $6.00
Third Coast Three Seed $7.00
Griff’s 8 Grain $7.00
Annie’s Raisin Spice $7.00
Kamut $7.00
Pilgrim Rye $7.00
Rustic Baguettes $4.00
Pay It Forward Loaf $6.00
PASTRIES Available for Pre-Order Saturday, October 8th:
Morning Buns $4.00 each (A hearty cinnamon roll with ground pecans and orange oil)
Deep Mud Brownies $4.00 each
Cherry Brownies $4.00 each
COOKIES: $3.00 each
Tree Hugger (PB Choc. Chip Cookie–VEGAN)
Whangdangdoodlers (Dark chocolate batons and walnuts)
Pecan Maple Oaties (Oatmeal Raisin with pecans and Mich. Maple syrup)
Hilltoppers (Ginger Molassses cookies with candied ginger)
Vanilla Shortcakes $2.50 each
SCONES: $3.00 each
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Blueberry Scones
Cranberry Orange Scones
Lovely Lemon Scones
Mountain Crunch Granola $10.00
PB Granola $10.00
Hilde and Charlie Muller
Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery
231-873-9820
Find us on facebook and Instagram
www.laughingtreebakery.com

Pine Row Farm of Rothbury
Hello :-),
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. If you miss the deadline or prefer to shop in person, I bring a selection of what’s available every Saturday. I will plan to get totals emailed out by 9:30pm.  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.
Brisket $9
Skirt steak $10
Hanger steak $10
Sirloin sizzlers $11.50
Round steaks $7.75
Eye of round $7.75
Arm roasts $8.50
Chuck roasts $8.50
English roasts $8.50
Rolled rump roasts $8.50
Burger patties (1# average 4/package) $8.25
Ground beef $7.25
Ground round $7.75
Stew meat $8.75
Kabob meat SALE! $8.75
Short ribs $7
Shank $5.75
Soup bones $2.25
Suet $1.25
We sell by halves and quarters. Please contact us if you would like to be on the list for beef in 2023.
Poultry 
All of our poultry are free range, locked in nightly, and have certified organic feed.
Chicken eggs: $6/dozen
Honey 
We will bring the following honey:
Plastic squeeze bottles:
12 oz bear $6
1# raw $8
2# $12
Glass canning jars:
Pint raw $10
Quart raw $16
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Glass jars only. Mother Hubbard’s maple syrup: 
Pints $10
Quarts $16
Kasza Sugar Bush Maple Syrup 
Glass containers.
Quarts $16
Gallons $55
See you Saturday!
Sarah (and Bill and the kids),
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215

Scholl Farm of Montague
SCHOLL FARMS – Montague
All of our products and produce are raised/grown organically.
EGGS, Chicken – $6.00/doz. (Limit 1 doz)
FROZEN CHICKEN
– Frozen whole birds, 4 TO 7+ LBS. $5.50/lb.
– Frozen chicken pcs, ~6 LBS, 8 pcs per pkg. $6.00/lb.
– Necks, gizzards, and livers: $3.00/lb.
POTATOES
Purple, Yellow, Butterball, Redskin, Kennebec, and Crescent Fingers. Mix
or match.
$5.00/qt.
$15.00/peck
$30.00/1/2 bu.
$50.00/1 bu.
Spuds are easy to store if kept in cool, dark, dry environment with some air flow.
Stock up on your favorite varieties.
RHUBARB still available – 2 lb. bundle $5.00
OSAGE ORANGE (hedge apple) – $1.00 each
STRAW BALES- $6/bales
For Walk-up sales:
SQUASH: acorn, buttercup, delicata, kabocha, and spaghetti ($3 to $4 each)
PIE PUMPKINS ($3 each)
A Variety of DECORATIVE GOURDS and PUMPKINS
Broom corn and corn stalks available next week
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

Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
Hello, Sweetwater friends!  We will be there on Saturday, October 8th!  
I hope to bring the rest of my sweet peppers ~ RED, ORANGE, LAVENDAR, PURPLE, GREEN, AND POBLANO! Peppers freeze well!  Seed and chop them.  Spread them 1 layer deep on cookie sheets and freeze till hard.  Put them in any kind of container.  They will last a year in the freezer, and can be used in any cooked dish – eggs, chili, casseroles, etc. Plus we will bring any other extra vegetables with us – eggplant, onions, Savoy, red and green cabbage, and maybe more.   Need tomatoes?
Please let us know if you want to pay at pick up (cash or checks made out to Earthscape Farm), or on line with a Square invoice.  We can most likely fill orders up until 8am Saturday morning!
Email earthscapefarm@gmail.com.
Please note: We have limited beef with us to buy at Market.   Please try to get a preorder in to get exactly what you want.
SALE ITEMS:  BEEF ROASTS!  BUY TWO, GET 10% OFF! 
We have a lot of ground beef – plus ground chuck and sirloin.
We are low on other  beef cuts ~~ HAVE BEEN SELLING MOST BEEF BY THE QUARTER LATELY.
All the cuts are below, and orders are filled in the order we receive them.
Skirt Steak $7/lb
Round Steak  $6.50/lb.  .5 to 1.5# per package
Rolled Rump, English and Arm Roast  $8.00/lb.   BUY 2 of any roast, get 10% off!
Brisket $8 per lb.
Ground Chuck!  $7.50 per lb.
Ground Sirloin!  $9 per lb.
Ground Beef  $6.50/lb.   ~ 1/2# AND 1# packages
Ground Beef Patties $7.50 per lb.  2 AND 4 patties per package!
Short Ribs $5 per lb.
Heart $3 per lb.
Liver $4
Tongue $3.50 per lb.
Oxtail $5 per lb.
Soup Bones $2.50 per lb.  BUY 10# OR MORE FOR $2 PER LB!
CONTACT: Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI  49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com

Funny Farm of Grant
Hello everyone! Frost has held off so if anything makes a recovery, I’ll bring it along. There’s the chance of spinach for the weekend. Thank you for your support this year.
Here’s our offerings this week.
Please text me at 734-945-0720 for preorders.
Red & orange peppers, medium and large, bags of smaller sized
White onions
Scallions
Slicing tomatoes
Tomatoes for canning
Asst cherry tomatoes
Butternut, acorn squash & sweet dumpling
Garlic
Cilantro
Nicola potatoes
Jellies, elderberry, blueberry, apple & wild grape
Pink Himalayan salt (Smoked and plain)
Mushroom powder
Kale powder
Dried onions & peppers
Thanks again, see you Saturday!
Barb

The Mannor Farm of Hesperia
We will offer the following Certified Naturally Grown items.
Please send preorders no later than Thursday evening this week.
Call  231-301-9894
Black Storage Radishes $3 per quart
Honeynut Squash $1 each
Tuffy acorn squash $1 each
Hardneck Garlic. $4 about 3 oz (3-4 bulbs)
Whole Chicken $4.50 per lb. 5 – 6 lbs
Young Guinea Foul $8 per lb 2.5 – 3 lbs
Poblano Peppers.  $2 for 3
Hungarian Wax Peppers. $3 per quart
Black Hungarian Peppers. $2 per quart
Green Beans  $3 per Quart
All are Certified Naturally Grown and all poultry is frozen and processed by a USDA facility.
We accept credit cards or cash at pickup.
Also, we have a limited amount of green beans available by the quart ($3), 1/2 peck ($5), and 1/2 bushel ($30).
Dan & Linda Mannor
The Mannor Farm LLC
5595 E Arthur Rd, Hesperia, MI 49421
231-301-9894

RETURNING SOON
The Pasturage of Montague
Hi folks!  We have a family event happening and will not be at Sweetwater this weekend.  We will be at Muskegon in stall 148 but we will be leaving early, probably around 1pm.  We will be back at Sweetwater on 10/15, then gone 10/22, and back again 10/29.  Happy Fall!

Forest Finds of Muskegon
We will visit the market again on October 22nd.
If you have items you need before then, our product list is here:  FOREST FINDS-3
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-3
Thanks!
Cody

Dark Water Coffee Roasters of Mears
We will be at the Fall Festival on the Rural Farm this Saturday in Mears.  If you’re looking for something to do, come check it out! If you’re in need of a fresh coffee supply, jump on our website www.darkwatercoffeeroasters.com and we will ship right to your doorstep!  There are some exciting new offerings sure to excite your morning cuppa.
Happy Fall,
Lauren, Tony, Damian, and Neve

Earthkeeper Farm of Kent City
We plan to attend market once a month through the end of the year. Our next dates will be Oct 22, Nov 19, and Dec 10. We will have 5lb frozen elderberries, elderberry cordial and garlic.
All crops are Certified Naturally Grown on our farm in Kent City.
More farm info at www.earthkeeperfarm.com

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 in a sealed envelope on market day pickup.
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