Saturday, October 19th, 2019
9:00am to 12:00 noon
Mercy Health Lakes Village
6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
Vendors with * Accept Credit & Debit Cards
Mund Farm of Rothbury
NEW APPLE THIS WEEK! Jonathans as well as Empires are available this Saturday, Oct 19th. See description below.
Certified Organic apples from Hackert Family Farm (Ludington)
Quantities Available:
Quarts (2 1/2 lbs.) @ $4 ea;
Peck (5 qts.) @ $12 ea;
1/2 bu. @ $18 (22 lbs.); (Market &; order to pick up at market – grmund@aol.com)
1 bu. @ $30 (44 lbs.); (Market &; orders to pick up at market – grmund@aol.com)
Please bring your container(s) for large quantities
Empire
A McIntosh type apple
Long shelf life
Aromatic and crisp, with creamy white juicy flesh
Best for eating fresh
Early to Mid season
Jonathan
One of the first red apples of the fall
Sweet-tart taste with firm texture
Light red stripes over yellow or deep red
Best for: eating and cooking
THANK YOU!
A Garden in the Woods of Hart, Michigan
Fall Salad Mix with Edible Flowers (8 varieties of lettuce, spinach, and baby kale)
Spinach
Heads of Lettuce (Red Leaf, Red Butter, Green Leaf, and Green Butter)
Kale Bunches
Radishes
Sweet Salad Turnips
Watermelon Radishes
Bulb Fennel
Thanks – Caleb
Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
Now that fall seems to have arrived decisively, the dress code here is all sweaters, bib overalls, and wool hats. Plus rain gear and muck boots. But the harvest goes on, whatever the weather.
This week we will likely be bringing:
toscano kale
baby red and white Russian kale (very limited quantities)
large cabbages, red, green, savoyed, and conehead
Napa cabbages
salad turnips
beets
carrots
kohlrabi
Brussels sprouts
broccoli
cauliflower
sweet peppers, the very last of the season
parsley
potatoes
scallions
leeks
onions, red and yellow
shallots
garlic
We should also have a limited quantity of microgreens, beets, broccoli, and mild mix.
Looking forward to seeing friends old and new at this week’s market!
–Greg and Shel
Little Farm in the Big Woods of Whitehall
We will be at market this Saturday with the following:
-Eggs– Chicken and a very limited number of Duck. Our Birds are fed soaked organic feed and kitchen/garden scraps. They are outside and moved onto new pasture everyday.
-Arugula
-Sage
-Parsley
-Mixed Salad Greens
Hope to see you there!
Matthew and Emily Near
Marty’s Summer Blend Gardens
We’ll be starting a fall run here at Sweetwater that will
feature Microgreens and Greenhouse Produce from Farmer
Dave up in Hesperia. Glad to get back at it and it’ll be good to
see you on Saturday!
From Farmer Dave’s Produce of Hesperia:
Cucumbers
Tomatoes (slicers and cherry)
Green Beans
Peas
Microgreens
Corn
Radish
Sunflower
Peas
From the Coopersville Garden
Watermelons
Yellow Beans
Ground Cherries
Parsley
Cilantro
Arugula
Peppers (Habaneros, Bananas, Bells)
Kale Bundles (Curly, Scarlet, Tuscan/Lacinato)
Parsley
Broccoli Florets
Fall Squash (Butternut and Delicata)
Collard Greens
Funny Farm of Grant
Hello, all my friends and new friends! I’m excited to be back at
Sweetwater for the fall season. This week I’ll bring small pink and red
salad tomatoes, big cabbages named Megaton, rutabagas, assorted winter
squash, Musque du Provence, spaghetti, blue hubbard, blue banana among
the varieties. We had a nice elderberry harvest and the jelly is ready.
I have elderberry, blueberry jelly and jam, crabapple and kiwi. All are
made with low sugar recipe and cane sugar. I also have some hardy kiwis
fresh and sweet to eat, too. Jim made a beautiful counter top cutting
board that I’ll bring, too. Just in time for the fall season, I’ll have
some Apron Lady aprons in fall designs. I look forward to seeing
everyone and this wonderful fall weather!
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
*We accept debit & credit cards.
~~ We will have some vegetables! New picking Pole Beans! Red and Yellow Onions, broccoli, Oriental eggplant, Cabbages
GRASS FED BEEF
Grilling Steaks ~ Tenderloin, New York Strip, Rib Steaks, Ribeye, TBones, Porterhouse, Sirloin, plus Kabob beef for the grill!
Cubed Steak – great for a quick supper!
Braising Beef ~ Stew Meat, Round Steaks.
Roasts ~ Chuck, Rolled Rump Roast, English and Arm Roasts.
Ground Sirloin
Lean Ground Beef – 1 lb packages, and 1/4 lb patties!
Soup Bones ON SALE IF PRE-ORDERED – $1.50 PER LB ($1 off per lb!)
Beef Heart and Tongue
Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
Hoop house Offerings
Spinach
Arugula
Mix
Kale
Carrots
Grass Fed Lamb
Leg
Leg steaks
Shoulder steaks
Ground
Shanks
Chicken
Whole birds
Thighs
Wings
Broth Packs
Breasts
Pork
Brats
Roasts
Chops
Sausage bulk
Hocks
Hams
Ham slices
Ribs
Bakery
Donuts are back!
Paleo Cookies
Morning Glory Muffins
Quiche
Looking forward to seeing you at the market!
Arts Specialty Flowers of Coopersville
Art Modderman will be at market with his mixed bouquets of flowers.
Pine Row Farm of Rothbury
Hello everyone,
We have a full selection of 100% grass fed beef cuts to choose from this week. We’ve even ordered chuck steaks!
Please place orders by 9pm Friday. I ordinarily respond but this is football season still. If you contact me Friday evening there will be no reply but we will have your order Saturday morning unless someone else has already ordered and we’re out of stock. Thanks for your understanding. It’s late when we get home, “tackle” chores, and sort the freezer.
We will have some duck eggs available. Our poultry is free range and has certified organic feed.
We’ll also have a nice selection of honey.
See you Saturday!
Pine Row Farm
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia ~
Please note: We are taking a few weeks off, so stock up on beef at this Market!
Beef Quarters are hanging at the butcher. Now is the time to order a quarter if you want to have it cut, packaged to your specifications. Email this week and we will send you more information – weights, prices and the number to call to give your instructions to the butcher.
*We accept debit & credit cards.
~~ We will have some vegetables! Sweet Peppers in bulk to freeze for winter! tole Beans! Red and Yellow Onions, broccoli, Oriental eggplant, Cabbages, Celeriac.
Freezing Sweet Peppers: Core and seed them. Dice. Spread 1 layer deep on cookie sheets and freeze. Store in freezer containers or bags. You can take out handfuls to add to any cooked dish all winter long! Vitamin C!
GRASS FED BEEF
Grilling Steaks ~ Tenderloin, New York Strip, Rib Steaks, Ribeye, TBones, Porterhouse, Sirloin, plus Kabob beef for the grill!
Cubed Steak – great for a quick supper!
Braising Beef ~ Stew Meat, Round Steaks.
Roasts ~ Chuck, Rolled Rump Roast, English and Arm Roasts.
Ground Sirloin
Lean Ground Beef – 1 lb packages, and 1/4 lb patties!
Soup Bones ON SALE IF PRE-ORDERED – $1.50 PER LB ($1 off per lb!)
Beef Heart and Tongue
Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
NOVA Bakery of Muskegon
We will have the following for your enjoyment!
-Goat Cheese Cookies are back! Now with a jam center! (Thank you Hidden Creek Farm for the goat milk, eggs and jam!)
-Buttercrunch Toffee: coated in 72% dark chocolate and fleur de sel sea salt (GF)
-Chocolate bars: Peanut Butter (vegan/GF/no sugar added), PB&J (same PB filling with pieces of concord grape pate de fruit-GF), Pumpkin Caramel (GF), Espress-o Yourself (vegan/GF) and Solid 72% (vegan/GF)
-Concord Grape and “Sugar Plum” fruit gummies! (GF/DF)
-Assorted Chocolate Bonbons: Espress-o Yourself, Pumpkin Latte, Cashew Brittle Butter
-Blueberry Marshmallows (3 ingredients!)
And, anything else I come up with =) Any questions, let me know. 614-216-2546
Addy, your thoughtful pastry chef
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
Greetings from Laughing Tree Bakery!
MORNING BUNS this Saturday!
A naturally-leavened cinnamon roll made with ground pecans and demerara brown sugar.
$3.50 each.
SPECIALTY BREADS:
Cheddar Peppercorn $8.00
Cobmoosa Onion Rye $7.00
PLUS OUR 12 WEEKLY SOURDOUGH VARIETIES!!
(Oceana Round is the only non-sourdough bread we make.)
*All the grains and flours we use are certified ORGANIC.
PASTRIES:
Deep Mud Brownies $3.50 each
Cherry Brownies $4.00 each
COOKIES: $3.00 each.
Pecan Maple Oaties
Treehuggers
Whangdangdoodlers
Hilltoppers
SCONES: $3.00 each
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Blueberry Scones
Cranberry Orange Scone
Lovely Lemon Scones
PEANUT BUTTER GRANOLA
MOUNTAIN CRUNCH GRANOLA
Hilde and Charlie Muller
Laughing Tree Brick Oven Bakery
231-873-9820
Charlie@laughingtreebakery.com
Three Speed Coffee of Grand Haven
*We accept credit & debit cards!
All Three Speeds coffee is roasted by sight, smell & sound based on a roast profile developed by Chad. All coffee is small batch, no automation. We invite all to sample what time and attention taste like in a cup.
Coffee & Sizes
We now have 8oz & 14 oz bags of whole bean & 8 oz. ground coffee.
Our regular line-up:
Peru Lima
Guatemala
Mocha Java Blend
By Pre-Order only:
Rwanda Coopac & Sumatra
By the Cup:
Immersion drip coffee by the cup, one selected roast.
Peru, Mocha Java and Guatemala available by the cup as well. Try a sample before you decide!
Thanks
Chad & Lori
Bodhi Tree Juice Co.
Bodhi Tree Juice Co is excited to be returning to Sweetwater this weekend! We will be bringing our cold pressed juices, wellness shots and Switchel. We are looking forward to seeing all you beautiful people!
Sweetwater Curated Local Foods
*We accept credit/debit!
Produced in Michigan & Certified Organic!
J&J Tortilla: Limited supply, new order next week.
Idyll Farms Goat Creamery of Northport, MI
Also this week: Award winning goat cheese in Plain, Garlic & Herb, Fennel Pollen & Honey Lavender
Naturally Nutty of Williamsburg
Almond Butter Ingredients: Organic Almonds, Organic Flax, Organic Hemp, Organic Chia Seed
Smooth and Crunchy PB. Ingredients: Organic USA Valencia Roasted Peanuts, Organic Flax, Organic Hemp, Organic Chia Seed
Food for Thought of Traverse City.
Blackberry Shiraz Preserves
Apricot Chardonnay Preserves
Not attending this week: Scholl Farm. Michigans Finest Mushrooms: Not enough product this week, see you next week!
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Thanks!