Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, June 17th, 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
Sunday is Father’s Day! Pine Row, Liberty & The Pasturage all have great meat items for Dad’s grill or smoker!
And Salad Greens are back! Both Blackbird & Liberty farms will have greens available, Liberty will accept preorders too (and those Peonies!)
Don’t forget to get preorders in by Tuesday for Laughing Tree Bakery!
Multiple requests from our farmers for rain-please keep them in mind this week and do a rain dance or two!
Note: If you don’t mind the drive, Born & Raised Organic of Fennville has organically grown strawberries available. Call to get an appointment to pick up your order in Fennville, or to do their You Pick.
Contact info is near the bottom of this newsletter.
See you at the market!
Vendors Attending Saturday June 17th:
Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
We are looking forward to returning to Sweetwater this Saturday! If all goes well this week, we anticipate bringing the following (for walk-up sales only):
head lettuce, red and green
kale
microgreens
bok choi
tatsoi
komatsuna
green garlic
garlic scapes
rhubarb
We will also have a small selection of culinary herb starts.
Looking forward to seeing friends old and new at market this weekend!
Greg
Liberty Farm of Hart
Preorders accepted. 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.
Red and green mix Salanova lettuce mix $5.00
Fresh Bouquets from the garden! Peony Bouquets!! $18.00 each large
FARM FRESH EGGS! Lots of eggs! Eggs are on sale this week! $5.00 per dozen
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
Breakfast Patties $12.00 lb
Pork chops $9.00/lb
Maple Sage sausage$10.00 limited
Italian bulk sausage $10.00 limited
Garlic basil bulk sausage$10.00 limited
Pork Steaks $8.00/lb
Fresh Ham Steaks $9.00 /lb
Pork Kabobs $8.00 /lb
Pork Shoulder Roasts $10.00 lb
Ribs $9.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Hocks $7.00 /lb
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
Grassfed Beef $8.00 1lb pkg
Just in! Grass fed ground beef 1 pound pkg. $8.00
BAKERY OFFERINGS
New! Strawberry Rhubarb Crumb Bars $3.50 made with our own organic strawberries and rhubarb.
New! Organic Asparagus & Cheddar Quiche $17.00
Spinach & Cheddar GF or Reg. $17.00
Broccoli & Cheddar GF or Reg. $17.00
Classic Banana Bread $9.00 small $6.00
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 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
SOURDOUGH BREADS Available for Pre-Order for Saturday, June 17:
Chili Cheddar Bread $8.00
Lumbertown Rye $7.50
Toasted Walnut Batard $7.50
Finn’s Pecan Raisin Pecan $10.00
Homesteader’s Wheat $7.00
Michigander $7.00
Oceana Round $6.50 (This is our only non-sourdough loaf)
Third Coast Three Seed $7.50
Griff’s 8 Grain $7.50
Annie’s Raisin Spice $7.50
Wholegrain Kamut $7.50
Pilgrim Rye $7.50
Rustic Baguettes $4.00
Pay It Forward Loaf $6.00
PASTRIES Available for Pre-Order Saturday, June 17:
Morning Buns $4.00 each (A hearty cinnamon roll with ground pecans and orange oil—Hilde’s
favorite!)
Vanilla Shortcakes $2.50 each
Deep Mud Brownies $4.00 each
COOKIES: $3.50 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)
SCONES: $3.50 each
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Blueberry Scones
Lovely Lemon Scone
Cranberry Orange Scones
Mountain Crunch Granola $10/pound
Pecan Maple Crunch Granola $10/pound (This new granola contains pecans, pumpkin seeds, organic oats, cinnamon, maple syrup and more!)
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 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.
Burger patties $8.25/# (.3#ea. 4/pack)
Ribeye $18
T-bone $18
Porterhouse $18
Rib steak $17.50
NY strip steaks $17.50
Sirloin sizzlers $11.50
Round steaks $7.75
Brisket $9
Hanger $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 round (vacuum sealer) $8.25
Ground sirloin (vacuum sealed) $12
Soup bones $2.25
Suet $1.25
Oxtail $6.25
Tongue $6.00
Kidneys $4.50
We sell by halves and quarters. Please contact us if you would like to be on the list for 2023.
Sale! We have ground beef bundles available in 25 and 50 pounds. Save 25 cents a pound on 25#, and 50 cents a pound on 50#, while supplies last! We have enough ground round on hand to offer the same 25# sale, if vacuum sealed is your preference.
Father’s Day weekend steak sale: Save 5% on any steaks in stock!
***New: Jersey beef, 100% grass fed
If you are looking to try Jersey beef, we will have most of the cuts listed above, plus some that we normally don’t carry (like Korean cut short ribs, Denver steaks, and chuck steaks!). Please specify that you would like Jersey on your order. These are smaller size cuts.
Pork
We will have pork available in a couple of months. 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. Please contact me if you would like a half or whole. Thanks!
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 $2 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
The Pasturage of Montague
As the drought continues, we are losing trees in our windbreak that I thought were fairly well established, our pollinator planting (that the conservation district was impressed with the survival of 4 species!) is wilting, and the locust trees are turning yellow. I have no wish to swing into a flood, but I’ll take whatever comes. What I love about Sweetwater is the camaraderie of the vendors. It is comforting to know others face similar struggles and to collaborate to help each other as we are able. I’d love to see the market thrive. Also, we have been unable, so far, to find help to cover Sweetwater come July when my Mom has surgery. I will miss going to Sweetwater myself, and it looks as if we will not be able to do anything other than offer pre-order options through Anita at Laughing Tree. (Did I mention the fabulous collaboration?) All that is to say: if you know of someone that would be able to work for us, please let me know. Plus, pray for rain!
Our very handy dandy pre-order form is here: https://form.jotform.com/231266729632056
You can always call or text me at 231 288 6112 or email thepasturage@gmail.com.
Tootaloo,
Julie
The Woven Farm of Whitehall
Hello!
Check back Friday for our list of products available for walk up.
Samantha Otto
Farmer; Food+Farm Edu
The Woven Trifecta
231-215-6008
www.thewoventrifecta.com
Further Afield: You Pick Operation Info
Born & Raised Organics of Fennville
Strawberries
You-Pick (Opening June 9th!): $4.00 Per lb
Pre-picked:
$4.99 per Pint
$50 for a flat of 12 Pints
$8.99 Per Quart
$60 for a flat of 8 Quarts
If you would like to place an order please call/text 616-340-7989
Here is a link to the You-Pick sign up -Click HERE– if a time you would like to come is not shown or available please let me know and we will accommodate!
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to send us a message by clicking here or visiting our Contact Us page!
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RETURNING SOON
Scholl Farms of Montague
We will return next week.
Thanks So Much,
Stu and Connie
The Mannor Farm of Hesperia
We will return soon.
Dan & Linda Mannor
The Mannor Farm LLC
5595 E Arthur Road
Hesperia, MI 49421
The Funny Farm of Grant
Hello, everyone! Hopefully I’ll see you in a few weeks
with lettuce, spring mix and more. See you soon!
Barb Loe
Forest Finds is now Dirty Roots Healing!
Forest Finds has rebranded! Dirty Roots Healing is our new name. Still the same amazing herbal products. I am going to continue to carry the favorites, along with new seasonal items.
-I have a plant walk coming up July 9th, 2pm, at Black Lake Park in Muskegon. We will learn to identify medicinal and edible plants, and discuss how to harvest and use. The cost is $30. If this is hardship for you, please reach out. I want this to be accessible.
-Also an event on July 8th, at Bakers Green Acres. The Anyone Can Farm Experience, Tribe Day. I will be teaching a short introduction to herbal medicine making. There are many other valuable homesteading learning opportunities at this event. More info for that can be found https://
As always I can be contacted for orders, for pickup at Henry St Health Hutt, or I can ship items. Find our new menu at: DIRTY ROOTS-1 Email us at dirtyrootshealing@yahoo.com or leave a message at 616-834-3233
We will not be back at Sweetwater until mid July. Thank you for your support!
Love, Cody
Order Online
NOVA Super.Natural.Bakery.LLC of Muskegon
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! Our coffees are made with Fair Trade & Organic beans.
Lauren, Tony, Damian, and Neve
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.
STAY IN TOUCH!
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