Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, December 16th, 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
Open Saturday December 16th & 23rd.
Closed December 30th.
Taking a vote on January, February & March – stay tuned. (and we’d like to hear from all of you about an “every other week” schedule until spring. Let us know your thoughts! Email: sweetwaterlocalfoods@gmail.com
Monday Preorder
Be sure to check out The Pasturage meat list…bacon is back along with some great ideas for holiday meals.
Laughing Tree Bakery needs your preorders by Tuesday 6pm.
Liberty has Christmas Cookie Boxes for preorder! Also, Hackert certified organic apples, please preorder.
Woven Farm has Christmas wreaths!
Pine Row has Christmas Trees!
Funny Farm is back with some nice gift ideas.
Vendors Attending Saturday December 16th:
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
Certified Organic Spy Apples from Hackert Farms!
1/2 peck $8.00
Peck $15.00
BAKERY OFFERINGS
Christmas Cookie Box! Gingerbread, crumb bars, chocolate, shortbread, and more. $10.00
Cinnamon Rolls 4 pack $10.00
Buttery Dinner Rolls 8pk $8.00
Cranberry Crumb bars $4.00
Apple Crumb Bars $4.00 each
Spinach & Cheddar Quiche $15.00
Broccoli & Cheddar Quiche $15.00
Classic Banana Bread $8.00 small $5.00
Regular Baked Donuts $1.00 each, 6 for $5.00
plain or glazed donuts.
Pizza Crusts $5.00 (4 pack)
PASTURED TURKEY
Italian Turkey sausage $12.00/lb
PASTURED CHICKEN-
Whole Chicken $6.50 per lb avg weight 5-7 lbs
Breasts $12.25 lb avg. weight per pkg 1-1.5 lbs
Thighs $8.00/lb
Drumsticks $6.00/lb
Wings $6.00/lb
Broth Pack $6.00
Livers $5.00
PASTURED PORK
Pork Chops $9.00/lb
Pork Roasts $10.00 lb
Ribs $9.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Slices $9.00/lb
Nitrate Free Ham Hocks $7.00 lb
Italian Brats $10.00/lb
Maple Sage Breakfast sausage 1 lb package $10.00/lb
Italian Sausage bulk 1lb pkg $10.00/lb
Garlic Basil Sausage bulk 1lb pkg $10.00
We will bring extra meat to market. Egg layers should start to pick up soon.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again at the market!
Please send order via email libertyff@gmail.com 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. Thank you very much!
The Wrights
Liberty Family Farm
The Woven Farm of Whitehall
Look for squash, potatoes, holiday wreaths, and possibly a fresh batch of microgreens.
Our 2024 CSA shares are live on our website! Current offerings include our main season CSA, flower CSA, and flexible market cards. I am excited for another wonderful year full of abundant harvests and welcoming members both old and new onto the farm! If you would like to learn more about CSA, click the link below! Your early season support of a CSA means the absolute world and is incredibly helpful in navigating the slow season until veg is back in full swing!
Cheers to Good Growing!
Samantha Otto
Farmer; Food+Farm Edu
The Woven Trifecta
231-215-6008
www.thewoventrifecta.com
Scholl Farms of Montague
We will be at market with our 4 kinds of potatoes and squash.
Thanks So Much,
Stu and Connie
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, December 16:
Cranberry Orange Almond Bread $10.00
Chocolate Cherry Bread $12.00
Cheddar Peppercorn Bread $8.00
Honey Oat $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
Rosie’s Wholegrain Kamut $7.50
Pilgrim Rye $7.50
Rustic Baguettes $4.00
Pay It Forward Loaf $6.00
PASTRIES Available for Pre-Order Saturday, December 16:
Morning Buns $4.00 each (A hearty cinnamon roll with ground pecans and orange oil—Hilde’s
favorite!)
Vanilla Shortcakes $2.50 each (Only available for orders of 12 or more)
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
Cranberry Orange Scones
Lovely Lemon 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
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. I will try 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.
Even though there is no regular market on Dec 30th, I will be at market location on that day, weather permitting. Preorders and standing orders only. I did cancel in the Christmas blizzard last year and will follow the same procedure of contacting everyone if I have to cancel this year. This will be for preorder and standing order only. I don’t bring extra for walk up sales.
I revived some kefir grains a couple of weeks ago and they’re growing exponentially. Please let me know if you would like any. They are free to a good home. 😉
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. I will try 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.
Christmas trees:
If you are looking for a Christmas tree that has not been sprayed or treated with any chemicals, we have a few to choose from. Please schedule a time to come pick one out. We’ll cut it down and help you load it up.
100% grass fed beef:
Prices listed are per pound. Orders are filled in the order we receive them.
Stew meat $8.25
Burger patties $8.25
Ground beef $7.25
Denver steaks $8.50
Chuck steaks $8.50
Short ribs, regular or Korean cut, $7
Ground sirloin (tube pack) $11.50
Soup bones $2.25
Oxtail $6.25
Tongue $6.00
We sell by halves and quarters. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the list for 2024.
Poultry
All of our poultry is free range, locked in nightly, and has certified organic feed. The young flock is laying well but all others are molting and there’s still an egg shortage. We do have 10 more hens and 10 female ducks we’re raising but they probably won’t produce until February. Duck eggs are trickling in but I anticipate they will take a complete winter break soon.
Chicken eggs are $6/dozen.
Duck eggs are $10/dozen. Unsure we’ll have a dozen…
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
New item! Tiny block $1.50
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
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215
The Pasturage of Montague
The big day is here! Pork has arrived! Back in stock: bacon, chorizo, ground pork, smoked ham end roasts, smoked ham center slices, breakfast links, smoked hocks and (NEW this year!) smoked neck bones. We are not sure when we will be back to Sweetwater equipped for walk-up sales. However, if you place a pre-order online (www.thepasturage.com/order), I’ll get it to Sweetwater on the date that you wish via Laughing Tree. In the meantime, we will be at Muskegon farmer’s market inside the big red building with the white garage doors.
Don’t forget to order your holiday meat platter! It’s on sale now for only $40 on our pre-order form (www.thepasturage.com/order). It includes liver sausage (a better description is liver pate), lamb jerky, lamb snack sticks and smoked polish lamb sausage. All possible allergens are listed in our online pre-order form.
You have so many options for your holiday dinner! Whole turkey, turkey breast, rack of lamb, lamb sirloin roast, smoked ham end roast, smoked ham slice… the list goes on! We have all sorts of sizes and shapes to accommodate any (even lack of) crowd! Even though I love vegetables and feel they don’t get the time and attention they deserve at the holiday table, and even though dessert always seems to steal the show, I feel like the heart of the meal is the meat. Everything else cascades from this central choice: wine, sides, even how you set the table. This is one time to splurge on special meat: don’t worry, you won’t mess it up and it will be worth every penny. Bon appetit, my friends.
Julie
Funny Farm of Grant
Hello, friends! Hope the holiday season is treating you well. If I get enough preorders I would
like to come back on Dec 16th & 23rd. So if
you’re stuffing some stockings this month, how about some homemade jelly to help fill it up? Or maybe a bowl cozy or two for the one that’s hard
to buy for. At this time I can design custom patterns for someone
special. Text or call and we can discuss this option. I love baking and
it helps keep the house warm so I’m excited to bring my favorite Alton
Brown Blueberry muffins for your morning breakfast. I use local
blueberries and King Arthur flours. They are moist and crumbly, perfect
treats. I’m going to keep an eye on the weather and hope that I can come
on Dec 16 or 23. You can text me at 734 945 0720 and I’ll be sure to
have your order prepared for you. Thank you for your support this year
and always. Here’s my list of jellies available.
Jelly, with Pomona’s pectin: elderberry and blackberry/elderberry mix $8
Jelly with regular pectin: apple, crab apple/kiwi,
kiwi, elderberry, blueberry and wild grape $5
Barb Loe
Dirty Roots Healing of Muskegon
Herbalist Cody Westendorf has a new website! DirtyRootsHealing.com
You can order directly through the site, and choose local pickup at the checkout. I can also take orders through email or phone. Orders are available for pickup at Health Hutt on Henry St, or some other location we agree upon. Signing up for the newsletter via the site will keep you updated with the latest news, classes, and shop updates. Thanks all for your support! Elderberry syrup will be available soon.
DirtyRootsHealing.com
DirtyRootsHealing@yahoo.com
616-834-3233
Thanks!
Cody
The Mannor Farm of Hesperia
Our gift to you is 10% OFF your total order this week.
We have $50 CSA Member Farm Cards (gift cards) available. These cards would make a great holiday gift and a chance to introduce friends and family members to a healthy and fresh approach to food shopping.
All our produce and meat is Certified Naturally Grown.
Breast (boneless SKINLESS; two per package) Average 1.25 lbs – Normally $9.00 per lb SPECIAL $8.00 per lb
Thighs (4 per pack) Average 1.8 lbs – $6.00 per lb. LIMITED Quantity
Legs/drumsticks (6 per pack) Average 2.16 lbs – $5.50 per lb
Wings (6 per pack) Average 1.65 lbs- $5.00 per lb
We will be raising our chicken and rabbit prices after January 1st to reflect our increased costs. Stock up now.
All dried products are made with our Certified Naturally Grown produce.
Anchor Peppers – Dried Poblano Pepper. 3 oz resealable pouch $8.00. Limited Quantity
Crushed Hot Pepper Flakes – Blend of our dried hot peppers. 2 oz jar $8.00.
Dried Onion Flakes – Dehydrated red and/or white onions. These make a great onion soup or dip and are great as a topping on a green bean casserole. 6 oz resealable pouch $10.00.
We will be adding more dried items over the next few weeks. Check Shop at The Mannor Farm for new dried items.
We currently are offering CSA Memberships for 2024. Check it out at Shop at The Mannor Farm
OUR ORDER DEADLINE TO FRIDAY AT 4PM.
Go to Shop at The Mannor Farm to place an order. This site will get your order reserved immediately if the item is in stock.
We prefer orders be placed through the above link but will take emailed or text orders. We need an email address or text phone number to send invoices to. Email orders to the.mannor.farm@gmail.com o
We will be at Sweetwater next on December 23d.
Dan & Linda Mannor
The Mannor Farm LLC
5595 E Arthur Rd
Hesperia, MI 49421
Returning Soon
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
We will return soon.
CONTACT: Patrice and Bill Bobier
4220 E. Loop Rd.
Hesperia, MI 49421
email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
Shady Side Farm of Holland
We will return in January.
Lona
info@shadysidefarm.net
Get news, recipes, and alerts from the farm: https://mailchi.mp/ffb92e5e9f09/shadysidefarmsubscribe
Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
We are so grateful for your patronage this market season. this week will be the last we will be attending Sweetwater until spring,
Greg & Shel
Blackbird Farm
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: sweetwaterlocalfoods@gmail.com
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to get the market product lists on Monday & Friday.
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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