Sweetwater Local Foods Market

Saturday, October 31st, 9:00am to 1:00pm

Halloween Treats & Fun This Saturday With the Bluegrass Sounds of Jo Ann Windberg & the Back Porch Pickers!

This Week’s Vendors

Fruitful Acres of Manistee

New! Fresh-pressed organic cider in half gallons! Also: Certified organic apples: Ginger Gold, Graham Spies, Honey Crisp, McIntosh & Gala.

Earthscape/Full Circle Farm of Hesperia

BEEF: These steers were fed some homegrown grain with their hay last winter, but have been on pastures all summer.

Veggies this week: Rutabagas, Parsnips, Carrots, Lettuce! Potato Sale continues! Red Norlands and Russets. We also have fingerlings and maybe a few Kennebecs. We may have a few more sweet peppers. Cabbages, Winter squash. Cilantro. Parsley. Beets with greens, Celery, Red & Yellow onions, Leeks, Chard and Kale, kohlrabis.

Organic Olive Oil! SALE! I will have a new blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar. Also Moutere Grove from New Zealand ~ 250 ml $20; 500 ml $30 and bottled Catalan 250 ml $16; 500 ml $24, a new Greek oil and Mansur from Argentina.  HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags.

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Earthly Kneads of MuskegonSpecial Note -New bread schedule starting November 9th! Check out our website starting next week for all the details. Happy Halloween, everyone!

Bread –Specials this week: Pan de Muerto (traditional bread for Day of the Dead!); Leek & Sage Spelt; Pumpernickel. We will also have our regular Saturday schedule of bread (visit www.earthlykneads.com for details).

Specials –Apple Pie Coffee Cakes (Apples, Cinnamon, Raisins, Pecans, and Spices – mmmmmmm….); Pecan Sticky Buns; PB & J Pockets (made with no-sugar added jam from Food for Thought and natural p.b. from Naturally Nutty)

Scones – Cherry Poppyseed; Ginger Fig; Dark Chocolate Chip

Muffins – Apple Pie Streusel; Mixed Berry.

Cookies – Halloween Specials: Severed Finger Cookies (available individually or by the hand) and Skeleton Gingerbreads; Sweet & Salty Cashew Cookies (all oats, no wheat!); Peanut Butter Cookies (GF & Vegan); Snickerdoodles

Granola – Several varieties this week (including Ginger Fig Almond), plus Muesli and Gorp

Extras – Dried Shiitake Mushrooms (fresh are finished for the season), and Organically-Grown Heirloom Hard-neck Garlic (these bulbs are HUGE!) from Frasure Farms. We also have soft-neck Italian variety garlic braids from Frasure Farms, too. Great for hanging up and using over the winter. We’ll also have an assortment of Food for Thought (we just stocked up!) and Naturally Nutty with us.

Creswick Farms of Ravenna

Please note: We still have a few pasture-raised Turkeys available for Thanksgiving. Hams (5-18 lbs) are available on special order. Order from the market this week or call the farm.

Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats

Lunchmeats & snacks.

Creswick “Healthy” Meat Snack Sticks (perfect for school). 4 generous meat sticks to a pack. Buy 4 for $4.00 each, get 1 pack free!

Pepperoni slices. Thin-sliced & spiced perfectly for pizzas, pasta salads & snacking.

Thin-sliced Deli Style Ham. Sandwich size in 1# pkgs.

Pork Sausages: Red Hot Brats. Jalapeno Brats. Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast Link sausage. Breakfast sausage in 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk.

Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken links, Chicken with Spinach & Feta Cheese links.

Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.

Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork

Pork shoulder roasts, Pork Tenderloin, Pork Chops. Pork Steak, Ham steaks. Two choices of bacon this week: Apple Smoked and Hickory Smoked. Nitrite-Free. Soup Seasoning Bacon Ends.

Grass-fed Beef

Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Burgers: grass-fed beef & hickory smoked bacon 3-1/3lb patties per pkg. Ground Beef Patties 3-1/3lb patties per pkg.

Pastured Poultry

Chicken Breast. Leg qtrs. Whole Chicken. Ground chicken in 1# bulk pkg.

Soy Free Eggs: Available by pre-order only (see below).

Pre-Orders: Email Chris Bedford at chrisbedford@charter.net by no later than Monday morning before the next market and he will have it ready for you to pick up on Saturday. For a complete list of products, please see the website: www.CreswickFarms.com .

Grassfields Farm of Coopersville

Certfied Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.

New! We’re proud to announce an addition to our cheese line-up. It’s called Polkton Corners, and is a delicious, soft-style unpressed Gouda. Also: Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), Edam, Lamont Cheddar and Gouda Chili Spice

Happy Hill Farm of Hart

New! We still have a few Thanksgiving Turkeys not spoken for. See us at the market on Saturday, or call us at 231 873-8972.

Fresh ground sausage: breakfast, chorizo, Italian brat. Ground Turkey is back.

Great meat sale! 2008 Remaining stocks of whole & cut up frozen chicken drums wings & breasts are 75% off while they last! Also includes Turkey pieces including thighs drums breast & tenderloin. Also, 2008 Turkey Sausage 50% off a pound!

Hoophouse & Veggie Garden. Mixed greens & arugula! Acorn & Buttercup squash. Beets, big onions. Kennebec & Red Lasota potatoes. Herbs: Fresh & dried parsley, cilantro, rosemary & sorrel.

Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed.

Ducks. Young and tender. The drakes weigh about 6 lbs.; the hens are just over 3 lbs.

Pastured turkey: Fed certified organic grain. We will have frozen packaged thighs, drumsticks, breast roast, sliced breast, and tenderloin.

Pastured chicken: Two options: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains or chicken fed our own 2nd year transition corn. We have all cuts—whole, cut up, bone-in and boneless skinless breast, drumsticks, thighs, leg quarters and wings, soup stock, feet, liver, hearts and gizzards. All of our meats are raised on pasture with daily moves, and are processed on farm: no stressful transporting.

Free-Range Eggs: Large.

New! Grassfed Beef. Our nephew John Filbrun has been raising a beef cow on our farm for 2 years and it is now available at our booth. He is very proud of the good care he has taken in bringing you the very best cuts of beef!

Olson Farm of Shelby

New! Jim will be bringing a tasty batch of collard greens as well as red & white potatoes, red & white onions and his great made on the farm “Taste of Spring” maple syrup.

Ag and Health Alive of Marne

Winter squash. Five kinds of pumpkins.

Back again – Lamb! All cuts available. Chops, leg of lamb, ground, etc.

Now is a good time to get your fall lawn & garden taken care of. We have a wide variety of Fertrell fall garden supplies. Please call 616-677-6178 and Paul will bring it to market. Also: Honey, maple syrup, garden books, processed & bagged wool.

Nantucket Bread Co. Freshly baked loaves of Whole Wheat Raisin Bread as well as regular Whole Wheat, baked with organic flour.

HandCrafteds

Good for the body & soul!

Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs

What wonderful weather we have had this past week, I’m sure many have been busy out of doors doing your final preparation for the winter season. This makes perfect sense to give special treatment to your hands and feet! So Brittanie’s Thyme is offering our Sea Salt Scrubs ( your choice of almond, citrus and lavender) 2 for $12.00 regularly $8.00 each.

These products are all made with true sea salt, 100% natural grapeseed oil and organic essential oils for to give you pure quality in skin care.

If you have any questions please contact us at www.info@brittaniesthyme.com or call us at 616-788-8224.

Bee and Botanicals of Spring Lake

What’s the buzz….

We are happy to announce that we are now selling certified organic bath soap! Our soaps use only essential oils, natural colors from botanical ingredients and no para ban preservative. Our soaps offer a nice lather and have retained glycerin to offer more moisturizers than most commercial soaps that cook the glycerin out for resale and to use in other products. Stop by, and have a whiff of our lovely new additions! We will still be carrying our Lavender Hill Farm’s special laundry Bar too. This is a special soap bar is to spot treat laundry stains. It’s a big chunky bar that will last many years and is environmentally safe, using no harsh chemicals or bleach. No more stain remover bottles to throw away. Full size and travel size available.

Lavender Dryer bags are also available again (now in 2 sizes).

Nice selection of floral, herb and spice sachets for drawers, closets, cupboards and knitting baskets (moth blend, lavender, citrus, Northern Forest and Rose & Sandalwood blends).

Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon

Sale! 20% off Breast Cancer Awareness jewelry, tote bags and note cards in the pink ribbon theme. Kids – stop by for a Halloween treat! I also have some new treasures for the young and the young-at-heart. I have dainty little dragonfly earrings and necklace, dainty fairy earrings and necklace and the “Bella” bracelet (from the “Twilight” series) in Amethyst gemstone and sterling.