Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, November 21st, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St. ½ mile S of Lakes Mall-exit US31 at Pontaluna Rd
All Food Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!
Look for Thanksgiving Sale Specials!
Lose the Stress with a Pre-Holiday Chair Massage!
This Week’s Vendors
Happy Hill Farm of Hart
Gayle will be at the market to help our associate Will Hendrian with the turkey sales & deliveries. Will and his family have a farm nearby and he has been working with us for the last year planning to take over the chicken operation, with the help of his family, after we leave.
Order your Thanksgiving Turkey Now! We still have approximately 12 Thanksgiving Turkeys not spoken for. See us at the market on Saturday, or call us at 231 873-8972 to reserve yours.
Freshly frozen Duck & Goose! Stewing ducks, whole ducks, & boneless skinless duck breast.
2009 Frozen Turkey & Chicken
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: Frozen chicken fed certified organic grains. 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.
Grassfed Beef. We are selling remaining stocks of beef for our nephew John Filbrun, who raised the steer on our farm. Wendell, Rebecca & the kids have moved back to Ohio.
Hoophouse & Veggie Garden. Kale. Arugula. Mixed greens. Beets. Big onions.
SALE! Kennebec & Red Lasota potatoes. We can’t take them with us, so help us out!
Herbs: Cilantro, parsley, rosemary, & sorrel.
Earthscape/Full Circle Farm of Hesperia
Please note: We will not be at the Market on Saturday November 28th. Remember to stock up on your coffee, beef and olive oil before Thanksgiving weekend!
BEEF: These steers were fed some homegrown grain with their homegrown hay last winter, but were on lush pastures all summer.
Ground Beef Sale! in 1#-2# packages, minimum order 10# at $3.50 per lb. Must be pre-ordered. Call (231)861-2234 or email pbobier@voyager.net
SALE! Beef liver 50¢ off per pound.
SALE! Veggies this week: Potato Sale continues! Red Norlands are the most popular red-skinned potato ~ excellent boiled, mashed, & smashed. Russets are the standard baking potato- high in starch and low in moisture, so they bake well and yield light, fluffy mashed potatoes. They don’t hold their shape after cooking, so don’t use them to make potato salads or scalloped potatoes. We also have Russian fingerlings ~ buff brown skin / white flesh. Pak choi and Chinese Cabbages. Carrots, Salad Mix, Cabbages, Winter squash. Cilantro & Parsley. Beets with greens, the last of the Celery, Red, White & Yellow onions, kohlrabis.
SALE! Organic Olive Oil! 5% off any bottle of olive oil. 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. Bulk blended organic oil for sale for $30 in your quart jar.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. A new shipment arrived this week.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com
Harmony Gardens of Montague
Hoophouse: parsley, radish & pac choi. Greenhouse: Micro-Greens: nice mix of kales, chois, arugula, curly cress, Osaka purple mustard, broccoli, spinach. Excellent salad & sandwich topper.
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Please note: Our turkeys are all spoken for, but we still have holiday hams (5-18 lbs) available on special order.
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
Lunchmeats & snacks.
Back again! We’ve made a fresh batch of Creswick’s Old-fashioned Ring Bologna, try some this week!
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: German Thuringer. Red Hot Brats. Jalapeno Brats. Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage, links and 1# bulk pkg. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg.
Chicken Sausages: Apple Chicken links, Chicken with Spinach & Feta Cheese links.
Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin, Pork Chops, Regular & Boneless. 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
Certified 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
Liberty Family Farm of Hart
From their on-farm bakery, Dennise will send fresh-baked Apple & Pumpkin Pies as well as Ultimate Breakfast Cookies, and more!
Olson Farm of Shelby
SALE! Beginning this week & next until supplies run out, the best $5.00 Christmas gift you can give! Special 12oz hooked rim gift bottle of Taste of Spring Maple Syrup. Jim will also bring red & white potatoes, red & white onions carrots. Note to last week’s new customer: I will bring your collards to the market.
Ag and Health Alive of Marne
Winter squash. Five kinds of pumpkins.
Back again – Lamb! All cuts available. Chops, leg of lamb, ground, etc.
With this nice November weather there is still 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. New! We have a new product, Certified Organic Blackstrap Molasses. 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!
Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake
What’s the buzz….
Need a hostess gift for the holidays or ready to start your holiday shopping?
We are happy to announce that we are now selling certified organic soap! Our soaps use only essential oils, natural colors from botanical ingredients and no para ban preservative. The 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. Many different scents to choice from and gift boxes are available.
Also introducing our Quietude Herbal Bath Blend. A wonderful herbal blend of botanicals along with sea salt and Epson salt to relax after a long stressful day. This is made with all certified organic botanicals and comes in a refillable jar.
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). Organic catnip for the kitty’s stocking : x )
Look forward to seeing you at the market!
Fiber Creations of Whitehall
Ann Nessa returns with many new items! Cowls are this seasons new scarf! Easy to wear around your neck to keep you warm or add style to your ensemble. Many different colors, styles and fibers. Find many Fiber items whether felted or knit in many forms. Purses, Scarves, Coasters, Necklaces and Hats. Also hand made Pottery Cups and Brooches. Start your Holiday shopping now!
Weiss Chiropractic Wellness Center of Spring Lake
Located in downtown Spring Lake. The center’s mission is to help the people in our community experience natural healing and wellness by coaching them to eat well, move well and to think well. The center has two chiropractors and three massage therapists. The center will be available at the market to answer health related questions, offer spinal screenings, and will provide five minute chair massages. The center will also offer 30 minute chair massage gift certificates for just $15 dollars.