Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, December 21st, 2013, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Lakes Campus
On 6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. Exit. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
We accept Bridge Cards Year Round!
Last Market before Christmas!
Great Holiday Gift Ideas!
You’ll find loads of wonderful locally grown and produced gift items this Saturday! And if you want to give a Taste of Sweetwater to a special someone, we have Sweetwater Gift Certificates in any amount you choose! We also have our brand new Sweetwater Shopping Bags available for $5.00 each! Stop by Market Mgr table for details.
Attending this Saturday’s market:
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
SHORT RIBS ARE ON SALE! $3 PER LB. Regular price is $3.50 per lb. Buy 5# or more, get them for $2.50 / lb.
BEEF HEART IS ON SALE! $2 PER LB.
We will take advance orders up until 6pm Friday evening. Email earthscapefarm@gmail.com
Steaks: Tenderloin, Porterhouse, NY Strip, Sirloin, Rib, Swiss, Round
Roasts: Chuck
Ground Beef & Ground Sirloin
Short Ribs – one of the most flavorful and unappreciated cuts of beef!
Soup Bones & Oxtail
Liver, Heart and Tongue
VEGETABLES~ Celeriac! Cabbages. Kohlrabi. POTATOES! Red Norland, Blue Gold and Kennebec. Rosemary.
ORGANIC OLIVE OIL ~ Imported by Higher Grounds in Traverse City. $15 per bottle!
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags. Certified organic, Fair Trade. Various types, beans or ground, dark or medium roast, full caf, half caf or decaf. Try a cup at the Sweetwater Market table!
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
We will return to market this week with a variety of delicious specialty sausages from our non-GMO, pasture-raised pork, including Bratwurst, Andouille, Chorizo, Hot Italian (new!), and Jalapeno Bratwurst (new!).
See you soon!
Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica
Mulefoot pork is back! The meat is known for its exceptional flavor and juiciness, you won’t regret giving it a try! We don’t have a lot of pork available though, and once this batch of pork is gone we will not have more until next spring. So get it while you can, it won’t last long.
Scholl Farm
We’ll have our whole frozen chicken, eggs, potatoes, squash & pumpkins this week. Chickens were on raised out on grass & supplemented with GMO-free feed.
Meadow View Goat Dairy & Farm of Fremont
New! Gift Boxed for Christmas giving. If you pre-ordered a gift box please plan to pick it up this week! We will also have an assortment of gift boxes for Christmas gifting.
Plain Chevreʹ
Fresh chevre with a nice spreading consistency, perfect for sandwich toppings and cooking. Cherry Capital Foods of Traverse City says ” The chèvre produced by Meadow View has a pitch perfect acidity on the palate that becomes gently sweet and milky with a grassy note on the finish.”
Seasoned Chevreʹ
Our fresh Chevre available in your favorite flavorings: Blueberry Vanilla (great on a morning bagel!) Hickory-smoked bacon Bits, Garlic, Italian Herb, & Hot Pepper
Feta
A smooth and creamy feta which is low in salt and rich in fresh goat milk flavor. The brining process gives feta cheese a salty, tangy flavor and a crumbly consistency. Feta cheese can be served as a table cheese, used in baking savory dishes, or served as an appetizer or in salads. The classic Greek salad is made with Feta cheese. In crumbles or cubes for easy slicing.
Dutch Kase
A Meadow View Dairy original! If you are looking for a nicely aged but milder version of our Tomme, this is the cheese for you. Vacuum sealed without mold and aged at least 60 days.
Tomme de Fremont
Our first aged cheese is quickly becoming a customer favorite! Developed from a French recipe, Tomme is a lower fat mold ripened cheese, aged at least 60 days. This gives the cheese a stronger flavor & firmer texture than the fresh Chevres, perfect for slicing.
Other items from our farm:
We will also have eggs from our free-range, GMO feed- free flock as well as our made on the farm maple syrup along. http://www.meadowviewgoatdairy.com/home
Maple Moon Farm of Shelby
Happy Winter Solstice! We are excited to celebrate this time of stillness. We embrace all the wonderful ways to celebrate LIGHT in the world!
We are busy looking through seed catalogs and making exciting plans for next year’s growing. Is there something you would like us to grow? Let us know!
FALL VEGGIES
Carrots, super sweet and tasty
Potatoes (many varieties and colors)
Great gift idea! HERBAL GIFT BOXES
We have three different herbal gift boxes available, spread the herbal love.
Tea Lovers– This box includes our three herbal teas: Nourish, Restore, and Peace, as well as our limited edition Lovely Lemon (a delicious blend of lemon balm and lemon verbena)
Herbal Beauty– This box includes a full line of herbal products that contribute to healthy skin and radiant beauty. Includes Herbal Facial Care (a daily skin scrub or mask), Gypsy Water (a incredible herbal astringent for skin and a great hair rinse), Radiant Beauty Cream, Nourish Tea, MI Winter Lip Balm , and Sova’s Heartsong Lip Balm.
Peace – World peace truly begins within each individual. We’ve put together herbal products that support our own inner peace and support better response to stress and conflict. A warm soak in the tub is relaxing, but adding our Relax bath is a truly blissful experience. Box includes Relax bath, Peace tea, and Andi-anxiety salve.
Custom-We are happy to put any of our products together in our 100% recycled gift boxes.
EGGS
Our chickens are fully free-range. The have open access to roam and forage on our 40 acres, and they reluctantly venture out in the snow. They are fed non-GMO feed. (we also gratefully accept empty egg cartons)
CHICKEN
We raise pastured chickens for meat. They are also fed non-GMO feed and they forage within a moveable fence. whole frozen birds $4/lb
Please pre-order by Friday at 8pm. Call 231-861-2535 or email maplemoonfarm@gmail.com
DRIED HERBS
Parsley
Basil
Thai Basil
Celery Leaf
Red Pepper Flakes
Whole Cayenne Peppers
Rosemary
Herbal Salves, Creams, and Teas
Salves:Mama’s All Purpose, Mike’s Muscles Relaxer (our two best sellers), Andi-Anxiety, Rob’s Relief (nature’s cure for poison ivy), and Breathe Deep
Creams: Radiant Beauty and Patti’s Hard Working Hands
Teas: Nourish, Restore, and Peace
Lip Balm: Michigan Winter balm, Peppermint, and Sova’s Heartsong
Crow Feather Farm of Hesperia
This year market falls on Winter Solstice, the longest and most contemplative day of the year. The sun will be over the Tropic of Capricorn, at its most southerly distance from us, at 12:11 PM EST – come celebrate the gradual return of the sun, while settling into this, the darkest season.
This week at market we are offering:
Baby Brassica Mix is back! Freezing temperatures have brought out the best in our greens – they are unbelievably sweet.
New item from the hoophouse, Dill leaf
Rosemary sprigs, for your roasted potatoes
Yukon Gold & Redskin potatoes, see above!
Giant Kohlrabi, a tasty and healthful low-glycemic potato substitute
Onions
Cabbage
Winter squash: incomparable Delicatas, classic Butternuts, sugar pumpkins for pie (and ANY other baked good, we put them in muffins, bread, brownies, cookies, etc.)
Also look for the prize-winning* Blue Hubbard!
Rutabega & Celeriac
Solstice gifts! Carolyn’s knits are going fast, look for a couple new items!
Please note! Crow Feather Farm will NOT be attending next week’s market on Dec. 28 – we will be spending some much appreciated time with our families and friends! Thank you so much for your support in our first season, the Sweetwater community really is very special. We will return when the market starts up again in January. Wishing you a peaceful, joyous holiday season and a fruitful new year.
* Did not win any real prizes – it’s just the biggest one we grew this year.
Kasza Sugar Bush of Shelby
CHRISTMAS IS COMING!!! Come get the perfect, all-natural gift from our large selection of super-sweet Maple Products for that special someone.
Along with our bottled syrup, we have also expanded our line of maple products this summer to include the following:
Maple Cream – this is maple syrup condensed, cooled, and stirred into a beautiful buttery-like spread excellent on bagels, toast, doughnuts, winter squash, or a glaze on meat (esp. fish, and venison). The best thing about this is that it is totally natural only pure maple syrup.
Maple Candy – an excellent treat for someone’s sweet tooth. Simply pure maple syrup cooked down to only sugar and minerals remaining with enough moisture to hold the sugar in beautiful little maple leaf shaped candies.
Maple Granulated Sugar – is much like Maple Candy but without moisture. This can be used in place of white sugar as a natural sweetener along with the maple taste (esp. on oatmeal)
Maple Sugar-Coated Almonds and Pecans – a healthy sweet and crunchy treat. These make great gifts if they don’t get eaten before that!!!
Please stop by and check out all these 100% natural products for yourself. We would be very happy to answer any questions or visit our web www.kaszasugarbush.com Looking forward to seeing you Saturday!
Shady Side Farm of Holland
Great gift ideas! We will be at market with certified organic beans, felting kits, wool dryer balls, wool roving, wool socks, mittens and Grassfields Farm’s awesome cheese!
We will have all 14 varieties of organic dry beans that we grew ourselves, including Black Calypso, Black Turtle, Black Valentine, Green Flageolet, Hidatsa Red, Hutterite Soup, Jacob’s Cattle, Jacob’s Cattle Gold, Marrow, Nuña, October, Pinto, Yellow Indian Woman and Zebra. We have only limited quantities of Black Calypso, Green Flageolet, Hidatsa Red, and Zebra, so don’t wait. We will have a few gift baskets along, in case you’d like to spread the beany love…
See you Saturday!
Shady Side Farm
shadysidefarmmichigan@gmail.com
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
We approach one of our favorite times of year as the winter solstice is upon us…which means the days begin to grow longer and the sun slowly comes back! We thank you all who read our correspondence so diligently every week and continue buying our baked goods at stores and markets.
We will bake two more weekends here before taking a midwinter break for three weeks in January. We’d like to remind people that our bread freezes well so if you would like to stock up please feel free to place a special order with us for one or two of the next weekends. Our specialty loaves this week are the Cobmoosa Onion Rye, Elbridge Parmesan Olive, Irish Cheddar Peppercorn, and Cranberry Orange Almond. Next week we’ll offer Walnut Batards, Cranberry Orange Almond, Chili Cheddar, and Elbridge Parmesan Olive.
Thank you all for allowing us to do what we love!
OUR EIGHT WEEKLY VARIETIES:
Homesteader’s Wheat (An extraordinary light wheat bread with a wonderfully chewy crust) $5.00
Oceana Round ( Rustic Italian country bread) $5.00
Third Coast Three Seed (Sunnies, Sesames, and Flax in a light wheat) $5.50
The Michigander (made with Michigan-grown whole wheat—dark and soulful) $5.50
Annie’s Raisin Spice (sweet organic raisins, organic cinnamon, and freshly ground cardamon) $6.00
Griff’s 8-Grain (Hearty, hearty! Eight organic grains and a bit of Michigan honey) $6.50
Finn’s Pecan Raisin Pecan (Jam packed with pecans and organic raisins) $8.25
100% whole grain Kamut: Light and moist with a fruity flavor, a great loaf for folks with wheat sensitivities. $6.00
SPECIALTY BREAD BAKE SCHEDULE
Elbridge Parmesan Olive (Sumptuous parmesan and Kalamata black olives) $8.00
Cranberry Orange Almond (A loaf for the holidays full of the goodies its name includes). Price $8.75
Cobmoosa Onion Rye ( Carmelized organic onions, Michigan rye flour, and a hint of caraway) $6.00
Irish Cheddar Peppercorn (Smooth Irish Cheddar accompanied by tongue tingling black pepper). Price $8.00
Pastries available for Saturday
Mrs. Moose’s Wangdangdoodlers $2.25 each-Chunks of chocolate and walnuts give this cookie texture into which one can sink their teeth with great fervor.
Hilltoppers (our NEW Molasses Ginger cookies…A 4oz cookie sweetened with golden molasses and bits of candied ginger) $2.25 each
Deep Mud Brownies $2.75 each* Our brownies are made with extraordinary Callebaut dark chocolate, our own fresh eggs, and Michigan grown organic barley flour—they are amazing!!
Orange Mud Brownies $3.00 each Our Deep Mud Brownies infused with candied orange and zest.
Cranberry Orange Scones
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Bursting Blueberry Scones—New!!
Pecan Date Scones
BAKER’S DOZEN: If you order 12 pastries you’ll receive a 13th pastry FREE!
The Orange Whisk of Grand Haven
This week I’m bringing my sweet & savory, nut and seed based snacks (which are all gluten-free) to market. I create wheat-free, and refined sugar-free snacks, sweets, and breads using high-quality ingredients, when possible local and/or organic. I don’t use preservatives, and ONLY bake with ingredients your grandmother would recognize! Please email me if you would like me to hold something for you.
This weeks offerings include:
Nuts! Nuts! Nuts!
Certified-Organic Raw Pecans
Certified-Organic Un-pasturized Raw Almonds from Spain (Sprout-able)
Certified-Organic Raw Cashews
Savory:
Savory Nutty Loaf – GF, Vegan
Savory Flax Crackers – GF, Vegan
Sweet:
Sweet Nutty Loaf – Apple/cinnamon, GF, Vegan
Vegan Apricot Date Cookies – Almond flour, cashews, apricot, dates vegan chocolate chips. GF, Vegan
Sunflower Pecan Fudge – GF, Vegan
Cavewoman Bites – Cacao, Coconut and Pecans Only, GF, Vegan
Pecan Caramel Tart – Organic Pecans, caramel with an almond crust. 4.5”. GF
Carrot Cake Muffins – Almond flour based, carrots and other yummy stuff! GF
Holiday Gifts are back:
Michigan’s Guide to Local Cooking Cookbook, Personalized by the author
Patricia’s Michigan Chocolate
Ricky’s Cheese Making Kit – Mozzarella and Ricotta
Home Cheese making Book
The Meadows Finishing Salt Set of three for Salads
Local Farms included in my products this week include: Eggs from Funny Farm and Maple Moon, maple syrup from Kasza Sugar Bush, and chestnuts from Winkle Chestnut Farm.
Happy Holidays
Susan
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Olson Farm of Shelby
New! I will be bringing six special gift boxes this week. Handmade wood boxes with syrup, decorated with greens, will make the perfect hostess Christmas gift. I will also have my Taste of Spring Maple Syrup in all sizes along with honey from Lake Effect Apiaries of Shelby. Check them out at lakeeffectapiaries.com.
Liberty Family Farm
No Hoop House Offerings this week!
It has been too cold and cloudy.
Offerings from the Farm
Turkey Sausage
Grass-fed Lamb
Bakery Offerings
Fresh Quiche! Regular and Gluten Free
Ciabatta Bread
Challah Bread
A selection of Muffins and Quick Bread for the Holidays
A selection of Grain Free and Egg Free Muffins
We will also have a variety of Christmas Cookies!!!
Hope to see you there!
Funny Farm of Grant
This week’s produce list:
Onions! Big red & yellow slicing onions. Italian Cippolinis, SHALLOTS
Greens&Roots! kales, rutabagas, cabbages, big and small,
and anything else we can find!
Potatoes! Choose from 6 or more varieties.
Eggs! Mixed flock of whites & browns.
Gift ideas! Pink Himalayan Sea Salt. Stop by the booth and find out about the health benefits of Himalayan salts. We will also have Garlic Powder & Granules & Celery Seed, certified organic from California and our own dried dill, sweet & hot pepper flakes and dried shitake mushrooms.
Back again for gift giving; Barb’s Baubles. Handmade, one of a kind pieces.
APRON LADY & Janet returns this week!
Bee & Botanicals of Spring Lake
Pretty, Practical, & Organic for home, friends & family.
Great selection of organic soaps – Lavender, Citrus Lavender, Lemongrass Tea, Peppermint, Oats & Spice, Honey Shea & Oats, Simply Rosemary (unscented).
100% Michigan beeswax candles; natural, bright, clean and long burning.
Fragrant and versatile Organic Lavender – Organza, embroidered, and hand colored organic Lavender Sachets. Nice to use when storing out of season clothes, add natural fragrance to drawers, closets, clothing in storage, travel bags, desk drawers… it smells sweet, clean & fresh (also a moth deterrent for woolens).
Lady Bug Botanicals of Muskegon
In addition to my regular variety of handmade botanical soaps (perfect for holiday gift giving) I will have a whole new variety of rubber duck bath buddies swimming in organic glycerin soap – they make the perfect stocking stuffers!
Sweetwater Holiday & Winter Market Schedule!
Sweetwater will be open as usual every Saturday in December.
January Hours: CLOSED on January 4th & 18th. OPEN January 11th & 25th.
February Hours: CLOSED February 1st & 15th. OPEN February 8th & 22nd.
March Hours: Closed March 1st & 15th. OPEN March 8th & 22nd, and after that we will resume our every Saturday schedule again.
Happy Holidays from all of us at Sweetwater!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager