Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, October 12th, 2013, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners Lakes Campus
On 6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. Exit. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
We accept Bridge Cards Year Round! !
Attending this Saturday’s market:
Crow Feather Farm of Hesperia
Order your Halloween Jack o-lantern this week! We have lots of big ones!
Beautiful, edible Indian corn
“Baby Pam” pie pumpkins are perfect for pie and cookies
Winter squash – Delicata, Butternuts, “Old Mother” Hubbards
Brassica salad mix
Baby lettuce mix
Kale and chard
Giant Kohlrabi
Cabbage
Yukon Gold potatoes
Onions
Celery
Shady Side Farm of Holland
We will be at market with certified organic beans, needle felting kits, wool roving, wool socks, and Grassfields Farm’s awesome cheese! The exciting news we have this week is that we’ve harvested new types of beans. We’ll have fresh Marrow, Black Turtle, Pinto, Hidatsa Red and Zebra beans along for sale this Saturday.
Because we have started to harvest the new crop, all last year’s beans are now discounted. Time to make room in our storehouse for this year’s beans. These are still wonderful beans, still fresher than what you’d find in the stores. Stop at our booth to see if there is anything you’d like to stock up on while the price is right.
We have a few openings for raw milk deliveries through Grassfields Farm’s cow share program. Feel free to ask me how you can get fresh milk delivered to Sweetwater each week.
The aged raw milk cheese flavors we will have along this week include: Baby Swiss, Country Dill, Edam, Garlic & Onion, Gouda, Lamont Cheddar and Polkton Corners. See you Saturday!
Shady Side Farm
shadysidefarmmichigan@gmail.com
Maple Moon Farm of Shelby
The clear sunny days are producing lots of greens in the hoop houses. The storage crops are being harvested and we are pleased to share the autumn abundance with you.
This week we have
Spinach
Lettuce Mix
Ovation Green Mix (baby kale, bok choy, and mustards)
Mustard Greens
Arugula
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Cabbage (red, green, and savoy)
Potatoes (Red La Soda, Kennebec, Yukon Gold, Adirondack Blue, Russet)
Hot Peppers
Winter Squash (Delicata, Red Kuri, Butternut, Buttercup, and Pie Pumpkins)
Garlic
Onions
Leeks
Fresh herbs including parsley, cilantro, dill, sage, rosemary, oregano, sweet marjoram, peppermint, and more
Herbal Salves and Creams
Herbal Teas
EGGS! Our free range hens are gifting us with lots of beautiful eggs. Enjoy!
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
We accept WIC Project Fresh coupons
VEGETABLES~ Here’s hoping I get them picked. I’ve had 4 babies born this week, plus grandchild events to attend, and Bill has been working his Lansing job. I plan to have: Celeriac! Tomatoes – winding down for the year. Broccoli and Cauliflower. Red and Yellow Onions, Garlic, Sweet Peppers are ON SALE ~ Red and Green and Purple. Eggplant, a few Summer Squashes, Late Season not-so-pretty-but-still-taste-ok Cucumbers (Regular and Japanese). POTATOES! Blue Gold and Kennebec. Carrots. Chard and Kale. Fresh Herbs!
SALE! ORGANIC OLIVE OIL ~ Fair Trade, too! Imported by Higher Grounds in Traverse City. $15 per bottle!
New shipment: 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!
BEEF! We are running low and have not had the time to have the major cowboy/girl round up to take more steers in to slaughter. We hope to have a full array of beef in 2 or 3 weeks.
SPECIALS: ORDER 5# OR MORE OF SHORT RIBS AND GET them at $2 per lb.
Beef Heart – $2 per lb.
Ground beef 1 lb pkgs $4.90 per lb; 1/4 lb patties – $5.75 per lb.
GROUND SIRLOIN $6.50 per lb.
Boneless Steaks: Tenderloin steaks – the best cut of beef on a side $20 per lb.
New York Strip and Skirt steaks.
Bone in Steaks: Porterhouse, Rib (my personal favorite)
Roasts: Boneless Rib, English Cut and Chuck. Roasts are $6, $6.50 and $7 per lb.
Whole Brisket $7.50 per lb.
Swiss Steak $6.50 per lb.
Soup Bones $2 per lb.
Oxtail! There’s only 1 per steer :-). $5 per lb.
Liver $3 per lb.
Tongue – $3.50 per lb.
Kasza Sugar Bush of Shelby
The Kasza family began making Pure Maple Syrup from the two trees in our front yard about 15 years ago. Every year since then we have grown in production and quality, today bringing you pure maple products made from cutting-edge technology (and the help of 3,500 trees!). Our maple syrup is continually graded for color, taste, and quality during production. Our processing facility is kept clean and sanitary as well as inspected and licensed by the State of Michigan.
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!
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
Hoop house offerings
Kale
Chard
Limited Spinach
Mixed Greens
Meats from the farm:
New! Grass Fed Lamb*all cuts available ! Chops, shanks,ground, leg of Lamb and steaks..
New!! Pastured Pork* All cuts available !
Bakery Offerings
Fresh Apple Pies, gluten free & regular
New! Apple cake “made with our fresh picked apples!”
Breakfast Cookies – All flavors
Quiche- fresh Spinach & Cheddar
Gluten Free and Regular.
Veggie Turnovers are Back!
Morning Glory Muffins
New! Gingerbread Cake
New! Fresh Pumpkin Pie! ” This item is a must try!!”
New! Butternut Squash Galettes
Olson Farm of Shelby
Sweet corn!
Last of the Broccoli!
Last of the tomatoes!
Also: Watermelons, Butternut & Spaghetti squash, beets, three different kinds of potatoes including Yukon Golds, Red Pontiacs, Russian Bananas & Taste of Spring maple syrup.
Funny Farm of Grant
We accept WIC Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh coupons.
This week’s produce list:
Shitake Mushrooms! We’ll have lots of shitakes this Saturday!
Onions! Big red & yellow slicing onions. Italian Cippolinis, SHALLOTS & scallions.
Peppers! Hot peppers, Sweet green bells, Italian sweet reds, beautiful colors.
Greens&Roots! kales, kohlrabi, rutabagas, cabbages, big and small, many varieties of potatoes,
and anything else we can find!
Potatoes! Choose from 6 varieties.
Okra, eggplant in lots of colors and shapes.
Eggs! Mixed flock of whites & browns.
Apron Lady & Janet will return as well!
Meadow View Goat Dairy & Farm of Fremont
Come sample our latest batch!
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
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
BREADS: Each week we bake our seven scrumptious weekly breads (listed below) as well as one or more specialty breads. Please consult the schedule below to find out when we are making your favorite specialty bread!
GRANOLA! We make two different varieties of granola: Mountain Crunch Granola (pure vanilla, toasted almonds, and organic coconut oil) and Laughing Tree Peanut Butter Granola (all-natural PB, pure vanilla, and Michigan honey).
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
Irish Cheddar Peppercorn. Price $8.00
Cobmoosa Onion Rye $6.00
Pastries available for Saturday:
Hilltoppers (A 4oz cookie sweetened with golden molasses and bits of candied ginger) $2.25 each
Treehuggers( The one and only quarter pound peanut buttery original.) $2.25 each.
Expedition
Scones
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Pecan Date Scones
Cranberry Orange Scone
(All our scones are $2.25 each* and are handmade with our own fresh eggs, organic cream, and organic butter)
Cherry Mud Brownies
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!!
Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica
Heritage-breed American Mulefoot PORK!
Bulk breakfast
Spicy Hot Italian
Sweet Italian
Andouille links.
Chorizo
Brats
Kielbasa
We will also have an interesting selection of heirloom produce, including many varieties of winter squash and possibly some more open-pollinated sweet corn.
September’s Herbs & Produce of Montague
Out of town for a wedding this week, see you next Saturday!
See you at the market!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager
Contact info: (231)292-1152, dijaan1@charter.net
We are a BRIDGE CARD market!