Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, May 29th, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St just 1/2 mile North of Pontaluna Rd.
We are a Bridge Card market
All Eligible Vendors Gladly Accept the Bridge Card!
Important note for Bridge Card customers: Did you know that you can buy vegetable plants with your Bridge Card? You can, and we’ve got them!
Road Work Notice: If the road is still being worked on and you want to avoid the bumps and the dust, you can take the Sternberg Road exit, head south up to Farr Rd, turn right and you will end up at the hospital parking lot.
Shop Sweetwater for your Memorial Day Cookout!
Fresh veggies, huge variety & selection of meats, baked goods – we’ve got it all!
This Week’s Vendors
New Vendor!
Mund Farm of Rothbury
Greg Mund of the Mund Farm tells us that he will definitely have loads of fresh picked asparagus this week! The Mund Farm has been in the family since the 1900’s. It was originally a dairy farm, changing to fruit and vegetables in 1955. Greg started using organic practices in 1992, and went totally organic in 2009. The farm will apply for organic certification in 2010-11.
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Note to our customers: Due to unprecendented demand, we are again out of chicken, but will have more on June 12th. Thanks!
Handcrafted Sausages and Specialty Meats
NEW! Chicago Hot Dogs. Garlic Kielbasa. Chorizo. Breakfast sausage links. Italian Sausage in 1# bulk pkg. Braunschweiger. Old Fashioned Ring-Style Bologna. Pancetta, A Dry Cured Italian Bacon. Pepperoni slices.
Creswick’s Snack Sticks! 4 generous sticks $4.00/pkg.
Fresh-Aire Pastured Pork
Pork Tenderloin. Pork Chops. Apple Smoked Bacon. Nitrite-Free. Breakfast links.
Grass-fed Beef
Flank Steak. Filet Mignon. Gourmet Patties (beef, bacon 3 1/3# patties)
Ground Beef Patties (3 1/3# patties).
Lamb Sausages: Moroccan Lamb link sausage.
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
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
Veggies this week ~ Pak Choi, Spinach and Mixed Salad Greens; Head lettuce; Chard; Red and White Scallions; Radishes; Cilantro, Parsley, Chives, Rosemary.
We will also have some plants – HEIRLOOM TOMATOES! Chive Plants; Plus 2 kinds of parsley – Flatleaf Gigante d’Italia and Curly Krauss.
BEEF ~ We have Quarters of our Grass-Fed Beef FOR SALE! 1 quarter is ready right now, and more is getting butchered next month. Email pbobier@voyager.net or call for details.
We will have beef by the pound and package at Sweetwater on Saturday. Steaks, roasts, ground beef, stew meat, cubed steak, tongue, soup bones, heart. Also ground beef in 10 + # quantities (1-2# packages) for $3.50 per lb.
ON SALE! Organic Olive Oil ~ Choose your favorite bottle. 10% off.
HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE ~ I’ll be bringing an assortment of 1# bags. New shipment arrived this week.
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG ~ http://www.earthscapefarm.blogspot.com We have 3 shares remaining for this year’s CSA. Let us know if you are interested. We will deliver to Sweetwater Market this year.
Harmony Gardens of Montague
Garden Plants! Heirloom tomatoes, peppers & more.
From the Hoophouse: Hakurei Turnips! Kales. Lettuces. Radishes. Shungiku edible chrysanthemum.
McLaughlin Grows! Urban Farm of Muskegon
Dustin Anderson, farm manager of this new inner city urban farm sponsored by Community EnCompass, returns with heads of Romaine lettuce, Purple Pac Choi & bagged mixed greens including arugula & mixed kales.
Liberty Family Farm & Abundant Harvest Bakery of Hart
From the farm:
First of the season chicken. Pasture raised, supplemented with flax & GMO free feed. Whole chicken & parts.
Grass-fed Lamb & Goat
steaks, shanks, chops, Italian brats, ground and more.
Grass-fed Beef
Ground beef 1# bulk & patties, liver & soup bones
HEIRLOOM GREENS
green & red leaf lettuces, plus multiple single variety lettuces
mixed baby greens
beet greens
spinach
kale
arugula
green onions
HEIRLOOM TOMATO STARTS TOO!
From the bakery:
The Ultimate Breakfast Cookie- regular and chocolate walnut
Spinach & cheddar quiche
Empanadas
Brownies Gluten Free
Lemon Poppy seed bread
Gluten Free Sandwich Bread
Ciabatta Bread
Multi Grain Bread & Kaiser Rolls
Whole Wheat Bread
NEW THIS WEEK* GRANOLA BARS-full of nuts,seeds,and dried fruit
Rhubarb Pie- with fresh rhubarb from our garden
Grassfields Farm of Coopersville
Certified Organic raw milk cheeses in the Dutch process tradition.
This Week! Gouda, Leyden, Gouda with Dill, Edam (low-fat Gouda), Gouda Spice (garlic & onion), & Lamont Cheddar.
Earthly Kneads of Muskegon
Please note – We are open this Saturday at the shop, too! Not this weekend, but starting NEXT weekend, we will have fresh and dried shiitake mushrooms from Frasure Farms, too! I hear the weather forecast is predicting beautiful weather for the weekend. Get out and have some fun! Cooking out? Did you know you can toast bread on the grill? All you need is medium heat and a vigilant watch to make sure it doesn’t burn and you can have beautiful toast in about 5 minutes. Brush the bread with a little olive oil, sprinkle it with some salt when it comes off, and then rub it with a cut clove of fresh garlic for garlic bread in a flash.
Memorial Day Specials – Olive Bread (made with assorted olives from The Cheese Lady!), Honey & Wheatberry Bread, Cheddar & Onion or Parmesan Flatbreads (perfect for sandwiches, available in packs of 6 – dimensions are approximately 6 x 2 1/2 inches for one), Rhubarb Cobblers, Texas-style Chocolate Cake with Roasted Hazelnut & Chocolate Frosting, and Rhubarb Streusel Sweet Breads.
Bread – 100% Whole Grain Spelt, Seeded Spelt, Peasant Bread, Tuscan Bread, Italian Rosemary, Sweet Vanilla Challah
Scones – Apricot & Almond, Cinnamon Raisin, Cranberry Orange
Muffins – Apple Pie, Rhubarb Pie
Cookies – Sunflower Butter Cookies (Vegan AND G.F.) – available plain or with cinnamon and raisins, HUGE! Dark Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Cookies – Cinnamon Raisin, Malted Chocolate Chip, or Ginger Fig (the oatmeal cookies are all oats, no wheat), and more!
Granola – Blueberry Hazelnut, Ginger Fig Almond, Cherry Almond, Cranberry Pecan, Apple Pepita, and Totally Nuts (pecan, cashew, and almond), plus Muesli and Gorp
We will also have our usual assortment of Naturally Nutty Nut Butters and Food for Thought Preserves, Hot Sauces, and Salsa.
Hickory Ridge Family Farm
Fresh chicken coming in June!
Happy Hill Frozen Turkey & Chicken
Turkey Sausage. Breakfast, Italian, Brat & Chorizo. Breakfast & Italian in links or bulk. Turkeys were fed certified organic feed..
Pastured chicken: Frozen chicken drumsticks & soup stock.
Free-Range Eggs: Large.
Agriculture & Health Alive of Marne
New from the Garden! Spinach & Arugula! Freshly dug & potted Comfrey plants. Comfrey is a dynamic accumulator; that means it has a large taproot that brings valuable minerals up to the surface. Good for teas, poultices & lots more.
Garden supplies. We will have 10 oz to 10# sizes of various garden supplements, like Berry Mix, Liquid Fish & Kelp concentrates, Maxicrop, Dry Kelp Meal, Milky spore & Diamatacious Earth.
From the bookshelf: Ask Mother Nature: A Conscious Gardeners Guide, by Ellen Vandevisse. Or How to Grow More Vegetables, by John Jeavons.
Also: Nantucket Bakery Cinnamon Raisin Bread and other baked goods.
Northern Naturals Cherry Concentrate. Blackstrap molasses, honey & maple syrup.
HandCrafteds
Good for the body & soul!
Bee & Botanical of Spring Lake
Look forward to seeing you at the market this week. Stop by and check out our wonderful beeswax candles, certified organic soaps, lip balms, lavender sachets and other great organic and natural products.
I have a nice assortment of Michigan beeswax candles. These candles are made with 100% pure beeswax and 100% cotton wicks. They not only have that nice natural honey scent but they are the cleanest and brightest burning candles on the market. Because beeswax has a very high melting point, they also burn slower, lasting longer.
Lip balms in unflavored, peppermint, grapefruit and cinnamon, made with moisturizing oils, Michigan beeswax and the finest organic essential oils for flavoring.
Certified Organic Soaps in Peppermint, Grapefruit, Lemongrass Tea, Northern Forest and others wonderful scents made with essetial oils (no artifical fragrances used in these soaps). Specialty soaps included Rows and Furrow’s Gardener’s Soap with the ingrediendt added to cut the grit and grime that come from a good day of gardening or other dirty work.
New this week (for those that have been asking), Dog Shampoo Soap in a regular Dirty Dog blend and also one for dogs with itchy or dry skin, Oatmeal and Honey,
which includes honey, almond oil and oats. Both are made using rose geranium, neem oil, rosemary, lavender and other oils to keep away ticks, fleas and mosquitos in a natural non-toxic way.
Brittanie’s Thyme of Cedar Springs
Summer weather has arrived and so has our desire to be out of doors! Brittanie’s Thyme offers a very safe and effective organic Insect Repellent made with a blend of clove, eucalyptus, geranium, tea tree and peppermint. No toxic DEET or citronella, only a pleasant scent without the oily residue that can also stain clothing. I have successfully used this product for 6 years on myself, my grandchildren and even pets. I have also used this spray on the grassy areas we were lounging with great all day success. To start your summer off we are offering: Organic Insect Repellent 4oz reg $8.50/ sale $6.00 Organic Bug Bite Relief (roll-on) reg $4.50/ sale $3.50. I look forward to seeing you at the market!
Imagination to Creation Jewelry of North Muskegon
New this week! Pure copper necklaces. Also, 50% off mens and young lady jewelry and the economical $20 and under table. See you at the market!
Soul Infusions of Cedar Springs
Stock up on large pre-filled tea bags for summer gallon size Sun Teas.. large variety of tea bags $ 3.00 ea. Lots of summer time herbs, salts, and peppers for grilling fun.
Last but not least
If you would like to become a Friend of the Market for a suggested donation of $10.00, which entitles you to a free cup of coffee at every market you attend for a full year, please see me at the market this Saturday! We will also have Higher Grounds Coffee by the Cup for a suggested donation of $1.00.