Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, Sept 1, 9:00am to 1:00pm
Mercy Health Partners/Hackley Health at the Lakes
On Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd. Exit. 1st Bldg North of Pontaluna Rd.
Bridge Cards, Double Up Food Bucks, Project Fresh Coupons and
Senior Project Fresh Accepted Here!
Attending this week’s market:
CJ Veggies
Sweet corn, the real deal! Lacinato “Dino” kale, Tomatoes Garlic beans melons white turnips Mesclun mix Arugula, Baby Swiss Chard, Basil, green onions and a big Smile!
Chickadee Creek Farm of Nunica
We will be at market with eggs, plants, and an assortment of vegetables.
Funny Farm of Grant
New items! Onions! Try our small yellow cippolini, shallots, scallions, or our yellow storage, yellow, red or white large onions. Also: red melons, cukes, kales, garlic, potatoes, summer squash, okra, and kohlrabi. We accept Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh coupons!
Maple Moon Farm of Shelby
We have tomatoes, sweet peppers, squash, cucumbers, pickles, carrots, onions, garlic, kale, chard, beets, scallions, purple and wax beans, fresh herbs, dried herbs, herb tea, and herbal salves.
See you there!
Earthscape Farm of Hesperia
We now have the ability to take PROJECT FRESH coupons as well as credit cards at Sweetwater Market!
VEGGIES ~ BEETS AND TOMATOES FOR CANNING! MELONS! Both Watermelons and Canteloupes. Tomatoes! 1/2 bushels for canning – Paste or Red Round. Great quality and also some 2nds available for a lower price! Heirlooms of every color imaginable, Paste, Red Round, Multi-colored Cherries, Juliets. For fresh eating, drying and roasting. MAYBE SOME SWEET CORN, Celery, Beets, Tomatillos. Cabbage, Salad mix. Garlic, Beans, Eggplant, Sweet Peppers. Broccoli, Cucumbers, Large Onions and Summer Squash, Kale and Chard ~~ EAT MORE KALE stickers to anyone who buys a bag of kale this Saturday, Rosemary, Fresh Basil (including large amounts for making Pesto!), Dill and Parsley; Red, Kennebec & Russet Potatoes. Fingerling Potatoes. Sunflowers!
BEEF ~ NEW BEEF CUTS! JUST PICKED UP THIS WEEK! Our steers and cows are on pasture, and happy!
- We have lean Ground Beef!
- Chuck, Arm & English Roasts
- Bone-In TBone, Porterhouse and Rib Steaks
- Boneless Sirloin and Tenderloin Steaks
- Swiss Steak
- Stew Meat & Short Ribs
- Liver, Heart and Tongue
- Soup Bones
SALE: ORGANIC OLIVE OIL ~ Fair Trade, too! Imported by Higher Grounds in Traverse City
NEW SHIPMENT: HIGHER GROUNDS COFFEE in 1# bags. Certified organic, Fair Trade. Various types, beans or ground, dark or light roast, full caf, half caf or decaf. Try a cup at the Sweetwater Market table!
Grassfield’s Cheese of Coopersville
We’ll be at market this week with our certified organic Dutch Style gouda’s & cheddars. Try our Gouda with Dill, Gouda with Chili, Lamont Cheddar, or Edam!
Ed’s Farm of Spring Lake
Swiss Chard, Kale, heirloom tomato, zucchini, acorn squash, mint, peppers, beets, catnip, basil, corn
Creswick Farms of Ravenna
Pasture Raised, Antibiotic & Hormone Free, Artisanal Meats
New this week! Apple Smoked Chicken Halves! Yum!
BEEF
Steaks: Flank, Ribeye & Top Sirloin for the grill!
Ground Beef in 1 lb. packages
Ground Beef patties
CHICKEN
New! Apple Smoked Chicken Halves. $6.95lb
Chicken Patties, Regular or BBQ, 1#/ 4 pr pkg
Chicken Breast, boneless, skinless.
Chicken Leg Quarters
Chicken Deli Lunch Slices are back!
PORK
Pork Tenderloin
Boneless Pork Chops
We now offer Breakfast Sausage 3 ways: Patties, Links and Bulk 1# pkg!
Bacon: Choose from Hickory or Apple Smoked.
SPECIALTY SAUSAGES & MEATS
BRATS!
Regular Bratwurst
Oberon Brats
Apple Smoked Brats
Two Deli Lunchmeat choices: Chicken Deli & Ham Deli!
Chicago Style Hotdogs! No nitrates, no fillers – just 100% pastured meats!
Snack Sticks
Chorizo 1/2lb pkg
EGGS No soy in chicken feed. Large. $3.25 a dozen. Jumbo or medium by pre-order only.
PRE-ORDERS. Sign up to be on the Pre Order reminder list here: dijaan1@charter.net or at the market. On Sunday you will receive a reminder and you’ll have until 9am Tuesday to put your order in. Once placed, all you have to do is come to the market anytime on Saturday and pick it up!
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
West Michigan’s ONLY Brick Oven Solar Powered Bakery!
“ DO YOU MAKE ANY SOURDOUGH BREADS?” We’ve had a number of customers ask us this question recently as more and more people become aware of the nutritional superiority of a “sourdough” bread versus a yeasted bread (a bread leavened with commercial yeast). The answer to that question is YES WE DO!! Fourteen of the fifteen breads we make are “sourdoughs”, that is, the starter that we cultivate to rise and flavor our breads is a sourdough starter. (The Oceana Round is the only exception—it is made with a yeasted starter called a poolish). The sourdough starter that we use is called a levain. We cultivate our levain right here in our bakery using only organic flour and water. This mixture captures wild yeast from the air and uses the wild yeast found on the grains themselves. Sourdough starters harness the fermentation power of wild yeasts to leaven and flavor breads.
Our breads undergo a period fermentation lasting anywhere from 6 to 18 hours. This extended fermentation renders the grains (and the gluten) far more digestible than your standard yeasted bread. The whole thrust of commercial yeast is to speed up fermentation, while naturally-leavened breads slow down fermentation and increase digestibility (the grains are essentially pre-digested through the fermentation process).
Some customers are surprised to learn that our breads are “sourdough” because they don’t taste especially sour. Our goal is to make breads that are full-flavored and nuanced—we want you to taste the sweetness and complexity of the grains themselves. We are able to accomplish this through precise fermentation practices that include a long, cold fermentation in a refrigerator.
We are proud to carry on the tradition of baking naturally-leavened breads as artisan bakers have for generations. Enjoy the breads!!
*NEW PRE-ORDER INFORMATION*
We are taking pre-orders again for pickup at all of our sales locations for quantities of:
Five (5) or more loaves of bread
Ten (10) or more pastries.
PLEASE send us an email charlie@laughingtreebakery.com (or call 231-873-9820) by Tuesday at 6pm
More information at our Facebook Page at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Laughing-Tree-Brick-Oven-Bakery/135813859786385?ref=ts
HAVE YOU TRIED OUR GRANOLA LATELY? Choose from: 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).
Baked in our wood-fired brick oven several days after the intense bread-baking heat has dissipated. This ensures that the nutrients in the grains and seeds remain intact! Please note, these granolas are SWEETENED ONLY WITH MICHIGAN HONEY! There is absolutely no refined sugar in them. They are both wonderful with milk or yogurt or as part of a trail mix. Our children love them! We often have samples of each variety available at market—come have a taste!
OUR NINE 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
Elbridge Parmesan Olive (Sumptuous parmesan and Kalamata black olives) $8.00
Irish Cheddar Peppercorn (Smooth Irish Cheddar accompanied by tongue tingling black pepper). Price $8.00
SPECIALTY BREAD
Cobmoosa Onion Rye ( Carmelized organic onions, Michigan rye flour, and a hint of caraway) $6.00
Pastries available for Saturday:
Cranberry Orange Scones
Truly Ginger Scones
Michigan Cherry Scones
Lovely Lemon Scones
(All our scones are $2.25 each* and are handmade with our own fresh eggs, organic cream, and organic butter)
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!!)
Cherry Deep Mud Brownies $3.00 The original Deep Mud Brownie infused with dried, Michigan cherries.
Hilltoppers (our NEW Molasses Ginger cookies…A 4oz cookie sweetened with golden molasses and bits of candied ginger) $2.25 each *
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.
BAKER’S DOZEN: If you order 12 pastries you’ll receive a 13th pastry FREE!
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
VEGGIES-
Kale, chard, potatoes , peppers, carrots, and more..
FRESH EGGS!!!
CHICKEN!!!
BAKED ITEMS-
Breakfast Cookies, Quiches, Muffins, Cinnamon Rolls, Brownies and More…
NEW! GLUTEN FREE MUFFINS “a must try!!”
Last but not least
Recipe Corner
We are a 2012 Double Up Food Bucks Market!
For new Bridge Card customers we have a special gift bag that includes a market tote, Kid Approved Cookbook, cutting board, veggie scrubber, and a $5.00 Sweetwater Gift Card to spend on anything at the market!
Thanks to a grant received from the Fair Food Network and others, Sweetwater will be offering Double Up Food Bucks to anyone using a Bridge Card at our market from June 2nd through November. Click here to see how it works: http://sweetwaterlocalfoodsmarket.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/ffn_dufb-2012-faq-customer.pdf
Friends of the Market
If you would like to become a Friend of the Market for a suggested donation of $20.00, 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.
Have a great end of summer Labor Day Weekend, eat healthy and hope to see you at the market!
Diana Jancek
Market Manager
Contact info: (231)292-1152, dijaan1@charter.net
We are a BRIDGE CARD Double Up Foods Bucks 2012 market!