Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, December 21, 2024
10:00am to 11:00am
Mercy Health Lakes Village
6401 Harvey St. at US31/Pontaluna Rd.
Contact info at end of newsletter
Supporting Small Local Organic Food Producers since 2005!
MARKET NEWS
Last market before Christmas! Liberty Family Farm has some special Christmas baked goods and BACON is back on the menu! Pine Row Farm is stocked with their grassfed beef, honey & maple syrup. They will take your preorders until Friday and will also have a selection of meats, honey & maple syrup available for walk up sale on Saturday.
Please also check out the Sweetwater Verified vendors who sell either on farm or elsewhere; we’ve updated that list with The Pasturage, Crow’s Nest garlic and Laughing Tree’s bake schedule for the month. A drive to Fremont gets you Kaufmans Farm certified organic veggies & if you’re thinking of a CSA next year be sure to look at Tortoise & Hare Farm. We also added Hidden Creek Farm to our list of farms to visit. If you have a favorite farm not on our list please email us and we’ll contact them about getting into the newsletter!
Vendors at Sweetwater December 21:
Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
PASTURED POULTRY
Fresh Eggs- $6.00 perdozen, NON-gmo feed.
Whole Chickens- $ 6.50/lb average wt. Is 4-6 lbs.
Breasts- $12.25 /lb
Thighs- $8.00/lb
Wings- $6.00
Pastured Pork NEW!
New! Pork Roasts $10.00/lb
New! Pork Steaks $9.00/lb
New! Tenderloin $18.00/lb usually a little over a lb,
NEW ! Nitrate Free Bacon $12.00/lb
NEW ! Nitrate Free Ham Slices $9.00/lb
NEW ! Nitrate Free Hocks $7.00/lb
NEW ! Pork Chops $9.00/lb
New! Maple Breakfast Bulk 1 lb / $10.00
NEW! Garlic Basil Sausage 1 lb/ $10.00
NEW! Italian Bulk Sausage 1 lb/ $10.00
NEW! Ground Pork 1 lb/ $8.00
** Beef and Lamb coming in late January.
BAKERY ITEMS
New! Christmas Cookie Box variety! $8.00
New! Cranberry Chocolate Chip Sourdough Scones $3.00
New! Gingerbread Cake 9 inch round $12.00
SOURDOUGH BREAD $8.00
SOURDOUGH JALAPENO & CHEDDAR BREAD $12.00
SOURDOUGH BAGELS $6.00 EACH – Plain or Everything
SOURDOUGH CHOCOLATE CHIP SCONES $3.00 each
SOURDOUGH GINGER SCONES $3.00
Spinach & Cheddar Quiche made with Organic ingredients! $17.00
Broccoli & Cheddar Quiche made with Organic ingredients $17.00
Quiche can be ordered Gluten Free.
Classic Banana Bread- $8.00/Large
Classic Banana Bread with Organic Chocolate Chips- $10.00/large
Organic Pizza Crusts (4pk)- $5.00
Organic Apple Galette- $10.00 7 inch round
New! Pear Galette $10.00
We look forward to hearing from you!
Please email orders to- libertyff@gmail.com
Questions- 231-873-3737
~ Andy & Dennise
Pine Row Farm
Hello :-),
100% grass fed beef:
Prices listed are per pound. Orders are filled in the order we receive them. Preorders are encouraged but I bring a selection for walk ups.
The processor has raised some of their prices, and we have increased ours accordingly.
Ground beef $7.25
Ground round, vacuumsealed, $8.50
Ground sirloin, vacuumsealed $13.25
Burger patties, 1/3#,4/pack $8.50
Short ribs, Korean cut,$7
Short ribs, regular cut,$7
Ribeye $18
Sirloin sizzlers $12.50
Rolled rump, chuck, English, or arm roasts $8.50
Stew meat $8.75
Skirt and hanger $10
Brisket $9
New York strip steaks$17.25
Shank $5.25
Soup bones $2.25
Suet $1.25
We sell by halves and quarters. We will have beef returning from the processor in January. Please contact me if you are interested.
Poultry
All of our poultry is free range, locked in nightly, and has certified organic feed.
Please return your empty cartons. Thanks!
Chicken eggs are$6/dozen. SOLD OUT
Duck eggs are $10/dozen.
Honey
Plastic squeeze bottle:
1# raw $8
Glass canning jars:
Pint raw $10
Quart raw $16
Beeswax
1# block $10
Maple syrup
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Glass jars only. MotherHubbard’s maple syrup:
Pints $10
Quarts $20
Gallons, plastic containers,$65
Kasza Sugar Bush Maple Syrup
Glass containers.
Quarts $20
Gallons $55
We will accept orders until 5pm on Friday. I will get totals emailed out by 5am Saturday morning. If you don’t get a response from me, please contact me. We accept cash or check payable to Pine Row Farm.
See you Saturday!
Sarah
pinerowfarmgirl@gmail.com
231-861-5215
Sweetwater Verified Goods in other places
The Pasturage
At long last: pork is in! We have bacon, pork chops, breakfast links… check out www.thepasturage.com/order for everything from jowl to hock, beak to claw, nose to hoof (read: pork, chicken, turkey and lamb). Our lamb is Animal Welfare Approved and Certified Grassfed by A Greener World. We are also enrolled in their Certified Regenerative program with certification slated for spring 2027. When you get your certification, it’s not like you’ve arrived and can set back and rest on your laurels. There is no static, stable state on our farm. We are always either improving soil or harming it. There is no middle ground. Being Certified Regenerative simply means we do everything we can to improve the soil and people come out and check on us to make sure we are doing what we say. The proof is in the soil; to the untrained eye, it all looks the same. Green is good, right? We want to assure you that what we do on our farm is sequestering carbon, reversing climate change, eliminating runoff and, oh yeah, tasty and good for you. Like I said, natural systems are complex and you are never “there.” But we are continually, conscientiously moving in that direction. Thanks for reading; I am so glad we are in this journey together.
Merry Christmas!
Julie
Crows Nest Garlic of Muskegon
Greetings! Crows Nest Garlic is taking an extended break from market, but garlic is still for sale! Please email me at Carolyn.a.harper@gmail.com to get in touch.. on-“farm” pickup available in Norton Shores 🙂 minimum purchase 1 pound please, bulk discounts available for higher quantities!
Hidden Creek Farm
1230W River Rd, Muskegon, MI (616)796-5696
Everything here on our farm is raised with love and care until it is ready for harvest. We do this WITHOUT the use of Genetically Modified Organisms(GMO’s), pesticides, herbicides, chemicals, hormones, steroids, or antibiotics. In addition to all the above our livestock is also corn, soy and wheat free. We focus on raising our livestock with a pasture and produce based diet. Our on Farmacy farm store is open Monday-Saturday from 9am-6pm
https://www.thehiddencreekfarm.com/
Kaufmans Certified Organic Produce of Fremont
We have ended the season at the Muskegon Farmers Mkt and now have the following available at our farm:
Winter squash: Honeynut, Butternut, Kabocha, Spaghetti, Acorn, Delicata
Red beets
Cabbage
Peppers: Bell
Purple Potatoes
Sweet potatoes
Pie Pumpkins
New! Pickled Red Beets. All organic ingredients. $9.00 qt $7.00 pint. Discounts available for quantities.
Our farm store hours are Monday – Saturday 8am to 5 pm. We take cash & checks only, please include phone# on checks. Address is 7547 Croswell Ave, Newaygo, MI 49337. Thanks.
Allen Kaufman
Laughing Tree Bakery of Hart
Please note our upcoming BAKE SCHEDULE:
December 7 Muskegon Farmers Market (MFM) Indoors. Soup & Sandwiches begin!
December 14 MFM Indoors
December 21 MFM Indoors (Final bake of the year)
Cranberry Orange Almond Bread available all of December
December 28 – January 4 MFM closed (no bakes)
January 11 MFM (1st bake of new year!)
Tortoise & Hare Farm of North Muskegon
New! Our 2025 CSA and Farm Card info is up at the Farm Store website. If you are considering joining a CSA for 2025 take a look, offering an Early Order Sale Price right now. https://tortoise-hare-farm.square.site/s/order#6
Established in 2018, Tortoise & Hare Farm grows a wide variety of Certified Naturally Grown vegetables. We are dedicated to growing clean, safe, high quality vegetables without the use of pesticides or synthetic fertilizers. We offer a summer CSA and weekly farm stand at the farm (3940 N. Weber Rd, Muskegon, MI 49445).
Shady Side Farm of Holland
We will be attending the annual Holland holiday Kerstmarkt for three weekends beginning Thanksgiving and ending Christmas. Learn more here: https://www.holland.org/kerstmarkt/
Get news, recipes, and alerts from the farm: https://mailchi.mp/ffb92e5e9f09/shadysidefarmsubscribe
Lona
Shady Side Farm
info@shadysidefarm.net
Dirty Roots Healing of Muskegon
See my website https://www.dirtyrootshealing.com/shop for details. To keep up to date with all my new products, classes and latest news sign up for the Newsletter at my website.
Thanks all for your support!
DirtyRootsHealing.com
DirtyRootsHealing@yahoo.com
616-834-3233
Thanks!
Cody
Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
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Questions? Send us an e-mail athello.blackbirdfarms@gmail.com.
Greg & Shel
INSTRUCTIONS FOR How to Pre-Order
1. Look over the list. Each vendor has a unique deadline for when they need to receive your pre-order depending on their product. Send your pre-order by email to each vendor you want to order from, within their required deadlines.
2. Vendors will respond back by no later than Friday before market day with an order confirmation and an invoice that in most cases will allow you to pre-pay for your order. If a vendor is not set up to take payment online they will accept checks (preferred) or cash on market day pickup.
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