Sweetwater Saturday August 31st Market News & Preorder List

Sweetwater Local Foods Market
Saturday, August 31st, 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

Crow’s Nest is back with beautiful garlic this week! The Pasturage is taking orders for a Buy 3 Get 4th Free Chicken Wing special for Labor Day picnics! Read the list and place orders now!

We just learned of an award given to Earthscape Farm: 2024 Tree Farmer of the Year by the MI Dept of Natural Resources! Read more here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/387e9c7

See you at the market!

Funny Farm of Grant
Hello Sweetwater fans! Between the groundhog that keeps
getting in to the weird weather that killed all the Napa cabbage,
there’s no way to predict what will be available for the remainder of
the season. Fortunately it looks like the winter squash is doing well so
far. Most of the “summer” stuff is about done here. We will
probably dig the rest of the potatoes this week and then that’s probably
all for the year. The peppers are finally turning color so that’s good
news. So here’s what I figure will be ready this week. If you’d like to
reserve something, please text me at 734 945 0720 and I will let you
know. Thank you so much for all your support this summer!
Potatoes, Red and white
Cabbage, big ones and small ones
Kohlrabi, softball sized
Peppers, green by orders only, red ones as they ripen
Blackberries, slowing down, limited availability
Scallions or green onions
Shallots
Onions, white, red and yellow
Garlic
Tomatoes, asst cherry, orange and red, and big ones of all sizes
Low sugar jelly in many flavors, all from our farm. Blackberry,
Elderberry/blackberry, Apple, Kiwi, Kiwi/crabapple, Wild grape, and
Blueberry from a source that I’ve used for 20+ years.
Thanks again!
Barb

Crow’s Nest of Muskegon
Crow’s Nest is back with GARLIC!
Every year we are so happy to participate in the market from the vendors side of the booth and provide high quality, long lasting garlic for your table 🙂
This week we are offering:
Uzbek Turban : small but mighty! This early-maturing variety packs an incredible punch, so a little goes a long way! Adds a real garlicky kick to any dish. Not for long-term storage.
Music :the workhorse Porcelain garlic with large cloves and classic flavor… perfect for roasting! This variety will keep for months with proper storage. More varieties will be available in the future!
If you want to preorder (not necessary) email me at carolyn.a.harper@gmail.com
See you Saturday 🙂
-Carolyn

Pine Row Farm
Hello :-),
Thank you to all who’ve wished Bill well with his recovery. I think the healing is on target with expectations.
100% grass fed beef:
Prices listed are per pound. Orders are filled in the order we receive them.
Sale! Short ribs $4.00
Short ribs, Korean cut $7.00
Ribeye $18
New York strip $17.25
Skirt or hanger $10.00
Sirloin sizzlers $12.50
Chuck and arm roasts $8.50
Kabob $11.00
Stew meat $9.00
Soup bones $2.25
We sell by halves and quarters. Please let me know if you would like to be added to the waiting list. We have processing dates in September, October, and November.
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 close to sold out by standing orders, so extras will be available for walk up only. Hens have cut back substantially from spring volume.
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
Tiny block $1.50
Maple syrup
Old fashioned boiled maple syrup, powered by wood! Glass jars only. MotherHubbard’s maple syrup:
Pints $10
Quarts $20
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

The Pasturage of Montague
Ain’t no thing but a chicken wing!  Buy 3 wings and get the 4th free!  This is a perfect BBQ appetizer on the grill for your Labor Day celebrations!  Place your order via our online order form at http://thepasturage.com/order and we’ll set you soaring.  This deal is also available at the Muskegon and Montague farmers markets where we will also be this weekend.  We will continue to attend Muskegon all year; however, our last day at the Montague FM will be Saturday, September 7.
Happy Labor Day!
Toots,
Julie

Returning soon

The Woven Farm of Whitehall
Hello folks!
I will not be at market this week, busy seeding for fall.
Will return soon.
The WovenTrifecta

www.thewoventrifecta.com

Mannor Farm of Hesperia 
We will return to Sweetwater soon.
We will be at the following markets this week:
New Era Farmers Market ;Tuesday 4pm – 7pm, August 27th
Pure Markette (Baldwin);Wednesday 3pm – 7pm, August 28th  Last market at Baldwin for the 2024season (for us).
We will return to Muskegon Farmers Market on September 5th.
We will return to Newaygo Farmers Market on September 6th and Fremont Farmers Market on September7th.
Dan & Linda Mannor
The Mannor Farm LLC
5595 E Arthur Road
Hesperia, MI

Earthscape Farm
We will return mid September. We are honored to have been awarded the Michigan Dept of Natural Resources 2024 Outstanding Tree Farmer of the Year! We will accept our award on September 13th, you can read more about it here: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MIDNR/bulletins/387e9c7
Other Places to Find Sweetwater Verified Goods

Blackbird Farm of Coopersville
You can continue to find our produce on the lakeshore at both the Grand Haven and Muskegon Health Hutt locations, with deliveries made Friday afternoon. (note: if stocks are low on things please let Health Hutt know so we can increase what we bring them!)
Our produce will also be available at two locations in Grand Rapids: the Fulton Street Farmers’ Market on Friday mornings and the Creston Farmers’ Market on alternating Saturday mornings.
Questions? Send us an e-mail at hello.blackbirdfarms@gmail.com.
Greg & Shel

Scholl Farms of Montague
We will return soon thanks!
In the meantime you can find us at Montague Farmers Market if you’re up that way.
Stu and Connie

Liberty Family Farm & Bakery of Hart
We will return soon. In the meantime you can find us at Pentwater Market on Monday & Thursday from 10:00 to 1:00.
Andy & Dennise

Dirty Roots Healing of Muskegon
See my Instagram page at https://www.instagram.com/dirtyrootshealing/ 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

Shady Side Farm of Holland
We plan to return in fall. Get news, recipes, and alerts from the farm: https://mailchi.mp/ffb92e5e9f09/shadysidefarmsubscribe
Lona

Shady Side Farm
info@shadysidefarm.net
Laughing Tree Bakery
You can find us every Saturday at the Muskegon Farmers Market as well as the Grand Haven Health Hutt, now carrying a full array of our pastries as well as bread.

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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