The Saturday downtown Farmers’ Market will have two special events this week.
Girl Scout Troop 41095 will be running a Compact Flourescent light bulb recycling drive and there will be free massages from the Healing Massage Center and Abdul Al-Mansoor of Stockbridge.
The market opens at 8 a.m. and runs until noon in the library parking lot. Music begins at 10 a.m.
The vendors are expected to have all kinds of wonderful fall product and products – there’s always something new each Saturday so stop by early and see what surprises the vendors have in store for you.
Here’s what the seasonal vendors are expected to have:
Back Forty Acres: Meats / Poultry / Eggs, all raised naturally
Chandra June: Raw gemstone jewelry
Frog Hollar Farms: Produce, home-baked breads and cakes, crafts, cut flowers, and more
fresh: Locally roasted coffee beans. We appreciate the patience over the last few weeks as we have been tweaking our product with our new roaster! Our roasts are more consistent than ever, which allows us to target each beans flavor profile! With two new organic and fair trade coffees, Guatemalan and Timor, we have a bean for every coffee lover! Come check us out and save money by signing up for our customer loyalty program!
Greystone Farm & Creamery: Cream cheeses, camembert style cheeses, feta, and gouda, and manchego style cheeses from the sheep’s milk.
H & H Sugarbush: Maple syrup, maple cream, maple candy, maple nuts (not here on 9/28)
Heim Gardens: Perennials, annuals, hanging baskets, planters, produce (carrots, squash, onions, broccoli green beans)
Kapnick Orchards: This week apple cider, caramel apples, pears, prune plums. The following apples honeycrisp, gala, macs, empire, jonathan, cortland, jonamac. Assorted baked goods and fudge as well!
Greystone Creamery: feta, possibly ricotta, Man-chel cheese, possibly cow Gouda, Chelsea-cam, Rosy-cam, blue Man-chel, sheep Gouda, butternut, garlic pepper and plain cream cheese.
La Baguette: French breads and baked goods
Janet’s LLC: grilling rubs, jam, flavored nuts, suckers, Cajun butter, spices to make flavored butter, U-M and MSU dolls, and greeting cards.
Mama Mo: hummus and seitan. Hummus flavors include ginger squash, tan/cran orange, sesame chive satay, kalamata rosemary, black pepper walnut, roasted pepper, horseradish, roasted garlic, traditional, lemon zest, curry lime, tomato basil, onion dill, roasted beet, wasabi, jalapeno, chipotle. Seitan flavors include: nuggets, traditional, fajita strips, Italian fennel sausage, breakfast sage sausage, vegan BBQ, BBQ, roast.
Merkel Gardens & Greenhouses: Hanging baskets, flats and produce (tomatoes, greens, onions)
Myer’s Blackberry Farm: Blackberries, raspberries, jams and vegetables
Ruhlig’s Produce: Wide variety of vegetables and cut flower, including melons, corn, cabbage, peppers, and squash! This Saturday they’ll bring lots of mixed greens to sell, along with fall decorations.
Stone Hearth Breads and Bakery: pumpernickel, German rye and German rye seeded, Italian Milano, honey whole wheat, San Francisco sourdough, assorted cookies and buns, four-cheese pepperoni rolls, spinach feta cheese bread, multi-grain bread, country loaf, cheese bread, rosemary herb and tomato basil bread, four-cheese bread sticks, jalapeno cheese bread and assorted sweet breads — including cinnamon, cinnamon raisin, strawberry white chocolate, peach pecan, wild blueberry cream cheese, Reuben rolls, and bacon cheddar beer bread.
Tantre Farm: Organic Produce: Arugula, Beets (Chioggia – bulls eye, red), Blackberries, Broccoli, Cabbage (Green, Napa, Red) , Carrots, Swiss Chard, Collard Greens, Corn (Sweet), Cucumbers, Eggplant, Garlic bulbs, Kale (Green Curly, Lacinato, Red Russian), Kohlrabi, Leeks, Lettuce, Melons, Mushrooms (Shiitake), Onions (Green, Red, Yellow, White, Red Long of Tropea), Pears, Peppers (sweet green bell, hot -mixed, jalapeno, padrom, poblano/ancho, sweet romanian, sweet red bell, sweet red carman, shishito hot), Potatoes (blue, red, Yukon gold), Radishes (Easter egg), Raspberries, Spicy Greens, Summer Squash, Tatsoi, Tomatoes (cherry/grape, heirloom, sauce/plum, slicing), Watermelon, Zucchini (green & yellow).
Tasty Bakery: Gluten-free baked goods
Zatkovich Pastures: Grass fed beef, eggs, poultry
Daily Vendors
Applegarth Honey – many honey varieties and beeswax candles.
Country Hills Pottery – Vases, bowls and more (weather permitting)
Debbie Diedrich – Beaded jewelry (weather permitting)
Dancy’s Fancy Butter – Sweet and savory flavored butters.
Fairview Studios – It’s time for the Autumnal Equinox. Celebrate the arrival of the quieter seasons, introspection (Fall) and renewal (Winter), with fresh smudges, fans, rattles, prayer arrows, and spirit shields. (weather permitting)
