this week
- What’s Coming To The Market?
- Vote For Your Favorite Market!
- Cooking Ideas – Apple-Berry Breakfast Crisp

Given the number of half-flats of strawberries leaving the market last week, it’s fair to say that berry season has begun. It won’t be long before cherries, blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, marionberries and a lot of other great fruit start coming in. For now, I am very happily eating strawberries. I must have eaten four pints of strawberries in the last week. I’m sure that I am not alone.

Many of you have been asking when some of your favorite vendors will be returning to the market for the season. Here are probable start dates for a few:
Ayers Creek (back July 5)
Baird Orchard (back June 14 or 21)
Liepold Farm (back June 14)

See you on Sunday!

Eamon Molloy
Market Manager

What’s Coming To The Market This Week?

Time to get your canning gear out. Strawberries will be in the market in a big way. Hood strawberries should be available this weekend as well as Albion, Seascape and Shuxton strawberries. Asparagus, arugula, green garlic, spring onions, pea shoots, lettuce, beets, carrots and rhubarb as well. There will be a wide assortment of vegetable starts, herbs, perennials and bulbs.

Check the availability list for the complete list of who’s coming this weekend and what they expect to be selling. The list is posted Thursday afternoon and updated through the weekend. For Sunday morning updates, check Twitter feed either on our website sidebar or on our Twitter page.

IN
Ancient Heritage Dairy
Blossom Vinegars

OUT
Gales Meadow Farm (finished for the season)
Kookoolan Farms (back June 28)

Vote for Your Favorite Market

American Farmland Trust has announced its first vote for “America’s Favorite Farmers Markets” contest. The contest is a nation-wide challenge to see which of America’s 4,685 farmers markets can rally the most support from its customers. The goal is to promote the connection between fresh local food and the local farms and farmland that supply it. Market shoppers will vote to support their favorite farmers’ market at www.farmland.org/.  Results will be announced during Farmers’ Market Week August 2 – 8, 2009.

The contest is a fun way to promote local markets local food. The Hillsdale Farmers’ Market is registered for the contest which is now open.

Cooking Ideas – Apple-Berry Breakfast Crisp

Unger Farms updated their website recently and I came across several nice recipes. I’ve always loved fruit crisp and this recipe looks like a good one. You can find the recipe here. Enjoy!