What's In Season
You can refer to our Crop Calendar during the season to find out all the produce that's in season. This week strawberries are abundant, and not the type of strawberries you get at the supermarket. These are soft, sweet, and need no sugar. Also available in good quantity is asparagus, both green and purple varieties and perfect for grilling or sautéing. Other in-season produce includes bok choy, Swiss chard, mustard greens, and various lettuces. Carrots and beets are showing up, as well rhubarb, radishes, turnips and new potatoes.
Support Your Farmers' Market
We have raised 25% of our goal for the month of May. Each year we try to raise $20,000 to cover rent, insurance, staffing, and other expenses, and this year we are trying to raise it all in May. So far, we’ve raised $5,000 and we have $15,000 to go! We have just two Saturdays left, so we ask you to please come out and support your farmers market with a $10 contribution. We need 1,500 more supporters to donate, roughly 1/3 of a typical Saturday crowd. We will have a bucket set up for you to drop your donation in, no need to wait in lines. Help make your farmers' market the best it can be!
Circus Flora at the Market
Join us this Saturday as Circus Flora returns to showcase its talented performers. The show starts at 10:30, you won’t want to miss this. Bring the kids!
EBT/SNAP Benefits at the Market
We are working on our EBT/SNAP system that will be in place at the market in 2011. Thank you to St John's Mercy for helping with the application and to Local Harvest Grocery & Cafe for purchasing the equipment and underwriting the ongoing costs of our EBT program!
Urban Farm Row
This season we have four urban farms from within the city limits that will be vending at the market. Two of the farms are within blocks of the farmers' market. Now that's local! The four farms include:
City Seeds Urban Farm
Intl Institute STL
Liberty Farms
Wild Thyme Farm
Harvest Sessions at the Market
Thanks to KDHX Community Media, and Local Harvest Grocery & Cafe, funding has been secured to bring back Harvest Sessions on a weekly basis in 2011! This week features Ian Walsh and Kevin Buckley playing traditional Irish and American folk music.
Free Yoga Starts at 9am
Our extremely popular free yoga class is back for another season thanks to the generosity of Sat Inder Singh Kalsa! Meet by the concession stand under the grand oak trees and bring a yoga mat!
Here's who will be vending this week:
Food
Baetje Farms - goat milk cheeses
Bittersweet Bakery - specialty baked goods
Biver Farms - USDA certified organic produce
Black Bear Bakery - breads, bagels, granola, sweets
Buila Family Farm - seasonal produce
Centennial Farms - seasonal produce, preserves, honey
City Seeds Urban Farm - city-raised produce
Companion Baking - breads, bagels, granola, sweets
del Carmen - Cuban-style black beans & other foods
Double Star Farms - seasonal produce, honey
Farm Fresh Cupcakes - cupcakes with seasonal ingredients
Fats Pierre - breakfast tacos
Freeland's Vegetable & Berry - seasonal produce
Greenwood Farms - beef, chicken, pork, cheese, raw milk
Intl Institute STL - city-raised produce
Ivan's Fig Farm - figs and seasonal produce
Kimker Hill Farm - seasonal produce, beans & grains, baking mixes
Kuva Coffee - locally roasted coffee
La Vista CSA - farm & CSA
Liberty Farms - city-raised produce
Live Springs Berries & Produce - seasonal produce
Live Springs Farm - biodynamic pork, chicken, eggs
Mangia Pasta - St Louis made, fresh pasta
Marcoot Jersey Creamery - cow's milk cheeses
Missouri Grass Fed Beef - grass-fed and finished beef
Murray's Orchard - seasonal produce, preserves
Our Garden - seasonal produce, preserves
Ozark Forest Mushrooms - mushrooms, gourmet food items
Queen's Cuisine - traditional English baked goods, gluten-free
Robins Apiaries - honey and bee products
Salume Beddu - artisan salumi, prepared foods
Silent Oaks Farm - seasonal produce
Sunflower Savannah - seasonal produce, preserves, granola
The Big Cheese - gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches
The Farmers' Larder - smoked meats and charcuterie
Three Rivers Community Farm - seasonal produce
Traveling Tea - hot and cold teas, loose leaf teas
Wild Thyme Farm - city-raised produce
Yoder Produce - seasonal produce
Artisans & Others
Sew Good and Trendy
Stellar Batik
Downzipper
St. Louis Clayworks
Groovyware
Funky Kitten Creations
Vendors!
The 2011 Vendor Application is available here.
