Growhio Slogan Contest!

Help Growhio with our new slogan! There are many great local food slogans out there already - "Get fresh with the locals," "Don't buy food from strangers," "Buy fresh, buy local," and  "It's not food if it doesn't rot" - to name a few of our favorites. We'd like to have our own original slogan to put on our t-shirts and other merchandise to promote Growhio and local food in Northeast Ohio.

We are looking for:

• Something clever -  The slogan should make people swoon for our apparel!
• Something accessible - The slogan should be easily understood by both seasoned local foodies and those who are new to local food.
• Something meaningful - The slogan (combined with Growhio's logo) should help make it clear what Growhio is all about - promoting local food in Northeast Ohio.

Winning Prize: The person who submits the winning slogan will be featured on Growhio's website and blog, receive a set of 4 Growhio reusable grocery totes, 2 car window decals, and (once printed) a t-shirt featuring the winning slogan!

How to Enter: Email slogan submissions to info@growhio.org and include your name, email address and telephone number. Submissions will be accepted until either we find the right slogan or September 15th - whichever occurs first.

Rules and Conditions:

• Slogan entries must be an original idea. Slogans found to be already in use will be disqualified.
• All entries become the property of Growhio. 
• Selection of the winning slogan is completely within Growhio's discretion.
• Two or more people may come up with identical slogans or very similar. If that slogan is selected as the winner, the earliest entry will be deemed the winning entry.
• There is no limit to the number of submissions a person may enter, but please use our inbox responsibly.

Happenings at the Downtown Farmers' Market

Join us Fridays 11am-2pm!

Cleveland Cooks kicks off tomorrow, July  29 A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Part of the Growhio Education Sessions, classes will include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Classes will be free and open to the public but will target Downtown residents and employees. Cleveland Cooks will take place at Old Stone Church at 1:30pm on the last Friday of the month. Dates for the cooking series are below: Friday, July 29, 2011 Friday, August 26, 2011 Friday, September 30, 2011 Friday, October 28, 2011 Chef Dimitri Ragousis from Battery Park Wine Bar will join DFM tomorrow, July 29 to kick off Cleveland Cooks with a "garden BBQ." Ragousis will lead the class with a demonstration on grilled meat preparation, homemade sauces and condiments, and a pickling of fresh garden veggies. About Chef Dimitri Ragousis: Dimitris Ragousis is Executive Chef at the Battery Park Wine Bar since its opening in the fall of 2010. Born in Athens, Greece, Dimitris Ragousis grew up in a culture and in a home where food was love. His earliest memories of cooking are at his grandmother’s side in her impossibly small kitchen which magically produced epic amounts of food. Both his parents also loved to cook and Dimitris’ father even worked as a head chef on cruise ships for many years. Fast forward 20+ years past his immigration to Cleveland, a career in I.T., and the birth of his daughter, Sofia. In the late 80s Dimitris co-owned and operated a bakery/pastry shop. Always a fan of cooking for others in his home, Dimitris was asked to cook for a dear friend’s 50th birthday party in early spring 1999. Before the night was over, he had three more requests to cater special events – thus, OPA! Catering was born. In 2004, he opened OPA! On 25th, an intimate restaurant in the Market District of Ohio City. Dimitris likes to call his style of cooking ‘The New American Cuisine’, a mix that blends mostly eastern Mediterranean staples with other regional flavor profiles. While OPA! Catering & OPA! On 25th closed in 2007 and Dimitris returned to Greece to attend to family matters, his love of cooking for others has never wavered. “I still believe in the OPA! company motto – ‘food that celebrates eating & events that celebrate life’.” Our next cooking class on Friday, August 26 will feature chefs from The Greenhouse Tavern. To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254. Space is limited so sign up now! New Vendor Spotlight: HAPI Fresh and French Creek Breads Tomorrow join us in welcoming two new vendors - HAPI Fresh and French Creek Breads. The Healthy Asian Pacific Islander (HAPI) Fresh Farmer’s Market provides farm training to enhance job opportunities for Asian immigrants and refugees in Cuyahoga County.  HAPI Fresh Farmer’s Market currently works with Nepalese refugees from Bhutan and Burmese from Thailand and Malaysia who were forced into exile by their government.  The program provides agricultural job training and farming and management skills for refugees and Asian immigrants while contributing locally grown food to Northeast Ohioans. HAPI Fresh will have Osaka Purple, Chinese cabbage, Chinese Broccoli, Tastoi, Zaub Ntsuab and Bitter Melon tomorrow. French Creek Breads will feature European and American style breads and pastries. Here is their bread menu. Live music tomorrow: Robin Stone will be playing from 11:30am-1:30pm. Listenhere. FREE PARKING! We have saved a limited number of parking spaces for shoppers of Downtown Farmers Market on Rockwell Avenue between Ontario and East Roadway. Featured Recipe: Organic Ginger Ale 1/4 cup organic ginger root 6 cups water 5 peaches (optional) 3/4 cup raw honey 1 quart seltzer water Boil water. Place ginger root in a glass or ceramic tea pot (coffee pots will also do) and pour the boiling water over the ginger root. Cover and steep for 10 minutes. Pour and strain the ginger root infusion into another glass or ceramic tea pot. Add raw honey and stir. Let cool at room temperature. Hint: Prepare ginger and honey infusion the day before. Place in the refrigerator with slice peaches overnight. Fill pitcher half-way with ice and top with seltzer water. Serve on a hot summer day! This recipe shared by Just Good Scents. The Cleveland Farmers Market Guild and Growhio have teamed up to bring you thiscollection of recipes featuring ingredients from your favorite Cleveland area farmers markets. Please feel free to send your own market recipes to downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com and we'll share them on this page. Cleveland's Food Justice Hero: Councilman Joe Cimperman Check out this Q&A with Councilman Cimperman as he discusses his efforts in bringing "food justice" to Cleveland's neighborhoods. Fundraiser: Support Growhio while enjoying delicious Ohio wines! What: $20 proceeds to benefit Growhio, will help continue efforts to advance the region's local food economy and to connect you to the region's amazing local food resources for buying, eating and growing local. Also, at 7:00pm a "No Cook Fresh Prep Produce Demo" by Arabelle Rome of Acenda Yoga and at 7:30pm, a screening of Growhio's Local Food Video. Who: Growhio and Visible Voice Books When: Tuesday, August 9 from 6:00-8:00pm Where: Visible Voice Books, 1023 Kenilworth Avenue in Tremont   Furnished Market Booth Space is available for start-up fruit and vegetable farmers at the following farmers' markets: Broadway Coit Road Downtown Cleveland Gordon Square Kamm's Corners Lakewood Tremont Sign up to participate or visit Growhio.org for more information. Are you interested in becoming a vendor at DFM? Emaildowntownclevelandmarket@gmail.com for more information.   About Downtown Farmers Market: Each Friday, look forward to delicious prepared foods for lunch as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, spices, coffee, salsas, chocolate and baked goods to take home. Here's a complete list of vendors that you'll find at the market tomorrow: Por-Bar Farms: Heirloom and organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers Woolf Farms: Peaches and corn HAPI Fresh: Vegetables including Bok Choy, carrots, cabbage, and Asian eggplant Judy’s Oasis: Middle Eastern Cuisine, including hoomus, meat pies, falafel and prepared foods for lunch No Whey Chocolates: Vegan, whey-free chocolate candies and chocolate-covered fruit Blaze Gourmet: Exotic hot sauces, salsas, rubs, BBQ sauces, and drink mixes The Beanery at Urban Homestead: Locally roasted coffee, featuring on-site beverages and beans to-go SpiceHound: High quality spices, herbs, chilies, and natural salts Plant Kingdom Bakery:Vegan, organic and gluten-free snacks and bakery Ohio City Pasta: Hand-crafted pasta Ohio Farm Direct: Organic, grassfed cheese Jorgensen Apiary’s: Homemade honeys, jams, preserves and beeswax products Just Good Scents: Locally made teas, honeys, and other aromatherapy items French Creek Bakery: Artisan breads and pastries The Nosh Box: A mix of midwestern comfort food with a Tex/Mex kick Publish Ohio: Cleveland-area prints, postcards and photos Come down on your lunch hour and stop by Judy's Oasis for a Middle Eastern meal including Falafel sandwiches & meat pies, or Frickaccio's for pizza bagels and pepperoni rolls or visit one of the food trucks (Dim and Den Sum and The Nosh Box). Just make sure you save enough time during lunch to visit all of your favorite vendors, enjoy the fresh air, listen to the live music, and maybe even picnic in the grass!

Follow Downtown Farmers Market! Facebook | Twitter | Blogspot For more information, please contact: Ashley Shaw, Market Manager Downtown Farmers Market at Public Square downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com (440)-821-0254

Happenings at the Tremont Farmers' Market

A bit of friendly competition: Two of our favorite chefs will go head to head at the market for a Demo Challenge. In one corner we will have Ricardo Sandoval from Fat Cats, Lava Lounge and felice urban cafe and in the other corner we will have Jeff Fisher from Touch Supper Club in Ohio City. Demo show town starts at 5pm - hope to see everyone there. https://www.facebook.com/e​vent.php?eid=2277255639258​60 Music: Ashley Brooke Toussant! More info: http://ashleybrooketoussan​t.com/ It will all be sizzling! But remember the cool shade of the beautiful trees in Lincoln Park! Peace, Jody Lathwell, Market Manager

Happenings at the Downtown Farmers' Market

THIS WEEKEND: Fundraiser for Downtown Farmers Market! What: Dine at The Greenhouse Tavern and enjoy a delicious meal using local ingredients, while helping to support Downtown Farmers Market. Just let your server know why you're there and they'll make a contribution to the market. Be sure to check out their new rooftop patio while you're there! Who: The Greenhouse Tavern and Downtown Farmers Market When: Friday, July 22 from 4:00-6:00pm Where: The Greenhouse Tavern, 2038 East 4th Street Farmers Market Nutrition Program WIC FMNP coupons will be distributed at the market tomorrow from 11am-1pm. Please note, coupons will be issued on a first come first served basis.  Who qualifies for WIC Farmer’s Market coupons? Current WIC participants that are pregnant, breastfeeding and postpartum women, and children 13 months to five years old at time of issuance.   How many coupons do I get? Each person that qualifies will receive a set of five coupons.  Each coupon is worth $3.00. Where can I use the coupons and for how long? You may use your coupons at participating farmers markets throughout Cuyahoga County, any time the markets are open, through October 31, 2011. Can my alternate shopper pick up my WIC Farmers Market coupons? Yes, if they bring your signed WIC ID. How many times can I receive WIC Farmers Market coupons? Once (1) every year for each eligible participant. ***Additional dates: August 26 & September 23, 2011 Live music tomorrow: Tracy Marie will be playing from 11:30am-1:30pm. Listenhere. FREE PARKING! We have saved a limited number of parking spaces for shoppers of Downtown Farmers Market on Rockwell Avenue between Ontario and East Roadway. Featured Recipe: Baked Stuffed Romanesco Zucchini (Adjust ingredients for desired serving quantity) First cut approx. 12 inch Romanesco zucchini in half lengthwise, and scrape out the seeds (don’t discard). Cover zucchini in baking dish with olive oil, salt & pepper and bake for about 10 minutes at 350°. In the meantime, sauté garlic, onion. Chop seed scrapings from zucchini, a couple tomatoes and a bunch of fresh basil. Add to garlic & onion and cook down until the juice is gone. Remove from heat, stir in some panko bread crumbs, grated cheddar cheese, chopped walnuts and salt & pepper. Stuff the zucchini halves with the mixture, sprinkle with additional cheese and panko bread crumbs, and bake uncovered at 350° for 15 minutes. This recipe shared by Por Bar Farms. The Cleveland Farmers Market Guild and Growhio have teamed up to bring you thiscollection of recipes featuring ingredients from your favorite Cleveland area farmers markets. Please feel free to send your own market recipes to downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com and we'll share them on this page. Cleveland Cooks kicks off Friday, July 29! A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Part of the Growhio Education Sessions, classes will include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Classes will be free and open to the public but will target Downtown residents and employees. Cleveland Cooks will take place at Old Stone Church at 1:30pm on the last Friday of the month. Dates for the cooking series are below: Friday, July 29, 2011 Friday, August 26, 2011 Friday, September 30, 2011 Friday, October 28, 2011 Chef Dimitri Ragousis from Battery Park Wine Bar will join DFM on Friday, July 29 to kick off Cleveland Cooks. Ragousis has been serving up delicious appetizers and small plates at the laid-back wine bar located in the Eveready Powerhouse in Battery Park since it opened last fall. To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254. Space is limited so sign up now! Furnished Market Booth Space is available for start-up fruit and vegetable farmers at the following farmers' markets: Broadway Coit Road Downtown Cleveland Gordon Square Kamm's Corners Lakewood Tremont Sign up to participate or visit Growhio.org for more information. Are you interested in becoming a vendor at DFM? Emaildowntownclevelandmarket@gmail.com for more information.   About Downtown Farmers Market: Each Friday, look forward to delicious prepared foods for lunch as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, spices, coffee, salsas, chocolate and baked goods to take home. Here's a complete list of vendors that you'll find at the market tomorrow: Por-Bar Farms: Heirloom and organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers Woolf Farms: Peaches and corn Hickory Acres Meats of Oberlin: Beef, pork and poultry products with no antibiotics or added hormones Judy’s Oasis: Middle Eastern Cuisine, including hoomus, meat pies, falafel and prepared foods for lunch No Whey Chocolates: Vegan, whey-free chocolate candies and chocolate-covered fruit Blaze Gourmet: Exotic hot sauces, salsas, rubs, BBQ sauces, and drink mixes The Beanery at Urban Homestead: Locally roasted coffee, featuring on-site beverages and beans to-go SpiceHound: High quality spices, herbs, chilies, and natural salts Plant Kingdom Bakery:Vegan, organic and gluten-free snacks and bakery Ohio City Pasta: Hand-crafted pasta Ohio Farm Direct: Organic, grassfed cheese Frickaccio’s: Pizza Bagels and pepperoni rolls Oh Baby Cakes: Cupcakes that come in many flavors: Strawberry Lemonade, Banana, German Chocolate, Peach, Carrot, and more! Jorgensen Apiary’s: Homemade honeys, jams, preserves and beeswax products Just Good Scents: Locally made teas, honeys, and other aromatherapy items Dim and Den Sum: Regional comfort foods with an Asian flair  The Nosh Box: A mix of midwestern comfort food with a Tex/Mex kick Publish Ohio: Cleveland-area prints, postcards and photos Come down on your lunch hour and stop by Judy's Oasis for a Middle Eastern meal including Falafel sandwiches & meat pies, or Frickaccio's for pizza bagels and pepperoni rolls or visit one of the food trucks (Dim and Den Sum and The Nosh Box). Just make sure you save enough time during lunch to visit all of your favorite vendors, enjoy the fresh air, listen to the live music, and maybe even picnic in the grass!

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Happenings at the Gordon Square Farmers' Market

Hello fellow eaters:

I think that there has not been a week in the last six in which pesto has not been made in my kitchen.  I use the passive voice intentionally, gentle eater, because I have not been the primary maker of said pesto; rather a dear friend and my 20-year old(!) food processor have done almost all of the work.  I have to admit that I have never made pesto with a mortar and pestle (from which I have been given to understand that the word "pesto" derives), but I have also never been long on authenticity arguments, so who is counting!  Maybe it is the peculiarities of weather that took us from garlic scape season straight to garlic being ready--do you remember from previous eater updates the etymology of "scape"?  And basil is now readily available in gardens and at the market.  One can make delicious pesto with so many different nuts (almonds, walnuts, the classic pine nuts), cheeses (parmesan, romano, asiago), and other variables (basil or no basil, oregano, some other herb), so it makes a very flexible menu option.  With all of the health components of nuts and garlic, how can one go wrong?  And if you have meaning to try whole wheat pasta, homemade pesto might be just the ticket.  Spinach pesto is a classic, as is pesto on green beans and potatoes.  Additionally, pesto is delicious as a vegetable dip (so much healthier and tastier than stuff that comes in packets that get mixed with sour cream; oh, you know who you are).  Pesto keeps well in the fridge and in the freezer (I have taken great joy in thawing pesto from the freezer in the dark of winter to have a taste of summer).  So consider buying some extra garlic this week and making up some pesto.

In other news the EBT machine is finally up and running, so more of our neighbors will find it easier to purchase produce at the market; please help spread the word.

EcoVillage Produce will have turnip greens, cucumber, kale, collard greens, mixed greens, okra, bunching onions, radishes, yukon gold potatoes, hot peppers, green tomatoes, rosemary, garlic, green beans, and goat cheese,

Several of our farmers did not check in (they are probably busy weeding after the crazy rain on Monday night), so in true farmers' market fashion it will be a surprise.

Mobite Products will have gluten-free zucchini muffins, banana muffins,  zucchini-roasted kale muffins, cherry pie,  sweet potato pie, carrot cake, chocolate cake.  all vegan all the time.

Origins Beanery will have three new coffees this week: a dry process fruit-bomb from Ethiopia, a smooth new offering from Guatemala, and a funky monsooned coffee from Bali. We will also have a selection of small batch fruit preserves from This Urban Homestead.

Cathie Brenkus will be at the market with towels and bracelets as usual. Will she have any towels themed for very hot weather?  Are we technically in the dog days yet?

ReMemories will have her very festive Sit-on-It reclaimed chairs as well as cutting starters and her usual wonderful purses, totes, and quilts.

This week at the neighborhood table:  Jesse Branch from the Imagine Foundation, a local Cleveland non-profit dedicated to ending child slavery worldwide (including right here in Cleveland).  Check out t-shirts for purchase and the info that Jesse has to share.

We will have yoga in the Labyrinth across from the Gordon Square Farmers Market from 11-12 on Saturday July 23rd, 2011.  We are excited to again welcome our GSFM guest Yogi Sarah Husher.  Her vinyasa-based classes are focused on breath, strength, flexibility, balance, motion, and stillness - and are set to an eclectic mix of music.  Turns out she is a practicing psychologist, so she can probably point out the psychological benefits of healthy movement, too!

Interested in volunteering for the market?  Each Wednesday 6:30 to 8 is a drop-in meeting to figure out what needs to be done and who can do it.  Meeting alternates between Gypsy Beans and Frank's; next week is Gypsy.  This is definitely a neighborhood production, so stop by and see what you can do.

Neighborhood table.  Interested in having the neighborhood table for a Saturday?  For questions and guidelines, contact Emily Holody at ncsummer_2000@yahoo.com or 330-256-6641.

Yoga at the market.  Are you a yoga instructor interested in donating your time to a good cause?  We are looking for some yogis who would like to teach a donation (to the market) based yoga class on a Saturday of their choice this market season. We would like for the classes to be around an hour long and for all levels. If you have any questions contact Emily Holody at Ncsummer_2000@yahoo.com or330-256-6641. Currently scheduled classes are Saturdays July 16 , 23, August 13 & 27

The Gordon Square Farmers' Market:  more food, fewer tourists.
GSFM is located in the parking lot of Bethany Presbyterian Church at W. 65th and West Clinton streets  (one block south of Detroit Ave.).
Every Saturday through October, 10am-2pm.
Feed back? Please email or talk to us at the GSFM booth on Saturday.
www.gordonsquaremarket.org

Happenings at Broadway Farmers' Market

After a week off for Independence Day, and then a last-minute decision to cancel the market last week due to stormy weather, the Broadway Farmers' Market is finally returning to give you delicious food! - MONDAY July 18 from 4-7pm!

This week, an abundance of produce comes via Por-Bar Farms, Green Corps, Harvest in Christ, and a new small-scale farming operation: The Willow Youth Farm-to-Market!

Willow Youth Farm-to-Market is a small Slavic Village farm across the street from Willow Elementary. Young people employed through Youth Opportunities Unlimited, a local summer employment agency for youth, are tilling the soil and harvesting crops this summer and delivering them to the Broadway Market... by bicycle! Make sure you stop by their booth and pick up some hyper-local, ultra-sustainable produce. This week they'll have cucumbers, greens, green onions, lettuce, and mayyyybe some herbs.

Il Forno Pizza -- with that incredible wood-fired oven -- will be setting up shop early from now on, starting around noon. All you Broadway-area residents and employees: come to get your lunch at the market site on Mondays (and come back for dinner, too!).

Additionally -- Spice Hound will return to the market this week, with about a billion varieties of dried herbs and spices.

Remember to bring your knives to be sharpened by Noon Sharpening... and visit Hummingbird Creations to grab made-from-scratch soaps, shampoos, deodorants, et cetera. Transylvania Bakery has all your baked-good needs -- and take cover from the heat with a cold drink from Shipley's Coffee House.

New for this week: Publish Ohio sets up shop with a wide array of gorgeous Cleveland-area photographs, prints, and postcards. Many historic photos of Slavic Village will be on special display--these pictures make wonderful gifts for friends, family, and yourself!

See you tomorrow, from 4 to 7pm!

Happenings at the Downtown Farmers' Market

Join us Fridays, 11am-2pm! Cleveland Cooks: Sign up now for the July 29th cooking class! A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Part of the Growhio Education Sessions, classes will include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Classes will be free and open to the public but will target Downtown residents and employees. Cleveland Cooks will take place at Old Stone Church at 1:30pm on the last Friday of the month. Dates for the cooking series are below: Friday, July 29, 2011 Friday, August 26, 2011 Friday, September 30, 2011 Friday, October 28, 2011 Update: Chef Dimitri Ragousis from Battery Park Wine Bar will join DFM on Friday, July 29 to kick off Cleveland Cooks. Ragousis has been serving up delicious appetizers and small plates at the laid-back wine bar located in the Eveready Powerhouse in Battery Park since it opened last fall. To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254. Space is limited so sign up now! FREE PARKING! We have saved a limited number of parking spaces for shoppers of Downtown Farmers Market on Rockwell Avenue between Ontario and East Roadway.  Live music: Tommy Wiggins and Al Moss will be playing from 11:30am-1:30pm. Listen here. Featured Recipe: Pickles & Peppers Cucumbers and peppers are starting to find their way to our local farmers markets. These are probably the items that I look forward to most at the market because pickling is so easy. I’ve had a cupboard filled with glass jars all winter so I’m happy to finally put them to good use! (They also work well as a vase for fresh-picked flowers). Anywho, throw in your veggies then just fill the jar with 1T salt, 1T sugar and equal parts water and white-distilled vinegar. My favorites are Hungarian hot peppers and pickles. And, both are great in a late-morning bloody mary! Here’s a few pickle recipes I’ve tried: Dill: fresh dill, peppercorns Garlic/Dill: fresh dill, garlic cloves, peppercorns Spicy Garlic: fresh dill, red pepper flakes, garlic cloves, peppercorns - these are the best! The finished product - homemade pickles and pickled peppers (sweet and hungarian hots) The Cleveland Farmers Market Guild and Growhio have teamed up to bring you thiscollection of recipes featuring ingredients from your favorite Cleveland area farmers markets. Please feel free to send your own market recipes to downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com and we'll share them on this page.  Save the Date: Fundraiser for Downtown Farmers Market! What: Dine at The Greenhouse Tavern and enjoy a delicious meal using local ingredients, while helping to support Downtown Farmers Market. Just let your server know why you're there and they'll make a contribution to the market. Be sure to check out their new rooftop patio while you're there! Who: The Greenhouse Tavern and Downtown Farmers Market When: Friday, July 22 from 4:00-6:00pm Where: The Greenhouse Tavern, 2038 East 4th Street Furnished Market Booth Space is available for start-up fruit and vegetable farmers at the following farmers' markets: Broadway Coit Road Downtown Cleveland Gordon Square Kamm's Corners Lakewood Tremont Sign up to participate or visit Growhio.org for more information. Are you interested in becoming a vendor at DFM? Emaildowntownclevelandmarket@gmail.com for more information.  About Downtown Farmers Market: Each Friday, look forward to delicious prepared foods for lunch as well as fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, cheese, spices, coffee, salsas, chocolate and baked goods to take home. Here's a complete list of vendors that you'll find at the market tomorrow: Por-Bar Farms: Heirloom and organic vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers Hickory Acres Meats of Oberlin: Beef, pork and poultry products with no antibiotics or added hormones Judy’s Oasis: Middle Eastern Cuisine, including hoomus, meat pies, falafel and prepared foods for lunch No Whey Chocolates: Vegan, whey-free chocolate candies and chocolate-covered fruit Blaze Gourmet: Exotic hot sauces, salsas, rubs, BBQ sauces, and drink mixes The Beanery at Urban Homestead: Locally roasted coffee, featuring on-site beverages and beans to-go SpiceHound: High quality spices, herbs, chilies, and natural salts Plant Kingdom Bakery:Vegan, organic and gluten-free snacks and bakery Ohio City Pasta: Hand-crafted pasta Frickaccio’s: Pizza Bagels and pepperoni rolls Ohio Farm Direct: Organic, grassfed cheese Oh Baby Cakes: Cupcakes that come in many flavors: Strawberry Lemonade, Banana, German Chocolate, Peach, Carrot, and more! Jorgensen Apiary’s: Homemade honeys, jams, preserves and beeswax products Just Good Scents: Locally made teas, honeys, and other aromatherapy items Dim and Den Sum: Regional comfort foods with an Asian flair  The Nosh Box: A mix of midwestern comfort food with a Tex/Mex kick Come down on your lunch hour and stop by Judy's Oasis for a Middle Eastern meal including Falafel sandwiches & meat pies, or Frickaccio's for pizza bagels and pepperoni rolls or visit one of the food trucks (Dim and Den Sum and The Nosh Box). Just make sure you save enough time during lunch to visit all of your favorite vendors, enjoy the fresh air, listen to the live music, and maybe even picnic in the grass!

At Gordon Square Farmers' Market This Saturday

Hello fellow eaters:

Although I had planned to elaborate on the joys and vicissitudes of pesto, two announcement-type items point to a couple of  important things about the market, so I will just talk about them (there will be more garlic next week).  Like many farmers' markets, our market benefits from the donation of space for the market.  Also like many farmers' markets, our market functions as a sort of village green where one can catch up with folks not seen during the busy week, exchange information about what is going on in the neighborhood, meetings missed, weather complaints, etc.  This Saturday is an opportunity to sit awhile and chat with your friends and neighbors while supporting the institution that gives us a place to set up shop.  Bethany Presbyterian Church's annual strawberry festival is Saturday from 12 to 4pm.  Strawberries will be served with locally-made Weber's ice cream and/or shortcake (2-4 inside the church).  Sales benefit Bethany Presbyterian's outreach programs.  Long term patrons of the market have enjoyed the strawberry festival at the market each year.  In years past I have found that I can eat strawberries and ice cream much earlier in the day than I would have thought with no ill effect.  My strawberries were a bust this year, so I have been looking forward to this for two weeks.

The other announcement is that the first class of cooking class session two is this Saturday at 11.  Now if someone were to come up to me on the street and say "cooking class," the first thing that would pop into my mind is something heavy on technique and equipment, possibly based on the cuisine of a culture whose language that I do not read well or at all.  But the cooking classes through the farmers' market have more to do with ingredients, and specifically focus on Ohio produce--remember how I confessed (again!) that I did not know what swiss chard was until a few years ago and now have the zeal of a convert?  Who knows, that veggie you never used before might change your life, too (and most ingredients will be available from vendors at the market).  Lisa from Origins Beanery and This Urban Homestead will be leading the class.

EcoVillage Produce will have bib, leaf, and romaine lettuces;   carrots; bunching onions; walking onions; yellow, purple, and bluelake beans; kohlrabi, and beets.  In the greens department they will have turnip, swiss chard, kale, collard, mixed, and beet top.  They will also have thyme, sage, sweet basil, dill, rosemary, peppermint, spearmint, lemon balm, chives, loveage, and parsley.  They will also have goat cheese and live plants (separately, not together),

Old Husher apparently fell in.  we'll see if he is there.

Tinker's Valley will have cabbage, collards, garlic, elephant garlic (leeks)
smooth jam (in raspberry and strawberry rhubarb).  Also some potted plants will be available:  basil (sweet genovese, thai, and compacto), parsley, and sage as well as bamboo stakes/poles.  They may have some beans (pole and bush) and Squash (but they can't make any promises just yet).

Devil's Backbone did not check in, so cross your fingers.

Maggie's Farm will have arugula, beet greens, swiss chard, lemon basil, lime basil, genovese basil, beets, lettuce, red onions, yellow squash, zucchini, russian kale, and curly kale.

MoBite Products will have vegan apple pie,  black berry pie, sweet potato pie, carrot cake, spice cake, chocolate cake, cherry pie, roasted kale and zucchini muffins, gluten-free zucchini muffins, banana muffins, and falafel.

Earth's Crust did not check in.

Origins Beanery did not send the specifics, but they know what would happen if they did not show…

Cathie Brenkus will not be at the market this week.

ReMemories will have "Sit-on-Its", refurbished orphan chairs, at the market as well as her usual purses, totes, and cutting starters

This week at the neighborhood table we have Carol with Sammy's Bags.  Sammy's Bags offers recycled upholstery items, such as eyeglass cases, jewelry bags, and more.

This week we will have YOGA AT THE MARKET.  Yoga will go from 11-12 please plan to come about 15 minutes early to sign in.  This is a donation based class.  Please pay what you can and all donations will go to the GSFM.  Our teacher this week is Sarah Perkins.  Her vinyasa-based classes are focused on breath, strength, flexibility, balance, motion, and stillness - and are set to an eclectic mix of music.