Strawberries and More!
Green
beans
Squash blossoms
Snow peas
Snap peas
Kohl rabi
Kale
Rhubarb
Edible flowers
Zucchini
Lettuce
Mixed greens
Radishes
Swiss chard
Strawberries
Turnips
Parsley, Basil, Thyme, Lemon balm and lots more herbs!
Seedlings are still available! including herbs, flowers, vegetables, and planters
And also always available: cheese, eggs, breads, honey, tamales, coffee, teas, baked goods, and cut flowers.
Featured recipe:
CHIMICHURRI SAUCE
Featuring Freshly Harvested Parsley!
Ingredients:
- 1 large bunch of fresh flat leaf parsley, washed, stemmed, and dried
- 6 cloves of garlic, peeled
- 2 tablespoons minced onion
- 1 small carrot, grated
- 5 tablespoons distilled white vinegar or more to taste
- 5 tablespoons water
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 TB oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon hot pepper flakes
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup extra virgin olive oil
Directions:
Finely
chop the parsley and garlic in a food processor. Add the onion, carrot,
vinegar, water, salt, oregano, pepper flakes and black pepper and
process. Add the oil in a thin stream. Do not over process; the
chimichurri should be a bit coarse. Correct the seasoning, adding salt
or vinegar to taste.
Suggestions for using this sauce include on grilled meats, veggies, or seafoods, or as a spreading on bruschetta with a topping of goat cheese, nut butters, or tapenades.
Adapted from Zen Can Cook
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Credit Cards and EBT/Food Stamps Accepted!
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EBT, Credit Cards, Cash, Project Fresh & Prescription for Health accepted all market days! Go to the Ypsilanti Food Co-op table to run your card, then spend your colorful wooden tokens with any of our vendors.
We also offer Market Dollars,
available at the Growing Hope booth. These are available to be sold like "gift cards". They are a great way to use as a thank you
gift for someone, to give to your kids as an allowance, or for use as incentives to your
employees if you own a business! These do a double duty by supporting local farmers & business owners, and helping someone eat and/or shop healthier!
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The Market Relies on Volunteers Every Week-- Will you help?
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Volunteers are needed to do demos, play music, and distribute educational materials between 2 and 7 pm every Tuesday.
Do you enjoy sharing skills for making kimchi, sauerkraut, or seasonal recipes? Are you a dancer, hoola hooper, or drummer? We'd love to appreciate your talents!
Contact Growing Hope at 734-786-8401 to sign up!
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Berry Bonanza
This Tuesday, June 23rd!
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Come to the market this Tuesday, June 23 for Berry Bonanza! Buy some local berries, and join is for many berry-themed festivities, including:
- Emil Boch, chef and caterer of "Kosher Gourmet," will perform a cooking demo for making savory foods and soups using fresh strawberries.
- Backyard gardener Deanna White will show us how to preserve fresh fruit, demonstrating how to make freezer strawberry jam to have throughout the year.
- Kelsey Watson, a graduate of Growing Hope's youth program Roots and Shoots, will do a food prep and appetizer demo, including a recipe that combines your favorite berries with cream cheese and crackers.
- Bee from Beezy's Cafe in Ypsilanti will share with us how to select the best fruit, and perform a cooking demo for seasonal salads with strawberries, and making homemade vinaigrettes and simple sweet berry sauces.
There will also be strawberry shortcake available from some of our baked good vendors, free strawberry-themed recipes at the Growing Hope booth, and special musical guests the Saline Fiddlers and Black Train!
Would you help us spread the word about the DYFM? Forward this newsletter to a friend! Tell them to click on "Join Our Mailing List" below!
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Featured vendor this week:
Growing Hope's Farmer Dan
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Dan Bair is a full-time, volunteer staff member for Growing Hope. After completing his Organic Farming Certificate at Michigan State University, Dan joined Growing Hope to become our first ever Farm Manager! Growing Hope's new farm, the Growing Hope Center, is located just 3 blocks west of the Farmers' Market on Michigan Ave.
With Dan's expertise in hoop house farming, Growing Hope is able to grow food year-round, and will continue  to provide produce at the market earlier than it is normally available. Dan explains, "In the winter, the hoop house is primarily used to grow leafy vegetables and root crops. It also helps to extend the growing season of crops. For example, tomatoes can be planted one month earlier, allowing them to be sold at the market earlier."
Growing Hope's new Market Apprentice Joe Lucas interviewed Farmer Dan earlier this week. Here are a few of the questions Dan answered:
Joe: What are your goals and plans for the Farm?
Dan: I plan to develop more relationships with local stores and restaurants that would like to sell and use food from our hoop house. Our produce is already being served at Beezy's Cafe, and sold at the Ypsi Food Co-op, and I would like to get more fresh, local food out there.
Joe: Are you optimistic about the direction that the local/organic food movement is headed?
Dan: I am, personally. In the past two years I have changed my professional direction to food production, particularly for the local Market. I don't look at the local food movement as something trendy that will dissolve. I see it as more of a cultural shift; a change in people's deeper values.
Dan is at the Growing Hope booth every Tuesday during the Downtown Ypsi Farmers' Market. Get your local veggies and herbs early this year, and ask him more about season extension!
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Extended Hours Begin this Tuesday!
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Downtown Ypsilanti Farmers Market
Tuesdays 2-7 pm
Corner of Michigan Ave & Hamilton in the Key Bank parking lot (#6 AATA bus)
Upcoming Events:
June 23: Berry Bonanza, Saline Fiddlers and Black Train
June 30: Band Strange Currency
July 7: Nutrition Cafe at the Ypsilanti District Library
July 14 and 28: Senior Appreciation Days
Senior Appreciation Days!
The market will have four days this summer that will honor and celebrate seniors! We will have special screenings, demonstrations and nutrition information specifically for seniors. These days are June 16th, July 14th & 18th, and August 11th.
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