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Winter Market
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Phoenixville Farmers' Market 

January 11, 2014
10am to noon
Under the Gay Street Bridge 

The Phoenixville Farmers' Market is a producer/grower market committed to providing locally grown, fresh food; to preserving our agricultural heritage;promoting health; and to building community. 
 
Phoenixville Farmers' Market
Winter Markets
January 11 & 25
February 8 & 22
March 8 & 22
April 12 & 26
10am to noon

Regular Season  
Saturdays
Beginning May 3, 2014
9am to 1pm   
Under the Gay Street Bridge
Accessed by Taylor Alley
Phoenixville, PA
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January 12 Producers
Artisan's Cafe
Backyard Bison
Birchrun Hills
Charlestown Farm
Countrytime Farm
Deep Roots Valley Farm
Got Hummus
ICED by Betsy
North Star Orchard
Oley Valley Mushrooms
Paradocx Vineyard
Pureblend Tea
Saint Peters' Bakery
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Vera Pasta
Wild For Salmon
Hello Market Shoppers!

We hope you will join us at our first market of 2014 this coming Saturday!  It may be January, but the weather will feel more like April with a predicted high of 61 degrees with a few showers- don't forget that we will all be dry under the bridge.   If your stocks of local food are running low, you are in luck!  Many of our regular producers will be at the market this weekend!

We may not think of mushrooms as being seasonal, but they are!  
mushrooms farm showMushrooms do not like the hot summer weather but thrive during the cooler months.

Oley Valley will bring lots of them this week.  You can read an article about their mushroom growing adventures in a recent in the Reading Eagle. 




If you haven't come to one of our Winter Markets, please visit us!  We all set up in the upper portion under the bridge and make a cozy circle of incredibly delicious food.  Chances are that you will have a chance to chat with a neighbor or old friend, and you might even make some new acquaintances! 
      

See you at the Market!!

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artisans Artisans' Cafe
Rosemarie Holck 

 Happy 2014!  Artisans will be at the winter markets with our hot coffee, hot cholcolate, scones and a vareity of take home products.  Stop by our booth for a sample taste of  "Veggie Chili" and pick up a container to take home.

 

Contact Info
Artisans Gallery & Cafe
236 Bridge Street
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Ph: 610-935-1965
Email: reholck@artisansgallery-cafe.com
Web:http://www.artisansgallery-cafe.com/ 
backyard bisonBackyard Bison-
Rod Weider 

I will be at here this Saturday with a good selection of bison.   Pre-orders are not necessary this week unless you need something special or need a large quantity. 
 
Contact Info:
Backyard Bison
685 Crowthers Road
Coopersburg, PA 18036
Ph: 610-346-6640
Email: rod@backyardbison.com
Web:www.backyardbison.com
Birchrun Hills Farm
Ken & Sue Miller

Here's a little about our cheeses and meats that will be at the market on Saturday! 

Handmade Farmstead Cheese 

Birchrun Blue -

The darling of the lot, this is Birchrun's signature cheese. Well balanced, with fruit forward flavors and a lovely, fudgy texture to boot!

 

Equinox -

pleasantly smooth and approachable

with sweet cooked butter and caramel flavors.

Fat Cat - Vaguely reminiscent of Caerphilly in it's bright, grassy flavor but entirely it's own character.

 

Red Cat - washed rind little stinker. Rich, meaty, with a velvety texture; the ultimate comfort cheese.

 

Herb and Garlic & Honey and Sea Salt spreads are some of our other cheeses that may turn up on the cheese board! 

  

Rose' Veal - milk and grass fed

Our veal animals are the male calves born on our farm.  We raise our veal on milk,grass and grass hay.  They are raised with care and respect, the way all of our animals are cared for.   

 

 
Birchrun Hills Farm is a family owned dairy farm in the highlands of Birchrunville, Chester County. Sue Miller and her family caringly handcraft raw milk cheese from the milk of their Holstein cows.

Contact Info:
Birchrun Hills Farm 
2573 Horseshoe Trail 
Chester Springs, Pa 19425 
Email: birchrunhillsfarm@verizon.net 
Web:

Charlestown Farm        

Margo Bucco 


Charlestown Farm will bring a selection of leafy greens, radishes and sweet winter carrots!



Located just down the road from Phoenixville, Charlestown Farm grows delicious vegetables using sustainable practices.  The farm uses no chemical fertilizers, pesticides or GMO seed, but relies on crop roation, compost and cover crops to grow healthful and delicious food.  

Contact Info:
   
Charlestown Farm
2565 Charlestown Road
Phoenixville, PA 19460
Ph: 610-917-0252
Email: manager@charlestownfarmcenter.org
Web:www.charlestownfarm.org 
countrytime Countrytime Farm
Paul & Ember Crivellaro

Ember will bring a selection of her delicious pork products for sale on a first-come-first-served basis.



 
Paul and Ember Crivellaro raise their hogs feeding them natural grain in a humane setting. All of their delicious pork products including pancetta, bacon, sausage, ribs, tenderloin, and nitrate-free hotdogs are free of antibiotics, growth hormones, preservatives and MSG.
 
Contact Info:
Countrytime Farm
Mountain Road
Hamburg, PA 19526
Ph: 610-562-2090
Email: countrytimefarm@msn.com
Web:www.countrytimefarm.com
 
Deep Roots Calley Farm
Will and Kelly Smith

We will be there Saturday with as many eggs as our hens will give us (production has been way down with the frigid weather).  We will also have whole chickens, boneless skinless breasts and tenders, whole legs and wings.  We have a few whole turkeys still available, just email us if you would like one (will@deeprootsvalley.com).



 
Kelly and Will Smith are the fifth generation to farm Kelly's family's 150 acre farm located in Mohrsville, PA.   They raise poultry and beef on their beautiful pastures and are passionate about the environmental and health benefits of pasture raised beef, eggs, and chicken.
  
Contact Info:

Deep Roots Valley Farm
1047 Irish Creek Rd
Mohrsville, Pa 19541
610-926-0517
www.deeprootsvalley.com
 

 

Got Hummus
Katie O'Neill

Come stop by to sample some savory and some sweet hummus this Saturday. 

We will have some great flavors!  




 
Contact Info:
Phone: (717) 723-9525
Email: info@freshapeelhummus.com  Facebook: www.facebook.com/freshapeelhummus
Twitter:  www.twitter.com/hummusapeel
Website:  www.FreshaPeelHummus.com   

    

 
ICED by Betsy
Betsy & Russ Gibbons

We are looking forward to the first market of 2014! Stop by and check out our flavors this week, including our newest market flavor: PB3! Place your pre-order via email cupcakes@ICEDbyBetsy.com or phone (610)755-7062.

ICED by Betsy will have the following flavors at the market this week:

By Popular Demand - Our signature dark chocolate cake filled with decadent dark chocolate mousse. Frosted with a simple and sweet vanilla buttercream and topped with a swirled chocolate chip.
Life by Chocolate - Our signature chocolate cake filled with rich chocolate mousse. Frosted with decadent chocolate buttercream and topped with dark chocolate curls.
The Original -  A vanilla chocolate chip cake stuffed with white cream filling. Frosted with chocolate buttercream and topped with a marbled square of chocolate!
24 Karat - Delicious carrot cake baked with organic freshly grated carrots. Frosted with velvety smooth cream cheese frosting and topped off with walnuts and a sugar carrot.
PB Cubed - Peanut Butter Cake filled with creamy Peanut Butter Filling. Frosted with a delightful Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting! Three layers of Peanut Buttery Goodness! *Also available in our gluten-free version!*
Birthday Cake - Our special birthday cupcake is a confetti cake filled with fluffy white pastry cream. Frosted and decorated with fun colors to help everyone celebrate! *Also available in our gluten-free version!*
North Star Orchard 
Lisa & Ike Kerschner 
 

We'll have a (very few) remaining Gold Rush apples, plus Niitaka Asian pears (to ring in the new year right!). We'll have some carrots and our jarred fruit goodies as well.

  
 Contact Info:
Ike & Lisa Kerschner
3226 Limestone Road
Cochranville, PA 19330
610-593-0314
mushroom1 Oley Valley Mushrooms
Joe and Angela Evans

Oley Valley Mushrooms will bring a selection of LOTS of mushrooms!  You can pre-order mushrooms by email Angela and Joe at  ovshrooms@juno.com    


Angela and Joe Evans have been Growing Mushrooms for many years.  They use sustainable, chemical free methods, natural supplements and local organic straw.

Their  Shiitake, and Oyster have been the best in PA  at the PA farm show
for the last 3 years, this year our Trumps also won.

Contact Info:
Joe and Angela Evans
Oley Valley Mushroom
14 Ridgewood Lane
Oley, PA 19547
610-987-9849
email: ovshrooms@juno.com  

 
Paradocx Vineyard 
Kelly Daly

 A new twist on T-wine: Try it warm.  Put in a crock pot with a slice of lemon on warm and enjoy on a cold night.  $13.99
Keep 'em coming:  Empty cans, that is.  Paradocx recycles them, and you get a $2/can credit toward your purchase.

 
                                                                                                                                                                                       Contact Info 
1833 Flint Hill Road
Landenberg, PA, 19350
(610) 255-5684
info@paradocx.com

 Pureblend Tea
Kari Dandrea



 Pureblend will be there with a large assortment of hand blended whole leaf teas, matcha and unrefined sea salts.



                                                                                                                                                                                       Contact Info 
Kari Dandrea
Pureblend, LLC
www.pureblendtea.com
484.639.1546
 
Shellbark Hollow Farm
Pete Demchur
Donna Demchur Levitsky

 stargzers

We will have a full supply of our cheeses including our Aurora's Cloud and Blooming Ash, as well as yogurt, kefir, and ricotta.
                                                                                                                                           
Contact Info 
Donna Demchur Levitsky
Shellbark Hollow Farm
West Chester, PA
ph: 610.431.0786
web: www.shellbarkhollow.com
email:  donna.shellbarkhollow@gmail.com
Vera Pasta
Joe D'Andrea
 
 
We'll bring a selection of our pastas and sauces.
                                                                                                                                          
Contact Info 

Joe D'Andrea

Vera Pasta

email: jdandrea@verapasta.com

website:  www.verapasta.com 

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Wild for Salmon wild for salmon
Jenn and Steve Kurian


Is a new, healthy diet one of your New Year's resolutions? Wild for Salmon is happy to help! All of our salmon products are wild-caught & natural, and are full of Omega 3's and healthy nutrients for you to reward your body with.  Check out our website for more information-wildforsalmon.com. Come visit us at market this Saturday & start 2013 right.  We will be have our usual Sockeye Salmon goodies such as, Fillets, Portions, Feta-Dill Burgers, Hot Italian Sausage patties, Smoked Ravioli, Hot Smoked, Nova Smoked, Salmon Spread and our new salmon product, Gravlax!
We will also have Pacific Cod, Halibut & Scallops.
 
Pre-orders not necessary.
    

Wild for Salmon is a local business that provides fresh/frozen wild Alaskan sockeye salmon at a common good price. Wild for Salmon is owned and operated by Steve and Jenn Kurian of Bloomsburg, PA.

The salmon is caught by Jen and Steve in Bristol Bay, Alaska, during the months of June and July and brought home to be sold at farm markets, restaurants and health-food stores.

Contact Info 
Steve & Jenn Kurian
Email:wildforsalmon@yahoo.com
Web:
Phone: 570-387-0550


 Recipes

The shorter days and cool nights of early winter make cooking in a warm cozy kitchen a delight!  Here are some links to a few of our winter mushroom favorites!  We sent some of these recipes last year, but they are soooo good we had to do it again!

Mushroom Ragu with poached egg served over homemade coroutons
You can find most of the ingredients for this tasty dish at the market!  Mushrooms, eggs, & bread!  We love this for weeknight dinners with a simple salad and a glass of local Paradocx wine.

Mushroom Bourguinon
Leave it to the Smitten Kitchen to come up with a luscious version of this classic beef centered dish.  Serve it over some of Vera Pasta's pappardelle and try using some of Paradocx's barn red for the sauce.

Wild Mushroom and Blue Cheese Gallette
Okay, the title of this recipe actually says "Stilton", but the recipe calls for Stilton or "any other good-quality blue cheese." What could be better than Sue Miller's Birchrun Hills Blue?  And if you don't feel like making crust for a gallette?  Buy a baguette from St. Peters, and spoon the mixture on top of  slices. 
 


 Looking Ahead

Our next Winter Market will be on Saturday, January 25th!