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 Back to Health

  Michael Olesky

 Charlestown PlayHouse

 Phoenixville Hospital

Neil's Sharpening Service

Hello Market Shoppers!

Saturday, June 21st is the first official day of summer and what better way to celebrate than to come to the farmers' market!  Our farmers and food artisans will be here in force with just-picked and just-baked goodies.  Our food trucks will be cooking up mouth watering dishes many of which use market ingredients.   

 

It's the Third Saturday of the month when we pay particular attention to health.   

 

Speaking of health,  we would like to invite you to a special event in Phoenixville on the evening of July 1st.  We've been working with the Colonial Theatre and Activate Phoenixville to bring the movie Fed Up to town.   This important movie about the American diet will play from June 27th through July 3rd and we hope you will have a chance to see it.  On July 1st, we will have a panel discussion at the theatre immediately after the film.  Mark your calendars now and look for more info in next week's newsletter! 

 

Special activities on Saturday are: 

 

9AM An onstage cooking demo by local cooking school Cooking Spotlight.  Jenny will whip up pasta with scape pesto and some delicious mixed greens with raisins and pine nuts- yum!

Free blood pressure screenings and information from Phoenixville Hospital

Sugar-Free Strawberry Jam making at the market table from 10:30 to noon.  We'll show you how to make the jam AND set it up for canning.  Be sure to stop by to take a look.



      

Anita's Guacamole


Artisan's Gallery & Cafe
Artisans Gallery & Café is proud to offer our signature house coffee "Artisans", roasted locally by One Village; our freshly brewed iced coffee & iced tea,  & Harney Specialty Teas.  We selected One Village as our roaster for our "exclusively blended "Artisans" coffee which is served and sold only at our café.  The folks at One Village believe that "delivering the freshest coffee while maintaining a low carbon footprint is important to us so we limit ourselves to locations within 500 miles from our headquarters".   OV 12 oz. Bag of coffee selling for $12.75 for one or 2 for $25.00.

Backyard Bison
Everyone knows how great Bison burgers, steaks, sausages, and hot dogs are on the grill, but sometimes you need an easy meal for those crazy days.  Our chuck roasts are lean, and easy to cook in a croc-pot.   Start them in the morning on low, and they are ready for dinner when you are ready for dinner.  They are full of flavor and just fall apart with a fork, and it does not heat up the kitchen on those hot summer days.

Birchrun Hills Farm
Birchrun Blue, Fat Cat, Equinox & Red Cat on the cheeseboard this week.

We're bringing a selection of our Rose' Veal. Grilling season is upon us! We're bringing gorgeous veal chops, a selection of sausages, burgers,and our special Bockwurst and Franks!

Bridge Street Chocolates
Look for Bridge Street Chocolates chocolate covered blueberries available in a six pack.  A wide variety of our barks: Salt and Pepper, Blueberry, and our CocoMac.  Small bags of our Red Hawaiian Sea Salt Drops, Organic Crystalized Ginger,  Organic Rain Forest Hazelnut Caps and more.....

Charlestown Farm
This week we'll highlight beets, broccoli and lettuce mix.

Country Time Farm
We have pork for your cook outs, heat and ribs are back along with pulled pork. Come early for best selection.

Deep Roots Valley Farm
This week we will be debuting a few new cuts of chicken including the much requested split breast!  We'll have plenty of pasture raised/gmo free eggs, chicken and beef so be sure to stop by!

This weeks fresh chickens should be 5+lbs.  If you would like out bulk special please let us know in advance (30lbs of whole chicken for $100, 60 lbs for $195).  Don't forget we have frames, necks and feet available for making stock!

Ellen April Handcrafted Soap
Ellen April is back this week with our large selection of luxurious soaps including our new Himalayan Pink Salt Bar. This hard & long lasting bar gives you all the benefits of a luxurious soak in mineral-rich Himalayan Pink salt, considered by many to be the purest salt in the world. We love this soap and think you will too.

Forks Farm
Forks Farmers will have lots of grass-fed beef. Stock up on Porterhouse, T-bone, Delmonico and Sirloin Steaks for all your grilling needs!
Due to the universal rising cost of meat, Forks Farm has raised the price of our CHICKEN and BEEF. We have tried to make a small an increase as possible to remain sustainable and affordable. Our prices are STILL less than most conventional market meat.

GROUND BEEF is now $5.75/lb. and HAMBURGER PATTIES are $6.50/lb. Thank you for supporting Forks Farm!

Heart Food Truck
Farmers' Market ingredients to our truck to you!

Hoagland Farm
We will have strawberries, peas, rhubarb, asparagus, greens, honey, and pork.

ICED by Betsy

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

 

• Life by Chocolate *Also available in our gluten free version.*
• Birthday Cake*Also available in our gluten free version.*
• Strawberry Tallcake
• Stony Street
• Nutty Monkey  

JACK'S Farm
Get a bunch of Market FLOWERS this week.
Beautiful Tropea Onions, Peas, Beets, Cabbage, Zucchini and lots more.
All USDA Certified Organic!

Jenny and Frank's Artisan Gelato
As we continue to enjoy the bounty of the strawberry harvest, this week's fruit and herbs for Strawberry Sage come from Old Homestead Farm. and we happily bring back Cinnamon Honey featuring local honey from Baues Busy Bees!  Also available:  SubLIME Sorbetto, Chocolate Supreme, Rustic Lemon and Sea Salt Caramel.

John & Kira's
John & Kira's is a chocolate company dedicated to producing world class confections while promoting positive social change. Our products highlight ingredients conscientiously sourced from family farms and urban gardens.

Lancaster Hummus Co.

Longview Center for Agriculture
STRAWBERRIES

North Star Orchard
Finally (and thanks for your patience!!) we plan to start coming to market weekly starting this coming Saturday, the 21st!

Ike will be there with all kinds of green things such as: lettuces, Swiss Chard, and garlic scapes, plus wheat berries and jars of deliciousness including Asian pear butter, apple butter, and cider applesauce.

You can learn a little more about us by listening to Dan Heckler from JACKS Farm interview Lisa  at this link


Nutty Novelties
I have 3 brand new product offerings this week. By request, Cinnamon Peanut Butter and Butterscotch Peanut Butter and an old-time classic snack, Cashew Brittle. Samples of course will be available.

Oley Valley Mushroom

Paradocx Vineyard

Peachbottom Farm

Pureblend
Pureblend will be there with Ready-to-Brew Iced Teas. These quick and simple pre-packed Pureblend Iced Teas are fresh, delicious and refreshing!
Try them all! Ginger Sage, Honey Green, Raspberry Sangria, White Peach Sangria, Classic Black, Apricot Honeybush, Blood Orange, Ginger Peach, Passionfruit Green, & Mint Mojito. Each package will brew 1GL.
5.50 ea or 3 for $15.00

Remember that all of our Market Pack Loose Teas can also be steeped and served over ice too.

Shellbark Hollow Farm
We are seeing lots of beets at the market this spring...beets, chèvre, fresh  arugula and a sprinkle of roasted hazelnuts with your favorite vinaigrette and you have the perfect spring salad.  We will also have our full selection of goat milk products including limited supplies of our new batch of aged chèvre~. creamy with a bit of blue.

St. Peter's Bakery
Sunflower Truck Stop
Stop by to see what we're cooking up this week!

Sweetwater Bakery

Vera Pasta

Cover raisins in hot water to plump them

Wash greens, remove thickest part of lower stems and chop about 1/2 of them into small pieces, (reserve the rest for broth, or the compost pile.

Roll leaves of greens(except spinach) and slice them in thick ribbons, keeping collards greens separate .

Cut spinach into slices, keep separate.

Dry greens lightly in salad spinner or towel.

In a large sauté pan, heat the oil, add stems, garlic, water, and a pinch of salt & pepper.

Sauté over medium heat about 1 minute .

Add collards, using metal tongs to toss, sauté
about 1 more minute, add kale and repeat, add chard, 1/4 tsp. salt and some pepper toss over medium heat 2-3 minutes until greens are crisp tender.

Lower heat, add spinach, drained raisins, pine nuts and butter, cook 'til spinach is just wilted, taste for seasoning, pour into a dish, drizzling pan juices over top.

Light Strawberry Jam
from Freshpreserving.com

We will be making this at the market table from 10:30 to noon

Ingredients
4 cups crushed strawberries
1 cup unsweetened white grape juice
3 Tbsp Ball® RealFruit® Low or No-Sugar Needed Pectin
6 (8 oz) half pint glass preserving jars with lids and bands

Directions: