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                The Veggie Gazette
News from the Emporia Farmers Market

November/December 2013

Volume 7, Number 11
Melted crayon ornaments are one of the items that will be for sale at Saturday's Indoor Winter Market.



First, thanks to everyone who stuck it out with us in the parking lot through the month of October. The weather was actually fairly mild for the month, but it seemed the coldest (and the wettest) days always fell on market days. Toward the end of the month we started collecting entries for a market money give-away. I want to congratulate the winners who were drawn at the first indoor winter market in November; $20 Winner - Tom Haskett, $10 Winner - Barbara Weaver, $5 Winner - Carla Davis, $5 Winner - Joleen Bolinger.

 

As of this email, we are on the countdown for four remaining markets in 2013. I hope you join us this Saturday, from 10am till noon, at the Emporia Humanitarian Center. We will also have two markets in December, the first and third Saturdays, and a bonus market at the downtown Midnight Madness event on Thursday, December 12. For that event we will be located at 701 Commercial. If you are a craftsman or artist who would like to participate in our December Markets and Holiday Bazaar, please contact me ASAP. More information appears below in this newsletter.

 

Think of the market as the place to shop for one-of-a-kind holiday gifts and let us help you set your table with fresh and local baked goods, as well as produce.

 

See you at the market!

 

Tracy
 Enter for a Chance to Win the Farmers Market Wood Spirit
                
On December 21, the Emporia Farmers Market will draw to give away a very special wood carving by local artist, Millard Harrell. Enter to win at the market or at Town Crier Bookstore (February 18 - 30). Entries will also be accepted at the market office, 701 Commercial, Suite 202, on weekdays between the hours of 8am and noon. Suggested donation $2 per entry or $5 for 3 entries. All proceeds go to Emporia Farmers Market outreach and educational programs.
  

"I had seen it for weeks as I walked by the parking lot where the Farmers Market is held. It was an odd looking piece of wood that had probably been used to block a wheel of a trailer or used for some other common need at the Farmers Market. I tried to ignore it each day as I would pass by but I couldn't help myself from visualizing a face carved in this old chunk of wood. It was dirty and sandy and I had my work clothes on, a white shirt that day with a tie, so I resisted the urge to pick it up and examine it further. And that was my relationship with this old chunk of wood for days." Read the story of the Farmers Market Wood Spirit at Millard's blog, Foundwood Carvings.

 

  
First and Third Saturdays
                
Indoor Winter Markets will take place at the Emporia Humanitarian Center, 215 W. 6th Ave.,  on the first and third Saturday of every month through April 2014. Market hours are 10am till noon.
  
Expected for Sale at this Saturday's market: apples, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, spinach, red and green tomatoes, bell peppers, radishes, turnips, pumpkins and mustard greens. Both fresh and dried herbs will be for sale, as well as dried pears, dried okra, dried onion an dried tomatoes. Local honey and apple cider are expected. Fresh farm eggs should be at the market in abundance. Customers can look forward to a wide variety of baked goods, including yeast and quick breads, cookies, cakes, cinnamon rolls, fruit pies and more.

 

Holiday ornaments and one-of-a-kind crafts and art products will be a feature of the indoor market season.

 

 Photos from the November 2 Indoor Winter Market can be viewed here.

Opportunity for Artists and Craft Vendors at Emporia Indoor Winter Markets
Holiday ornaments, handmade gifts items and art products will be a feature of the the Emporia Farmers Market in December. The Indoor Winter Market and Holiday Bazaar will take place three times in December. On Saturdays, December 7 and 21, the market will take place at the Emporia Humanitarian Center, 215 W. 6th Avenue, from 10am to noon. On Thursday, December 12, market vendors will participate in Emporia's Midnight Madness event and will be located at 701 Commercial from 7pm to midnight.
 
To participate in the month of December markets only, Emporia Farmers Market is accepting vendors for a $10 vendor fee. Those who wish to go ahead and pay the standard $25 fee will become vendors for 2014 markets, as well.
 
For more information on becoming a market vendor for the December Indoor Winter Markets and Holiday Bazaar, contact market manager, Tracy Simmons, at 620-343-6555 or email emporiaFM@gmail.com.

 

 Soup-A-Palooza a Super Success
  
Thank you to all who joined the Friends of the Emporia Farmers Market on November 5 for our Soup-A-Palooza fundraiser. It was perfect soup weather and we were amazed by the response! By day's end we had gone through more than 8 roasters of soup, raising more than $1,200 for the market.
  
For those who missed it, here is Amy Jordan's Hearty Potato Soup recipe. It was very popular, indeed!
  
1 pound sausage, cooled & drained
2 pounds hash browns
1 chopped onion
3/4 cup thinly sliced carrots
3/4 cup thinly sliced celery
3 cans chicken broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
8 oz. cream cheese
mix together in crock pot
cook on low 6 hours
thin with milk if needed
can substitute bacon for sausage

 

Thank you to our Soup-A-Palooza Donors & Volunteers
            
Janet Brassart, Harold & Naomi Brenzikofer, Kevin Church, Colby Fuller, Ellen Hansen, Fannie Harrell, Katherine Holtmeyer, Jessica Hopkins, Bill Ihling, Wanda Myers, Ruthann Resch, Gretchen Russell,  Evie Simmons, Linda Simmons, Becky Smith, Ben & Jessie Stallings and to the staff of the Lyon County Extension Office, thank you for your hospitality!
  
     
Upcoming Markets
            
Saturday, November 16, 10am - noon  -- live music by Lee Muller
Emporia Humanitarian Center, 215 W. 6th Ave.
  
Saturday, December  7, 10am - noon -- live music by Matt Kozinski
Emporia Humanitarian Center, 215 W. 6th Ave.
  
Thursday, December 12, 7pm - midnight -- Midnight Madness
701 Commercial, Downtown Emporia
  
Saturday, December 21, 10am - noon -- live music by Zx3
Emporia Humanitarian Center, 215 W. 6th Ave.
Thank you to our October Market Volunteers & Musicians
            
Janet Brassart, Travis Carmichael, Ellen Hansen, Ruthann Resch, Evie Simmons and Becky Smith 
  
  
Dr. Brent Hrabik's debut appearance at the Emporia Farmers Market.
 
Fran Stallings,  internationally known storyteller, songwriter, and recording artist based in Bartlesville, OK, played at the Emporia Farmers Market. She plays traditional songs and original creations, nationwide and overseas. She has produced 4 CDs, most recently "Stories and Songs for a Green Earth," which you can sample here.  Learn more about
Fran at www.franstallings.com!

EFM Board Members

President:Ruthann Resch
Vice President: Becky Smith
Secretary: Jessica Hopkins
Treasurer: Janet Brassart
Music Coordinator: Bill Ihling
 
Debra Blackwell
Harold Brenzikofer
Travis Carmichael
Colby Fuller
Ben Stallings
Ellen Hansen
Fannie Harrell
  
Contact Information
Market Manager
Tracy Simmons
620-343-6555
  
   Member of:        

Indoor Winter Markets brought to you by the
Emil Babinger
Charitable Trust

               
     ESB Financial

lead sponsor             

Helpful Harvesters
               
  
 Emporia Realty Group 
  
Scott & Rhonda Gordon
  
Lyon County Master Gardeners
  
James & Theresa Muckethaler
  
  
  
 Market Sponsors

               

Winter Market & Vision Card Enhancement Sponsor:

The Emil Babinger Charitable Trust

 

Facilities Sponsors:

The City of Emporia

 

Lyon County K-State Research & Extension

 

Elbert Liquor Store

 

Mark II Lumber

 

Media Sponsors:

KVOE

 

The Emporia Gazette

 

The Flint Hills Shopper

 

Community Partner & Event Sponsors:

 Country Mart North

 

  Emporia Subways

 

Emporia Area Local Food Network

 

Murphy's Menu

 

Thurston's Plus

BeefFest

PraireLand Partners

  
  Friends of the Market

               

Tom & Rachel Andrews
James Bordonaro
Janet Brassart
Harold & Naomi Brenzikofer
Ele Browning
Jessica Bucholtz
Betty Campbell & Margaret
   Davidson
Laura Clawson
Coffelt Sign Company
Judy Conway
Tyler Curtis
Carla R. Davis
S.C. Dixon
John Dougherty
Paul DuToit
Emporia Gardeners of America

Joe & Allison Foster
Colby Fuller

Jon Geitz

Becky Hadicke
Joyce Hanlin (Arizings)
Ellen Hansen
Fannie Harrell
Dr. Stephen Haught
Roger Heineken
Jessica Hopkins
June Hubert
Bill & Dianne Ihling
Janice Jaggard
Rachael LeClear
Logan Ave. 4-H Club
Max McCoy
Regina Murphy
Wanda Myers
Bobbi Mylnar
Dr. DenaSue Potestio
Ruthann Resch
Gretchen Russell
Carol Schoeck
Mark Schondelmaier
Mark Sherman
Dr. Michael Shonrock
Evie Simmons
Kaman Simmons
Maddie Simmons
Rand Simmons
Becky Smith
Karen Sommers
Ben & Jessie Stallings
Pam Thuma
Cheryl Unruh
Jesse & Beth Wilson
Ruth Wise
Casey & Erin Woods
Jennifer Youngblood
Barbara Younger
 
and Market Musicians
Sara Coltrane
Savanna Chestnut
Sue Claridge
Lance Fahy
Joe Foster

Dr. Brent Hrabik
Bill Ihling
Eric Martin
Jane McCoy
Lee C. Muller
The Neighborly Brothers
Carlos Pringle
Ben Stallings

Fran Stallings
P.J. Stephenson
Anne Strobel
Charlie Wilks
Tony Zouplna
Anton Zouplna, Sr.
Anton Zouplna, III