Farmers Market update for Saturday, July 3
July 1st, 2010 by Mary
Featured Farm*
Bridgman Farm
Mary Bridgman
740-335-5410
mbridgman@sbcglobal.net
How long have you been farming?
I have been farming for 17 years.How long have you been coming to North Market?
I have been coming to the North Market since 1997.What are your signature crops?
I specialize in gourmet lettuce mixes, heirloom tomatoes and cherry tomato mixes.What is important to you about selling your items at the North Market?
I love talking to people about food and farming, hearing their likes and dislikes and sharing my farm news. The market recharges me for another week in the fields.How did you become a farmer?
Even as a kid growing up 35 miles outside New York City, I wanted a patch of land in the country. I started “farming” on one-fifth of an acre in my Columbus backyard. When I ran out of yard, I bought a farm in Johnstown and a 50-year-old tractor. Six years ago, I moved to a 67-acre farm in Washington Court House. I’ve learned most of what I know from other farmers and through trial and error. I now grow 7 acres of produce. I love the hard work farming demands, its mental challenges and the sense of accomplishment that comes with each week’s harvest.Do you have any special farming practices?
I don’t use any chemical pesticides.
*Chef Paul Yow of Barcelona Restaurant and Bar will be sampling sliced tomatoes with Spanish blue cheese and sherry vinegar reduction at the Bridgman Farm stand from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. this Saturday, July 3.
Participating Farms on Saturday, July 3
Anderson Orchard Sunflowers! Also mixed flowers and zinnias.
Beech Meadow Farm 1) BACK IN STOCK - Full Selection of Steaks: Beech Meadow harvested two of our delicious, grass fattened, Angus steers during June and dry aged them for 16 days and they now are ready for 4th of July grilling! We’ve got a full compliment of steaks including our always delicious Filet and NY Strip as well as our difficult to find flank and skirt steaks. These are sure to sell fast so place your order today!
2) Ground Beef Patties: just in time for 4th of July grilling we have 1 lb packages of ground beef patties (4 ea). As always this is dry aged, well-marbled (80/20), 100% grass fed, American Lowline Angus Beef which produces gourmet burger experience. Treat your family and friends to the best.
Order via email (info@beechmeadow.com) and pickup at the North Market farmer’s market!
Blossom Acre’s Produce Red cabbage, strawberries and purple beans.
Bridgman Farm I’ll have summer squash, cherry and slicing tomatoes, basil, cucumbers, onions, eggplant and swiss chard.
Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Hanging baskets and assorted annuals and perennials.
Elizabeth Telling Farm I will have new potatoes, lettuce, summer squash, cabbage and Swiss chard.
Folck Family Farm We will have red raspberries, black raspberries and home-made jams.
Honeyrun Farm This week we will have our usual Pure Raw Honey, Black Locust Honey, Infused Honey and Fall Honey.
K & R Garden Fresh Produce We will have potatoes, basil, blueberries, chard and hopefully plums and squash.
Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda.
Ohio Farm Direct Whole milk cheeses including cheddar, mozzarella, baby swiss, pepper jack, garlic and herb, tomato basil pinenut and lemon zest. The beef is always trail bologna, summer sausage, and beef sticks. What makes them stand out is the wonderful nutrition and taste that comes from the 100 percent grassfed cows.
The Orchard of Bill & Vicky Thomas We will have Lodi apples and blueberries.
Persinger Farm I will be bringing green beans, sweet corn, potatoes and tomatoes.
Quiver Full Farm For our first weekend back at the Farmer’s Market we will bring pesticide-free blackberries and Red Norland and Yukon Gold potatoes. We will have fresh stone-ground whole wheat pastry flour and cornmeal, as well as Whole Grain Pancake Mix (just add water) and our Great Granola. Also available- pesticide free scarlet and grey popcorn, honey and our fresh brown eggs. We have been checking our heirloom tomatoes and encouraging them to ripen every day -we hope to have some available the weekend of July 10.
Rhoads Farm Market Homegrown sweetcorn, early peaches, red raspberries, blueberries, squash, green beans and pickles are available. Email rhoadsfm@bright.net for reserved orders.
Shady Brook Farm We will be bringing cabbage, zucchini, peppers and candy onions.
Somerset Greenhouse I will have lettuce, fresh basil and other herbs and herb plants, planters, Shiitake mushrooms and my perennial plants will be on sale 3 for $20
Summer Thyme Farm This Saturday we will have: zinnias, dahlias, ornamental peppers, black eyed susan vine, mandevilla vine, succulents and herbs.
Toad Hill Farm I’ll have cucumbers and lettuce.
Toby Run Growers I will continue to have Shiitake and Oyster mushrooms.
The Wayward Seed Farm We’ll have beets and summer squash.
Wishwell Farms Produce We will have bicolor sweet corn, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes, green beans, pea, home made sweet pepper relish and maybe squash and grape tomatoes.
*NOTE: North Market will be CLOSED on Sunday, July 4th and Monday, July 5th.
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