If OSU football season is upon us so must be another new favorite local tradition…the Columbus Microbrew Festival! Join us at the North Market on Friday, September 24 and Saturday September 25 for our 5th annual celebration of locally crafted ales, lagers and stouts. Our participants have grown by one this year with the opening of Neil House Brewery, so make sure to stop by and sample brews from Columbus’ newest microbrewery as well as your favorite regulars.

Participating local microbreweries include: Barley’s Brewing Company (Ale House No. 1), Barley’s Smokehouse & Brewpub (Ale House No. 2), Columbus Brewing Company, Elevator Brewing Company, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Hoster Brewing Company, Neil House Brewery and Weasel Boy Brewing Company. Representatives from each microbrewery will be on hand to answers questions about their signature drafts.

Admission to the event is free. Beer tasting admission is $20 and includes a commemorative pint glass and twenty tasting tickets. Discount coupons good for $2 off the tasting admission fee will be available at all participating microbreweries in mid-September. Additional tasting tickets will be available for $.50 each. Tickets are available in advance online (in early September) at the North Market business office and at the door on the days of the event.

North Market Columbus Microbrew Festival
Schedule of Activities:

Friday, September 24, 5 – 9 p.m.
• 5-9 p.m., Microbreweries open for tasting on the second floor of the North market
• 5-7 p.m., Music by The Drowsy Lads
• 7-9 p.m., Music by Willie Phoenix

Saturday, September 25, 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.
• 8 a.m., North Market merchants and farmers open
• 10 a.m. – 7 p.m., Microbreweries open for tasting
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Music by Loosely Strung on porch
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., Music by the Shaw Brothers on the second floor
• 12 – 2 p.m., Music by Dan Heidt on porch
• 12 – 2 p.m., Music by Miss Molly on the second floor
• 2 – 4 p.m., Music by Island Breeze on the second floor
• 4–7 p.m., Music by Willie Phoenix on the second floor

Festival hours are Friday, September 24 from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, September 25 from 10 a.m. -7 p.m., regular market hours are 9 a.m. – 7 p.m. on Friday and 8 a.m.-5 p.m. on Saturday. For additional information on the North Market Microbrew Festival please call 614-463-9664 or visit our website www.northmarket.com. Columbus Microbrew Festival is supported by Superior Beverage Group.

Featured Farm

Somerset Greenhouse
Margaret Wince & Rick Myers
Somerset, Ohio
740-743-3010
somersetgreenhouse@hotmail.com

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How long have you been farming? We have been farming for 12 years.

How long have you been coming to North Market? We have been coming to the North Market for 10 years.

What are your signature crops? Fresh herbs and garlic, heirloom tomatoes and all kinds of peppers, both hot and mild. We also have Shiitake mushrooms in season. In the spring we sell lots of greenhouse plants such as potted herbs and tomatoes, 100 kinds of perennials for landscapes and annual flowers, hanging baskets and planters.

What is important to you about selling your items at the North Market? The people who frequent the market are looking for quality food. They get to know me and trust me personally to grow everything using all natural practices and inputs. We have a great time here.

How did you become a farmer? I quit teaching, Rick scaled back his carpentry business and we started by wholesaling basil to produce dealers.

Do you have any special farming practices? We use cover crops and ‘green manures’ to enrich our soil. We rotate crops. We use only organic fertilizers and mulch around all of our plants with chopped straw to repress weeds and hold in soil moisture. I hand pick everything and keep up our mantra of “less is more”. You can grow nicer stuff if you can keep up with it.
 

*Chef Tricia Wheeler, Editor and Publisher of Edible Columbus will be sampling heirloom tomatoes from 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. at the Somerset Greenhouse stand this Saturday, August 28.
 

Participating Farms on August 28

Anderson Orchard Pollen-free sunflowers, cosmos, bouquets, free range pork products and homemade apple dumplings.

Beech Meadow Farm  Ground beef $5.50 per pound. Pastured eggs. We are now accepting pre-orders for turkeys.

Bridgman Farm This week we’ll have heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Aunt Molly’s cherry tomatoes, eggplant, onions and peppers.

Combs Fresh Herbs  Tomatoes, salsa, pesto, beans and herbs.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Hanging baskets and assorted annuals, perennials and hardy mums.  

 

Persinger Farm  I will be bringing green beans, tomatoes, corn, okra, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, eggplant, pickling cucumbers, beets, turnips and assorted winter squash including acorn, butternut, delicata and spaghetti.

Rhoads Farm Market This week we will have seedless watermelon, cantaloupe, blackberries, peaches, red raspberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, etc. See you on Saturday or pre-order at rhoadsfm@bright.net

 

Shady Brook Farm We will have beans, garlic, peppers, squash, tomatoes and baked goods including bread, cookies and pies.

 

Somerset Greenhouse  I’ll have cherry and heirloom tomatoes, basil, mint, rosemary, garlic, lettuce, carmen red peppers, spicy peppers, and shiitake mushrooms.

 

Thomas Family Orchard  We will be bringing eight varieties of apples (including Gala, MacIntosh and Jonatahn) and seedless grapes. 

 

Toad Hill Farm  Cherry tomato mix with 10 varieties cucumbers, watermelon and summer squash.

 

The Wayward Seed Farm 

 

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have bell peppers, colored peppers, cabbage, cantaloupe, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, red cayenne, sweet corn, sweet pepper relish, hot sweet relish, tomatoes, watermelon white eggplant and zucchini.

 

Witten Farm Cabbage, candy onions, cantaloupe, corn, green peppers, habaneros, tomatoes and watermelon.

 Congratulation to our Farmers Festival Winners!

Jeff Hilperts of Gahanna took first place in the Jam and Jelly Contest at the North Market Farmers Festival with his Strawberry Jam. Second place went to David Perdzock of Hilliard with his Jalapeno Peach Jam. Chef Alana Shock of Alana’s Food & Wine was victorious in the “You say toe-may-toe, I say toe-mah-toe” Chef Challenge. Chef David MacLennan of Latitude 41 came in second place. Thanks to all of our participants, judges and attendees of the North Market Farmers Festival. To see more photos of the event, visit our Flickr page here>

Last chance for $40 School of Cooking Classes!

The roster of School of Cooking classes for autumn 2010 is now up on our website here>.  All classes for the fall schedule purchased in the month of August have been discounted to $40. You’ve got until Tuesday, August 31 to get a great deal on all School of Cooking classes including the popular Dine Originals Chef Series classes. On Wednesday, they go back to their regular price of $50 per class or 3 for $125.

Featured Farm

Hinkle Farm
Glen Hinkle
Belle Center, OH
937-321-5733

How long have you been farming?
I’ve been farming since 1974.

How long have you been coming to North Market?
I first came to the North Market at the old Quonset Hut from 1983-1988. Then I came back in 2000 when we started bringing our kids with us. Back then Curtis was 2, Charlie was 6 and Amy was 10.

What are your signature crops?
Yellow and red watermelons, broccoli, cauliflower, 4th of July tomatoes (in fact, I’m picking them right now), sweet corn, many cut flowers including zinnias, astors and our new featured product as of last year is candy sweet onions.

What is important to you about selling your items at the North Market?
I like the people at the North Market and I like selling to the kids there. The kids just cheer me up.

How did you become a farmer?
My mother’s family were truck farmers and my mom used to help me when I started out, so I suppose it came from that side of the family. “Truck farmers” is the old term for vegetable farmers who grow crops and sell them off the back of the truck. My grandfather on my mom’s side used to sell at Central Market. My daughter Amy started growing and selling flowers when we came back to North Market in 2000 and she’s made a pretty good business of it. Now she’s majoring in horticulture at Penn State. She just completed an internship at Bear Creek Farms in Oklahoma. They have 6 greenhouses and 4 acres of cut flowers to wholesale to florists. I predict that she’ll be our next big flower grower!

Do you have any special farming practices?
We grow everything on raised bed plastic with drip irrigation that allows us to conserve water and get nutrients directly to the plants.  

Participating farms on Saturday, August 21

Anderson Orchard Pollen-free sunflowers, bouquets and zinnias.

Beech Meadow Farm  Ground beef $5.50 per pound. Pastured eggs.

Bridgman Farm This week we’ll have heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Aunt Molly’s cherry tomatoes, eggplant, onions and peppers.

Combs Fresh Herbs  Tomatoes, salsa, pesto, cucumbers, beans, herbs, eggplant and sweet peppers.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Hanging baskets and assorted annuals and perennials.  

 

Elizabeth Telling Farm CSA pickup only.

 

Hinkle Farm Broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, candied sweet onion, corn, flowers, tomatoes, watermelon and zucchini.

 

Honeyrun Farm This week we will be bringing our pure honey, infused honey, chunk and comb honey. New this week: Hot Pepper Ristras with garlic and dried flowers!.

 

K & R Garden Fresh Produce We will have eggplant, flowers, okra, peppers  (spicy ones too!), potatoes, squash and tomatoes.

 

Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda (caraway, regular, habanero and aged), homemade bagels and cream cheese.

 

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.

 

Persinger Farm  I will be bringing green beans, tomatoes, corn, okra, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, eggplant, pickling cucumbers, beets and turnips.

 

Quiver Full Farm We will be bringing: blackberries, brown eggs, heirloom tomatoes, honey, granola, scarlet and grey popcorn, potatoes, dried tomatoes, cornmeal, whole grain pancake mix, and stoneground flour.

 

Rhoads Farm Market This week we will have seedless watermelon, cantaloupe, blackberries, peaches, red raspberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, etc. See you on Saturday or pre-order at rhoadsfm@bright.net

 

Shady Brook Farm We will have arugula, broccoli, baked goods and tomatoes.
 

Somerset Greenhouse  I’ll have cherry and heirloom tomatoes, garlic, lettuce, myriad hot peppers, sweet peppers, organic potatoes and, of course, herbs.

 

Summer Thyme Farm This Saturday we will have ornamental peppers, sunflowers, perennials, succulents, kitchen gardens and herbs.

Thomas Family Orchard  We will be bringing eight varieties of apples (including Gala), peaches and seedless grapes. 

Toad Hill Farm  Cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, Japanese eggplant and squash.

 

The Wayward Seed Farm Cantaloupe and summer squash.

 

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have bell peppers, colored peppers, cabbage, cantaloupe, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, sweet corn, sweet pepper relish, hot sweet relish, tomatoes, watermelon and zucchini.

 

Witten Farm Cabbage, candy onions, cantaloupe, corn, green peppers, habaneros, tomatoes and watermelon.

School of Cooking Classes: SALE ENDS AUG. 31st

The North Market is pleased to announce the roster of upcoming School of Cooking classes for autumn 2010. Cooking classes make the perfect gift for your favorite foodie and they are value-priced at $50 each or $125 for 3 classes. To make a good thing even better, all classes for the fall schedule purchased in the month of August have been discounted to $40. For the full schedule of classes click here>

RECIPE

Vegetarian Curried Apple Carrot Soup from Katalina’s Cafe Corner

Ingredients:�
4 T. olive oil
8 stalks celery, chopped
1 onion, chopped
8 cups water
10 carrots, peeled and chopped
8 small apples, peeled, cored and chopped
1 t. white pepper
2 t. sea salt
1 T. fresh curry powder
1 16 oz. box vegetable broth
2 cans coconut milk
1 cup water
1 cup all natural peanut butter

Instructions:
Heat olive oil in large soup pot, add onions- cook and stir until translucent. Add celery, cook until soft. Add curry powder, salt, pepper- stir until thoroughly mixed. Remove celery/onion mixture from heat and then remove from the pot and set aside.
In same soup pot, bring four cups of salted water to boil and add carrots. Cook until carrots are soft, but still firm to the touch. Add 4 more cups of water and bring to a boil again. Add apples and cook ten more minutes or until apples are soft. Drain apples and carrots and put apples and carrots back in the pot with the celery/onion mixture. Add the rest of the ingredients; broth, coconut milk, water and peanut butter. Blend with an immersion blender in the same pot until smooth and creamy. Season to taste with more salt, pepper and curry powder if necessary. Soup should be a little thinner than baby food; add more of any liquid to thin if necessary. May serve hot or cold. Should serve eight.

The North Market is pleased to announce the roster of upcoming School of Cooking classes for autumn 2010. Cooking classes make the perfect gift for your favorite foodie and they are value-priced at $50 each or $125 for 3 classes. To make a good thing even better, all classes for the fall schedule purchased in the month of August have been discounted to $40. 

Launched in autumn of 2009, the North Market School of Cooking offers basic cooking classes, ethnic cooking classes, hands-on classes for kids, classes with Dispatch Food Editor Robin Davis and the ever-popular Dine Originals Chef Series classes. Participants have a clear view of the cooking action through the use of 2 LCD monitors and a roaming camera. Classes take place in the Dispatch Kitchen on the second floor of the North Market and parking in the North Market lot is included in the class price. The upcoming class schedule offers an appealing blend of offerings for everyone from amateurs to restaurant aficionados.

Dine Originals Chef Series
The Dine Originals Chef Series is a product of collaboration between Columbus’ public market and the independently owned and operated restaurants of the Dine Originals group. Chefs from thirteen of the outstanding Dine Originals restaurants will hold demonstration style classes which culminate in the sharing of the meal prepared with recipes provided for class participants to recreate the meal at home. The alliance is an ideal one as both the North Market and Dine Originals share a mission to celebrate and promote locally owned and operated independent food purveyors.

Kids’ Classes get an enthusiastic new teacher
Food educator, mom and HoundsintheKitchen blogger Rachel Tayse Baillieul joins the School of Cooking team for two classes sure to entertain and educate your kids ages 4 to 8. Rachel will teach the hands-on classes Awesome Apples on September 16 and Pounds of Pumpkin on October 14. Sheri Lisak will return to teach BBQ for Kids on October 16. This class is open to kids ages 8 to 14. All kids’ classes are $25 per student. Parents are welcome to stay and watch the class.

Classes with Robin Davis
You have read her stories in the Dispatch and have seen her cook on WBNS10TV, now you can join cookbook author and James Beard award winner Robin Davis up close and in person in her studio kitchen as she guides you through her cooking classes. Robin will host Sweet and Savory Apples on October 17 and Chicken – The Whole Bird on November 14.

Fall Class Schedule

September
8 Chef Series ~ Barcelona
9 Sushi Rock
12 Pastry and Tarts
15 Chef Series ~ Alana’s Food & Wine
16 Awesome Apples (Kids’ Class $25)
19 Harvest Time
22 Chef Series ~ Due Amici
23 Canning the Welly Way
29 Chef Series ~ Katzinger’s Delicatessen

October
6 Chef Series ~ Tasi Cafe
7 Plated Desserts to Impress
13 Chef Series ~ Rigsby’s Kitchen
14 Pounds of Pumpkin (Kids’ Class $25)
16 BBQ (Kids’ Class $25)
17 Sweet and Savory Apples
20 Chef Series ~ The Refectory
21 Chef Series ~ G. Michael’s Bistro
24 Autumn Soups
27 Chef Series ~ Shaw’s Inn & Restaurant

November
3 Chef Series ~ Skillet
4 Latitude 41
7 Beyond the Pumpkin Pie
10 Chef Series ~ Barrio
11 Columbus Fish Market
14 Chicken – The Whole Bird
17 Chef Series ~ Trattoria Roma

December
1 Chef Series ~ Basi Italia

The Dispatch Kitchen is located on the second floor of the North Market. Registration is required and enrollment is limited for individual classes. Class reservations may be made by phone 614-463-9664, in person at the business office on the second floor of the Market building or online here>.  More details about the scheduled classes including class times, instructors and menus (when available) are available online here>.

Featured Farm
Thomas Family Orchard*
Bill, Vicky, Dave, & Jamie Thomas
Philo, Ohio
740-674-6814
www.cabinintheorchard.com

How long have you been farming?
We harvested our first crop in 1974.

How long have you been coming to North Market?
The North Market has been our primary market since 1989.

What are your signature crops?
Our primary crop is apples, but we supplement them with seedless grapes, blueberries, peaches, plums, and cider.

What is important to you about selling at the North Market?
We have direct marketed our crops since 1975. Early on Muskingum, Perry, and Guernsey Counties were our farmers market of choice. Once we had our first big grape crop in 1989 we discovered a larger market was needed. A marketer in New Albany encouraged us to try North Market. Success came slowly at first. Now however, we feel a part of the North Market community.

How did you become farmers?
The Thomas Family Orchard is the 8th & 9th generation since 1809 to farm Brush Creek Township in Muskimgun County. We quickly found that dairy was not for us and do not miss the baling of hay and planting of corn. Dad always said money didn’t grow on trees, but I set out to prove him wrong.

Do you have any special farming practices?
Our farm works hard to control birds with netting and raccoons with electric fencing. Our goal is to bring a quality tree or vine ripened product to our consumer.

*Saturday Sampling: Kathleen Day of Katalina’s Cafe Corner will be sampling at the Thomas Family Orchard booth from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, August 14.

Participating farms on Saturday, August 14

Anderson Orchard Pollen-free sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, free range pork & more.

Beech Meadow Farm Chicken drumsticks on sale for $4.50/lb. Free chicken wings with purchase of $10 or more. Pastured eggs.

Bridgman Farms This week we’ll have heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, Aunt Molly’s cherry tomatoes, eggplant, onions and peppers.

Combs Fresh Herbs Tomatoes, salsa, pesto, cucumbers, beans, herbs, eggplant and sweet peppers.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Hanging baskets and assorted annuals and perennials.

Hinkle Farm Broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, candied sweet onion, corn, flowers, tomatoes, watermelon and zucchini.

Honeyrun Farm This week we will be bringing summer honey, pint chunk honey, hand-crafted soap and bee pollen.

K & R Garden Fresh Produce We will have basil, cucumbers, eggplant, flowers, potatoes, squash and sweet and hot peppers.

Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda (caraway, regular, habanero and aged), homemade bagels and cream cheese,.

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.

Persinger Farm I will be bringing green beans, tomatoes, corn, okra, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, eggplant, pickling cucumbers, beets and turnips.

Quiver Full Farm We will be bringing: blackberries, brown eggs, heirloom tomatoes, honey, granola, popcorn, potatoes, dried tomatoes, cornmeal, whole grain pancake mix, and stoneground flour.

Rhoads Farm Market This week we will have seedless watermelon, cantaloupe, blackberries, peaches, red raspberries, sweet corn, tomatoes, green beans, peppers, etc. See you on Saturday or pre-order at rhoadsfm@bright.net

Somerset Greenhouse I’ll have cherry and heirloom tomatoes, garlic, myriad hot peppers, sweet peppers, organic potatoes and, of course, herbs.

Summer Thyme Farm This Saturday we will have ornamental peppers, sunflowers, perennials, succulents, kitchen gardens and herbs.

Thomas Family Orchard We will be bringing eight varieties of apples (including Gala), peaches and seedless grapes.

Toad Hill Farm Baby squash, basil, Chinese long beans and cucumbers.

The Wayward Seed Farm Cantaloupe and summer squash.

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have bell peppers, cabbage, cantaloupe, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelon and zucchini.

Witten Farm Angus beef (steaks and roasts), blackberries, cantaloupe, corn, hot and sweet peppers, red and white potatoes, squash, tomatoes and zucchini.

  Saturday Farmers Festival activities and attractions include:
• 8 a.m., North Market Merchants & Farmers’ Market open
• 9 a.m., amateur jam and jelly contest for North Market customers
• 9 – 11 a.m., musical entertainment by One More Time String Band
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., balloon twisting with Dr. Silverfoot
• 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., free cookies by Mozart’s North Market Bakery
• 10 a.m. – 12 p.m., free mini Farmers Market Sundaes by Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams
• 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., face painting by Rita
• 10:30 a.m., cooking demonstration by RJ White of Taste of Belgium
• 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Mark Wood Cowboy Fun Show
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., musical entertainment by Slate Ridge
• 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Columbus Dog Connection
• 11:30 a.m., cooking demonstration by John Hard of CaJohns Flavor & Fire
• 12:30 p.m., “You say to-may-to, I say to-mah-to”, Chef cooking contest with Alana Shock, Janel Hedgepeth and David MacLennan
• 1 – 3 p.m., musical entertainment by Loosely Strung
• 1:30 p.m., cooking demonstration by David MacLennan of Latitude 41
• 2:30 p.m., cooking demonstration by Randy Walters of North Market Spices
• 3 p.m. – 5 p.m., musical entertainment by Cowboy Hillbilly Hippy Folks

Featured Farm

Quiver Full Family Farm*
James & Karin Barr
Asheville, OH
740.412.5115
Quiver Full Blog
quiverfullfarm@yahoo.com

How long have you been farming?
I was raised on a farm so technically I have been farming my entire life! In 1975 my wife and I bought the present farm where we now live and have raised our family. Farming has not been our primary vocation however, until I retired in 2009. I was a high school counselor and in education for 35 years.

How long have you been coming to North Market?
We started coming to the North Market in 2002 in order to help our five kids pay for their college education. Each of them have contributed in some way to our success here at the North Market. You have probably seen most of them, their spouses and children at one time or another.

What are your signature crops?
Our signature crop is heirloom tomatoes. This year we’ve grown 14 different varieties- the most popular being Red Brandywine and Cherokee Purple. We also have early potatoes (Yukon God and Red Norland), blackberries, brown eggs, Scarlet and Grey popcorn, and stone-ground flour and cornmeal. We also bring homemade Granola and Whole Grain Pancake Mix. We harvested honey from our bee hives for the first time this Spring, and are able to offer it for sale as well. In the Fall we will bring pears, paw paws, and dried heirloom tomatoes in addition to our grains, granola, and pancake mix.

What is important to you about selling your items at the North Market?
Selling “agriculture” is part of the farm market experience. So many people we come in contact with have roots in agriculture and they love to share their memories and experiences. This interest from our customers allows us to share about our farm, family, and produce. We enjoy what we do together as a family and it’s wonderful to have customers that appreciate it! We love the North Market because of the atmosphere and the encouragement to buy things local. Our farm is about 30 minutes south of Columbus so we encourage people to visit us, and to learn how their food is grown. The North Market is the only venue we use to sell our products.

How did you become a farmer?
It was never my intention to continue in the farm tradition of many generations, but as it has been said ‘you can take the boy out of farm, but you can’t take the farm out of a boy’. When my wife and I had an opportunity to buy land adjacent to my parents we kind of got suckered into it. We never regretted it, however. We wanted to raise our family and be as self-sufficient as possible on the farm.

Do you have any special farming practices?
Mostly hard work and sweat every day. Nothing is high tech (except the computer we printed this on). Most of the equipment we use is antique! We avoid using any kind of chemicals on what we grow-for our own heath, as well as that of our customers.

*Saturday Sampling: Chef Jeff White of Barcelona Restaurant will be making Pintxo: bread with tomatoes, jamon serrano and manchego cheese on Saturday at the Quiver Full Farm stand from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

 Participating farms on Saturday, August 7

Anderson Orchard LOTS AND LOTS of sunflowers (pollen-free so no mess!), gladiolus, zinnias, cosmos, mixed flower arrangements and lucifers, tongue flowers and plants, free range antibiotic-free brats, Italian sausage, breakfast sausage, ribs, Ohio hardy banana plants, cranberry plants, tobacco plants and more.

Beech Meadow Farm Ground beef is still on sale for $4.50 per pound. Pullet egg samples with purchase.  Pasture raised “Buckeye” eggs coming in the next 3-4 weeks!

Bridgman Farm This week we’ll have cherry tomatoes, slicing tomatoes, eggplant, onions and peppers.

Combs Fresh Herbs Herbs, beans, cucumbers, arugula, pesto and salsa.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Hanging baskets and assorted annuals and perennials.

Elizabeth Telling Farm CSA pickup only.

Hinkle Farm Sweet corn, candy sweet onions, tomatoes, bell peppers, watermelon and zinnias.

Honeyrun Farm This week we will have Pure Raw Honey, Chunk Honey, Comb Honey, Infused Honey, Beeswax Candles, Handcrafted Soap, and Fresh Cut Flowers. Sale this week: half off our Strawberry Soap – only $2.00 a bar!

K & R Garden Fresh Produce We will have eggplant, potatoes, squash, basil, cucumbers, peaches, flowers and hot peppers.

Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda and cream cheeses.

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.

Persinger Farm I will be bringing green beans, tomatoes, corn, okra, zucchini, yellow squash, peppers, eggplant, pickling cucumbers, beets and turnips.

Quiver Full Farm We will be bringing granola, whole wheat pastry flour, corn meal,  honey, fresh brown eggs, Red Norland potatoes, Yukon Gold potatoes and heirloom tomatoes regular and dried.

Rhoads Farm Market The size of the farm grew this week with the delivery of “triplets” to Brett and Tara Rhoads. Brett is the producer of all the fine produce. This week we will have seedless watermelon, cantaloupe, blackberries, peaches, sweet corn, tomatoes and green beans, etc. See you Saturday or pre-order at rhoadsfm@bright.net

Shady Brook Farm We will be bringing beans, potatoes, lettuce, hot peppers, squash, tomatoes, garlic, cabbage, bell peppers, fresh bread and pies.

Somerset Greenhouse I’ll have Shiitake mushrooms, garlic, heirloom tomatoes, potatoes, and fresh herbs.

Summer Thyme Farm This Saturday we will have a few herbs including cilantro, succulents, troughs, ornamental peppers, blackeyed susan vine, perennials including phlox, delphinium, echinacea, rudbeckias, polemonium, coreopsis and zinnias.

Thomas Family Orchard We will have 6 varieties of apples including Ginger Gold and Paula Red, peaches, and seedless grapes.

Toad Hill Farm Burpless cucumbers, baby summer squash and lettuce.

The Wayward Seed Farm Swiss chard, fennel, peppers and cantaloupe.

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have bell peppers, cabbage, cantaloupe, cucumbers, grape tomatoes, green beans, hot peppers, sweet corn, tomatoes, watermelon and zucchini.

Witten Farm Sweet corn, blackberries, cantaloupe, green beans, green peppers, hot peppers,  tomatoes (green, yellow and red), cucumbers and zucchini.

Dear North Market Shopper, 

There is nothing…nothing better than locally-grown, fresh-picked fruits and vegetables. For quality, flavor, nutrition and the pure joy of knowing that you’re doing something good for you and your family, fresh is best.

For nearly 30 years North Market has been home to our community’s central Farmers Market. For three decades families from all over Columbus have come downtown to get the best. Why? For most, it’s simply worth the effort.

On Saturday, August 14th North Market will host its’ 19th Annual Farmers Festival. It’s our time to celebrate our unique community of growers and time for you to come to the Market at the absolute pinnacle of the season. Fruits and vegetables will never be fresher and they’ll never be more abundant.

The tradition that is our central downtown Farmers Market is one that is driven by the desire to be part of something that is good. North Market is part of a long-standing tradition, a social gathering place and a piece of the fabric of our city. Every Saturday we see the same faces, families and friends that come here to enjoy the vibrant energy of our very own public market.

The benefits are many, but probably the best is the fact that no matter what you’re looking for, you’ll find the freshest, finest, highest-quality food at North Market.

If you haven’t been down in awhile, stop by our Farmers Festival for a true, authentic taste of Ohio.

I hope to see you here,

Dave Wible