Anderson Orchard This week I shall bring sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, bittersweet wreaths and free range antibiotic-free pork by the pound including bacon, bratwurst, Canadian bacon, ribs and sausage.

Beech Meadow Farm  Holiday turkeys, whole or quarters available after October 30th. To order please email orders@beechmeadow.com. Eggs, get here early as these go fast! Farm fresh chicken.

Case Fruit Farm will be bringing apples and cider.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse  MUMS! MUMS! MUMS! We have a huge display with every color and variety that you can imagine!

Elizabeth Telling Farm CSA pickup only.

Hinkle Farm  We will have eggplant, poblano peppers, potatoes, tomatoes, white and yellow onions and hot peppers.

Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda (caraway, regular, habanero and aged) and flavored cream cheese including jalapeno, blueberry and cherry almond.

 

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 SQUASH (acorn, butternut, delicata and spaghetti), gourds and peanut and white pumpkins (LOTS of pumpkins).

 

Rhoads Farm Market  Brussels sprouts, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. In December we will have Christmas Trees cut fresh from our farm. rhoadsfm@bright.net

 

Shady Brook Farm We will have garlic, hot peppers, fresh bread, homemade pies, hot and sweet peppers, potatoes, Swiss chard and tomatoes.

 

Somerset Greenhouse

 

Thomas Family Orchard We will have 17 varieties of apples this week as well as apple cider.

 

Toad Hill Farm  Arugula, bok choy, pie pumpkins and winter squash.

 

The Wayward Seed Farm  We will have peppers, squash and Swiss chard.

 

Wishwell Farms Produce  We will have cauliflower, large pumpkins and pie pumpkins.

Final Artisan Sunday is this weekend

Will you be in the Short North cheering on your favorite marathon runner this Sunday? Stopping by the North Market for a leisurely weekend lunch? Make sure you check out the last Artisan Sunday of the season! Many of your regular favorite artisans will be here including Black Market, Carmacazzi, Clinton Reno, Green Handle Designs,  Infantaisle, Scrabble Chick, Tiny Magpie, Umbrella Girl Productions, Vintage Vamp and Vivisect Apparel.

Columbus Marathon on Sunday

The Columbus Marathon will take place this Sunday, October 17. The race route will impact the traffic flow downtown and in the surrounding neighborhoods. To make sure that you don’t get caught in race traffic be sure to review the race map on the Columbus Marathon website HERE>

Holiday Open House & Craft Extravaganza

The North Market is currently accepting applications for our Holiday Open House and Craft Extravaganza on Saturday, December 4 from 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. and Sunday, December 5 from 12 - 5 p.m.  If you are a Columbus artisan or crafter who is handmaking unique goods you are invited to apply. For more information or to receive an application please email mmartineau@northmarket.com. The deadline for submitting applications is Monday, October 25 at 5 p.m.

Featured Farm

Persinger Farm*
Kathy Persinger
Jamestown, OH
937-453-2555

How long have you been farming?
I was born into a farm family.

How long have you been coming to North Market?
I have been coming to the North Market for 7 years.

What are your signature crops?
We plant summer squash (zucchini, yellow squash and patty pan), peppers, beans, eggplant, okra, sweet corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, carrots, beets, turnips, potatoes, sweet potatoes, fall pumpkins (my favorite), peanut pumpkins, gourds and winter squash (acorn, butternut, delicata, hubbard, spaghetti and Marina de Chioggia)

What is important to you about selling your items at the North Market?
I enjoy seeing our local customers each week! The atmosphere at the North Market is awesome: the music is pleasant, the festivals and other vendors make this a very interesting place for customers to shop and you can always find something different.

How did you become a farmer?
I know no other life than farm life. I was born into it and then married into it! It’s a wonderful way to raise a family. I began at a young age, raising feeder calves and selling sweet corn along our road to help with my college tuition. I was involved with 4-H and FFA in high school. In 1988 my husband and I had the opportunity to grow 120 acres of processing tomatoes for the Heinz Tomato Company and we did that for 7 years. From that experience we focused on raising fresh market vegetables. My husband also farms 800 acres of field corn and soybeans.

Do you have any special farming practices?
I raise all of my transplants in the greenhouse so that I can get them into the field early.

*Tricia Wheeler, chef and editor of Edible Columbus will be serving samples of pumpkin soup at the Persinger Farm stand this Saturday from 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Drop by to see her and pick up the latest edition of Edible Columbus! 

 

Participating Farms on September 25

Anderson Orchard This week I shall bring pollenless sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, mixed bouquets, organic Asian pears and free range antibiotic-free pork by the pound.

Beech Meadow Farm  Pasture raised “Buckeye” eggs, 100% grass fed, dry aged heritage Angus Beef, premium grass-finished pastured chicken, and we are now taking orders for pasture raised TURKEYS.

Bridgman Farm I’ll have heirloom and cherry tomatoes, onions and peppers.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse It’s time for fall MUMS! We’ll have a huge display with every color and variety that you can imagine!

Elizabeth Telling Farm CSA pickup only.

Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda (caraway, regular, habanero and aged) and flavored cream cheese including jalapeno, blueberry and cherry almond.

 

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 SQUASH (acorn, butternut, delicata and spaghetti), gourds and peanut and white pumpkins (LOTS of pumpkins).

 

Quiver Full Farm We will be bringing:  honey, granola, popcorn, sundried tomatoes and whole grain pancake mix.
 

Rhoads Farm Market Brussels sprouts, tomatoes and sweet potatoes. In December we will have Christmas Trees cut fresh from our farm. rhoadsfm@bright.net

 

Shady Brook Farm We will have garlic, homemade baked goods, sweet potatoes amd peppers.

 

Somerset Greenhouse  I’ll have peppers galore! Also, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomato mix, fresh herbs, garlic and lettuce.

 

Thomas Family Orchard  Thomas Family Orchard will have 14 varieties of apples this week and apple cider.

 

Toad Hill Farm  

 

The Wayward Seed Farm We will have peppers, squash and Swiss chard.

 

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have acorn squash, butternut squash and spaghetti squash.

Anderson Orchard I hope to have pollenless sunflowers, zinnias, cosmos, organic asian pears, apple dumplings from our organic apples, free range antibiotic free pork including sage sausage, italian sausage, brats, and smoked tenderloin.

Beech Meadow Farm  Pasture raised “Buckeye” eggs, 100% grass fed, dry aged heritage Angus Beef, premium grass-finished pastured chicken, and we are now taking orders for pasture raised TURKEYS.

Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse It’s time for fall MUMS! We’ll have a huge display with every color and variety that you can imagine!

Elizabeth Telling Farm CSA pickup only.

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

 

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 broccoli, green beans, tomatoes, okra, onions, squash and pumpkins.

 

Quiver Full Farm We will be bringing: heirloom tomatoes, honey, granola, popcorn, sundried tomatoes and whole grain pancake mix.
 

Rhoads Farm Market This week we will have Brussels sprouts, late season vegetables and fruits. See you on Saturday or pre-order at rhoadsfm@bright.net

 

Shady Brook Farm We will have garlic, homemade baked goods, potatoes, sweet potatoes amd tomatoes.

 

Somerset Greenhouse  I’ll have lotsa peppers! Also, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomato mixes and straight reds and/or sunsugar pints. Plus, lettuce, garlic, potatoes, fresh herbs and basil.

 

Thomas Family Orchard  Thomas Family Orchard will have 15 varieties of apples this week and apple cider. New this week will be Empire, Jonagold, Yellow Delicious, and Melrose apples. We will have a small amount of our seedless and seeded grapes and possibly a few plums. See you on Saturday! 

 

Toad Hill Farm  

 

The Wayward Seed Farm We will have peppers, potatoes and tomatoes.

 

Wishwell Farms Produce We will have white and bi-color corn.

Dear North Market Shopper,

When people talk about their visit to the Market they often talk in sensory terms. The “sights, sounds, tastes and smells” of the Market all contribute to a total sensory experience. And we know that coming to North Market is not just a shopping occasion, it’s a full-on experience.

One of our goals is to enhance the Market experience and do it in a way that is both meaningful to our shoppers and supportive of the mission to promote local food and local businesses.

We have some great activities lined-up in the next few weeks that will be fun, educational and most of all delicious:

September 24 & 25 Columbus Microbrew Festival

It’s a celebration of the booming interest in locally-brewed craft beers. Come taste the work of our local craft brewers in this two-day festival.

September 29 Local Brews, Booze and Foods

It’s our best kept secret. This year we quietly started a little after work gathering on our porch. Shoppers were treated to some great Columbus Brewing Company beers and our version of street food creations. This is our last gathering of the year. We’ve invited new local distillery Middle West Spirits to join the fun. Stop by and give it a try.

October 2 Harvest Festival and Market to Market Ride

In celebration of Local Foods Week we host our annual Harvest Festival that features the late season bounty of our Farmers Market…AND what has become one of the fastest growing cycling events in the City. In a little more than a year, the Market to Market ride has attracted hundreds of cyclists who love and support the local foods movement.

The Dispatch Kitchen

Our partnership with WBNS-10TV and the Columbus Dispatch provides the Market with a fun and educational space. Food editor and James Beard Award winner, Robin Davis leads weekly cooking demonstrations with our city’s finest chefs. The Dispatch Kitchen is also hopping with special events such as CupcakeCampColumbus which is scheduled for October 10.

The Market is more than a place to shop for the greatest artisan, local and international foods. It’s a place where we celebrate, we educate and we have a little fun.

It doesn’t take a special event to make you visit an “experience.” It’s our community of 35 business owners, our unique personality and an unforgettable array of the best food in town.

Dave Wible

The North Market Harvest Festival is helping to kick off Local Matters Local Foods Week on Saturday, October 2. In addition to our usual extravaganza of harvest produce, baking contests, live music and kids’ activities, as part of their Local Foods Week celebration, Local Matters is working to pair local chefs with some of our farmers to do cooking demonstrations right out of their stalls.

This festival is a fun one for the kiddies with a plethora of activities and entertainment. Mark Wood will be twisting balloon animals and executing fancy rope tricks. Rita Miller will be on hand for fanciful full face painting. There will be give-aways of cookies and apples and the fine folks with the Columbus Artmobile will be offering harvest-inspired crafts. Not to mention, if you are looking for a new four-legged friend, the Columbus Dog Connection will be on hand with adoptable dogs.

Enterprising customers have several opportunities to take home a prize in our Harvest Festival baking contests. In the pumpkin bread contest, entrants are invited to submit their version in loaf or muffin form. Our two other contests feature the time-honored tradition of pie baking and participants can submit their favorite pumpkin or apple pies for judging. The first place winner of the bread competition will win $50 in North Market gift certificates and each pie competition winner will receive $100 in North Market gift certificates. All home-baked entries will be available for purchase with proceeds benefiting the nonprofit North Market Development Authority. To register or for more information, please call the North Market at (614) 463-9664. Participation is limited to 12 entries per contest.

Scheduled Harvest Festival activities include:
• Farmers’ Market and North Market merchants open at 8 a.m.
• Market to Market breakfast in the Dispatch Kitchen, 8 – 10 a.m.
• Cooking demonstrations with local chefs at farmer stalls, 9 – 11 a.m.
• Live music by Slate Ridge, 9 – 11 a.m.
• Face painting, 10 a.m. – 3 p.m.
• Free pumpkin cookies for the kids, courtesy of Mozart’s Bakery, 10 a.m. while supply lasts.
• Free apples for the kids, 10 a.m. while supply lasts.
• Mark Wood Cowboy Fun Show, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
• Autumn crafts with the Columbus Artmobile, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Columbus Dog Connection, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Live music by Gipson and Fitz Trio, 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
• Pumpkin Bread contest, 12 p.m.
• Pumpkin Pie contest, 1 p.m.
• Live music by One More Time String Band, 1 – 3 p.m.
• Apple pie contest, 2 p.m.
• Live music by Folkwood Players, 3-5 p.m.

The North Market Harvest Festival begins at 8 a.m. and is a free event. For more information or to sign-up for any of the contests, please call the North Market at (614) 463-9664 or email mmartineau@northmarket.com.

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.

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

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