Farmers’ Market update for September 17
Participating farms:
Anderson Orchard I’ll have Asian pears, baked goods, pollen-free sunflowers, gladiolus, fig plants, papaya plants, tomatoes and zinnias.
Blossom Acres Produce I will have naturally grown beans, candy onions, garlic, ground cherries, heirloom tomatoes (including the excellent, low acid Aunt Sarah variety), jalapeno peppers, kale, lettuce, mustard greens, okra, peppers, potatoes and radishes.
Bridgman Farm I’ll have delicious cherry tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, onions, peppers, squash and watermelon.
Ehmann & Sons Greenhouse Annuals, perennials, hanging baskets, MUMS are here and assorted vegetables including beets, eggplant, okra and poblano peppers.
Honeyrun Farm This week we will have black locust honey, chunk honey, comb honey, quart jars of pollen and summer and fall honey stix.
K & R Garden Fresh Produce We will be bringing cucumbers, eggplant, Malabar spinach, okra, onions, hot and sweet peppers and squash.
Oakvale Farmstead Cheese We will be bringing our family’s Farmstead Gouda washed in Barley’s Russian Stout.
Ohio Farm Direct We’ll be bringing our whole milk cheeses including cheddar, mozzarella, baby swiss, pepper jack, garlic and herb, tomato basil pinenut and lemon zest. Plus, blueberry and strawberry drinkable yogurt and soft serve vanilla ice cream.
Oink Moo Cluck Farms We will be bringing our beef, pork and chicken.
Persinger Farm This week I will have beets, broccoli, cabbage, fall squash, gourds, greens, okra, onions, peppers, potatoes, pumpkins, radishes, seedless watermelon, tomatoes, zucchini and green beans.
Quiver Full Farm We plan to bring dried tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, popcorn, granola, pancake mix, chunk honey, honey, whole wheat flour, farm fresh eggs, cornmeal and pears.
Rhoads Farm Market Seasons are changing and so is our availability. This week we will have tmatoes, watermelon, squash, eggplant, peppers. You are invited to visit www.rhoadsfarminc.com and place any advance orders.
Rock Dove Farm We should have radishes, basil, parsley and mint.
Shady Brook Farm We will have cabbage, carrots, peppers, tomatoes and baked goods.
Somerset Greenhouse I’ll be bringing heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, butternut squash, potatoes, garlic, basil, lots and lots of peppers, lettuce and green beans.
Thomas Family Orchard We will have seedless grapes and six varieties of fall apples including Cortland, Jonathan and Macintosh. And the apple cider will be here Saturday!
Toad Hill Farm I will have arugula, Asian stir fry mix, kale, onions, parsley, potatoes, summer and winter squash and turnips.
Toby Run Growers Oyster and Shiitake mushrooms.
Wayward Seed Farm We’ll have herbs, leeks, paste tomatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, celery and peppers.
Columbus Microbrew Festival on Friday & Saturday
Tis time to eat, drink and get merry at the 6th annual Columbus Microbrew Festival!
Participating local microbreweries include: Barley’s Brewing Company, Barley’s Smokehouse & Brewpub, Columbus Brewing Company, Elevator Brewing Company, Elevator Brewery and Draught Haus, 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.
Artisan Sunday this weekend
Columbus’ creative class of artisans and crafters converges on the farmers’ market on the first and third Sundays from May through October peddling their handmade wares from 12-5PM. This Sunday enjoy live music by Paul Painter & Mandy Dye from 12-2PM and the sweet sounds of Angela Perley 2-4PM.
For a list of this weekend’s participating artisans, click here⇒
SALE! Autumn Menu class on Sunday
SALE! On this Sunday’s (September 18) School of Cooking Class: Autumn dinner for casual entertaining with Sheri Lisak. In the Dispatch Kitchen from 1-3PM.
The menu:
Vegetable soup with butternut squash, white beans, caramelized onions and couscous; mixed greens salad with oranges, dried cranberries, and pecans; chocolate mint brownies.
Only $25 per person! Call 614-463-9664 to register or buy tickets online here⇒
Last call for summer fun! The North Market will toast the end of summer with the 6th annual Columbus Microbrew Festival on September 16 and 17. Celebrate locally brewed ales, lagers and stouts in the company of the brewmasters from participating local microbreweries.
Admission to the event is free. Beer tasting admission is $20 and includes a commemorative pint glass, ten tasting tickets and a $5 North Market food certificate. Discount coupons good for $2 off the tasting admission fee will be available at all participating microbreweries in September. Additional tasting tickets will be available for $.50 each. Tickets will be available in advance online 
Schedule of Activities:
10 a.m. – 3 p.m., face painting
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.
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 
Ale! Ale! The gang will all be here for the Columbus Microbrew Festival at the North Market. The usual suspects in the Columbus craft brewing community will be present and accounted for during the fourth annual celebration of all things local ale-related.
Friday, September 11, 5-9 p.m.