Worthington Farmers Market: July 23rd

Food Waste: The Ugly Truth

"Consumers waste plenty of food after the point of purchase, and we can change our habits to curb that — by planning our grocery trips better; by ignoring “best by” dates, which indicate nothing about the safety of the food; by saving those overripe bananas for banana bread. But we can help cut waste upstream as well by embracing broader aesthetic standards. Choose the odd tomatoes and the gnarly parsnips. Buy the undersized beets and the broken almonds. Tell our grocers and our farmers that we’d rather have a slightly dented butternut squash than a hot, dry planet. Support businesses that help get the less-beautiful produce out of fields and onto consumers’ tables. (One French grocer, Intermarché, began buying “ugly” produce in 2014 and selling it at slightly reduced prices at several locations; the success prompted the company to expand the initiative to all of its stores.) We can stop our valuable food — every pound of which represents a sizable investment of energy, water, labor and money — from leaving the system without fulfilling is purpose."

Check out the rest of this article at TheWashingtonPost to read more about America's massive food waste issues!

See you at the market!

Our vendors for Saturday, July 23rd include (in both alphabetical and numerical order):

62 A Few Of My Favorite Things... 39 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop 56 Anderson Orchard 49 Ann's Raspberry Farm 67.5 Arbor Hill Organics DBA The Underground 68 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts 53 Blue Jacket Dairy 9.5 Branstool Orchards 23 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC 43 Carsner Farms 40 cedar cress farm 41 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas 60 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center 45 COMPANION BAGEL 24 cottage garden 25 cottage garden 8 Crum Strawberry Farm 10 Curly Tail Organic Farm 37 Dan the Baker 6 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery 58 Dangling Carrot Farm 31 Doran's Farm Market 13 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers 17 From My Garden 27 Gillogly Orchard 28 Gillogly Orchard 47 GoldenLife Dog Food 38 Gourmet Candy by Karen 12.5 Heavenly Dips 57 Honeyrun Farm 35 Jenn's Cupcakes & Confections 52 JNA BREAD BAKERY 36 Jorgensen Farms 1 J-POPS 21 Kingdom Fish 20 Kombucha PWI,Ltd 22 Krazy Kraut 54 Lucky Cat Bakery 72 Made Without Grain, formerly The Brown and Blond Bakery 55 Meadow Rise Farm 59 Miss Cristy's Bakery 44 Native Cold Pressed 61 Nom Nom Nom 74 North Country Charcuterie 11 Oakleaf Farm 12 Oakleaf Farm 64 Ohio Bison Farm 73 Ohio City Pasta 3 Ohio Farm Direct 2 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC 75 Organic GreenFix 29 Philip Keller Designs 30 Philip Keller Designs 19 Pies by The PieMan 42 Pleiades Maple Products 14 Purple Sage Bakery 79 Rhoads Farm Inc 80 Rhoads Farm Inc 63 Rock Dove Farm 70 SaraBee Pure Honey 9 Saum Farm 78 Silver Bridge Coffee Company 69 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese 77 Somerset Herbs LLC 32 Speckled Hen Farm 33 Speckled Hen Farm 81 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC 48 Stevens Family Bakery & Orchard 76 Stonefield Naturals 26 Sugar B. Bakery 71 Swainway Urban Farm 7 Sweet thing gourmet 18 Toad Hill Farm 34 Up the Lane Farm 50 VanScoy Farms 51 VanScoy Farms 65 Wayward Seed Farm 46 Weed Knob Acres 66 Wengers Produce 67 Wengers Produce 4 Wishwell Farms 5 Wishwell Farms 15 zemnicki farms and greenhouse 16 zemnicki farms and greenhouse

1 J-POPS 2 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC 3 Ohio Farm Direct 4 Wishwell Farms 5 Wishwell Farms 6 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery 7 Sweet thing gourmet 8 Crum Strawberry Farm 9 Saum Farm 9.5 Branstool Orchards 10 Curly Tail Organic Farm 11 Oakleaf Farm 12 Oakleaf Farm 12.5 Heavenly Dips 13 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers 14 Purple Sage Bakery 15 zemnicki farms and greenhouse 16 zemnicki farms and greenhouse 17 From My Garden 18 Toad Hill Farm 19 Pies by The PieMan 20 Kombucha PWI,Ltd 21 Kingdom Fish 22 Krazy Kraut 23 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC 24 cottage garden 25 cottage garden 26 Sugar B. Bakery 27 Gillogly Orchard 28 Gillogly Orchard 29 Philip Keller Designs 30 Philip Keller Designs 31 Doran's Farm Market 32 Speckled Hen Farm 33 Speckled Hen Farm 34 Up the Lane Farm 35 Jenn's Cupcakes & Confections 36 Jorgensen Farms 37 Dan the Baker 38 Gourmet Candy by Karen 39 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop 40 cedar cress farm 41 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas 42 Pleiades Maple Products 43 Carsner Farms 44 Native Cold Pressed 45 COMPANION BAGEL 46 Weed Knob Acres 47 GoldenLife Dog Food 48 Stevens Family Bakery & Orchard 49 Ann's Raspberry Farm 50 VanScoy Farms 51 VanScoy Farms 52 JNA BREAD BAKERY 53 Blue Jacket Dairy 54 Lucky Cat Bakery 55 Meadow Rise Farm 56 Anderson Orchard 57 Honeyrun Farm 58 Dangling Carrot Farm 59 Miss Cristy's Bakery 60 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center 61 Nom Nom Nom 62 A Few Of My Favorite Things... 63 Rock Dove Farm 64 Ohio Bison Farm 65 Wayward Seed Farm 66 Wengers Produce 67 Wengers Produce 67.5 Arbor Hill Organics DBA The Underground 68 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts 69 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese 70 SaraBee Pure Honey 71 Swainway Urban Farm 72 Made Without Grain, formerly The Brown and Blond Bakery 73 Ohio City Pasta 74 North Country Charcuterie 75 Organic GreenFix 76 Stonefield Naturals 77 Somerset Herbs LLC 78 Silver Bridge Coffee Company 79 Rhoads Farm Inc 80 Rhoads Farm Inc 81 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC

Our Event: Graceland Chiropractic Blood Drive

Our Community Table: ONE.org

Our Musical Entertainment: George Barrie Band

The Worthington Farmers Market is an event of the Old Worthington Partnership.