- Christine Hawks, Market Manager
We're Turning Blue at the Worthington Farmers Market - July 6
What's Fresh at the Market?
The Veggie Spy Knows!
Blueberries, zucchini and eggplant, oh my!
Here's this week's report from the Veggie Spy!
This week's Fresh Finds revealed:
- Currants (Foraged & Sown/Peace Love and Freedom Farm and Franklinton Farms)
- Black Raspberries (Foraged & Sown/Peace Love and Freedom Farm and Franklinton Farms)
- Sour cherries (Oak Leaf Farm)
- Blueberries (Gillogly Orchard, The Blueberry Patch, Toad Hill)
- Apples (Gillogly Orchard)
- Peaches...limited (Rhoads Farm)
- Blackberries
- Lettuce
- Arugula
- Salad mix
- Asian greens
- Mustard greens
- Collard greens
- Kale
- Escarole (Jorgensen Farms)
- Eggplant (Tilley Farmstead)
- Microgreens
- New potatoes
- Green beans
- French green beans (9N Farm)
- Snap peas
- Broccoli
- Broccolini (Toad Hill Farm)
- Zucchini (9N Farm, Franklinton Farms, Jorgensen Farm, Rhoads Farm, Tilley Farmstead, Van Soy)
- Squash, yellow
- Squash, patty pan
- Cabbage (Oak Leaf Farm)
- Cucumbers
- Sweet corn
- Garlic scapes
- Onions
- Beets
- Spinach
- Scallions (Cottage Garden, Jorgensen Farm, Oak Leaf Farm, Toad Hill Farm)
- Carrots (Foraged & Sown/Peace Love and Freedom Farm, Rock Dove, Tilley Farmstead
- Turnips
- Kohlrabi
- Tomatoes
- French breakfast radishes
- Daikon radish
- Baby watermelon radish
- Herbs: Cilantro, Dill, Mint & Parsley
What will YOU discover at the Worthington Farmers Market this week?!
#getfreshwithus #weproduce #worthingtonfarmersmarket
The Blueberry Patch is Back!
It's beginning to look a lot more like SUMMER!
The sunny days have helped to ripen those blueberries, and you can celebrate by the bucket-full this week! And, if you need another reason to #GetBluewithUs, National Pick Blueberries Day is July 10!
Tomorrow, we welcome back our long-time friends from The Blueberry Patch in Mansfield. I spent my 4th of July out among their Bluetta bushes, one of the earliest varieties you can enjoy, and I can't wait to make a batch of blueberry honey sauce with the new cardamom citrus-infused honey from Honeyrun Farm.
Toad Hill Farm and Gillogly Orchard also anticipate having blueberries available for tomorrow's Market.
This Week's Green Plate Special - Microgreens!
Microgreens from Franklinton Farms are dressing up the chicken breakfast biscuit from Ajumama's Korean Street Food for this week's Green Plate Special! Microgreens are min, nutrient-dense seedlings of edible vegetables and herbs. You'll find a variety of microgreens available at the Market, and they're easy to use in the kitchen. Toss them in a salad, enjoy them like fresh greens or add them to your morning smoothie or breakfast scramble.
Find the Green Plate Special at the Ajumama food truck on the east side of High Street near US Bank during tomorrow's Market.
The Green Plate Special is a weekly collaboration between a Market producer and a local food truck that will incorporate the producer's featured product in a special dish, just for the Farmers Market! $1.00 of every Green Plate Special sold will be donated back to the Worthington Farmers Market to further our mission.
Coming Soon! Reusable Produce Bags
But, first, we need fabric! For the next three weeks, the Sustainability Committee of the Old Worthington Partnership will be collecting fabric donations. The donated fabric will be used to create reusable produce bags that will be available to Farmers Market customers later this season. Find that collection bin at the Market Information booth at the corner of High Street and New England.
No Market Sharpener this Week
Leave those knives and garden tools at home this week. Your friendly Market Sharpener is enjoying a vacation the next two weeks. Look for him to return for the July 20th Market.
Parking Options
Historic Old Worthington is a wonderful place for a stroll! Use the link, below, to view all of the available parking options near the market and plan your stops to our local shops and producers along the way!
Outdoor Market Map
Plan you visits to our producers with this interactive Market Map!
This Week's Producers
Our producers for Saturday, July 6 included (in both alphabetical and numerical order):
Sorted alphabetically:
88 9N FARM
62 A Few Of My Favorite Things...
36 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop
54 Anderson Orchard
68 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts
50 bak
45 The Blueberry Patch
51 Blue Jacket Dairy
22 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC
19 BYOB Home Bakery
39 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
59 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center
60 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
55 Columba's Mexican food
33 Community Table - Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation
23 Cottage Garden
24 Cottage Garden
47 The Crazy Cucumber
10 Curly Tail Organic Farm
31 Daily Bread LLC
89 Daily Bread LLC
14 Dan the Baker LLC
6 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery
13 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers
93 Fired Up Pizza
86 Florentine Legacy, LLC
92 Foraged & Sown
84 Franklinton Farms
85 Franklinton Farms
87 The Fromagerie, Inc.
17 From My Garden
91 From Scratch Cupcakes
46 Get Elevated
27 Gillogly Orchard
28 Gillogly Orchard
26 Glenn Ave Soap Company
37 Gourmet Candy by Karen
38 Growlers Dog Bones
56 Honeyrun Farm
44 Hummavore
41 JNA BREAD BAKERY
34 Jorgensen Farms
35 Jorgensen Farms
1 J-POPS
69 Kennedy Farms
20 Kingdom Fish
12.5 Kombucha Bob's KOMBU-TEA
52 Lucky Cat Bakery
72 Made Without Grain
74 The Market Wellness Doctor
42 Native Cold Pressed
53 North Country Charcuterie
11 Oakleaf Farm
12 Oakleaf Farm
64 Ohio Bison Farm
75 Ohio City Pasta
3 Ohio Farm Direct
2 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC
43 Onederings Lavender Farm
25 Pastured Providence Farmstead
92 Peace Love and Freedom Farm
90 Rainbow Bee
94 Ramble Coffee
79 Rhoads Farm Inc
80 Rhoads Farm Inc
82 Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops
21 Rock Dove Farm
83 Root 23
70 SaraBee Pure Honey
9 Saum Farm
78 Silver Bridge Coffee Company
73 Simple Times Mixers
69 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese
30 Sobia's Ladoo
77 Somerset Herbs LLC
8.5 Speckled Hen Farm
81 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC
64 Stevens Family Bakery & Orchard
76 Stonefield Naturals
7 Sweet Thing Gourmet
71 Tiger Mushroom Farms
57 Tilley Farmstead
58 Tilley Farmstead
65 Toad Hill Farm
32 Up the Lane Farm
48 VanScoy Farms
49 VanScoy Farms
18 Weed Knob Acres
66 Wengers Produce
67 Wengers Produce
4 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
5 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
15 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
16 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
Sorted by stall number:
1 J-POPS
2 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC
3 Ohio Farm Direct
4 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
5 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
6 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery
7 Sweet Thing Gourmet
8.5 Speckled Hen Farm
9 Saum Farm
10 Curly Tail Organic Farm
11 Oakleaf Farm
12 Oakleaf Farm
12.5 Kombucha Bob's KOMBU-TEA
13 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers
14 Dan the Baker LLC
15 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
16 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
17 From My Garden
18 Weed Knob Acres
19 BYOB Home Bakery
20 Kingdom Fish
21 Rock Dove Farm
22 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC
23 Cottage Garden
24 Cottage Garden
25 Pastured Providence Farmstead
26 Glenn Ave Soap Company
27 Gillogly Orchard
28 Gillogly Orchard
30 Sobia's Ladoo
31 Daily Bread LLC
32 Up the Lane Farm
33 Community Table - Nationwide Children's Hospital Foundation
34 Jorgensen Farms
35 Jorgensen Farms
36 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop
37 Gourmet Candy by Karen
38 Growlers Dog Bones
39 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
41 JNA BREAD BAKERY
42 Native Cold Pressed
43 Onederings Lavender Farm
44 Hummavore
45 The Blueberry Patch
46 Get Elevated
47 The Crazy Cucumber
48 VanScoy Farms
49 VanScoy Farms
50 bak
51 Blue Jacket Dairy
52 Lucky Cat Bakery
53 North Country Charcuterie
54 Anderson Orchard
55 Columba's Mexican food
56 Honeyrun Farm
57 Tilley Farmstead
58 Tilley Farmstead
59 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center
60 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
62 A Few Of My Favorite Things...
64 Ohio Bison Farm
64 Stevens Family Bakery & Orchard
65 Toad Hill Farm
66 Wengers Produce
67 Wengers Produce
68 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts
69 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese
69 Kennedy Farms
70 SaraBee Pure Honey
71 Tiger Mushroom Farms
72 Made Without Grain
73 Simple Times Mixers
74 The Market Wellness Doctor
75 Ohio City Pasta
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
82 Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops
83 Root 23
84 Franklinton Farms
85 Franklinton Farms
86 Florentine Legacy, LLC
87 The Fromagerie, Inc.
88 9N FARM
89 Daily Bread LLC
90 Rainbow Bee
91 From Scratch Cupcakes
92 Foraged & Sown
92 Peace Love and Freedom Farm
93 Fired Up Pizza
94 Ramble Coffee
More to do at the Market!
Ease into your shopping with our free yoga session on the Green from 8:00am-9:00am. Join the Worthington Community Center, tomorrow, for a 1-hour yoga session (all levels) on the Southeast Village Green. All ages and abilities are welcome. Please bring your own mat and water.
This week's Community Table is just ducky! The Columbus Duck Race, hosted by the Development Board of Nationwide Children’s Hospital, is a community event benefitting pediatric research. Thousands of rubber ducks will be released along the Scioto Mile to race towards the finish line. Duck racer entries will be available to purchase at the Columbus Duck Race table on Saturday. Buy a duck and support the cause! Find yours at the Community Table, just outside of The Whitney House.
And, be sure to stop by the lawn in front of the United Methodist Church to enjoy the sounds of our Open Mic at the Market performances from 9am-11:30am
The Market Wellness Doctor's Weekly Health Tip
Visit Dr. Matt in booth #74, near Dewey's Plaza
Lifestyle Matters. How we eat, move, sleep and manage stress has an enormous impact on health and longevity.
Health Tip #52: Strawberries, Taste Great and Great for Your Health!
Strawberries are often under appreciated for their health benefits, but many studies are documenting their powerful health impacts. Cardiovascular benefits include lowering the "bad" LDL cholesterol and reducing the oxidation of LDL cholesterol, thus rendering it less harmful.
Additionally, strawberries relax blood vessels thus improving blood flow and oxygen delivery to the tissues. One large study showed a 34% reduction in heart attacks associated with the strawberries ability to improve antioxidant capacity.
Markers of inflammation have also been shown to be reduced with increased strawberry consumption in obese patients with osteoarthritis. More importantly, there was a significant reduction in knee pain and cartilage degradation.
Flavonoids in strawberries have been shown to be associated with significantly reducing cognitive aging.
These are just a few of the many health benefits of the delicious strawberry. (1)
See you at the Market!
Be Well,
The Market Wellness Doctor
Dr. Everett's Integrative Health LLC. Email me with any questions at mattheweverett84@gmail.com.
None of these statements should be construed as dispensing medical advice ,making claims regarding the cure of diseases,prevention or cure of any disease state.This information is not intended to diagnose, treat or cure any disease. Please consult your physician regarding any specific medical symptoms or conditions.
Sources:
(1) How Risky Is Your Sleep Schedule?,Margie King,Greenmedinfo,LLC. 2014
(2)Sleep Deprivation & Mitochondrial Impacts,, Dr. Jose Colon, MD, MPH,Connections,Institute of Functional Medicine
(3)Food-Sourced Melatonin Provides Natural Way to Help Sleep,Case Adams Naturopath,Greenmedinfo.LLC 2018
For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at worthingtonfarmersmarket@gmail.com or visit us on Saturday at the Market Information booth!
The Old Worthington Partnership is pleased to announce that COhatch is furthering its investment in the Worthington community. Together the organizations will continue to drive initiatives to bring positive attention to the historic district, and support professional development and educational seminars for local merchants and business owners. The Partnership also will support soon-to-be-announced COhatch community events geared toward improving the lives of local residents.
COhatch will provide funding, hosting venues and people resources to help design and plan future programs for the community in collaboration with the Old Worthington Partnership. You will also see the COhatch airstream trailer, a multi-purpose office on wheels named "Mobi" at various events to be held throughout 2019.
Thanks to COhatch for bringing energy and resources to Old Worthington! We are thrilled to work even more closely together to enhance the Old Worthington experience.
The Worthington Farmers Market is an event of the Old Worthington Partnership.