- Christine Hawks, Market Manager
We're Back! Here's What's Fresh at the Worthington Farmers Market this Saturday
Fresh Picks from our Veggie Spy
We're BAAAACK!
After a one-week hiatus due to the annual Worthington Market Day, the Farmers Market and the Veggie Spy are back in action on October 5. Why not celebrate the return of the Market by going a tad outside your veggie comfort zone with these unusual finds?
Choy Sum is an Asian green that is completely edible - leaves, stems and even the pretty little yellow flowers! These greens, part of the Brassica family, are ideal for stir frying with garlic, rice wine and chiles. Pick them up at Toad Hill Farms.
Watermelon radish is an heirloom Chinese Daikon radish that is pink and magenta on the inside. When sliced they look like tiny watermelons! They have a mild, slightly peppery flavor with a hint of sweetness. Visit Franklinton Farms for these tasty treats.
Chestnuts are not just for roasting on an open fire in winter. They are available now and can be candied, boiled, grilled, ground into a flour or even pureed and sweetened to create yummy desserts. Chestnuts await you at Gillogly Orchard.
Mushrooms are plants, have tons of flavor and are nutritious to boot. That makes them honorary veggies! Spice up your weekend with Shitake & Onion Seasoning from Tiger Mushroom Farms.
Supplies on these specialties are limited, so come early!
What will YOU discover at the Worthington Farmers Market this week?!
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Indoor Market Season Begins on November 2!
Did you know that the Worthington Farmers Market is a year-round market? That's right! Our outdoor season begins in May and ends in October. And, our indoor season runs from November through April.
Get ready to move indoors with us, and join us for our first indoor market on Saturday, November 2, from 9am to 12pm, inside the Shops at Worthington Place on High Street
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle with the Sustainability Committee
Sustainable Worthington, an all-volunteer, grassroots committee of the Old Worthington Partnership is back at this week's Farmers Market!
Find their booth in the Graeter's parking lot where you can learn how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. They will have information about curbside recycling, composting and related sustainability topics. Special guest, Full Circle Source, a local Worthington business, will have sustainable products for sale to help you eliminate waste.
Want to get more involved with the efforts of Sustainable Worthington? Stop by, Saturday, and speak with a committee volunteer!
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Road Closure for Market Saturdays
Remember - A portion of E. New England Avenue will be closed every Saturday during the remainder of the outdoor market season!
From 7:45am to 11:45am, each Market Saturday, there will be no thru-traffic on E. New England Avenue between the Dewey's Pizza parking lot and High Street.
The Dewey's parking lot and the driveways leading to the parking lots behind House Wine and behind the United Methodist Church will still be accessible from Hartford.
Pedestrians - Please use extra caution crossing E. New England during the road re-opening at 11:45am. Please observe the crosswalk indicator lights, crossing only when it is safe to do so.
Thank you for observing the road closure during this time.
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Save the Date
Saturday, November 2, 9am to 12pm - Worthington Farmers Market - Indoor Season Begins! It's time to get warm and cozy! The Worthington Farmers Market moves up High Street inside the Shops at Worthington Place. Enjoy nearly 60 booths hosted by your favorite farmers, bakers and artisans! The indoor season runs from November through April.
Sunday, November 3, 1pm to 4:30pm - Mad About Saffron Open House & Field Day Hosted by Foraged and Sown, From 1-3 p.m., enjoy an open house with walking tours of the certified organic annual and perennial herb, berry, vegetable, and willow plantings. A "Mad About Saffron" Field Day will immediately follow from 3-4:30 p.m. Visit the Foraged and Sown booth at the Market for more details!
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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, October 5 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
63 Batter and Bowl
51 Blue Jacket Dairy
45 Branstool Orchards
22 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC
39 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
60 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
55 Columba's Mexican food
83 Community Table: RESCUEDohio
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
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
69 Kennedy Farms
20 Kingdom Fish
12.5 Kombucha Bob's KOMBU-TEA
52 Lucky Cat Bakery
61 Michael's Artisan Chocolates LLC
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
25 Pastured Providence Farmstead
92 Peace Love and Freedom Farm
40 Pleiades Maple Products
90 Rainbow Bee
94 Ramble Coffee
19 Raven Rocks Initiatives
79 Rhoads Farm Inc
80 Rhoads Farm Inc
82 Rime Time Curiously Crafted Pops
21 Rock Dove Farm
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
81 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC
76 Stonefield Naturals
46 Sunny95
43 Sustainability Committee
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
4 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
5 Wishwell Farms Produce, LLC
15 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
16 Zemnicki Farms and Greenhouse
Sorted by stall number:
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
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 Raven Rocks Initiatives
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
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
40 Pleiades Maple Products
41 JNA BREAD BAKERY
42 Native Cold Pressed
43 Sustainability Committee
44 Hummavore
45 Branstool Orchards
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
60 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
61 Michael's Artisan Chocolates LLC
62 A Few Of My Favorite Things...
63 Batter and Bowl
64 Ohio Bison Farm
65 Toad Hill Farm
68 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts
69 Kennedy Farms
69 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese
70 SaraBee Pure Honey
71 Tiger Mushroom Farms
73 Simple Times Mixers
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 Community Table: RESCUEDohio
84 Franklinton Farms
85 Franklinton Farms
86 Florentine Legacy, LLC
87 The Fromagerie, Inc.
88 9N FARM
89 Daily Bread LLC
90 Rainbow Bee
92 Foraged & Sown
92 Peace Love and Freedom Farm
93 Fired Up Pizza
94 Ramble Coffee
More to do at the Market!
Yoga on the Green
Fall is finally in the forecast, so get ready to warm up those muscles with Hannah from the Worthington Community Center tomorrow morning with Yoga on the Green! Yoga on the Green is free and hosted by the Worthington Community Center on the first Saturday of each month during the outdoor season of the Worthington Farmer's Market! Practice will be a flow base with some variations built in to focus on strength and power, conditioning our core and flexibility. Please bring your own mat, towel and water.
RESCUEDohio is Back!
RESCUEDohio was founded in 2015 by a group of dedicated animal lovers in the central
Ohio area. The founders came from various different vocational backgrounds, but all have one thing in common: the passion to save dogs, like Scout, pictured below.
The mission of this group is to help find homes for unwanted and abandoned dogs and to advocate for the rights of all animals everywhere.
Elwood, pictured here, will be visiting the Market tomorrow. To learn more about him or any of their adoptable dogs, visit booth #83 on the lawn of the United Methodist Church.
Schedule Your Mammogram at the Sunny95 Booth
October is breast cancer awareness month. Sunny 95 - Columbus, OH and OSUCCC-James Cancer Hospital and Solove Research Institute are encouraging women to sign up for their mammogram through a series of Pink With A Purpose appearances in October around Central Ohio. Visit Sunny95’s booth, in the Graeter's parking lot, tomorrow, to sign up for your James mammogram and receive a $10 Macys gift card.To find other Pink with a Purpose stops, go to Sunny95.com
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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 #64: Resveratrol
Resveratrol, is a natural compound found in the skin of red grapes, redskin peanuts, blueberries and Japanese knotweed. It has been shown in multiple studies to act as an antioxidant and an anti-inflammatory. It maybe one reason that red wine, in moderation, provides some cardiovascular benefits.
Resveratrol has been shown to reduce oxidized LDL, total cholesterol triglycerides and LDL cholesterol while increasing HDL(good cholesterol) (1). It has also been shown to slow or prevent various chronic diseases.
Resveratrol has also been shown to exert beneficial effects on metabolic diseases like obesity, insulin resistance,high blood pressure and fatty liver disease. The antioxidant action of resveratrol may be the reason it is showing promise in treatment of Alzheimers disease by quenching free radicals, decreasing neuronal inflammation and improving cognitive performance.(2)
Remember, food first to get more resveratrol, then consider supplemental forms in discussion with your primary doctor.
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)Integrative Medicine,4th Ed.,David Rakel, MD,Elsevier 2018
(2)Newsletter@Found My Fitness.com,Rhonda Patrick PhD.,9/25/19
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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.