- Christine Hawks, Market Manager
Just 2 more Saturdays to shop the Worthington Farmers Market for the holidays!
The Veggie Spy is on Vacation
Our veggie spy has traveled over the woods and through the snow to warmer weather for a couple of weeks! In the meantime, there are still plenty of cool season veggies to enjoy at the Market this week.
Browse this handy guide of winter fruits and vegetables that are best enjoyed when they're at their peak during these short, cold days. Not all of these are grown in Ohio, but you'll find many - beets, kale, lettuce and celery root - at the Market this weekend!
https://www.thespruceeats.com/winter-fruits-and-vegetables-2217707
What will YOU discover at the Worthington Farmers Market this week?!
#getfreshwithus #weproduce #worthingtonfarmersmarket #inworthington
Free Gift Wrapping!
Purchase your gifts from the Worthington Farmers Market or the Shops at Worthington Place this Saturday and the holly, jolly elves from Kemper House Worthington will wrap them while your shop! This is a free holiday service. Find the gift wrapping station at booth #63, across from Kokoborrego Cheese, behind the giant Christmas tree in the center of the mall.
Yes, Virginia! We have Gift Certificates
Give the gift of fresh and local this holiday season with our Market gift certificates. Available in $5 and $10 denominations, you can purchase these at the Market information booth, located near the fountain (now giant Christmas tree) just inside the east entrance of The Shops at Worthington Place.
Market gift certificates are accepted by all of our producers and are used just like cash when making a purchase.
Perfect for stuffing stockings, Secret Santa gifting and remembering those that do so much for us throughout the year - teachers, your mail delivery person, babysitter and petsitter!
Feeling Stressed? Consider Volunteering!
The most wonderful time of the year can also be the most stressful time of the year! Many
of us are juggling holiday parties, decorating, extra cleaning for hosting family and friends...And, then there's all those edible temptations! You might find yourself feeling a bit more anxious during the holiday season.
Did you know that donating your time can help you manage some of the negative effects related to stress and anxiety?
According to recent research, "It's generally understood that helping out others makes a person feel nice, but that experience goes beyond just the feel-good glow of altruism. Studies have found that helping others has tangible benefits, both mental and physical, from lowering your blood pressure to reducing feelings of depression."
You can read more about the mental health benefits of donating your time here: https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/a37nvk/volunteering-is-the-best-kept-secret-for-mental-health-stressweek2017?fbclid=IwAR0L--14zS-Q2av1uJ9VUTw9hnTSzyrDSLlzyD-z2RbfD8roIC2mDih1A30
And, if you'd like to give volunteering a try, join our team at the Worthington Farmers Market! Give an hour or stay for the entire Market. With activities ranging from set-up to cashiering to way-finding to helping with our monthly children's activity. There's something for everyone and no experience is necessary! Enjoy early access to the Market (if you're part of the set-up crew), free coffee and make some new friends!
Browse the opportunities and shifts here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c054eaba829aafc1-wfmvolunteers1
Or, contact our volunteer coordinator, George Bleimes, george.bleimes@gmail.com to request more information.
Indoor Market Map
Plan you visits to our producers with this interactive Market map!
This Week's Producers
Our producers for Saturday, December 14 included (in both alphabetical and numerical order):
Sorted alphabetically:
25 9N FARM
2 A Few Of My Favorite Things...
65 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts
46 Batter and Bowl
11 Blue Jacket Dairy
9 Blue Owl Garden Emporium LLC
1 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC
56 BYOB Home Bakery
42 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
41 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center
15 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
5 Columba's Mexican food
55 The Crazy Cucumber
58 Curly Tail Organic Farm
7 Dan the Baker LLC
52 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery
66 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers
57 Fired Up Pizza
36 Florentine Legacy, LLC
31 Foraged & Sown
13 Franklinton Farms
37 The Fromagerie, Inc.
63 Gift Wrapping Station - Courtesy of Kemper House Worthington
50 Gillogly Orchard
51 Gillogly Orchard
10 Gourmet Candy by Karen
67 Growlers Dog Bones
62 Honeyrun Farm
32 Hummavore
59 JNA BREAD BAKERY
54 Jorgensen Farms
18 Kennedy Farms
53 Kingdom Fish
47 Kombucha Bob's Kombu Tea
24 Lucky Cat Bakery
35 Market Sharpener
6 Mayhem Foods LLC
30 Michael's Artisan Chocolates
3 Native Cold Pressed
19 North Country Charcuterie
61 Ohio Bison Farm
30 Ohio City Pasta
33 Ohio Farm Direct
44 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC
26 Onederings Lavender Farm
17 Patisserie Lallier
39 Pleiades Maple Products
48 Rainbow Bee
14 Ramble Coffee
28 Raven Rocks Initiatives
64 Red Moon Ranch LLC
20 Rock Dove Farm
16 SaraBee Pure Honey
68 Scoop O' Granola
43 Silver Bridge Coffee Company
18 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese
34 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC
4 Stonefield Naturals
27 Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
49 Sweet Thing Gourmet
12 Tiger Mushroom Farms
40 Tilley Farmstead
60 Toad Hill Farm
69 Tulip Cafe
29 Up the Lane Farm
23 VanScoy Farms
8 Waffle Hub, LLC
21 Weed Knob Acres
Sorted by stall number:
1 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC
2 A Few Of My Favorite Things...
3 Native Cold Pressed
4 Stonefield Naturals
5 Columba's Mexican Food
6 Mayhem Foods LLC
7 Dan the Baker LLC
8 Waffle Hub, LLC
9 Blue Owl Garden Emporium LLC
10 Gourmet Candy by Karen
11 Blue Jacket Dairy
12 Tiger Mushroom Farms
13 Franklinton Farms
14 Ramble Coffee
15 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC
16 SaraBee Pure Honey
17 Patisserie Lallier
18 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese
18 Kennedy Farms
19 North Country Charcuterie
20 Rock Dove Farm
21 Weed Knob Acres
23 VanScoy Farms
24 Lucky Cat Bakery
25 9N FARM
26 Onederings Lavender Farm
27 Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
28 Raven Rocks Initiatives
29 Up the Lane Farm
30 Ohio City Pasta
30 Michael's Artisan Chocolates
31 Foraged & Sown
32 Hummavore
33 Ohio Farm Direct
34 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC
35 Market Sharpener
36 Florentine Legacy, LLC
37 The Fromagerie, Inc.
39 Pleiades Maple Products
40 Tilley Farmstead
41 Cliff's Greenhouse and Garden Center
42 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
43 Silver Bridge Coffee Company
44 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC
46 Batter and Bowl
47 Kombucha Bob's Kombu Tea
48 Rainbow Bee
49 Sweet Thing Gourmet
50 Gillogly Orchard
51 Gillogly Orchard
52 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery
53 Kingdom Fish
54 Jorgensen Farms
55 The Crazy Cucumber
56 BYOB Home Bakery
57 Fired Up Pizza
58 Curly Tail Organic Farm
59 JNA BREAD BAKERY
60 Toad Hill Farm
61 Ohio Bison Farm
62 Honeyrun Farm
63 Gift Wrapping Station - Courtesy of Kemper House Worthington
64 Red Moon Ranch LLC
65 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts
66 Farmhouse Herbs and Flowers
67 Growlers Dog Bones
68 Scoop O' Granola
69 Tulip Café
The Market Wellness Doctor's Weekly Health Tip
Visit Dr. Matt near the East entrance inside The Shops at Worthington Place
Lifestyle Matters. How we eat, move, sleep and manage stress has an enormous impact on health and longevity.
Is a Ketogenic Food Plan Right for You?
A ketogenic (keto) diet, sometimes called a very low-carbohydrate diet, is a carbohydrate-restricted food plan in which carb intake is kept to between five and ten percent of dietary calories with the balance consisting of relatively high fat and moderate protein intake. The source of this fat and protein may vary widely, from plant-based to primarily animal-derived. Originally designed in 1921 to treat epilepsy, the keto diet was used widely in pediatric patients for many years until the advent of anti-seizure pharmaceuticals.(1)
More recently, the diet has been studied as a method of weight loss, for prevention and treatment of neurological disorders and as a therapeutic intervention for conditions related to insulin resistance, including polycystic ovarian syndrome (PCOS) and type 2 diabetes.(2)
Biochemically, very low carbohydrate intake and the resulting low levels of blood glucose leads the body to release less insulin and instead use fatty acids and their metabolites, known as ketone bodies, as the primary energy source. Ketones have the ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and serve as a fuel source for neurons, which otherwise run only on glucose, ketones also decrease free radical damage and enhance antioxidant capacity.(1)
Recent research has consistently found that low-carbohydrate diets (both ketogenic and non) lead to greater weight loss than other food plans, including low-fat diets.(3)
Some studies have found that a ketogenic diet may allow patients to lower their use of diabetes medications or even functionally reverse their diabetes diagnosis.(4)
Another food plan that relies on ketosis is intermittent fasting, which has been shown to lead to a reduction in body fat mass and improvement in metabolic parameters among patients with obesity and type 2 diabetes.(5)
On balance, there is good evidence that keto food plans in obese and diabetic populations lead to weight loss, improved glucose balance, reduced insulin resistance and retention of lean muscle mass, as well as improvements in at least some blood lipids and probably also basal metabolic rate. (6)(7)
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Consider discussing a ketogenic food plan with your 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)Masood W, Uppaluri KR. Ketogenic Diet. StatPearls Publishing; 2019. Accessed October 11, 2019. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK499830/
2)Stocker RK, Reber Aubry E, Bally L, Nuoffer JM, Stanga Z. [Ketogenic diet and its evidence-based therapeutic implementation in endocrine diseases]. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2019;108(8):541-553. doi:1024/1661-8157/a003246 3)Tobias DK, Chen M, Manson JE, Ludwig DS, Willett W, Hu FB. Effect of low-fat diet interventions versus other diet interventions on long-term weight change in adults: a systematic review and meta- analysis. Lancet Diabetes Endocrinol. 2015;3(12):968-979. doi:1016/S2213-8587(15)00367-8
4)Zinn C, McPhee J, Harris N, Williden M, Prendergast K, Schofield G. A 12-week low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet improves metabolic health outcomes over a control diet in a randomised controlled trial with overweight defence force personnel. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2017;42(11):1158-1164. doi:1139/apnm-2017-0260
5)Carter S, Clifton PM, Keogh JB. Effect of intermittent compared with continuous energy restricted diet on glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes: a randomized noninferiority trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2018;1(3):e180756. doi:1001/jamanetworkopen.2018.0756
6)Saslow LR, Mason AE, Kim S, et al. An online intervention comparing a very low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and lifestyle recommendations versus a plate method diet in overweight individuals with type 2 diabetes: a randomized controlled trial. J Med Internet Res. 2017;19(2):e36. doi:2196/jmir.5806
7)Zinn C, McPhee J, Harris N, Williden M, Prendergast K, Schofield G. A 12-week low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet improves metabolic health outcomes over a control diet in a randomised controlled trial with overweight defence force personnel. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab. 2017;42(11):1158-1164. doi:1139/apnm-2017-0260
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.