Rock Your Resolutions at the Worthington Farmers Market

Fresh Picks from our Veggie Spy

Say, "Yes!" to Cress!

January is a great time to experiment with the many greens available from our farmers. One green find is cress (or land cress), a plant with small leaves and a peppery, spicy bold flavor. Cress can be cooked or eaten raw in salads. Although similar to watercress, it is a different plant. Cress is also loaded with Vitamins A and C. You can find cress at Jorgensen Farms, and they'll be happy to give you a free taste!

The following producers expect to have fresh produce this week:

9N Farm

Franklinton Farms

Gillogly Orchard

Jorgensen Farms

Rock Dove Farm

Sippel Family Farm

Tiger Mushroom Farm

Tilley Farmstead

This week's fresh finds revealed:

- Apples

- Microgreens

- Cress

- Sorrel

- Mustard greens

- Leaf and Head Lettuce, assorted varieties

- Arugula

- Bok Choi, Tatsoi, Mizuna and other Asian greens

- Kale

- Cabbage (Tokyo)

- Spinach

- Swiss Chard

- Scallions

- Leeks

- Sunchokes

- Radishes

- Turnips

- Rutabega

- Sweet Potatoes

- Squash - Assorted varieties

- Garlic

- Herbs: Sage, cilantro, dill, oregano and parsley

What will YOU discover at the Worthington Farmers Market this week?!

#getfreshwithus #weproduce #worthingtonfarmersmarket #inworthington

Meet Dr. Jenn - Our New Walk with a Doc Host

Whether it's the weather, an injury or busy schedules that are preventing you from making movement part of your routine...Come inside, and try Walk with a Doc!

On the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month, Worthington family medicine doc, Dr. Jenn Hetrick, will be hosting a Walk with a Doc group at the Worthington Farmers Market for the remainder of the indoor season. Walk with a Doc is a national non-profit organization with roots in communities throughout the US. The goal is to encourage people to establish a healthy lifestyle through movement, conversation and community.

The group will meet near Panera at 8am during our indoor season. The program begins with a discussion with Dr. Jenn on a current health topic and then the group will walk, stroll and roll though the mall at each individual's own pace. The walk will end just in time for the opening bell, encouraging participants to continue to keep their health top of mind by shopping the Market.

Dr. Jenn, a regular Market shopper, will be at the Market this Saturday, hosting the Community Table, to promote the program. Take that first step towards a healthier lifestyle Stop by booth #24 to welcome her and learn more about participating in next week's Walk with a Doc!

Jesse Powers Returns to Open Mic

Back by popular request, Jesse Powers returns to the Open Mic tomorrow!

Since she last performed at the Market in November, Jesse has been performing at various venues throughout the US. We're excited to enjoy her soulful, acoustic performance, tomorrow, from 10am-11:30am at Open Mic (near Panera).

Musical performances at the Market are always free to enjoy. Support for the artist, through tips or purchase of their albums, are welcome and appreciated.

January Showers Bloom Cynthia's Flowers!

Next Saturday's Market Sprouts project is an perennial crowd favorite! Help us create brightly colored, tissue paper flowers that will be sent to those undergoing cancer treatment to brighten their day. Due to weakened immune systems and the risk of infection for those under-going cancer treatments, live plants and flowers are prohibited.

Cynthia’s Flowers was inspired by Cynthia Rudolph who passed away in 2015 from lymphoma cancer. As a patient, no matter what Cynthia faced, she always stayed positive. It was important to her that others could still see beauty in life despite having to go through cancer treatments.

The flowers made next Saturday will be delivered to The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute - just in time for Valentine’s Day.

To learn more about Cynthia’s Flowers and to help support lymphoma research please visit: www.supportohiostate.org/goto/cynthiasflowersfund

Indoor Market Map

Plan you visits to our producers with this interactive Market map!

This Week's Producers

Our producers for Saturday, January 11 included (in both alphabetical and numerical order):

Sorted alphabetically:

25 9N FARM

2 A Few Of My Favorite Things...

63 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop

11 Blue Jacket Dairy

9 Blue Owl Garden Emporium LLC

1 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC

42 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas

15 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC

5 Columba's Mexican food

24 Community Table: Walk with a Doc

55 The Crazy Cucumber

58 Curly Tail Organic Farm

7 Dan the Baker LLC

52 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery

57 Fired Up Pizza

36 Florentine Legacy, LLC

31 Foraged & Sown

13 Franklinton Farms

37 The Fromagerie, Inc.

50 Gillogly Orchard

51 Gillogly Orchard

10 Gourmet Candy by Karen

17 Growlers Dog Bones

62 Honeyrun Farm

32 Hummavore - Fox Hollow Garden LLC

60 JNA BREAD BAKERY

54 Jorgensen Farms

18 Kennedy Farms

53 Kingdom Fish

47 Kombucha Bob's Kombu Tea

23 Lucky Cat Bakery

35 Market Sharpener

6 Mayhem Foods LLC

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

48 Rainbow Bee

14 Ramble Coffee

28 Raven Rocks Initiatives

64 Red Moon Ranch LLC

20 Rock Dove Farm

16 SaraBee Pure Honey

27 Scoop O' Granola

43 Silver Bridge Coffee Company

18 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese

34 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC

4 Stonefield Naturals

49 Sweet Thing Gourmet

12 Tiger Mushroom Farms

40 Tilley Farmstead

69 Tulip Cafe

29 Up the Lane Farm

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 Growlers Dog Bones

18 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese

18 Kennedy Farms

19 North Country Charcuterie

20 Rock Dove Farm

21 Weed Knob Acres

23 Lucky Cat Bakery

24 Community Table: Walk with a Doc

25 9N FARM

26 Onederings Lavender Farm

27 Scoop O' Granola

28 Raven Rocks Initiatives

29 Up the Lane Farm

30 Ohio City Pasta

31 Foraged & Sown

32 Hummavore - Fox Hollow Garden LLC

33 Ohio Farm Direct

34 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC

35 Market Sharpener

36 Florentine Legacy, LLC

37 The Fromagerie, Inc.

40 Tilley Farmstead

42 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas

43 Silver Bridge Coffee Company

44 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC

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

57 Fired Up Pizza

58 Curly Tail Organic Farm

60 JNA BREAD BAKERY

61 Ohio Bison Farm

62 Honeyrun Farm

63 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop

64 Red Moon Ranch LLC

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.

Cough, cough. Sniffle and Sneeze...Flu Season is Here!

Unfortunately, Dr. Matt is under the weather and will not be at the Market this week. Feel better soon, Dr. Matt!

Fever, chills,sweats, body and joint aches, headache, cough and respiratory congestion.

That might be the flu...So what can you do?

Act pre-emptively, if possible. Get 7-8 hours of sleep, nightly. Drink plenty of clean, mineral rich water daily. Eat nutrient-dense real, organic foods like brightly colored fruits and veggies; a minimum 8 servings daily. Consume nuts and/or seeds daily. And, meditate daily to manage daily stress which tends to dampen our immune function.

Additionally, add daily supplementation with high-dose vitamin C (1000-3000 mg) with each meal time, vitamin D (1000-5000 IU) daily in the wintertime (check blood levels annually), vitamin E (mixed tocopherols - 400-1200 IU/day) ,selenium (50 mcg/day) ,zinc (25 mg/day), niacin (500 -2000 mg/day), vitamin B 1-thiamine and probiotics daily. All have been shown to increase our resistance to influenza.(1,2,3)

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) Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, January 9, 2018,Influenza,And no, I am NOT getting a flu shot, Ralph Campbell, MD

2)Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, March 19, 2008,Vitamins Reduce the Duration and Severity of Influenza

3)Orthomolecular Medicine News Service, November 17, 2009,Flu, Viruses, and Vitamin C Megadoses: A Personal Statement, Robert G. Smith, PhD

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.

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 Ol Worthington Partnership.