Just a reminder that we have an entirely new look for our website. It is crisp, clean and contemporary and filled with animated slide shows and photos of all of the gorgeous things that are available at our market for you to purchase, enjoy and experience. Check out this link: SWEFM Website!
Greenstein Farms is bringing their sustainably raised farm fresh bacon and ham to the market. Also, they will have boneless leg of lamb & lamb shoulder chops ON SALE! Greenstein farm humanely raises lamb, pork and beef on their family farm near Camrose.
Holden's Colony has a has a new crop of Clover honey to bring to market. Eli said they have fresh honey from their 40 hives that are surrounded by seed clover.
Riverbend Gardens is bringing their famous sweet corn to the market. This corn is grown on a 3rd generation family farm located in NE Edmonton, and travels less than 50 km from farm to SWEFM. Now that's local!momstown will be back at the info tent doing a craft with the young children who come to our market. This week, they'll be making rock art. It's sure to be lots of fun!
Farmstead Bath and Body Lisa, of Farmstead Bath & Body packs a little bit of their farm into each bar of soap. Together, Lisa and her husband have farmed for twenty-two seasons on their property near Boyle, Alberta. According to Lisa, their farm includes a little bit of it all, “cows, hay, grain, oil seeds, horses, sheep, chickens, llamas, emus, ducks...you name it, we enjoy it!”
Remember, if you see something on the lists below that you especially want to seek out, stop by the info tent. There we have a large map of the site that shows where vendors are located and we have volunteers who can direct you to help you find those treasured items.
Fresh vegetables & fruits in season, and available now at this week's market:
The BC fruit trucks are bringing a wealth of gorgeous fruit. This week expect to see:
- Apples (Galas, Macs, Pink Ladies)
- Dehydrated apples, sparkling cider, 100% pure apple juice
- Apricots
- Blueberries
- Cherries (dark cherries & yellow Rainers)
- Coronation grapes (the seedless wine grapes, small & dark & ever so flavour-filled)
- Currants, red & black
- Nectarines
- Peaches
- Pears (green & red)
- Plums (yellow & purple & Dinosaur's egg)
- Raspberries
- Saskatoons (fresh saskatoons are no longer available, but frozen ones are)
- Strawberries
- Watermelon
- Basil (fresh cut & plants)
- Broccoli (First of the Season!!)
- Beans... yellow & green & purple, field & hothouse long (incredibly, the purple beans change colour when you steam them or plop them in boiling water, going from purple to green... the second they're green, they're done!)
- Beets (red, purple & golden)
- Butternut squashes
- Cabbages (green & purple, round and conical)
- Carrots
- Cauliflower (white, purple, yellow and the wonderfully whimsical Romanesco)
- Corn - sweet corn
- Cucumbers, field & hothouse, small pickling, small snacking, long English, and large field cukes
- Dill, long stalks & flowers (perfect for new potatoes & making dill pickles)
- Eggplants (long purple & yellow and small green oriental)
- Fennel
- Garlic
- Heirloom tomatoes
- Herb plants (thyme, basil, oregano, parsley, mint, sage, rosemary, dill, sorrel)
- Kale
- Kohlrabi (purple & green)
- Lettuces (romaine, green leaf lettuce, red leaf lettuce, butter lettuce)
- Leeks
- Onions (large field onions, red onions, small spring onions, chives)
- Pattypan Squashes (mini yellow or green squashes, great for sautéing)
- Peas
- Peppers (small & large orange, yellow, red & green bell peppers, sweet thin-walled long red cubanelle peppers, red spicy chiles, mildly spicy green jalepeños, hot banana peppers, extremely hot wee little orange habeñeros)
- Potatoes (golden, white, purple, red)... don't forget to pick up fresh dill to go with them.
- Romaine
- Scapes (garlic tops) & fresh garlic
- Swiss chard (it comes in three colours: rhubarb red, peppermint stick pink and golden yellow)
- Summer Squashes (Zucchini and yellow summer squashes)
- Tomatoes, field & hothouse (large, small & on the vine red, the wonderfully flavourful & meaty green & red striped mini zebras, heirloom varieties, Romas, Big Uglies, etc.)
PLUS…
- Delectable gourmet chocolate bars, chocolate dipped marshmallows, cocoa covered almonds and pecan clusters from Violet Chocolates.
- A variety of artisan breads, cinnamon buns, cinnamon breads, pies, muffins, sweet loaves, gluten-free loaves & baking, cupcakes, bagels, homemade cookies, cakes & other finger-licking good baked treats throughout the market
- Unbelievably authentic & delicious French style croissants (with chocolate inside, or with real raspberries)
- Brioche with raisins & coconut palm sugar crumble or with orange blossom and a hint of anise
- A wide assortment of flavours of banana bread
- Fresh & frozen meats (beef, bison, pork, chicken, lamb)
- Farm-fresh eggs
- Jarred pickles (cucumber pickles, dill pickles, pickled eggs, pickled beets)
- Dehydrated garlic powder
- Fresh raw honey & bee pollen (Want to know more about bee pollen? Click here.)
- Specialty gelatos (great in this blistering summer heat!) They're packed on dry ice at the market, so they easily make the trip home without melting.
- Greek dips (humus, tzatziki, spicy feta & red pepper) and specialty Greek food items
- Melodies Kitchen is away, their delicious Turkish Foods (from savoury pastries and dinner items to sweet dessert treats) will not be available.
- Korean Foods (green onion cakes, kimchi, bulgogi as ready to go meals )
- Indian Foods (naan & butter chicken as ready to go meals, Samosas, Indian cookies & salty snacks)
- Thai Foods (frozen & ready for your weekday meals)
- Ready-made meals and spice mixes and other items perfect for the BBQ season
- Packages of spices ready for appetizer dips or wine slushes
- Smoked meats (sausages, pepperonis, sandwich meats, jerkies)
- Perogies
- Jams & jellies & condiments to compliment everything from your toast through to your meats and fish
- Sweet treats like cookies, mini cupcakes, snow cones & soft ice-cream to eat on the spot
- Gourmet chocolate bars and truffles in fabulously inventive flavours
- Gourmet Doughnuts (Moonshine Doughnuts)
- Kettle Popcorn
- Jewellery this week (necklaces, earrings, bracelets from Jewels By Amy, Gypsy Bird and Three Muffin Top Charms)
- Beautiful, one of a kind cheese platters made out of wine bottles (Shilo's Glass)
- Specialty soap and bath products (Farmstead Bath & Body)
- Bath & body items (lip balms, bath bombs, body creams)
- the ATM will be in the centre of the market, beside Yellowbird Food Truck, should you need access to a banking machine
- Barring high winds (forecasted at over 25km/hr and wild weather, the inflatable slide will be BACK on site
- The balloon busker will be at the market, creating lively, fun designs out of his rainbow of coloured balloons.
- The Dolphin Lady facepainter will be at the market, creating incredible works of art on wee little faces
- momstown will be at the SWEFM Info tent doing crafts with the kids that they're sure to enjoy, free of charge.
- And as always, there are plenty
of curbs and rocks to balance on along the avenue of trees that goes
down the centre of our market!
- Sailin' On (vegan),
- Bully (gourmet comfort food)
- Yellow Bird (Japanese fusion)
- Fat Franks (gourmet hotdogs, sausages & smokies)
- Butcher's Bus (sausage on a bun, pierogies & soft ice cream cones)
- Pink Kernel (snow cones, mini donuts, popped carnival corn, cotton candy)
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Contributed by Melisa Zapisocky
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Contributed by Melisa Zapisocky
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