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Update for Saturday Saturday May 12th

More locally grown items are appearing at the market.  Please see the update below for details.  

The folks from the Tribune Review visited the market the last two weeks and ran a nice article yesterday. In case you missed it, please check it out:

http://triblive.com/home/1512851-74/cheese-steak-asparagus-market-potatoes-heat-red-lemon-meat-milk

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The Update

Greenawalt Farm

Zang's Greenhouse... Special items for this week include locally grown asparagus, rhubarb and lettuce.  Rick will also have cooking greens (shipped in) and a variety of other vegetables.   He will also have potted flowers for Mothers Day and transplants.  

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies to the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.

PA Made Cheese- 

The big news this week is that Dave and Terry Rice, owners and proprieters of Clover Creek Cheese Cellar will be making a visit to the market.  They will be there from approximately 8:30 until 11:00 am.  They will be brining some photos of the farm and will certainly be prepared to toalk about how the milk is produced and the cheese is made.  We are really excited to have Dave and Terry visit us at the market since he has such a large following of fans who love Clover Creek products.  Please stop by and welcome them to our market.

Kew Park Coffee Bar- We have more locally roasted beans from Kew Park Coffee Estate in Jamaica.  

Summary of Produce Available

Veggies

• Potatoes
• PA Mushrooms
• Squash
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Carrots and other root vegetables
• Onions
• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Shallots
• Peppers- sweet and hot
• Garlic
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Turnips
• Broccoli
• Rhubarb
• Asparagus

Fruit

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Florida Citrus such as lemons, limes and oranges
• Grapes
• Other fruit such as berries

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Please visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.
 

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday Saturday May 5th

I just have a brief update for this week.  As I mentioned last week, we are all waiting for more locally grown items, but they are starting to  trickle in.  I am hearing from the farmers that this strange weather we are having is impacting many spring crops.  Here is an update on events at the market this Saturday.   A summary of the produce is at the bottom of the messsage. 

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The Update

Greenawalt Farm

Zang's Greenhouse... Special items for this week include locally grown asparagus.  Rick also will have a vegetable called kayland which he said is like broccoli rabe. He is hoping to have foraged Morels, but could not guarantee that.  Rick will also have cooking greens (shipped in) such as kale, collards and swiss chard.  

The Greek Gourmet- will have homemade spinach and meat pies to the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.

PA Made Cheese- Last Saturday we sold nearly all of the mushroom leek cheese from Common Folk Organics from Lancaster County.  I guess people liked it.  We got in lots of new cheese this week:

- Fresh curds from Arsenal Cheese
- Luddington Lace Swiss from God's Country Creamery
- Chev and Feta from Riverview Dairy

Also please note that Dave Rice from Clover Creek Cheese Cellar will be making a visit to the market next Saturday May 12th.  We are really excited to have Dave visit us at the market since he has such a large following of fans who love these cheese that he makes.  I will have more details next week.

Kew Park Coffee Bar- As many of you know, we have been out of dark roast for about a month now. The reason is that we are still in the process of transitioning to having beans roasted here locally vs., on the farm in Jamaica. I am happy to report that we will have both light and dark roast at the market this Saturday.  The beans were just roasted yesterday so will be very fresh.

Summary of Produce Available

Veggies

• Potatoes
• PA Mushrooms
• Squash
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Carrots and other root vegetables
• Onions
• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Shallots
• Peppers- sweet and hot
• Garlic
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Turnips
• Broccoli

Fruit

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Florida Citrus such as lemons, limes and oranges
• Grapes
• Other fruit such as berries

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Please visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.
 

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday April 28th

I just have a brief update for this week.  As I mentioned last week, we are all waiting for more locally grown items, but they are still trickling in slowly.  Here is an update on events at the market this Saturday.   A summary of the produce is at the bottom of the messsage. 

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The Update

Greenawalt Farm

Zang's Greenhouse... Special items for this week include locally foraged Morels, as well as Ramps  Zangs will also have local asparagus and micro greens.  Rick will also have cooking greens (shipped in) such as kale, collards and swiss chard.  Morels are a very special product.  Check out this web site.

http://thegreatmorel.com/

The Greek Gourmet-  Mike from the Greek Gourmet wanted me to let everyone know that he will continue to bring the homemade spinach and meat pies to the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.

PA Made Cheese- We will have a new cheese from Common Folk Organics from Lancaster County.  This is a mushroom and leek cheese.  Yum, check it out.

Kew Park Coffee Bar- We will have the last of tangerine juice of the season and orange and grapefruit juice.

Summary of Produce Available

Veggies

• Potatoes
• PA Mushrooms (including Morels)
• Squash
• Ramps
• Micro greens
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Carrots and other root vegetables
• Onions
• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Shallots
• Peppers- sweet and hot
• Garlic
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Turnips
• Broccoli

Fruit

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Florida Citrus such as lemons, limes and oranges
• Grapes
• Other fruit such as berries

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Please visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.
 

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday April 21st

Here is a brief update on events at the market this Saturday.   Just a few new additional items are noted below.  We are all waiting with anticipation for more locally grown items, but we are not quite there yet.  A summary of the produce is at the bottom of the messsage. 

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The Update

Greenawalt Farm

Zang's Greenhouse... Special items for this week include, local lettuce, and local micro greens.  Rick will also have cooking greens such as kale, collards and swiss chard and fresh cut basil.  Rick will have shipped in asparagus.  He told me local asparagas is right around the corner.

The Greek Gourmet-  Mike from the Greek Gourmet wanted me to let everyone know that he will continue to bring the homemade spinach and meat pies to the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Yum!

Kew Park Coffee Bar- Rick was able to get us one last box of tangerines, so we will have fresh tangerine juice for the next 2 weeeks.  They are extremely ripe and make excellent juice.

Summary of Produce Available

Veggies

• Potatoes
• Mushrooms
• Squash
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Carrots and other root vegetables
• Onions
• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Shallots
• Peppers- sweet and hot
• Garlic
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Turnips
• Broccoli

Fruit

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Florida Citrus such as lemons, limes and oranges
• Grapes
• Other fruit such as berries

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Please visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.
 

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.

Update for Saturday April 14th

Thanks to all who visited the market last Saturday.  We had a really great day.  Hopefully everyone who celebrated Easter had a great holiday.

Here is a brief update on events at the market this Saturday.   A summary of the produce is at the bottom of the messsage. 

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The Update

Building Improvements

The roof replacement project is complete!  We are still doing some clean-up work around the building.  We also completed the sink installation at the Kew Park Coffee Bar.  Stop by and check it out.

Zang's Greenhouse... Special items for this week include ramps, local lettuce, and local micro greens.  Rick will also have cooking greens such as kale, collards and swiss chard.  Rick will have shipped in asparagus.  He told me local asparagas is right around the corner.

The Greek Gourmet-  Mike from the Greek Gourmet wanted me to let everyone know that he will continue to bring the homemade spinach and meat pies to the market each week- in addition to 20+ flavors of hummus.  Yum!

Kew Park Coffee Bar- We are at the end of tangerine season. This means they are extremely ripe and juicy.  So stop by and have a glass of fresh squeezed tangerine before it is gone for another year.

Sumnmary of Produce Available

Veggies

• Potatoes
• Ramps
• Mushrooms
• Squash
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Celery
• Cucumbers
• Carrots and other root vegetables
• Onions
• Cauliflower
• Tomatoes
• Shallots
• Peppers- sweet and hot
• Garlic
• Lettuce
• Spinach
• Green beans
• Turnips
• Broccoli

Fruit

• Apples
• Bananas
• Pears
• Florida Citrus such as lemons, oranges and tangerines
• Grapes
• Other fruit such as berries

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Please visit the market's website for information on the market and all the vendors.  You can sign up for a weekly email update.
 

http://www.farmersmarketcooperativeofeastliberty.com/

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The Farmers' Market Cooperative of East Liberty is located at 344 North Sheridan Ave., adjacent to the Home Depot parking lot.  The market operates year round- and is open from 5 AM until 12 noon every Saturday of the year.