Market preview July 2nd & 5th

The Indiana County Farmers' Market is scheduled this week for both Wednesday, July 2 AND Saturday, July 5.  We hope to see everyone at the market Wednesday to pick up some yummy goodies and produce for the Fourth of July on Friday! And bring any family and friends in town for the holiday weekend to the market Saturday morning!  Mark your calendars for Nap's Cucina Mia food demonstration that will be at the market Saturday, July 12.  That same Saturday also plan on bringing the kids to enjoy the Indiana Free Library's story time at the market!!  We hope you all have a wonderful holiday weekend and we hope to see you at the market on Wednesday and Saturday!

Vendors expected at the market this week!

3 Ponds Farm

Country Bread Barn
Eight Maples Farm 
Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery
GG Soap and Bath Products 
Healthy Harvest Gardener's 
Home Made Ice Cream (Wednesday only)
Jeffery Stauffer
Laney's Produce
Milk & Honey Bake Shoppe
Natalie's Goodies
Peterson Produce
Yarnick's Farm 
*note, not all of our vendors are listed as some will come later in the season once their crops are ready, check out the Vendor page to see our complete list*

Saturday's Event Schedule:

Our artisan, community, kid's, and musician tent are going to be vacant Saturday July 5th because our coordinator is on vacation, but there will be still be a wonderful market day!

Check out this delicious recipe
http://rosemarried.com/2012/11/09/roasted-carrot-and-black-bean-tacos-with-cilantro-carrot-green-chimichurri/

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Looking forward to seeing you at the market!

June 25 & 28 Market Preview

Tomatoes, potatoes,
& canned goods
Jeff's Produce

Last week brought a variety of weather during our market days, with Wednesday being beautiful and Saturday being another wet, chilly, & rainy morning!  Wednesday we had another large crowd, showing us that our new location is turning into quite the success!  Saturday we had to cancel our live food demonstration by Nap's Cucina Mia due to the weather, but the food demo is rescheduled for Saturday, July 12, mark your calendar (that's also a FULL day of events at the market)!  Let's hope for clear skies for both of our markets this week, and hopefully we see a larger crowd for Saturday!!

This week brings a new artist & musician group as well as a booked Community Tent. There will be no Kid's Tent this week. 
I will be out of town for a week starting this Saturday through Saturday, July 5, so the Kid's Tent will be absent for two weeks, sorry! We also did not scheduled the other tents, Artisan/Musician/Community, for Saturday July 5 due to the holiday weekend.  I will do my best to try and update the blog/newsletter/facebook page while I'm away, but note that the market is still going on even if you don't receive updates!!

Wednesday market favorite!

Vendors expected at the market this week!

3 Ponds Farm

Country Bread Barn
Eight Maples Farm 
Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery
GG Soap and Bath Products 
Healthy Harvest Gardener's 
Home Made Ice Cream (Wednesday only)
Jeffery Stauffer
Laney's Produce
Milk & Honey Bake Shoppe
Natalie's Goodies
Peterson Produce
Yarnick's Farm 
*note, not all of our vendors are listed as some will come later in the season once their crops are ready, check out the Vendor page to see our complete list* (Check out GG Soap and Bath Products new vendor page to read their bio!)

Christopher Myers

Saturday's Event Schedule:

Community Tent: SNAP Outreach--SNAP Outreach coordinator Amber Book
Artisan Tent: Christopher Myers
Musician Tent: The Signature Vibe





Here's a brief list of some of the produce you'll find available at the market this week:
asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, lettuce, greens, mint, herbs, carrots, radishes, kohlrabi, onions, beets, spinach, tomatoes, flowers, farm fresh eggs, pastries, and more!!

Strawberry hanging basket
3 Ponds Farm

*Strawberry season is coming to an end, buy some when you can! It's been a short season for these tasty berries due to our harsh winter and wet springtime weather*

Check out this delicious recipe for rhubarb bread, a great breakfast bread that we've been gobbling up all week!
Rhubarb Bread
And did you know that you can grill beets? Check out this quick and easy recipe for grilled beets, I've substituted feta cheese for ricotta, and I think goat cheese would go well too!
Grilled Beets
This recipe uses a handful of market produce from kale to tomatoes to onions, the fresher the better!
Kale & Tomato Pasta

If you wish to receive our weekly newsletter, with market previews, recipes, articles, and more please send us an email to indianafarmmarket@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you at the market!

June 18 & 21 Market Preview

YMCA at the Kid's Tent our first Saturday

It's hard to believe this is already our third week in our 2014 season!  Our second Saturday was not as busy as we hoped, most likely due to the unusually chilly and rain threatening weather, but we hope this week brings warmer sun filled days!!

Healthy Harvest Gardener Michael Scott joined in
with our musicians last Saturday!

This week brings a new artist & musician, a IRMC dietitian featured in the Kid's Tent, and a LIVE FOOD DEMONSTRATION & samples at Saturday's market by Nap's Cucina Mia chef Nick Karas.  Last year when Karas prepared the live food demo it was quite the treat and crowd pleaser, so we are excited to see what delicious creation he comes up with this Saturday!
New to Wednesday's market for this week, we will be featuring returning artisan Chere Winnek-Shawer in our Artisan Tent.

Vendors expected at the market this week!

3 Ponds Farm

Country Bread Barn
Eight Maples Farm 
Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery
GG Soap and Bath Products 
Healthy Harvest Gardener's (Saturday only)
Home Made Ice Cream (Wednesday only)
Jeffery Stauffer
Laney's Produce
Natalie's Goodies
Peterson Produce
Yarnick's Farm 
*note, not all of our vendors are listed as some will come later in the season once their crops are ready, check out the Vendor page to see our complete list* (Check out The Milk & Honey Bake Shoppe, Inc.'s new vendor page to read their bio!)

Winnek-Shawer

Wednesday's Event Schedule:

Artisan:  Chere Winnek-Shawer

Miller

Saturday's Event Schedule:

Kid's Tent: IRMC Dietitian with healthy lifestyle handouts and activities, Lori Smith

Community Tent: Live Food Demonstration and Samples by Nap's Cucina Mia chef Nick Karas
Artisan Tent: Crystal Miller
Musician Tent: Alyssa Hankey

Here's a brief list of some of the produce you'll find available at the market this week:
asparagus, strawberries, rhubarb, lettuce, greens, mint, herbs, carrots, radishes, kohlrabi, onions, beets, spinach, tomatoes, flowers, farm fresh eggs, pastries, and more!!
Buy some of the produce above and try out some of these seasonally tasty recipes below:


Asparagus Frittata  
Spring Spinach Salad
Spinach Quiche

If you wish to receive our weekly newsletter, with market previews, recipes, articles, and more please send us an email to indianafarmmarket@gmail.com.

Looking forward to seeing you at the market!

June 11 and 14 Farmers' Market

****Please Remember, our Wednesday market has relocated to the parking lot across from the Kovalchick Complex along Wayne Avenue and starts Wednesday, June 11th from 3:30-5:30*****


Our opening day was a great success, we had a steady crowd (something unexpected for our first market day), a wonderfully diverse crowd of vendors, live music, a featured artisan, and a lot of activity at our Kid's Tent!  This week is looking to be just as exciting!  Wednesday is our first day at our new Wednesday location along Wayne Avenue across from the KCAC.  Our market on Wednesday runs from 3:30-5:30, and Home Made Ice Cream truck will be at our Wednesday market!!

Saturday the 14th we will have a full schedule in our Community Tent, Musician Tent, Artisan Tent, and Kid's Tent too!  Excited to see you at our new Wednesday location and again this Saturday!

Vendors expected at the market this week!
3 Ponds Farm
Country Bread Barn
Eight Maples Farm 
Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery
GG Soap and Bath Products 
Healthy Harvest Gardener's
Home Made Ice Cream (Wednesday only)
Jeffery Stauffer
Laney Produce
Milk and Honey Bake Shoppe (Saturday only)
Natalie's Goodies
Peterson Produce
Yarnick's Farm 
*note, not all of our vendors are listed as some will come later in the season once their crops are ready, check out the Vendor page to see our complete list*

Here's what you can expect in our tents for Saturday:

Welcome/Kid's Tent you will find some educational handouts, recipe cards, and Indiana Community Garden members Kay Snyder and Tom Nowak with their infamous worm vermicompost, be ready to play in the dirt with the wiggly worms!!

Community Tent, which has been donated by Downtown Indiana, will feature GMO Action Network!
Artisan Tent, which has been donated by the Center for Community Growth, will feature Tyler Rahl.
Musician Tent, which has been donated by The Downtown Theater, will Sean Howard!

Remember to check out the Calendar of Events page to see who will be coming each week to our tents, and to check out our Vendor page to read a bio on our old and new vendors!

If you wish to receive our weekly newsletter, which is sent out at the beginning of each week to remind you of the upcoming market, list our events for that week, and includes recipes and farm/environment related articles, please send us an email at indianafarmmarket@gmail.com telling us to add you to our mailing list!  Thanks, and looking forward to seeing YOU at the market!!!!!!

2014 Season Opener: June 7th & 11th

It's finally here! The 2014 season of the Indiana County Farmers' Market starts THIS SATURDAY, June 7 at 9 AM in the S&T parking lot located on 8th and Church Streets!  This season is promising to be exciting, eventful, community-oriented, and fun for the entire family and all your friends!  We have six new vendors this season, ranging from farmers, soap makers, and bakers, and four new tents devoted to diversifying the market by making it a destination each week!


****Please Remember, our Wednesday market has relocated to the parking lot across from the Kovalchick Complex along Wayne Avenue and starts Wednesday, June 11th from 3:30-5:30*****

Vendors for our opening days (Saturday 7th and Wednesday 11th):
3 Ponds Farm
Country Bread Barn
Eagle Run Farm
Eight Maples Farm 
Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery
GG Soap and Bath Products (starting Wednesday)
Home Made Ice Cream (Wednesday only)
Jeffery Stauffer
Laney Produce
Milk and Honey Bake Shoppe (Saturday only)
Natalie's Goodies
Peterson Produce
Yarnick's Farm 
*note, not all of our vendors are listed as some will come later in the season once their crops are ready, check out the Vendor page to see our complete list*

Here's what you can expect in our tents for the first Saturday:

Welcome/Kid's Tent you will find some educational handouts, recipe cards, finger painting for kids and adults (we are going to have our customers use their hands to make our table cloth for the Kid's table!!), and the YMCA will be there providing fun, physical activities for our children customers!

Ashely Bouton

Community Tent, which has been donated by Downtown Indiana, will feature The Center for Community Growth, advertising for their upcoming and final film of their season!
Artisan Tent, which has been donated by the Center for Community Growth, will feature Ashely Bouton, an Indiana native and IUP Master of Arts student, who's work focuses on expressive and abstract paintings.
Musician Tent, which has been donated by The Downtown Theater, will feature theater manager himself, Sean Howard!

Remember to check out the Calendar of Events page to see who will be coming each week to our tents, and to check out our Vendor page to read a bio on our old and new vendors!

If you wish to receive our weekly newsletter, which is sent out at the beginning of each week to remind you of the upcoming market, list our events for that week, and includes recipes and farm/environment related articles, please send us an email at indianafarmmarket@gmail.com telling us to add you to our mailing list!  Thanks, and looking forward to seeing YOU at the market!!!!!!