The market will open for the regular season from 11 to 2 on Friday and Tuesdays, beginning April 27, under the pavilion. The Saturday market will begin on May 12 from 9 to noon.http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gif
Applications, along with the market rules and policies are available here.
We are looking for a baker for Fridays (pies, cakes, cookies, country bread, etc.) The products must be prepared in a kitchen certified by the health department. We are also looking for a cheese vendor, as well as meat vendors for Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Questions should be directed to Eileen by email (eileennichols@sbcglobal.net) or by leaving a message at 417 483-8139.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Call for Proposals for Meals at the Market
The market is looking for meal vendors for its Friday and Tuesday lunches. To get the details, click hereBoth meals are served from 11 am to 1 pm each weeks. Vendors may submit proposals for either day or both, but must be for the full season. The food must be prepared in a kitchen certified by the health department and be handled at the market according to health department regulations.
Questions? Call or email Eileen - 417 483-8139 - eileennichols@sbcglobal.net
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Market this Friday
The Winter Market will be open Friday ( January 20) from 11 to 2 at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison.
Expected at the Winter Market on Friday:
• Our meat ranchers – beef, chicken, lamb, and pork.
• All the market’s bakers (American and European pastries, breads, pies, cakes, cookies and more)
• Eggs, raw honey, jam and jelly, pecan and raw food bar vendors
• Local produce expected includes broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potatoes.
Soup du Jour will serve two soups (Three Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Beef with Basil Noodles & Broccoli Soup) for eating on site or takeout. Small Cottage Roasters will sell roasted coffee beans as well as cups of freshly brewed coffee. The selection will be dark roast - Burundi Ngozi (which is pronounced “n GO zee”) and light roast - Honduras Octopeque (pronounced “aw-kaw-te-PE-ke”). That's our coffee vendor, Josh Moore, in the photo.
Expected at the Winter Market on Friday:
• Our meat ranchers – beef, chicken, lamb, and pork.
• All the market’s bakers (American and European pastries, breads, pies, cakes, cookies and more)
• Eggs, raw honey, jam and jelly, pecan and raw food bar vendors
• Local produce expected includes broccoli, cauliflower and sweet potatoes.
Soup du Jour will serve two soups (Three Cheese with Roasted Red Pepper Soup and Beef with Basil Noodles & Broccoli Soup) for eating on site or takeout. Small Cottage Roasters will sell roasted coffee beans as well as cups of freshly brewed coffee. The selection will be dark roast - Burundi Ngozi (which is pronounced “n GO zee”) and light roast - Honduras Octopeque (pronounced “aw-kaw-te-PE-ke”). That's our coffee vendor, Josh Moore, in the photo.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Christmas Holiday Market this Friday
Our first Christmas Holiday market is this Friday (12/23) from 11 to 1 at the Clubhouse. Vendors we're expecting:Broken Wire - sweet potatoes (& maybe a little other produce) & eggs
Shoal Creek - tomatoes, peppers, decorative gourds (that's their tomatoes in the photo - being snapped up by loyal customer Marilyn Clark)
Amos Apiaries - raw honey & honey products, woolen products
Black Forest Bakery - American & European baked goods
Arma Bakery - bread
Hazel's Bakery - pies, cakes, & other goodies
Soup du Jour - Glazed Sweet Potato with Ham soup & Italian Chicken Vegetable soup - eat-in with crackers & cobbler - $5 or take home a quart for $8.95
Howard Thompson - handcrafted cutting boards and pottery
Edith Bayless - handcrafted kitchen linens
Need to place an order? - check out the winter market sidebar or call Eileen at 483-8139.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Who's Coming to the Winter Market Friday?
The Winter Market will be open this Friday from 11 to 2 at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison. Vendors we are expecting:
Produce
Broken Wire + eggs (in photo above)
Fairhaven Gardens + pecans, jams, jellies, peanut & pecan brittle, & eggs
Shoal Creek Garden and Green House + gourd birdhouses
Bakers
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill
Meats
Sunny Lane
Madewell
Soup de Jour - for eat-in or take-away: Sloppy Joe Soup & Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Small Cottage Roasters - freshly roasted coffee beans and freshly brewed coffee by the cup
Raw Food Bars
Produce
Broken Wire + eggs (in photo above)
Fairhaven Gardens + pecans, jams, jellies, peanut & pecan brittle, & eggs
Shoal Creek Garden and Green House + gourd birdhouses
Bakers
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill
Meats
Sunny Lane
Madewell
Soup de Jour - for eat-in or take-away: Sloppy Joe Soup & Loaded Baked Potato Soup
Small Cottage Roasters - freshly roasted coffee beans and freshly brewed coffee by the cup
Raw Food Bars
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Free Growers Workshop
You're invited to a workshop on Wednesday, December 7, from 2 to 4 pm at the New-Mac Electric Co-op, 12105 E. Highway 86, Neosho, MO 64850. (Use the west door)
Topics -
Patrick Byers, U of Mo Extension horticulturist, will talk about irrigation
Dr. Jaime Piñero, Missouri's integrated pest management specialist, will speak on - you guessed it! - pest management
Shon Bishop, our new 2501 Assistant Program Educator, Horticulture Specialist Cooperative Extension, will be on hand.
We will also be talking about farming challenges of the 2011 season and topics that growers want training on this winter and spring. Hmong translation will be provided.
For more information, contact Eileen at 417 483-1839.
Topics -
Patrick Byers, U of Mo Extension horticulturist, will talk about irrigation
Dr. Jaime Piñero, Missouri's integrated pest management specialist, will speak on - you guessed it! - pest management
Shon Bishop, our new 2501 Assistant Program Educator, Horticulture Specialist Cooperative Extension, will be on hand.
We will also be talking about farming challenges of the 2011 season and topics that growers want training on this winter and spring. Hmong translation will be provided.
For more information, contact Eileen at 417 483-1839.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
Winter Market - Friday, November 18
We expect the following vendors at the market this Friday. It runs from 11 to 2 at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison.
Produce
Broken Wire - broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, acorn squash
Shoal Creek Garden and Green House - bell peppers, green beans, turnips
Fair Haven - beets, turnips, green beans, pecans, jams, jellies, eggs
Meats
Sunny Lane - beef, chicken, lamb
Madewell - pork
Baked goods
Hazel's Bakery (that's some of their pies in the photo)
Arma Home Bakery
Black Forest
Redings Mill Bread Company
Other
Small Cottage Coffee - freshly roasted coffee beans from Columbia & Ethiopia, also fresh brewed - enjoy a cup at the market
Soup du Jour - Chicken Enchilada Soup and Greek Potato Soup for eat in or take out
Raw food bars
Crafters
Birdhouses & crosses
Aprons, tea towels & more
Produce
Broken Wire - broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, sweet potatoes, acorn squash
Shoal Creek Garden and Green House - bell peppers, green beans, turnips
Fair Haven - beets, turnips, green beans, pecans, jams, jellies, eggs
Meats
Sunny Lane - beef, chicken, lamb
Madewell - pork
Baked goods
Hazel's Bakery (that's some of their pies in the photo)
Arma Home Bakery
Black Forest
Redings Mill Bread Company
Other
Small Cottage Coffee - freshly roasted coffee beans from Columbia & Ethiopia, also fresh brewed - enjoy a cup at the market
Soup du Jour - Chicken Enchilada Soup and Greek Potato Soup for eat in or take out
Raw food bars
Crafters
Birdhouses & crosses
Aprons, tea towels & more
Friday, October 28, 2011
Tomorrow - Saturday at the Market
Breakfast benefits the charities of the Andy Brown Memorial Scholarship - served from 9 to 11.
Erik Brown plays from 9:30 to 11:30.
Produce:
Broken Wire
The Lee Family
Mai Lor
Nature Valley Farm
Shoal Creek Gardens
Bakers
Redings Mill
Hazel's Bakery
Raw Food Bars
Crafters -
Edith's kitchen linens
The Other Log Furniture
See you at the market!!
Erik Brown plays from 9:30 to 11:30.
Produce:
Broken Wire
The Lee Family
Mai Lor
Nature Valley Farm
Shoal Creek Gardens
Bakers
Redings Mill
Hazel's Bakery
Raw Food Bars
Crafters -
Edith's kitchen linens
The Other Log Furniture
See you at the market!!
Thursday, October 27, 2011
At the Market tomorrow (Friday)
Lunch – Chicken Noodle Soup or Turkey with Wild Rice Soup, plus crackers and cobbler - $5
Music by Bailed Green and Wired Tight
Produce:
Broken Wire + roasted peppers
Fairhaven Gardens + jams & jellies + eggs
Nhao Hang
The Lee Family
Mai Ker Lor
Lucy Moua
Pates Orchard + jams & jellies (they're bringing lots of tomatoes & green beans!)Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley
Shoal Creek Gardens
Zoua Yang
Meats
Sunny Lane - lamb, beef & chicken
Bakeries
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill Breads
Soups - Soup du Jour
Music by Bailed Green and Wired Tight
Produce:
Broken Wire + roasted peppers
Fairhaven Gardens + jams & jellies + eggs
Nhao Hang
The Lee Family
Mai Ker Lor
Lucy Moua
Pates Orchard + jams & jellies (they're bringing lots of tomatoes & green beans!)Maria Vang
Nhai Xiong
Nature Valley
Shoal Creek Gardens
Zoua Yang
Meats
Sunny Lane - lamb, beef & chicken
Bakeries
Arma Bakery
Black Forest
Hazel's Bakery
Redings Mill Breads
Soups - Soup du Jour
Webb City Sentinel column - 10-28-11
It’s hard for me to believe that this is the last weekend of the regular market season and that this is the last column for the year. We’ll still keep you posted about Winter Market happenings in the Sentinel’s Neighborhood section.
Perhaps the reason the season’s end has crept up on me is the fact that I was gone two months of the high season, enjoying my new granddaughter (how could that not be a pleasure? Just see the photo of Madeleine with me and my mother taken last month!). That’s also the reason I can’t go through my usual thank yous this year. So many people stepped in to help while I was gone that I’d surely miss someone. But you know who you are – how can our volunteers forget with their market experience seared into their memory by one of the hottest summers on records?
And a hot summer it was. June was over 6 degrees hotter than usual with an average high of 91 degrees. Then came July with an average high of 100, 11 degrees higher than normal. August cooled off with an average high of 96, some 5 degrees higher than normal. Amazingly our farmers and customers soldiered through the heat, presenting a remarkably full market when other markets, especially to the west, were withering and closing.
Of course, our total sales for the year will be impacted by the weather. Losing most of our corn crop dramatically reduced sales for a couple of our farms and almost every farm was touched by reduced tomato sales. (Tomatoes just won’t set their fruit in that much heat no matter how much water you pour on them, and I can tell you from our farm visits that our farmers were running their pumps constantly.) Still when the numbers are in, it looks like our total market sales will only be down about 6% from last year. We had less produce to sell, but market sales were boosted by the return of Hazel’s Bakery and the addition of LOMAH cheese.
What looks to be the most significant factor in sales in 2011 was not the heat and drought, but another weather event that we hope never ever comes again – the May 22 tornado.
Sales in June were down 25% over the previous June. That’s not a surprise with so many of our Joplin customers homeless or in severe distress and no doubt many others caring for friends and relatives and helping with the recovery efforts. So at the market, we tightened our belts and sent excess produce over to Joplin. Our farmers continued that effort through much of the summer and geared back up last week to help Suzanne’s health food store feed the vegetarians involved in the Extreme Build effort. The opportunity to help was a silver lining that we were glad to grasp in such hard times.
Lest you think the season is over because of all this review, let me tell you about this weekend. Today, lunch is a choice of chicken noodle soup or turkey with wild rice soup, plus crackers and cobbler for $5. Bailed Green and Wired Tight play.
Tomorrow we’ll serve our last Saturday benefit breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs to order and juice or coffee. All the profits go to the Andy Brown Memorial Scholarship. His scholarship goes each year to a graduating senior in the Webb City school district who is in need of financial assistance to continue his or her schooling at a college, university or trade school. The scholarship is administered by the R-7 Foundation. Andy graduated from Webb City High and MSSC. He died in a motorcycle collision on September 26, 1998, at the age of 22. Andy was one of my kids at Central United Methodist and I really miss him. I’d consider it a personal favor if you’d support his scholarship by joining us for breakfast tomorrow.
Andy’s scholarship provides an apt end to this season which has been a time of joy, striving, generosity and success, tinged with great sadness. I hope you can join with us in celebrating this year despite the sadness. We look forward to a happy season of Winter Markets, supplying your needs for the table and for holiday giving.
The Winter Market begins next Friday at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison. We’ll be open from 11 to 2, rain or shine.
Perhaps the reason the season’s end has crept up on me is the fact that I was gone two months of the high season, enjoying my new granddaughter (how could that not be a pleasure? Just see the photo of Madeleine with me and my mother taken last month!). That’s also the reason I can’t go through my usual thank yous this year. So many people stepped in to help while I was gone that I’d surely miss someone. But you know who you are – how can our volunteers forget with their market experience seared into their memory by one of the hottest summers on records?
And a hot summer it was. June was over 6 degrees hotter than usual with an average high of 91 degrees. Then came July with an average high of 100, 11 degrees higher than normal. August cooled off with an average high of 96, some 5 degrees higher than normal. Amazingly our farmers and customers soldiered through the heat, presenting a remarkably full market when other markets, especially to the west, were withering and closing.
Of course, our total sales for the year will be impacted by the weather. Losing most of our corn crop dramatically reduced sales for a couple of our farms and almost every farm was touched by reduced tomato sales. (Tomatoes just won’t set their fruit in that much heat no matter how much water you pour on them, and I can tell you from our farm visits that our farmers were running their pumps constantly.) Still when the numbers are in, it looks like our total market sales will only be down about 6% from last year. We had less produce to sell, but market sales were boosted by the return of Hazel’s Bakery and the addition of LOMAH cheese.
What looks to be the most significant factor in sales in 2011 was not the heat and drought, but another weather event that we hope never ever comes again – the May 22 tornado.
Sales in June were down 25% over the previous June. That’s not a surprise with so many of our Joplin customers homeless or in severe distress and no doubt many others caring for friends and relatives and helping with the recovery efforts. So at the market, we tightened our belts and sent excess produce over to Joplin. Our farmers continued that effort through much of the summer and geared back up last week to help Suzanne’s health food store feed the vegetarians involved in the Extreme Build effort. The opportunity to help was a silver lining that we were glad to grasp in such hard times.
Lest you think the season is over because of all this review, let me tell you about this weekend. Today, lunch is a choice of chicken noodle soup or turkey with wild rice soup, plus crackers and cobbler for $5. Bailed Green and Wired Tight play.
Tomorrow we’ll serve our last Saturday benefit breakfast of biscuits and gravy, sausage, eggs to order and juice or coffee. All the profits go to the Andy Brown Memorial Scholarship. His scholarship goes each year to a graduating senior in the Webb City school district who is in need of financial assistance to continue his or her schooling at a college, university or trade school. The scholarship is administered by the R-7 Foundation. Andy graduated from Webb City High and MSSC. He died in a motorcycle collision on September 26, 1998, at the age of 22. Andy was one of my kids at Central United Methodist and I really miss him. I’d consider it a personal favor if you’d support his scholarship by joining us for breakfast tomorrow.
Andy’s scholarship provides an apt end to this season which has been a time of joy, striving, generosity and success, tinged with great sadness. I hope you can join with us in celebrating this year despite the sadness. We look forward to a happy season of Winter Markets, supplying your needs for the table and for holiday giving.
The Winter Market begins next Friday at the Clubhouse, 115 North Madison. We’ll be open from 11 to 2, rain or shine.
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