The market will be open tomorrow from 9 to
noon, enclosed and heated as usual. What’s not been usual until recently is the
wide selection of meats at the market. Sunny Lane Farm has added pork to their selection
of beef, chicken and lamb. Nancy said she’d always wanted to raise pigs. I have
to admit that raising pigs has never been on my list. In fact, please don’t
make me raise pigs! Isn’t it lovely that
we all have different dreams? Nancy is
now living her dream (and as I write this I am in lovely Hawaii with my family
so I’m pretty happy too.)
Penn Acres has added Cornish hens to their
offerings. Center Creek Farm has pheasant. So we have
beef, chicken, lamb,
pork, Cornish hen and pheasant – all humanely raised. Talk to the ranchers for
details on how the animals are raised and what benefits you enjoy from eating
sustainably raised meats.
Breakfast tomorrow is biscuit and gravy,
sausage, scrambled eggs and hash brown casserole. Stewart’s Bakery will have
meatloaf and oven brown potatoes for eat-in or take-away for $5. Add some salad
fixings for a lovely nutritious Sunday dinner.
Richard Hugh Roberts will sing from the Great
American Songbook again tomorrow.
There should be a good selection of produce as
we are expecting eight farms – 417 Produce, Braker Berry Farm, Center Creek
Farm, Harmony Hill Farm, Nature Valley Farm, Oakwoods Farm, Troyer Vegetables
(that means little Lance will be there with dog biscuits) and Xiong Farm. We
should have farm fresh eggs from four farms, baked goods, freshly roasted
coffee beans, kettle corn, food bars, goat milk soaps, and more.
We are making plans for the regular season
which begins on Earth Day, April 22. That will be our first Cooking for a
Cause, the fund-raising breakfast on Saturdays. We have a few openings for new
non-profits. Funds must be used for public causes. In other words, my own
church Central United Methodist signs up for a Saturday but the money raised
doesn’t go to a church-only project like repairing the roof or funding a mission
trip, instead it goes to our regional food pantry Crosslines. If you have a
cause you’d like to support, send me an email at eileennichols@sbcglobal.net.
On the last Saturday in May we begin our Free
Kids Summer Meals. We’ll be serving those meals – loaded with local produce – at
every market - on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday this year and we will need
lots of help. If you’d like to volunteer for a couple of hours once a week,
once a month or just once, email me. We’d especially like to recruit groups of
three or four who would sign up for a regular day of the week or month – groups
like churches, businesses, clubs or just friends. Many hands make light work. (that's Chase handing out silverware at the kids meals last summer)
It’s going to be another great year at the
market but don’t wait for April. It’s already Market Time. See you tomorrow.
