This Week: Apples, watermelon salad samples, flower bouquets, and more!

Posted August 30, 2012 at 12:52 pm

 

Labor Day Weekend at the Market!

This weekend, celebrate workers across the US by supporting the farmers that bring delicious local produce to our city neighborhood. Stop by Saturday to see a cooking demonstration featuring fresh market watermelon and tomatoes and get ideas for Labor Day dishes. On Tuesday, stock up on fruits and veggies for school lunches. Look for our new “Share the Harvest” donation box to donate your extra produce to families in need.

What’s Available?

This Saturday find:

~Sweet corn, raspberries, melons, pears, Brussels sprouts, cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, potatoes, apples, carrots, okra, spinach, beets, zucchini, squash blossoms, squash, kale, kohlrabi, broccoli, green beans, cauliflower, cabbage, herbs, meat, eggs, jams and jellies, artisan bread, lamb, cheese, butter, yogurt, honey, flower bouquets
~Coffee, scones, cookies, tacos, breakfast sandwiches, fruit tarts, omelets, arepas, tamales, iced tea, soda, hamburgers, brats
~Handmade hula hoops, ceramics, children’s clothing, aprons, and jewelry

 

This Tuesday find:

~Sweet corn, tomatoes, melons, potatoes, raspberries, beets, Brussels sprouts, okra, eggplant, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, kale, broccoli, apples, honey, grapes, lettuce, kohlrabi, cabbage, cauliflower, herbs, flower bouquets, artisan bread, jams and jellies
~Brats and hamburgers

 

This week at the market: 

Saturday, September 1st

 

Community Tables:
Master Gardeners
WAMM

 

Market Musicians:
9:00-11:00 Roe Family Singers
11:00-1:00 Joe, Chad, Sam, and Rina

 

Midtown Flavors Cooking Demonstration:
9:00am Watermelon Salad and Panzeanella (Tuscan Bread and Tomato Salad) with Lisa McDonald and Barb Melom.
The Midtown Flavors demo tent will be located at the end of the market’s middle row.

 

Thanks to this week’s sponsors:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tuesday, September 4th

 

Community Table:
1 Mississippi

 

Market Musicians:
5:00-7:00pm: Mississippi Mud Steppas

 

Share the Harvest

Donate Locally-grown Produce to Families in Need

Share the Harvest is a new program allowing gardeners and farmers market shoppers to contribute locally-grown produce to Sisters’ Camelot, a reputable local organization that offers free produce and free meals to hungry Minneapolis residents through its colorful mobile food share bus.

Share the Harvest will accept your donation at the Midtown Farmers Market. Find the main market table and the “Share the Harvest” donation box. Donate produce you’ve purchased at the farmers market or produce you’ve grown at home without the use of chemicals. Sisters’ Camelot will take it from there!

Share the Harvest is a project of the Corcoran Neighborhood Organization as part of its Healthy Living in Corcoran Project, but folks from any neighborhood are welcome to participate. Healthy Living in Corcoran is supported by the Minneapolis Department of Health and Family Support with a Community Transformation Grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.