Celebrate International Kitchen Garden Day 2008, Aug 24!
The following is taken from the Kitchen Gardeners International website: http://www.kitchengardeners.org/2005/10/kitchen_garden.html
“At KGI, we have a vision. We see a world where people eat food that is not only fresh, local, and healthy, but lip-smacking delicious! We believe that there is no food more local, more healthy, or more pleasurable than the food we make ourselves. The act of growing and preparing some of what we eat, even a small part, connects us not only with our food and the land, but with other people at home and abroad who are engaged in the same quest for health, flavor, and a sense of community.
Kitchen Garden Day is an annual, decentralized celebration of food produced on a human-scale. It is an opportunity for people around the world to gather in their gardens with friends, family, and members of their local community to celebrate the multiple pleasures and benefits of home-grown, hand-made foods.”
Not much to add, other than what better place to be than TFM!?!
Featured Vendor: Second hand food is not always the best, but there’s much to be said about second hand art. Check out Second Time Design, the creative spark of Nicole McGee, who makes art, jewelry and beautiful cards out of found objects and recycled materials.
The complete vendor list:
Wonder City Farm, The Garden Boyz, Sunshine Couture, Gray House Pies, LilyRox, Brown’s Breads, Ohio City Pasta, Hooper Farms, t. by Sarah, Morgan Farms, Melting Point Designs, and Second Time Design.
At 12 or so, Chef Ricky Sandalwood (Plump Felines, The Molten Lobby, and Felix’s Urban Café), will create a meal with his wild imagination.
Folks have cheered when I mention that Ryann Guitar Anderson is playing at the market!
To market, to market to buy a fat cabbage.
Jody Lathwell, market manager
Located in Lucky Park, at the corner of Starkweather and Professor.
Questions email Jody at tremontmarket@yahoo.com or call 216-575-0920
Imagine a carrot so crunchy and yummy that your almost 5 year old says it’s the best he’s ever eaten. Now that’s a great carrot.
This week, get your own carrots, corn, maybe even the first tomatoes of the season; eggs, blueberries, greens, herbs, and beets, all while relaxing to the beat of Corissa Bragg. A market favorite from last year, Corissa has recently returned from Costa Rica and Panama , back to the world of slinging great coffee at Lucky’s Café, and singing her heart out to food loving marketers.
Warm up for Taste of Tremont (from 1-8PM ) by hanging out with us at the market.
Try your chances at our raffle. What do you have to lose? Nothing—(OK $1 per ticket, 6 tickets for $5—and you further support a good cause, yes, our market). What do you have to win? A tasting dinner for four including wine, at Parallax Restaurant and Lounge. Lots of fun to be had, and it’s all about food.
Vendors this week:
Keke Confectioners, Wonder City Farm, Flowers and Such, Morgan Farm, Hooper Farm, Snuggle Bug, Second Time Design and Ohio City Pasta. New vendors: HW Organic Farms, Winsome Expressions, and Sunshine Couture.
From 11-12: The first in a series of bicycle workshops will be lead by Mitch Paul of Shaker Cycles. Bring your bike and questions. Focus will be on wheels, but Mitch says he likes questions, and he says he’ll show you everything. About bikes, that is.
A representative from WIC will be at the market to issue coupons and answer questions.
Peace and potatoes for all.
“Each year you have to drive a little farther out to find it. Slowed by traffic, through tangled intersections, past rows of houses that seem to have sprouted from the field, finally, you can see the bountiful farmland. For the past two decades, we’ve paved over our farmland for roads, houses and malls. Wasteful land use puts America’s farmland at risk, especially our most fertile and productive—our most valuable—farmland.” (American Farmland Trust, Farming on the Edge Report)
Here in Cleveland , farmland is coming back to the city. Dedicated farmers are reclaiming land to grow food, for their own consumption, or to sell in our urban neighborhoods.
Get into the market groove with us in Tremont. As we wander further into July, explore the bounty of the season. Stock up on the week’s supply of produce, and hang out for awhile. Bring a recipe to share, like your favorite Cole slaw or how to cook with garlic scapes.
Vendors this week:
Plant Ally and Gather Round Farm, Hooper Farm, Keke Confectioners, Herban Ninjas, Wonder City Farm, Flowers and Such, Morgan Farm, Lise Anderson Jewelry, Snuggle Bug, Ohio City Pasta and Suzannie Handknits.
Seasoned and local, Shawn Mishak, self-ascribed “anti-folk” singer/songwriter— not that he’s anti-people, he seems quite friendly— will provide sustenance for the ears. A member of the band Kid Tested for 6 years, and host of the Tuesday open mic night at Edison’s Pub for 3 ½ years, he is bound to catch our attention.
Patrick Dunn, using produce from the market, will help inspire our kitchen creativity and tempt our taste buds. A graduate of the Culinary Institute of America, he is the chef at Felice’s Urban Café on Larchmere Blvd.
Fun and safe running space and games for kids.
Know your food, know your farmer.
First Free Trade Sunday. Once a month, we’ve invited vendors who sell products from other parts of the world grown in a sustainable and responsible manner. Please welcome Bana-ag Women’s Cooperative and the InterReligious Task Force on Central America. Offered will be coffee, tea, chocolate and handmade goods.
Save some of your 4th of July celebrations for Sunday, where you can exercise your Food Independence. Meet the folks who grow your greens, bake your bread, melt your chocolate, and make your jewelry. Buy fresh eggs, fresh herbs, goat cheese and pasta. A feast in the making. And there will be wheat grass and biscuits for the cats and dogs.
Vendors this week:
Plant Ally and Gather Round Farm, Hooper Farm, Keke Confectioners, Herban Ninjas, Wonder City Farm, Morgan Farm, Lily Rox, Lise Anderson Jewelry, Snuggle Bug, and Ohio City Pasta.
Tremontonian Alan Madej will be supporting the festive atmosphere with his music.
Come chat at the community table, where nutrition expert Kate Thomas will be sharing her vast knowledge.
Fresh, local food. Freedom from mass produced, travel weary produce.
Located in Lucky Park, at the corner of Starkweather and Professor.
Questions email Jody at tremontmarket@yahoo.com or call 216-575-0920
Food, music and community. Connecting with people, connecting with what you eat. We invite you to join us at the market. It feels good. It really does.
Our vendor participation is expanding, and as the season continues, explore what can be grown seasonally, right here in Cleveland.
Participating are:
Gather Round Farm/Plant Ally Herbs, Herban Ninjas, Flowers and Such, Hooper Farms, Keke Confectioners, Ohio City Pasta, Raber Amish Farm, Wonder City Farm,
Sharon Glaspie, Suzannie Handknits, Snuggle Bug, Second Time Design, Cathie Brenkus and Lise Anderson.
Yummy greens of all kinds, radishes, beets, herbs, eggs, pasta, chocolate, bread, plants, onions, edible flowers, jewelry, hand towels, furniture, baby slings, bags. Maybe even homemade dog biscuits.
Sample produce creatively concocted in a cooking demonstration orchestrated by Ricardo Sandoval, of Fat Cats and Lava Lounge in Tremont, and Felices Urban Cafe on Larchmere Boulevard.
The unique sound of Return of Simple, a piano-based trio lead by Rob Kovacs will enhance your market experience,
At the corner of Starkweather and Professor, Lucky Park provides family friendly entertainment, with a safe space for kids to run around and blow bubbles. Not to mention the great coffee right across the street at Lucky’s Cafe.
Quesitons email Jody at tremontmarket@yahoo.com, or call 216-575-0920
First Sunday of every month, there will be vendors at the market selling free trade items such as coffee, chocolate, handmade goods and tea.
Our opening market was a wonderful sucess. Great food, great music, great folks. What could be better. Join us again this Sunday and support local farmers, local artisans and local musicians.
Celebrate local food at the Tremont Farmers’ Market
Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Starkweather & Professor
Beets, radishes, onions, many kinds of greens, eggs
Herbs, flowers, bread, chocolate, cookies, tea, pasta
Handcrafted furniture, jewelry, scarves, baby slings, hats
