Fresh & New
April 3, 2004
In the Austin Farmers' Market for this week . .
Vegetables: There is also every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, spinach, lettuces, cabbage, radishes, broccoli, green onions, spring garlic, herbs of all kinds, beets, turnips, microgreens and sprouts.
Fruits: Strawberries may be out for us, unless a farmer comes through.
Meats: Austin Gourmet Poultry and Gamebirds brings delectible fresh birds, Thunderheart Bison has lean, natural buffalo, and Arrow K Ranch features longhorn beef. Loncito Cartwright says he has about 100 lambs that have been enjoying his pasture all winter and early spring. He will be ready later in mid-May. Eggs from Alexander Family Farm and Chautauqua Foundation smoked salmon are here too. Check out eggs at various farmer's stands as well.
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: Breads, rolls, cookies, brownies, granola and much more from more bakers than you can shake a bread stick at: Texas French Bread and Wildwood Art Café (coming in a few weeks) offer artisan bread loaves and rolls and cookies; Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, among other European-style savories and sweets; new comer Mary Louise Butter's Brownies are definitely Austin; Full Belly Bakery will be coming periodically with wonderful artisan muffins and scones; and Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are made from Glenda's family recipe.
Flowers: The beautiful Hill Country flowers of Lost Truffle Farm in Dripping Springs will keep your spirits high, with new flowers coming to us from Lollypop Farm. Expect local farms to also grow flowers this year as well as their vegetables. Arnosky Family Farms are overflowing with obligations on their new 100-acre farm, so they will not be returning this year.
Plants: We've got the plants! Herb Shack is a mainstay for culinary herbs you cna grow and we have new growers the Blooming Idiots and Herb Garland. Look for plumerias and cacti from our vendors including Duggerhill Plumerias and Spicewood Spines.
Assorted: Welcome the Soup Peddler to the Market! His fabulously popular soups will be sold in 1 quart containers for those who are not so lucky to be on his weekly bike-peddled route (beginning in April / May). Also, salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, carmalized onion tarts, and fresh baked quiches. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee and hot chocolate, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey. Soon we'll have breakfast tacos and Tanzanian food.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, soy candles, cigar box and cloth purses, and clayworks.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA by the band, great for people watching; Massage (ahhhh...); knife and scissor sharpening with valet (leave your knife at Alexander Farm booth and pick it up when you're done shopping); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb.
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 10-11:30 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10:30 a.m. in the park (this week it starts at 10 a.m.!); More Garden Patch hands-on demonstrations and scheduled speakers and plant clinics 11 a.m. - noon (starts April 24); Weekly drawing for Market Card winners announced at 10 a.m. beginning in May; and Kids' Patch activities 10 a.m. - noon as scheduled.
We are a local growers-only market and the farmers only sell what they grow. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
The Austin Farmers' Market is a project of Sustainable Food Center (SFC), a 501 (c)(3). The Market is co-sponsored by the City of Austin, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept., and the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Dept. Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Action Figure, Community Investment Corp. and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media (KGSR 107.1FM and KXAN-TV). We invite you to become 'Sustaining Supporters' of SFC to invest in the market so that we can continue to offer this public service in a great public place, promote the farmers and vendors at the market, and cover our operating costs. Find out more at the Information Booth. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted March 30, 2004 | permanent link to this article
March 27, 2004
In the Austin Farmers' Market for this week . .
Vegetables: Every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, spinach, lettuces, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, green onions, spring garlic, herbs of all kinds, beets, turnips, microgreens and sprouts.
Fruits: Strawberries may be out for us, unless a farmer comes through.
Meats: Welcome back Austin Gourmet Poultry and Gamebirds (they missed last week but are here on the 27th), Thunderheart Bison, Loncito's Lamb (he will be coming late April or early May), and Arrow K Ranch with longhorn beef. Eggs from Alexander Family Farm and Chautauqua Foundation smoked salmon is here too. Check out eggs at various farmer's stands as well.
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: Breads, rolls, cookies, brownies, granola and much more from more bakers than you can shake a bread stick at: Texas French Bread and Wildwood Art Café (coming in a few weeks) offer artisan bread loaves and rolls and cookies; Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, among other European-style savories and sweets; new comer Mary Louise Butter's Brownies are definitely Austin; Full Belly Bakery will be coming periodically with wonderful artisan muffins and scones; and Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are made from Glenda's family recipe.
Flowers: The beautiful Hill Country flowers of Lost Truffle Farm in Dripping Springs will keep your spirits high, with new flowers coming to us from Lollypop Farm. Expect local farms to also grow flowers this year as well as their vegetables. Arnosky Family Farms are overflowing with obligations on their new 100-acre farm, so they will not be returning this year.
Plants:We've got the plants! Herb Shack is a mainstay for culinary herbs you cna grow and we have new growers the Blooming Idiots and Herb Garland. Look for plumerias and cacti from our vendors including Duggerhill Plumerias and Spicewood Spines.
Assorted: Welcome the Soup Peddler to the Market! His fabulously popular soups will be sold in 1 quart containers for those who are not so lucky to be on his weekly bike-peddled route (beginning in April). Also, salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, carmalized onion tarts, and fresh baked quiches. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee and hot chocolate, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey. Soon we'll have breakfast tacos and Tanzanian food.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, soy candles, cigar box and cloth purses, and clayworks.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA by the band, great for people watching; Massage (ahhhh...); knife and scissor sharpening with valet (leave your knife at Alexander Farm booth and pick it up when you're done shopping); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb (starting probably April 3).
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 10-11:30 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10:30 a.m. in the park, starting April 10; More Garden Patch hands-on demonstrations and scheduled speakers and plant clinics 11 a.m. - noon (starts in April); Weekly drawing for Market Card winners announced at 10 a.m. beginning in May; and Kids' Patch activities 10 a.m. - noon.
We are a growers-only local growers market and the farmers only sell what they grow. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
The Austin Farmers' Market is a project of Sustainable Food Center (SFC), a 501 (c)(3). The Market is co-sponsored by the City of Austin, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept., and the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Dept. Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Action Figure and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media. We invite you to become 'Sustaining Members' of SFC to invest in the market so that we can continue to offer this public service in a great public place, promote the farmers and vendors at the market, and cover our operating costs. Find out more at the Information Booth. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted March 23, 2004 | permanent link to this article
March 20, 2004
In the Austin Farmers' Market this week, for the Spring Garden Party! 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. . .
Vegetables: Every imaginable green that grows in Central Texas, spinach, lettuces, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, radishes, green onions, spring garlic, herbs of all kinds, beets, turnips, carrots, microgreens and sprouts.
Fruits: Strawberries not quite yet, but coming.
Meats: Welcome back Austin Gourmet Poultry and Gamebirds, Thunderheart Bison, Loncito's Lamb (he will be coming late April or early May), and Arrow K Ranch with longhorn beef. Eggs from Alexander Family Farm and Chautauqua Foundation smoked salmon is here too. Check out eggs at various farmer's stands as well.
Dairy: The Veldhuizen Family Farm makes all natural artisan cow cheeses including gouda, Texas Swiss, Cheddar, a signature hard cheese, string cheese and yogurt cheese. Also at the Market is Pure Luck Grade A Dairy's national award-winning cheeses of chevre, farmstead, feta, and much more in delectible flavors with enhancements from their own organic certified herbs and vegetables.
Baked Goods: Breads, rolls, cookies, brownies, granola and much more from more bakers than you can shake a bread stick at: Texas French Bread and Wildwood Art Café (comes in a few weeks) offer artisan bread loaves and rolls and cookies; Sticky Toffee Pudding Company features the pudding, among other European-style savories and sweets; new comer Mary Louise Butter's Brownies are definitely Austin; Full Belly Bakery will be coming periodically with wonderful artisan muffins and scones; and Glenda's Gourmet Cakes are made from Glenda's family recipe.
Flowers: New flowers coming to us from Lollypop Farm, along with the beautiful Hill Country flowers of Lost Truffle Farm in Dripping Springs. Expect local farms to also grow flowers this year as well as their vegetables. Arnosky Family Farms are overflowing with obligations on their new 100-acre farm, so they will not be returning this year.
Plants:We've got the PLANTS! (It is a garden party, remember). If you missed getting your favorite tomato or flower start for the spring, come on by to see the Blooming Idiots or Herb Garland. Returning is Herb Shack with the greatest culinary and medicinals. Look for plumerias and cacti from our vendors including Duggerhill Plumerias and Spicewood Spines.
Assorted: Welcome the Soup Peddler to the Market! His fabulously popular soups will be sold in 1 quart containers for those who are not so lucky to be on his weekly bike-peddled route (coming in April). Also, salmon wraps and salmon pasta salad, carmalized onion tarts, and fresh baked quiches. Fresh squeezed all natural juices and revitalizing coconut milk in the shell, herbal teas, fresh brewed coffee and hot chocolate, hibiscus mint tea, Ethiopian wraps and dishes, gift cakes, Oaxacan tamales, frozen traditional tamales, jams and jellies, salsas and honey.
Crafts and arts: Paintings, jewelry, metal work, soy candles, cigar box and cloth purses, and clayworks.
Services: NEW CAFÉ AREA by the band, great for people watching; Massage (ahhhh...); knife and scissor sharpening with valet (leave your knife at Alexander Farm booth and pick it up when you're done shopping); portraits by Isabel Goode-DeBlanc when she is there (ALL her revenues from the made-at-the-market portraits are donated to the Market); and herbalist Ginger Webb.
Weekly fun: Live local bands play at the Market 10-11:30 (usually); Chefs' Circle Demonstrations with tastings weekly at 10:30 a.m. in the park, starting March 27; More Garden Patch hands-on demonstrations and scheduled speakers and plant clinics 11 a.m. - noon; Weekly drawing for Market Card winners announced at 10 a.m. beginning in May; and Kids' Patch activities 10 a.m. - noon.
We are a growers-only local growers market and the farmers only sell what they grow. Satisfy your connection to the food you eat and meet the farmers directly!
The Austin Farmers' Market is a project of Sustainable Food Center (SFC), a 501 (c)(3). The Market is co-sponsored by the City of Austin, City of Austin Parks and Recreation Dept., and the Austin Health Dept. Thanks again to the generous contributions and partnerships with the Austin Museum of Art and Classified Parking (for the farmer truck area gratis), Action Figure and many more major sponsors in the downtown area and in the media. We invite you to become 'Sustaining Members' of SFC to invest in the market so that we can continue to offer this public service in a great public place, promote the farmers and vendors at the market, and cover our operating costs. Find out more at the Information Booth. And for all the 100+ volunteers, some of them coming weekly, Thank You!
posted March 16, 2004 | permanent link to this article
March 13, 2004 Issue - Market Opens March 20! First Day of Spring
Fresh and New
The Austin Farmers' Market will open for the 2004 season the first day of Spring, March 20! Our same farmers and more will be there at the first day of Market. And we have new hours, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., for those who just couldn't quite rise and shine early enough.
We are having a Spring Garden Party to get things off the ground in grand fashion for our tribute to the first day of Spring. Missed buying great locally grown vegetable and flower starts at the recent plant sales? There'll be plenty our first day!
There also will be a "Taste the Place" local farm produce tasting, children can enjoy a petting pen of lively young spring animals and make paper flowers at the Museum of Art's booth to create blooms for spring.
What can you expect next week? All sorts of fresh spring vegetables from lettuces to broccolis, carrots and beets; plants for your garden; wonderful grass-fed meats and poultry; locally produced foods from artisan breads to tamales to soups to drinks; cheeses, honey and eggs; and hand-made craftwares, soap and lotions.
We will have a new, more lively layout of the Market to put everyone in the mix on Fourth Street, between San Antonio and Guadalupe. Republic Square Park is still our place for Chefs' Circle demos, the Garden Patch and the Kid's Patch children's activities and just general enjoyment of one of Austin's best places to be on Saturday morning! Mark your calendar and come celebrate Spring March 20!
In the Kitchen
The first Market day, we are going to introduce shoppers to "Taste the Place", an
interactive way for folks to taste a particular recipe prepared by a chef that uses one
main ingredient from a variety of farms. Come by to taste and then associate the place, the farm, so you can get a more direct connection to your food source.
Sweet Music
Cerronato joins us as a local band that brings to life vallento Latin music, at 10 a.m. in the street!
Kids' Patch
A very special kids' patch is being coordinated by the Austin Museum of Art to prepare young ones for creative art expressions. Paper flower making will take place as a preview to what the AMOA will present in this year's Austin Fine Arts Festival set for April 3-4.
Market Buzz
Why are we here? What makes people come to the Austin Farmers' Market? See what the critics say from the Best of Austin '03.
Parking
There is ample shaded FREE, parking in the multi-level garage accessed from San Antonio between 3rd and 4th streets. We have FOUR RESERVED SPACES FOR CHEFS in the parking lot nearest to the truck vendors. There are free meters all around as well. The Market is at 4th and San Antonio and 4th and Guadalupe.
posted March 7, 2004 | permanent link to this article
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