Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Thru October 30th

The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open for business each Wednesday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at N. State and E. Home through October 30th. 

What can you find on Market Wednesday in October?

▪ Pepper varieties that are hot or sweet, crisp, colorful, flavorful.
▪ Potatoes dug fresh from rich Licking County soil
▪ Eggplant varieties including the petite fairytale.
▪ Sweet potato varieties all gnarly and full of flavor, ready to roast
▪ Delicata, Spaghetti, Butternut, and Acorn Squash
▪ Pumpkins for recipes and for carving or decoration
▪ Ingredients like leeks, onions, and garlic
▪ The last of the season's tomatoes from cherry to heirloom to beefsteak
▪ Sweet melons
▪ Curly, versatile kale
▪ Crisp fresh-picked apple varieties
▪ Gourds and baby pumpkins for decorative autumn color and textures 
▪ Cuts of naturally-raised pork, chicken, beef, lamb
▪ Fresh eggs from naturally-raised chickens
▪ Artisan cheeses from cow's milk and goat's milk from cheddar to quark
▪ Fresh breads and sweet and savory baked goods
▪ Raw honey
▪ Maple syrup
▪ Salsa, sauces, marinades, rubs, and dressings
▪ Jams
▪ Milk, roll butter, packaged ice cream
▪ Beautiful cut flowers and bouquets

Who will you see on Market Wednesdays in October?

▪ Annabelle's Blooms (Clark County)
▪ Bird's Haven Farms (Licking County)
▪ Blue Jacket Dairy (Logan County)
▪ Branstool Orchards (Licking County)
▪ Bridgman Farm (Fayette County)
▪ Dan the Baker (Franklin County)
▪ Dana Lee's Bakery (Licking County)
▪ Doran's Family Farm (Licking County)
▪ Flying J Farm (Licking County)
▪ Fox Hollow Farm (Knox County)
▪ Hartzler Family Dairy (Wayne County)
▪ Honey Health Farms (Union County)
▪ Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard (Ashland County)
▪ Chuck Evan's Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces (Franklin County)
▪ Northridge Organic Farm (Licking County)
▪ Ohio Farm Direct (Knox County)
▪ Pleiades Maple Products (Morrow County)
▪ Sugar B Bakery (Delaware County)
▪ Sweet Thing Gourmet (Franklin County)

To learn more about our vendors, visit our directory - just click here.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop.      
      
See you at the market!

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Shucks

The goldenrod is yellow, 

The corn is turning brown, 

The trees in apple orchards 

With fruit are bending down.
Helen Hunt Jackson

Sweet corn season is now over.  Farewell sweet corn, farewell, until next year....

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Hartzler Family Dairy Out N About

Wake the kids! Phone the neighbors! Call the cows home! Check out WSYX's Out N About Columbus this Sunday, September 29th, at 11:30 am. Hartzler Family Dairy & Ice Cream Shoppe (Wooster) will be featured along with other area attractions.


Photo courtesy of Hartzler Family Dairy.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: September 25th Market Report

Tart from Dan the Baker

It's a beautiful Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville. A perfect day to shop farm fresh!

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. Each Wednesday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home through October 30th.

Peach season is now in the rear-view mirror (ahhh, good times), and we have awesome cantaloupe, watermelon, and apples. Market vegetables include winter squash varieties - from butternut to spaghetti to pumpkins - eggplant, tomatoes, sweet corn, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, sweet and hot peppers, onions, garlic, okra, fresh cut basil, and kale.

You'll also find some gnarly, colorful decorative squash and mini pumpkins as well as cut flowers from Annabelle's Blooms for your fall arrangements.

What can you find on Market Wednesday?

Proteins: Pork, beef, lamb, chicken and fresh eggs (Fox Hollow Farm) and grass-fed beef (Flying J Farm).

Market tip: Talk to the folks at Fox Hollow Farm about pre-ordering.

Dairy: Cheese varieties (Blue Jacket Dairy) and milk, roll butter, and ice cream (Hartzler Family Dairy).

Artisan Foods: Sourdough breads and pastries (Dan the Baker); Jams and biscotti (Sweet Thing Gourmet); Breads, bagels, and scones (Angela Bowman's Sugar B Bakery); Salsa, sauces, rubs, marinades, and tortilla chips (Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces); Sweet and savory baked goods (Dana Lee's Bakery); Raw honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, and propolis from Honey Health Farms; Maple syrup, maple-coated puffed spelt, maple sugar, and maple confections from Pleiades Maple Products.

Cut Flowers and Bouquets: Annabelle's Blooms

Fresh-picked: Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organics Farm, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, Bridgman Farm, Doran's Family Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Flying J Farm.

As of this post, we are waiting to hear from Dana Lee's and Ohio Farm Direct.

This week's community partner is our favorite library - Westerville Public Library.

Have a great week!

 

Pleiades Maple's delicious Maple Barbeque Sayce.

 

Apples from Branstool Orchards.

 

Tomatoes and fresh cut basil from Bird's Haven Farms.

Delicious fresh-baked bread from Sugar B Bakery.

Seasonal favorite apple cider jelly from Sweet Thing Gourmet.

 

Fresh-dug potatoes from Flying J Farm.

 

Personal-size watermelons from Bird's Haven Farms.

Sweet corn from Doran's Family Farm.

 Fairytale eggplant from Bird's Haven Farms.

Sourdough bread from Dan the Baker.

Gourds from Bird's Haven Farms.

Tortilla chips from Chuck Evan's Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces.

Autumn produce from Bridgman Farm.

Sweet potatoes from Northridge Organic Farm.

 

Shopping at Hartzler Family Dairy.

See you at the market!

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Welcome Autumn

Give me juicy autumnal fruit, ripe and red from the orchard. 
- Walt Whitman

Ahhhh, the crisp, colorful harvest of late season fruits and vegetables, rich with flavor. Welcome Autumn.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Au Revoir 2013 Peaches

Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influence of the earth.
— Henry David Thoreau

We say farewell to the 2013 peach season and look forward to next summer's sweet, juicy bounty!

Crisp, sweet apples are now in season at Branstool Orchards and Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: September 18th Market Report

Sweet potatoes at Northridge Organic Farm.

Guess what day it is... Guess... what... day... IT... IS! Oh yeah, it's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville!

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. It's the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

We have a great weather forecast this afternoon (no stormy weather this week!) so it will be a great day to stop by to pick up this week's farm fresh.

This week's vendor line-up: Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organic Farm, Plieades Maple Products, Dan the Baker, Blue Jacket Dairy, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces, Sugar B Bakery, Hartzler Family Dairy, Doran's Family Farm, Honey Health Farms, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Fox Hollow Farm.

Honey Health Farms will be returning today. Owner Dale Benedict has been on the mend from surgery, so we are pleased to see Dale, Mark, and Kevin back in the lineup.

This week's community partner is Westerville Electric Division.

Update: We have confirms from Bridgman Farm and Dana Lee's Bakery today - we'll see them at-market today! 

We are waiting to hear from Bridgman Farm, Ohio Farm Direct, and Dana Lee's.

We will not see Malabar Peach and Apple and Annabelle's Blooms this week.

Potted Mums at Bird's Haven Farms

Fresh melon from Doran's Family Farm.

Delicious baked goods from Dan the Baker

Tomatillos and peppers from Bird's Haven Farms

Fresh baked bread from Sugar B Bakery

Sweet corn from Doran's Family Farm

 

Sourdough bread from Dan the Baker.

 Apples from Branstool Orchards

 Tomatoes from Bird's Haven Farms.

Have a great week! Thank you for your business! See you at the market!

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Welcome Dan the Baker

This week, we welcome a new vendor to Market Wednesday, Dan the Baker.

Baker Dan Riesenberger creates incredible European-style sourdough bread and pastries, made with organic grains and available local ingredients.

In an interview with 614 Magazine, Dan observed, “There’s no way to separate good life from good food. So, if we’re not pursuing good food in the community and as a whole, we’re on the wrong path.”

Today, Dan's representative will be David Friesen. 

To learn more about Dan the Baker:

Fall 2013 article (with some gorgeous photos by Ryan M.L. Young) by Shelley Mann in Columbus Crave.

Dan the Baker's facebook page.

2012 Article by Erin Norris in 614 Magazine.



Photo provided by Dan the Baker LLC.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: September 11th Market Report

Apples from Branstool Orchards.

On this Market Wednesday, you may feel like you've taken a step back into August today - we know that weather will be hot and muggy this afternoon. While you may not want to linger, it's still a great day to pick up this week's farm fresh!

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at N. State and E. Home Streets in Uptown Westerville.

This week's vendor line-up: New Vendor! Dan the Baker, Northridge Organic Farm, Branstool Orchards, Fox Hollow Farm, Bird's Haven Farm, Flying J Farm, Doran's Family Farm, Hartzler Family Dairy, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, Annabelle's Blooms, Sugar B Baker, Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces, Sweet Thing Gourmet, and Blue Jacket Dairy.

Update: We will see Bridgman Farm today.

Marshall Branstool tells us that Branstool Orchards will have some peaches (the peach season is winding down), and mostly apples, featuring  honeycrisp, rubinnette, and crimson gold apple varieties. We know Malabar Peach and Apple will have apples, honestly not sure on peaches.

We are waiting to hear from Dana Lee's, Ohio Farm Direct, and Bridgman Farm, so we'll keep you posted.

Pleiades Maple Products will not be at market this week.

Honey Health Farm is out this week as Dale recovers. You can order from Honey Health Farm online (check our market directory to connect.)

This week's community partner is Westerville Police Division.

 

Broccoli from Doran's Family Farm

Bread from Sugar B Bakery.

Cut flowers from Annabelle's Blooms.

Shopping for sweet corn at Bird's Haven Farms.

Tomatoes from Doran's Family Farm.

 

Potatoes from Flying J Farm.

Peppers from Bridgman Farm.

Leeks and Swiss Chard at Flying J Farm.

Apples from Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard.

Winter squash from Northridge Organic Farm.

Cauliflower from Doran's Family Farm.

Jam from Sweet Thing Gourmet.

Shopping at Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces.

Stay cool! See you at the market!

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Casting Call

We got an email yesterday from the casting producer of the Fox Network show, MasterChef (starring Chef Gordon Ramsay).

MasterChef will be casting in Columbus on October 19th at the Hyatt Regency.

Click here for details on the MasterChef Season 5 website.

(Click on the image above for full view.)



Photo image courtesy of Fox Network.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: We Remember

Today is Market Wednesday, 

and it is also the 12th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Along with you, we take a moment to honor and to reflect.

May your strength give us strength
May your faith give us faith
May your hope give us hope
May your love give us love

09.11.01

We remember.

Always. 

To visit the 9.11 Memorial online, click here.

 The Westerville Police/Fire Chaplain Corps,
invite you to attend an observance of the tragedies of September 11th 2001
at Noon, September 11, 2013.

Pre-event music by Eric Gnezda starts at 11:45 a.m.

at Westerville First Responders Park
374 West Main Street (next to Firehouse)

Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen. Into the Fire from The Rising ©2002 Columbia Records

 Photo from 911memorial on facebook. Photo credit Instagram user Vanessaholtmann.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: The Great Westerville Food Truck Fest

A free, family-friendly event that features seventeen food trucks, entertainment, activities, and an opportunity to hands-on help your community:

It's the 2013 Great Westerville Food Truck Fest!

The Food Truck Fest is Sunday, September 15th, from noon to 7 p.m. at Nationwide Children's Close to Home (455 Executive Campus Drive, near Cleveland and W. County Line). 

Help Westerville put together 10,000 food packages on behalf of WARM (Westerville Area Resource Ministries). Just show up and join in! Have big fun, do greater good!

Event organizers are looking for help with logistics needs like parking and post-event tear down, so, if you'd like to volunteer to help, contact WARM at 614.899.0196 or email: greatwestervilleftf.volunteer@gmail.com.

Click here to read Jennifer Nesbitt's Westerville News and P.O. article.

Like the Great Westerville Food Truck Fest on facebook.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: September 4th Market Report

Peppers at Bird's Haven Farms.

Oh, what a beautiful day in Uptown Westerville today! Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. The first September market of the 2013 Market Wednesday season opens for business today from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

This week vendor line-up: Hartzler Family Dairy, Doran's Family Farm, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farm, Fox Hollow Farm, Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organic Farms, Pleiades Maple Products, Blue Jacket Dairy, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces, Sugar B Bakery, Annabelle's Blooms, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard.

As of this post, we are waiting to hear from Bridgman Farm. So, we'll update as we know.

Update: We thought we were going to see Dana Lee's today, but she has a family-related scheduling conflict. Family first, always. 

Update: Annabelle's Blooms will be at market today! 

Update: Bridgman Farm will be at market today!

Honey Health Farms is still side-lined. (You can place a honey order online with Honey Health.)

This week we welcome community partner Westerville Senior Center. (You just have to be 55 to join the Senior Center!)

Where can you get fresh fruits and vegetables? Doran's Farmily Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Branstool Orchard, Northridge Organic Farm, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, and Flying J Farm.

Produce looks (and tastes!) great - this is what you should see today: Peaches, apples, cauliflower, potatoes, pumpkins, winter squash, summer squash, peppers, sweet corn, okra, garlic, tomatillos, onions, shallots, tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, watermelon, cantaloupe, and broccoli.

Pick up proteins and dairy at Fox Hollow Farm (beef, chicken, lamb, pork, fresh eggs), Flying J Farm (grass-fed beef), Hartzler Family Dairy (milk, roll butter, packaged ice cream), and Blue Jacket Dairy (awesome cheeses including cheddar curds and the legendary Gretna Grillin').

Artisan foods include Sugar B Bakery (bread, bagels, and scones), Pleiades Maple Products (Ohio maple syrup, maple sugar, maple-coated nuts, sauces and spreads, maple-coated spelt, maple chocolate chip cookies (yum), and maple sugar candies, including kid-fave maple suckers), Chuck Evans Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces (salsas (all heat levels), hot sauces, marinades, barbecue sauce, rubs, and tortilla chips), and Sweet Thing Gourmet (biscotti, jam).

We say with great sincerity and gratitude that we truly appreciate seeing you all each week. Thank you!

Tomatoes at Bird's Haven Farms.

Sweet Thing Gourmet.

 

Bagels from Sugar B Bakery.

 

Potatoes at Flying J Farm.

 Cherry tomatoes from Bird's Haven Farms.

 

Sweet corn from Bird's Haven Farms.

 

Tomatoes from Doran's Family Farm.

 

Peppers from Bird's Haven Farms.

 

Okra from Bird's Haven Farms.

Kale from Doran's Family Farm.

 

Flying J Farm Bill of Fare.

Peaches from Bird's Haven Farms.

Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces.

Peppers at Northridge Organic Farm.

Pleiades Maple Products.

Fresh cauliflower from Doran's Family Farm.

The first signs of fall... winter squash from Northridge Organic Farm.

Watermelon at Doran's Family Farm.

See you at the market!