Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 26th Market Report


The leaves fall, the wind blows, and the farm country slowly changes from the summer cottons into its winter wools. [Henry Beston]

Another nice autumn day in Uptown Westerville, and a great day to visit a farmers' market. We are looking forward to an afternoon with partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 50's, with a breeze, and no chance of rain.

Today is the last farmers' market of the 2016 season.

This season's guiding words of wisdom come from Chef Bryant Terry: What makes a farmers' market such a special place, is that you're actually creating community around food.

Each season, this market becomes a community. It happens organically, it's just this great energy that arrives, converges, and causes something incredible, beneficial, and meaningful to happen. On behalf of the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market Management Team and Vendors, Thank You for participating in this market community!

We end this season with a market-lite day. This week's Vendor Line-up includes: Bird's Haven Farms, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Hinton Apiaries, and Flying J Farm.

This week's community partner is Westerville Public Library.

Home grown. Home Made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy. Market Wednesday.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Bird's Haven Farms

Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Treat or Treat


Vegetables are a must on a diet. I suggest carrot cake, zucchini bread, and pumpkin pie. - Jim Davis (Garfield)

This week's market is the last market of the season, right before Midnight Madness (10.28) and Westerville's Beggars' Night (10.31), so time to test drive this year's costumes for Treat or Treat at Market Wednesday! It's the one day of the year that princesses, super heroes, storm troopers, and dinosaurs walk among ordinary citizens at the farmers' market. Kids can dress up for Halloween and go "door-to-door" to visit each vendor for Halloween candy!

And, Pleiades Maple Products has a special treat - kids can stop by for a free small maple sucker.

While supplies last. Treats are for little kids. Costumes optional.

Thanks to photographer Gary Gardiner for this awesome vintage memory of Mary Poppins (Sugar B Bakery's Angela Bowman) hangin' out with a couple fierce and fabulous princesses in 2014.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Sugar B Bakery Bids Us Adieu


Life happens. Nature happens. Farming happens. In Westerville, we have a small farmers' market that has become a big family. Informed by the experiences of our vendors and customers, we embrace and accept the organic ebbs and flows of life. Sometimes it's embracing a beautiful day or biting into an indescribably delicious and juicy peach, and sometimes, it's a rubber-duck-worthy rainy day, the loss of a loved one (my Dad, Les, passed away a week before the start of market season), or a flower crop that can't thrive in the elements of the season.

This market features an exceptional group of talented and passionate vendors who make a family. One of our family members is leaving us - Angela Bowman of Sugar B Bakery - she's moving out-of-state - and we will miss not only her delicious breads, scones, and bagels, but we will miss her infectious sense of humor, her loud voice at market open (what megaphone?!!), and her energy and presence at Market Wednesday.

Angela is just an exceptional human being and we have all been enriched and buoyed by her presence at the market.

Safe travels, Angela, may the winds be with you always. You are always part of the Market Wedesday family. We hope - I hope - you'll be able to make a trip or two or three... to Westerville in the coming seasons to stop by and visit! With good thoughts and so much love.  -Linda.

Linda Foor,
Market Manager,
Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market


Here is Angela's Message:

Yesterday was a bittersweet day. It was the last Uptown Westerville
Farmers Market for me (there is still one more). For those of you that don't know, my husband has taken a job in Michigan so we are starting a new adventure there in the next few weeks.

As I close this chapter of my life I am reminded of how many truly dear friends I have made here and I am eternally grateful to you all. I'm going to miss you more than I can say but I am taking a piece of each of you with me forever. You have given me confidence to continue to grow my business and great memories that have flooded my life with constant joy for 6 years.Your support and encouragement have been a great part of our success. Thank you all!

Angela Bowman
Sugar B. Bakery

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 19th Market Report


Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer a oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all. [Stanley Horowitz]

A beautiful day in Uptown Westerville and a great day to visit a farmers' market. We are looking forward to an afternoon with temperatures in the upper 70s, a breeze, and partly cloudy skies.

This week's Vendor Line-up includes: Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Branstool Orchards, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese Co., Fox Hollow Garden, J-Pops, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, and Hinton Apiaries.

This week, J-Pops and Fox Hollow Garden are ending their 2016 Market Wednesday season. Thanks to Steve and David for a great season!

Today, we are featuring two community partner spaces - Westerville Electric and Water Divisions and Westerville Police Division. (WPD officers were called away on assignment last week, which is there usual market week.)

Home grown. Home Made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday through October 26th @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy. Market Wednesday.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Kokoborrego Cheese Co.

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 5th Market Report


What could be more exciting than an October day? It's your birthday, Fourth of July and Christmas all rolled into one. [Peggy Toney Horton]

It's a great day to visit a farmers' market!

We have a beautiful afternoon ahead with sunshine, a few scattered clouds, temperatures in the 70s, and a breeze.

This week's vendor line-up includes: Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Branstool Orchards, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese Co., and Fox Hollow Garden.

We will not see J-Pops and Hinton Apiaries this week.

This week's community partner is Westerville Police Division.

Home grown. Home Made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday through October 26th @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy. Market Wednesday.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Sweet Thing Gourmet

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 5th Market Report


Listen! the wind is rising, / and the air is wild with leaves. / We have had our summer evenings, / now for October eves. [Humbert Wolfe]

Welcome October! Hard to believe there are just four weeks left in the 2016 market season. We are looking forward to a beautiful afternoon in Uptown Westerville.

This week's vendor line-up includes: J-Pops, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Hinton Apiaries, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Branstool Orchards, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, and Fox Hollow Garden.

We will not see Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese Co. today.

We heard from Anna Brown, and her short, yet sweet, 2016 Market Wednesday season has come to a close. Anna, had a Nature Happens season this year when her dahlias and zinnias suffered through the hot summer weather, has started a new job for the off-season.

Home grown. Home made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday through October 26th @ N. State and E. Home Streets in Uptown Westerville.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy. Market Wednesday.

See you at the market.

Pictured: Pumpkins from Bird's Haven Farms.