Farmer’s Market season is upon us, and we can tell how
anxious people are to fill their fridges and fruit bowls with some homegrown,
homemade, unique goodness.
We been holding our Farmers Market each Sunday since mid-May,
and people have been coming out – despite a few raindrops here and there – to
delve into our vendors’ offerings.
Since it’s early in the season, many of the products on the
tables have included jellies, jams, pickles and preserves, baked goods, and
handmade jewellery and other pretty things.
Perennial plants and potted herbs are perfect reminders that
summer is in fact on its way, and
with that, the promise of delicious locally-grown produce like carrots, kale,
peas, beans, cucumbers, zucchini, swiss chard, cauliflower, squash, beets,
gourds and radishes.
Here are just some of the vendors we’re excited to have in
our Farmer’s Market ranks:
Beach Glass – Linda Haugen
Like the name would indicate, Linda makes beautiful
jewellery out of bits of weathered beach glass, washed up on the shores of Lake
Winnipeg.
Flora & Farmer
This gal offers variety of eclectic jam flavours – think
strawberry beet & vanilla, strawberry, ginger & orange, or my personal
favourite, maple, ginger & blueberry, which I think would be just as good
on a slice of multigrain in the morning as it would be a pork tenderloin
marinade for dinner. Bonus: no sugar added.
Generation Green
One of our favourite vendors from inside The Forks Market
gets outside for the Farmer’s Market. They’re selling all kinds of local
favourite food items like birch syrup, the award-winning Jamore blueberry jam
by the makers of Thrive Bars, and bee pollen. Who knew our honey bees could
provide us with sweet, sweet honey, AND a huge B-vitamin kick in the form of
pollen?
Anandha
What’s going to shake up your hot dog at your next backyard
BBQ? Beet ketchup, that’s what. This guy knows his beets – he sells everything
from beet juice, to beet puree, shredded beets, beet bread, and yes, beet
ketchup.
Freshly Baked Bread
Signy Christianson bakes beautiful white and whole-wheat
bread, hotdog and hamburger buns, dinner rolls, cinnamon-raisin bread, and
croutons as well as some delectable sweet treats like Nanaimo bars, butter
tarts, lemon tarts and matrimonial bars.
Farmery
You’ve probably seen this orange-labeled beer at the LC and
in restaurants, but maybe you haven’t tried it yet. It’s brewed right here in
Russell, MB and the Farmery guys will be hanging out at our Farmer’s Market
with samples and stories about becoming brew masters. Come say hi!
Loved Shorts
You will love these shorts. These girls are experts at
making old jeans into the perfect pair of cut-offs, and jazzing them up so your
perfect pair of shorts is totally unique.
The Bannock Factory
Bannock in a Box? Ok! These guys make delicious bannock,
freeze it, box it up, and make it easy as 1-2-3 for you to have a bannock
breakfast or side dish anytime you want! Just heat it up for 45-seconds in the
microwave and it’s bannock time.
Wildfire Farms
Serving up all cuts of locally and sustainably raised pork
and beef, including tenderloin, rib eye, roasts, ground beef, sausage, soup
bones and lard, as well as free-roaming chickens, ready for you to take home
and fire up on the BBQ.
See you Sundays at The Forks in the Plaza Parking Lot from
11 a.m. – 4 p.m. for Farmer’s Market goodness all season-long!
