Canton Farmers Market

What’s New at the Canton Farmers Market –         April 21, 10 am – 2 pm in the Cady-Boyer Barn, 500 North Ridge Road, Canton

Buy local!  Shop the last Barn Market of the season!    

 * Watch Market vendor, Mary Jones of intu Specialty Teas, live on Fox 2 Detroit between 7:30 & 8:00 am, then plan to head on over to the Barn where 19 Michigan vendors will be selling their goods! 

 * Kids can join in our seed starting activity! We will be planting sunflower seeds to take home and add into their own garden!  Look for the Master Gardener tent.

 * Our friends from the Miller Elementary Brownie Girl Scout Troop will be holding a final pasta collection (or cash donations) for the Open Door Ministry.  Pasta is distributed weekly to over 450 local folks in need!  Thanks for your support!

 * Pick up the new recipe card for Broccoli and White Bean Soup.   

Check out what local goods you can expect at the Market:

Produce:  fresh produce grown in hoop houses (mixed greens, spinach, radishes, arugula, lettuce, salad mix, chive, nettles) along with frozen berries, peaches and rhubarb)

Food:  kettle corn, farm eggs, gluten free baking mixes, smoked fish, hand blended teas, honey, artisan cheese, anti-biotic & hormone free, grass fed meats, conventional meats, pierogi, pasties, sauces, mustards, dressings, popcorn for popping, sauerkraut, hand cut jerky, meat sticks, granola, jam and baked goods including gluten free, sugar free and vegan. 

Art & Crafts:  hand crafted soap, soy candles and room sprays.

Vendors participating:  Bobilin Honey, Boyer Meat Processing, Captain John’s Smokehouse, Cellar Door Soap, Classique Bakes & Gifts, Crunch Granola, Day Dream Café, Farmington Soap Works, Grace Savory & Sweet, Hand Sown Farm, intu Specialty Teas, JKM Soy Candles, Jam by Hand, Kapnick Orchards, Natural Local Food Express, Prochaska Farms with Four Corners Creamery cheese, Good Times Kettle Corn, Sansonetti Sauces, Zingerman’s Creamery. 

Next Market:  Opening Day, May 19, 2013 from 9am-1pm

• Chef Paul 10:30-12
• Peace, Love & Planet will be hosting a garbage graveyard game, teaching the fundamentals of decomposing trash. 
• Kids can plant a sunflower seed at the Market that can then be planted in their own garden at home.
• Perennial Exchange May 19 & May 26. Spring is the perfect time to divide up those perennials in the garden and share them with your neighbors.  Bring your labeled plants in containers/bags to the Master Gardner tent on the gravel drive where you can swap them out for something new for your garden!

 See you at the Market!