The Wednesday Market line-up July 30th
Wonderful selection of produce. Eggs, poultry, meat and the world’s best sausage from Franco’s One World Sausage Company.

It’s a great place to grab a bite or browse the booths of the fine crafts the market. Wedesday is a fun market day.

Music at the Market is Hank Levine

Fruits and Vegetables:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Beet Generation Farm
Bohemian Well-Being
Farm Sinclair
Hector’s Honey
MIn-Hee Hill Gardens
Ponce Farm / EGB Farms
Ridgeview Farm
Schletewitz Family Farm
Sebastopol Berry Farm
The Patch

Meat & Fish:
Dream Catcher Ranch
Franco’s One World Sausages
Fresh Off the Boat
Pepper Ranch

Eggs and Cheese:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Farm Sinclair
Hector’s Honey
Penny Royal Farm
Pepper Ranch

Beverages:
A Taste of Tea
GaGa Cafe
Navarro Vineyards

Baked Goods & Sweets:
Full Circle Bakery
Grizzly Bear Sweets
Wine Country Chocolates

Prepared Foods:
Green Grocer
Mi Fiesta Catering
The Hummus Guy

Artisans:
Beach House Candles
Created by Vanae
I’m Sew SureChoose from the most used tags
Innovative Fabric Creations
Quillfully Yours
The Garden Wild

Services:
EdgeWorks Sharpening Services

Saturday July 26th Vendor List
Corn, tomatoes, melons of all shapes and sizes; it’s summer. The fruit factory has table grapes. As more heirloom variety seeds have come on the market, our farmers are bringing more heirloom vegetables to market. Lots of different kinds of spinach and cucumbers – ask the farmer which one is best for your recipe.

Dry Creek Peach is back just in time for arctic gems to be in season.    Michele  Anna Jordan says ;” it is the single most delicious peach I have ever tasted.”  Perfect for Bellinis

Music:

New Skye

(In the Food Court)

Today The Council on Aging will hand our WIC Senior Coupon Books.   If you know a low income senior that could use some extra help with groceries, please tell them about today’s distribution of coupon books.

The market is located at 1450 Guerneville Road  the parking lot of the WIC officces  (opposite the west end of  Coddingtown Mall)

The market only sells fruits and vegetables.    While designed with WIC clients in mind, the market is open to the public.

The Patch, Hector’s Honey and EGB/Ponce are the featured vendors of the Thursday market

Pictured are the tomatoes at the Saturday July 19th, 2014 market.  Its early and there are lots of  wonderful tomatoes in season already.  It’s going to be a great tomato year.

Tastings, salsa contest and fun stuff for kids –  Saturday September 20th is the market’s Heirloom tomato festival.

It used to be there were a limited number of heirloom varieties being grown, now the selection is huge and getting bigger every year.

Cook in the Moment: Boiled Quail Eggs with Meyer Lemon Sea Salt & Chives

What came first the quail or the quail eggs? At least at this market
the quail came first and now the eggs are here. Karlonas Quail every Saturday.

Easy recipe from Cook in the Moment

Local Spicery is here this Saturday. One of the easiest ways to kick-up any dish is to add freshly ground spices. Local Spicery has a Spice Club – a CSA for spices– no better way to learn about new blends and individual spices. Explore the world through spices

This week’s meal deal is all about breakfast – special prices on Pepper Ranch Poultry eggs.

G&S Corn will be at the market. Great corn from Brentwood. But be sure and check out a few Sonoma farmers are starting to grow corn where the micro-climates allow.

Music:
Hank Levine is playing in the Food Court

Special Guests:
Master Gardener’s located in the market center

Special Activities:
Ponies R Us from Sonoma

Produce:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Bernier Farms
Bohemian Well-being
Canvas Ranch
Earthworkers Farm
Farm Sinclair
First Light Farm
Foggy River Farm
G&S Farm
Hector’s Honey
Laguna Farm
Ma & Pa’s Garden
Min-Hee Hills Garden
Offerings of the Land
Singing Frogs Farm
The Beet Generation
The Patch
The Peach Farm

Fruits & Nuts:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Dry Creek Peach
Ponce Farm/EGB Farm
Schletewitz Family Farm
Sebastopol Berry Farm
Twin Peaks Orchards

Meats and Fish:
Franco’s One World Sausage
Fresh Off the Boat
John Ford Ranch
Karlona’s Farms
One Ocean Seafood
Owen’s Family Farm
Pepper Ranch
Salmon Creek Ranch
Williams Ranch

Olive Oils, Vinegars & Jams:
Hue de Laroque
Leon Day Condiments
Stonehouse Olive Oil
Waterhorse Ridge

Baked Goods:
Cookie…take a bite!
Costeaux French Bakery
Full Circle Bakery
Raymond’s Bakery

Dairy & Eggs:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Bellwether Farm
Hector’s Honey
Penny Royal Farm
Pepper Ranch
Salmon Creek Ranch
Straus Family Creamery
Two Rock Valley Cheese

Specialty Items:
Grizzly Bear Sweets
Home Maid Ravioli
Local Spicery
Not yer Momma’s Granola
Quiche & Carry
Spun Tongue Nuttery
The Hummus Guy

Beverages:
A Taste of Tea
Fresh Girls
Gaga Café
Navarro Vineyards
Run Around Brew

Prepared Foods:
Chef Henderson Catering
Green Grocer
Lata’s Indian Cuisine
Mi Fiesta Catering
Penang Kitchen
Starting from Scratch

Living Flowers:
Daffodils, Dahlia’s, & Lilies Oh My!
X-oticals

Garden Starts:
La Vida Buena Nursery
Natures Spirit Garden

Cut Flowers:
Kays-Bo-Kays
Neve Roses II

Soaps & Lotions:
Hilltop Honey
The Garden Wild

For the Home:
Aroma Floral
D.H Woodworking
Sia Baskets

Jewelry:
John Rizzi Glassworks
Willow Designs

Outdoor Living:
California Coops
Innovative Fabric Creations
Sonoma Garden Designs

Candles:
Beach House Candles
Hectors Honey

Wearables:
Silk Winds
Varda Rose
Victoria Kemp

Services:
EdgeWorks Sharpening Services

One version of the
Meal Deal Breakfast
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Saturday June 19th
This week’s $20 meal deal is all about a great breakfast
Eggs, sausage, potatoes, and toast
If you haven’t had farm fresh eggs you are in for a real treat and at a bargain price. The sausage is from Franco’s One World Sausage, the best sausage ever. The potatoes are from Armstrong Valley Farm tiny, new potatoes that cook in minutes. Your toast is from a Full Circle French Baguette.

1 lb Breakfast sausage from Franco $9
8 Eggs from Pepper Ranch ($5 dozen) 8 eggs = $3.34
1 Lb potatoes from Armstrong $3.50
1 French baguette from Full Circle $3.00

Meal Total : $18.84

Add ons: Hot sauce from Leon Day or Waterhorse Ridge, tomatoes , cheese, fresh herbs, peppers, onions.

Do you really need a recipe? Eggs can be fried, scrambled, poached. Sausage can be crumbled or made into paddies. The tiny new potatoes cook in a covered skillet in about 20 minutes. And if you need a recipe for toast, then we have a problem !!!!!!

Wednesday July 16th vendor list

and don’t forget the Thursday Market is now, open fruits and vegetables only.   WIC Offices 1450 Guernvelle Road  9-1pm

Music by Hank Levine

Fruits & Vegetables:
Armstrong Valley Farm
Beet Generation
Bohemian Well-Being
Hector’s Honey
Min-Hee Hill Gardens
Parsons HomeGrown
Ponce Farm / EGB Farm
Ridgeview Farm
Schletewitz Family Farm
Sebastopol Berry Farm
The Patch

Meats, Fish & Cheese:
Dream Catcher Ranch
Franco’s One World Sausages
Penny Royal Farm
Pepper Ranch
Fresh Off the Boat

Beverages:
A Taste of Tea
GaGa Cafe
Navarro Vineyards

Crafts and Services
Beach House Candles
Created by Vanae
EdgeWorks Sharpening
I’m Sew Sure
Innovative Fabric Creations
My Comfort Zone
The Garden Wild
Beach House Candles

Cooks, Chefs and Bakers
The Hummus Guy
Wine Country Chocolates
Full Circle Bakery
Green Grocer
Grizzly Bear Sweets

For the last couple of years, The Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market  manages  The WIC (Women, Infants, & Children’s) Thursday morning market  through Sept. 11^th from 9am-1pm.  Our farmer’s are joined by  Northern California Center for Well-Being, Redwood Community Health, Redwood Empire Food Bank, St Joseph’s, Council on Aging, and Free    Bookmobile.  It’s only fruits and vegetables.   If you are looking for purslane or verdolagas  you won’t find it anywhere but the Thursday market

WIC Farmers Market, July 10 through Sept. 11 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the WIC office at 1450 Guerneville Road, Santa Rosa.

Wednesday market is a smaller version of the Saturday market   Great selection of produce, meat, poultry, eggs, cheese, even wine (no tasting yet)   Some of our best craftspeople also attend this market.   There are some Wednesday only vendors who are worth the trip, Ridgeview Farms beautiful seasonal bouquets and Wine Country Chocolates  truffles an so much more including chocolate dipped fresh and dried fruit.  8:30 -Noon Luther Burbank Center for the Arts

And of course the ginormous Saturday market 8:30 – 1 pm Luther Burbank Center for the Arts