The Winter Market Opens this Saturday! Just in time for your Thanksgiving table, we’re kicking off the third season of our popular indoor Winter Farmers Market. The market opens Saturday, November 21st from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Griswold Center at 777 N High Street. The market will feature approximately 25 farmers and vendors selling fruits and vegetables, meats and cheeses, eggs, pies, baked goods, honey, crafts and much more. The next market will be held on December 12th, 2009. Then the market will run weekly every Saturday from January through April 2010. The market is open 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Winter Market Highlights Here are some of the products you will find at the Winter Market on November 21 H-W Farms Broccoli, snowpeas, green beans, brussel sprouts, romaine lettuce, eggplants, green peppers,green onions, spinach, kale, yukon gold potatoes, red potatoes, cabbage, cherry tomatoes, winter squash, carrots, beets, turnips, celery Handcrafted jewelry by Angela Hoffman  All jewelry is handcrafted and each is one of a kind. Also will have Holiday ornaments with bead embellishments and hand made greeting cards. Sweet Tee’s Caribbean Goodies We sell traditional baked goods and candies from Guyana and the Caribbean and will be selling the following items: Pineapple Tarts, Cheese Rolls, Coconut Buns, Cherry Cake, Mango Raisin Bread, Tamarind Balls Market Maps A map of the vendors in the Griswold Center main room is here A map of the vendors in the Griswold Center hallway is here Vendor List for November 21 Market Ohio Farm Direct – Cheese Stevens Bakery and Orchard – Pies Long Meadows Grass-Fed Beef – Beef Gillogly Orchard – Apples Up the Lane Cattle – Beef Sweeties Caribbean Goodies – Baked goods Somerset Herbs – Mushrooms, Herbs Curlytail Organic Farm – Pork Speckled Hen – Eggs, meats, coffee Cedar Cress Farm Pork – Pork HW Farms – Veggies Sweet Things Gourmet  - Jams Mockingbird Meadows – Honey Pleaides Maple Products – Maple items Van Scoy Farms – Veggies (hydroponic) Ahoxa Fudge – Fudge Andelain Fields – Eggs Raven Rocks – Nuts, misc. Few of My Favorite Things – Pies, crafts Landrum Cottage – Baked Goods OK Mercantile – Misc. Gourmet Candy by Karen – Pretzels Angela Hoffman – Jewelry Emily's Sweet Tooth – Mix, mushrooms Wieland Farms – T-shirts Buying Local Impacts the Big Picture With the popularity of books like Animal, Vegetable, Miracle and movies like Food, Inc., more and more Americans are beginning to understand why buying local foods is not just better for their families, but is also better for our society and environment at large. Consider this: •    By knowing your farmers, you can learn how their animals are raised, cared for and fed. •    You can select farmers who choose to farm organically or chemical-free to lessen the impact of chemicals on our environment. •    By shopping at the farmers market, you are helping to reduce the fuel consumption and environmental impact of transporting, storing and packaging your food Get A Nifty Market Shirt! The Olde Worthington Farmers Market Friends logo is available on t-shirts and hoodies through the Skreened online store!   Proceeds go towards future WFMF programs and activities.  So it's a great way to support the Friends, promote the market, and get a cool t-shirt to wear!  Order yours here. This newsletter is a project of the Old Worthington Farmer’s Market Friends, a group of local volunteers dedicated to enhancing the Farmer’s Market experience by promoting healthy, locally produced food and products, providing education on healthy living, eating locally and sustainably and strengthening our bonds as a community. If you would like to become a member of Friends, are interested in sponsorship or have questions, please contact Jane Haskins

"So Where Is the Winter Market?" The Winter Market location is the Griswold Center, 777 High Street.  It is at the northwest corner of the Village Green (intersection of  US23 and SR161).  Here's a map Griswold Center as seen from High St Griswold Center as seen from Village Green Speckled Hen Brings Fresh Egg Sandwiches to the Market Come hungry to the market this Saturday so you can try one of the incredibly delicious fresh egg breakfast sandwiches from Speckled Hen Farms. Sandwiches feature Speckled Hen’s own eggs and chicken sausage. They’ll be selling these enticing breakfast sandwiches and coffee from a truck just outside the market. Farm to Table: How Produce Gets to Our Winter Market Wonder how our farmers manage to harvest locally grown produce through the winter? For Bill VanScoy of VanScoy Farms in Ridgeway (near Marysville), it all begins in his 43,000 square-foot hydroponic greenhouse. This year, VanScoy has planted lettuce, tomatoes, green beans, strawberries and cucumbers to bring to the winter market and for his CSA customers. VanScoy uses a combination of heaters and grow lights to simulate natural growing conditions. The colors and shapes might vary from what you find in the summer, notes VanScoy, but the taste and nutrition is the same. The farm replants ever six weeks to ensure produce throughout the winter although VanScoy adds that Mother Nature does affect the growing cycle. An extremely cold and dark winter will delay harvest times. You can learn more about VanScoy’s farming practices, CSA and more at www.VanScoyFarms.com. Others bringing winter produce to the market include H-W Farms and Gillogly Orchard among others. Be sure to stop by and talk with the farmers to learn more about how their produce gets to your table this winter! Follow us on Twitter Stay current with up-to-the-minute Worthington Farmers' Market news by following us on Twitter.  More info is here Check Out Our Web Site Looking for info about the Farmer’s Market? Look no further than our new web site, here.