Friday, 05 August 2011 15:45

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This Saturday at Fondy

Taste the Season: Chocolate Quick Bread
Taste the Season takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Want a sweet treat but not the guilt? Rather than deny yourself, learn how to bake from scratch using healthy ingredient additions and substitutions! These whole wheat chocolate muffins are deceptively healthy and use the natural sweetness of beets lovingly grown by Fondy farmers. Lisa Kingery, Fondy's registered dietician and culinary educator, will be on hand with samples, recipes, and advice on healthy cooking. 

Youth Booth: Fondy Go Fish!
Youth Booth takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Kids, stop by the Youth Booth to play Fondy Go Fish! A twist on the classic game, you'll learn to identify the wide range of fruits and veggies found at Fondy.

Music at the Market: Polyester Playboys

Enjoy the bebop jazz stylings of the James Anderson Quartet from 10:30am - 12:30pm on Saturday, August 6th at Fondy. Influenced by the music of John Coltrain and Miles Davis, these talented young musicians will "wow" you on upright bass, drums, sax, and guitar.

Thank you to Seaway Bank and Trust Company, one of our generous Music at the Market sponsors, for making this performance possible.

Third Annual Breastfeeding Awareness Walk Comes to Fondy This Saturday, August 6th

Celebrate World Breastfeeding Week on Saturday, August 6th. Join the Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition's 3rd annual Breastfeeding Awareness Walk to promote, protect and support breastfeeding - baby's first slow food. 

The 1.8 mile walk begins at Aurora Sinai at 9am, stops at Alice's Garden, and culminates at Fondy Farmers Market, where there will be local food samples and refreshments, children's activities, guest speakers, a free t-shirt and reusable bag, and the opportunity to browse and purchase fresh, affordable, locally grown produce. 

The walk is free and open to the public. Register online or in person the day of the walk at 8am. Walk begins at 9am at Aurora Sinai Medical Center's Milwaukee Heart Institute, 960 N. 12th Street. There is a free bus shuttle after the walk. 

For more information, view the event flyer. And, be sure to "Like" Milwaukee County Breastfeeding Coalition on Facebook.
 

News & Announcements

Tour Fondy Farm on Sunday, August 7th

The Fondy Farm Project will be represented at The Garden Conservancy's Wisconsin Open Day held at Afterglow Farm in Port Washington this Sunday, August 7th from 10am - 4pm. Take a tour of Fondy Farm with Farm Manager Steven Petro and explore the gardens, woodlands, orchards, and praries at Afterglow Farm along the spectacular Lake Michigan shoreline. Admission is $5. Children 12 and under are free. Open Days are self-guided and proceed rain or shine. No reservations are required. 

Congrats to Garfield Days Drawing Winner!

Congratulations to Mary Cornish of Milwaukee, winner of a Fondy reusable tote bag filled with her choice of $10 worth of delicious Fondy produce. Mary entered Fondy's free drawing at The Garfield Avenue Blues, Jazz, Gospel & Arts Festival on Saturday, July 16th, where we set up next to one of our farm vendors, Walnut Way, who graciously let us share a bit of their space.

Don't forget to stop by Fondy's Info. Booth every time you shop for a chance to win your own tote bag and produce in our free weekly drawing. We're set up under the green tent near the green office.
 

What's in Season?
What you can expect to find at market this week.

Plentiful (weather willing)

Veggies: snap beans (green, wax, Romano), beets (Chioggia, golden, red), cabbage, Napa cabbage, carrots (orange, yellow), chili peppers (Banana, Cayenne, Jalapeno, Jimmy Nardello Italian Frying Pepper, Thai), sweet corn, cucumbers (lemon, English, pickling, slicing), Italian eggplant, garlic (red, white), garlic flower, kohlrabi (green, red), leaf lettuce (green, red, Romaine), okra, onions (red, white, yellow), spring onions, scallions, sugar snap peas, green bell peppers, baby potatoes (red, white), fingerling potatoes, waxy yellow potatoes, radishes (daikon, red), patty pan squash, yelllow summer squash, tomatillos, green tomatoes, turnips, zucchini, zucchini ball

Greens: amaranth (green, red), beet greens, bok choy (several varieties), choy sum/yu choy, collards, kale, curly mustard, slick mustard, nightshade, pumpkin leaf, spinach, Malabar/Vietnamese spinach, summer squash leaf, sweet potato leaf, Swiss chard, turnip greens 

Herbs: basil (Italian, Thai), cilantro, dill, lemon balm, chocolate mint, peppermint, parsley (curly, flat), rosemary, sage, sorrel

Meat/Poultry: chicken, eggs

Value-added: apple cider, honey, popping corn, goats' milk soaps

Flowers/Plants: annual and perennial flowers; starter herbs; beautiful fresh-cut flower bouquets featuring Wisconsin native flowers, dahlias, gladiolas, lilies, poppies, sunflowers, and more

Limited Supply (get to the market early!)

Veggies: cranberry shelling beans, cabbage sprouts, cauliflower, bitter eggplant (Hmong red), Chinese eggplant, garlic scapes, summer squash blossoms, young spaghetti squash, cherry tomatoes (green, red), red slicing tomatoes

Fruits: raspberries, strawberries

Prepared Food Vendors (Saturdays Only)
Checker Board Foods, Corn Man, Egg Roll Lady, Vi Nai Cafe, Yammies Pie Co.

Craft & Specialty Vendors (Saturdays Only)
Miss Rose’s Watkins & More, Serenity Soap Works & Oak Hollow Acres