Thursday, 09 September 2010 20:22

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This Saturday at Fondy

Haymarket Days Festival: 
Celebrating 80 Years of Eating Local

You're invited to join in the fun at "The Haymarket" (aka Fondy Farmers Market) this Saturday. We'll be celebrating the market's 80-year legacy of bringing locally grown produce to the heart of Milwaukee. Enjoy activities for all ages, including music and dancing, community storytelling, a kids' petting farm, face painting, a watermelon seed spitting contest, cooking demos and food samples. As this is the culminating event for Milwaukee's Eat Local Challenge, local food organizations will be on hand with educational resources. Haymarket Days takes place this Saturday from 9am to 1pm at Fondy Farmers Market, rain or shine. The market will be open 7am - 3pm as usual.

Taste the Season: Southern-style Beans
Taste the Season takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Joyce Lee, three-time winner of Fondy's Greens Throw-down, will share her recipe for Southern-style beans. These feature fresh lima beans, purple hull peas and okra - all grown by Fondy farmers. Stop by for a sample and tips from one of the area's finest Southern cooks! 

Youth Booth: Wonderful Watermelon
Youth Booth takes place Saturdays, 9am - noon
Kids - come on down to "The Spitway" to try your tongue at Fondy's Watermelon Seed Spitting Contest. Along with the contest, learn fun facts about watermelon, play games and get recipes to try at home. The Haymarket Days festival also brings a kids' petting farm and face painting to the market this Saturday!

News & Announcements

Preserve the Season: Sauce Making
Saturday, September 18th, 9am - noon

Stop by Fondy's Taste the Season tent next Saturday, September 18th as Master Food Preserver Lisa Kingery demonstrates sauce making. And, be sure to check out Fondy's "Preserve the Season" recipe guides and cooking shows to learn how to enjoy locally grown produce even when it's not in season. Featured produce includes snap beans, bell peppers, chili peppers, fruit, greens, herbs, peaches, and tomatoes. 

Take the Eat Local Challenge Today!

Milwaukee's Eat Local Challenge officially takes place the first two weeks of September. The Challenge encourages people to increase their consumption of locally grown food, not only during these two weeks, but all year round. Eating locally helps the environment, the local economy and our community. Plus, local food just plain tastes better! Check out Fondy on FOX 6 News' recent coverage of the Eat Local Challenge.

What’s in Season?
What you can expect to find when you shop.

Plentiful (weather willing)
Veggies: lima beans (large & small), pinto beans (shelled & unshelled), beets, cabbage (green & red), carrots, chili peppers (Anaheim, cayenne, habanero, jalapeno, poblano, serrano & Thai), Hmong corn, sweet corn, cucumbers, Hmong cucumbers, pickling cucumbers, eggplants (American/Italian, green, green Thai ball, Hmong red & Thai pea), garlic, leeks, okra, green onions/scallions, onions (white, yellow & red), black-eyed peas, purple hull peas, banana peppers, bell peppers (green, orange, purple, red & yellow), potatoes (fingerling, Kennebec, new red, new yellow & Yukon Gold), sweet potatoes, daikon radish, snap beans (green, Romano, wax & yard-long), sorghum cane, Asian squash (bitter melon, winter melon & opo), summer squash (patty pan, yellow squash & zucchini), winter squash (acorn, butternut, hubbard & turban), tomatillos, tomatoes (green, heirloom, plum/Roma & red slicing), cherry tomatoes (red & yellow), turnips
Greens: beet greens, bok choy, Chinese broccoli, Chinese mustard, choy sum, collards, tossa jute, curly mustard, slick mustard, okra leaf, pumpkin leaf, Malabar/Vietnamese spinach, sweet potato leaf, Swiss chard, turnip greens
Herbs: basil (Italian & Thai), cilantro
Fruits: apples, cantaloupe, pears, watermelon (red & yellow)
Value-Added: Gumbo seasoning, honey, jam, jelly, popping corn
Flowers/Decor: beautiful flower bouquets featuring gladiolas, sunflowers, zinnias and more; decorative pumpkin gourds

Limited Supply (get to the market early!)
Veggies: broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage sprouts
Greens: kale, purslane, spinach, water spinach
Fruits: grapes (Concord & Catawba)
Meat/Poultry: chickens, eggs

Prepared Food Vendors
Amaranth Bakery, Corn Man, Egg Roll Lady, Gumbo Man, Vi Nai Cafe, Wade's Southern Cuisine

Craft & Specialty Vendors
Abba's Earth Soaps, Bead Unto You, Miss Rose’s Watkins & More