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| Susan VonderHaar & her student, Clark Williams |
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHT
This week's spotlight shines on Susan VonderHaar, loyal customer extraordinaire. Where to start when giving laude to Susan? Perhaps a bit of history to start: Susan has been an every week customer at LEWFM for about 2 1/2 years, participating in Mohr Animal Acres meat CSA, and purchasing many of her food and non food items from our vendors. She also appreciates the benefits she receives from Danny Reckman, Licensed Massage Therapist (who offers chair massage at the Market). It's fun to watch Susan as she becomes noticeably more relaxed as Danny works out some of the kinks from her neck and shoulders.
Because Susan benefits so much from her weekly visits to LEWFM, she heralds the Market wherever she goes. For example; in her classes at Brown Mackie College, she talks extensively about the benefits and importance of eating locally. She even offers extra credit to her students when they come to LEWFM. Susan has also been instrumental in spreading the word about LEWFM to Dater Montessori School, where she is a longtime volunteer. She even arranged for a Dater Day at the Market, and participated in a drawing contest with the students, encouraging them to draw pictures of healthy selections of foods they saw while at the Market. Last and certainly not least, Susan has also volunteered at market as a greeter, staffing the Market Management Booth. Thanks, Susan, we love you!
Because Susan benefits so much from her weekly visits to LEWFM, she heralds the Market wherever she goes. For example; in her classes at Brown Mackie College, she talks extensively about the benefits and importance of eating locally. She even offers extra credit to her students when they come to LEWFM. Susan has also been instrumental in spreading the word about LEWFM to Dater Montessori School, where she is a longtime volunteer. She even arranged for a Dater Day at the Market, and participated in a drawing contest with the students, encouraging them to draw pictures of healthy selections of foods they saw while at the Market. Last and certainly not least, Susan has also volunteered at market as a greeter, staffing the Market Management Booth. Thanks, Susan, we love you!
NOTICES
- Kate Cook of Carriage House Farm will not be at market this week. Kate will return March 8.
- Mohr Animal Acres attends market every other week. They will be at market March 8, March 22, and every other week thereafter.
RECENTLY ADDED
We are excited to announce the addition of some new items at the market. Starting this week, Franciska and Marget will be selling a variety of jarred items from the Organic Farm at Bear Creek. In addition to the salsa pictured, they will sell several types of soups, salad dressings, and pasta sauces, along with a variety of dipping oils that will go perfectly with the artisan breads from Sweet William Bakery they will also be selling starting this Friday. All items are made locally. LETTUCE LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY
Would you like to use more of your money in a more sustainable way? Or, do you know a local food enterprise that could benefit from a low interest loan? If so, check out the Local Loans for Local Foods event scheduled for Sunday March 17.
If You:
• Have a local food enterprise and have dreamt about expansion "if only...” or
are a local food entrepreneur who could make use of a low-interest loan;
• Have capital (it needn’t be much) that you are interested in lending to support our local foodshed;
• Are a community member interested in this initiative;
• Have a slightly different need or resource-to-offer related to increasing our local food sovereignty (i.e, land you would like to have used for producing food, or a farmer seeking land, or access to a commercial kitchen, etc.
You are invited to attend the event to be held Sunday March 17, 2013 from 2:00-5:00 pm at Peterloon Estate 8605 Hopewell Road 45242
$5.00 Suggested Donation.
More information can be found here.
If You:
• Have a local food enterprise and have dreamt about expansion "if only...” or
are a local food entrepreneur who could make use of a low-interest loan;
• Have capital (it needn’t be much) that you are interested in lending to support our local foodshed;
• Are a community member interested in this initiative;
• Have a slightly different need or resource-to-offer related to increasing our local food sovereignty (i.e, land you would like to have used for producing food, or a farmer seeking land, or access to a commercial kitchen, etc.
You are invited to attend the event to be held Sunday March 17, 2013 from 2:00-5:00 pm at Peterloon Estate 8605 Hopewell Road 45242
$5.00 Suggested Donation.
More information can be found here.
REMINDERS
Learn How to Eat Local - Year Round: For those who are interested in learning how to make food choices that are more environmentally sustainable, help is on the way. It seems pretty obvious to most people that choosing to eat food that is grown within our local region is much more earth friendly than purchasing foods that are grown thousands of miles away. If you are unsure of how to go about eating locally year round, you are invited to attend the upcoming Southwest Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (SWOEFFA) conference.
In addition to learning to eat locally, the day long conference offers workshops on a variety of other topics (a total of 12 from which to choose) for both producers and consumers: Basics of Backyard Gardening, Cooking Without Waste, Permaculture, GMOs, Starting a School or Community Garden, and many more. The keynote speaker will be Gary Cox, attorney from the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund. His topic will be "Give Local Food a Chance." The conference is scheduled for Saturday April 13 at Gorman Heritage Farm in Evendale. To save a bit on your registration, the early bird registration deadline is March 13. You can register and pay by check or you can do so online with your credit card. For more information and registration form click here.
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If you would like a chance to win $20 in Market Bucks, stop by the Market Management booth to fill out your free raffle ticket each week throughout the winter market (through April). And, if you bring a new person to market you will receive an additional free raffle ticket that week. The last Friday of each month we will draw a ticket at random. Winner need not be present at time of drawing.
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Vendors/Volunteers Click Here!
Learn How to Eat Local - Year Round: For those who are interested in learning how to make food choices that are more environmentally sustainable, help is on the way. It seems pretty obvious to most people that choosing to eat food that is grown within our local region is much more earth friendly than purchasing foods that are grown thousands of miles away. If you are unsure of how to go about eating locally year round, you are invited to attend the upcoming Southwest Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association (SWOEFFA) conference.
In addition to learning to eat locally, the day long conference offers workshops on a variety of other topics (a total of 12 from which to choose) for both producers and consumers: Basics of Backyard Gardening, Cooking Without Waste, Permaculture, GMOs, Starting a School or Community Garden, and many more. The keynote speaker will be Gary Cox, attorney from the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund. His topic will be "Give Local Food a Chance." The conference is scheduled for Saturday April 13 at Gorman Heritage Farm in Evendale. To save a bit on your registration, the early bird registration deadline is March 13. You can register and pay by check or you can do so online with your credit card. For more information and registration form click here.
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If you would like a chance to win $20 in Market Bucks, stop by the Market Management booth to fill out your free raffle ticket each week throughout the winter market (through April). And, if you bring a new person to market you will receive an additional free raffle ticket that week. The last Friday of each month we will draw a ticket at random. Winner need not be present at time of drawing.
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OUR VENDORS: For a full listing of our vendors, their products, the weeks they attend market, and their services including:
- Chair Massage, where you can relax after a hard day
- Kids & Krafts (available starting at 4:45), where the kids can have loads of fun so you can leisurely shop the market
- Many food and non-food items
- and a list of vendors who accept credit cards
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WANTED: VOLUNTEERS. We're
always looking for volunteers! If you're available to lend a hand at
the Market any time between 1:30pm and 7:30pm on Fridays, or during the
week for more behind the scenes activities, check out the link below to
contact us!
VENDORS: If you are interested in becoming a vendor, you may email us through the link below.
VENDORS: If you are interested in becoming a vendor, you may email us through the link below.
Vendors/Volunteers Click Here!
Please share this newsletter with friends and family to help spread the word about LEWFM!
We hope to see you real soon at Lettuce Eat Well Farmers' Market!
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