Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Bexley Farmers' Market: August 29th

“Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.”

Alice Waters


Back to school and wondering, "What's for lunch?"

Many children consume at least half of their meals at school, and for many children, food served at school may be the only food they regularly eat. With more than 32 million children participating in the National School Lunch Programand more than 12 million participating in the School Breakfast Program, good nutrition at school is more important than ever.

Principles, teachers, school nutrition workers and parents are helping to make schools healthier places to learn by providing quality food and teaching children about the importance of nutrition and embracing a healthy active lifestyle.

Read about a mother and teacher, compelled by her own frustration with school meals, and her journey in eating school lunch every school day in 2010 just like her students. The book is Fed Up with Lunch: The School Lunch Project: How One Anonymous Teacher Revealed the Truth About School Lunches –And How We Can Change Them! 

Our vendors for Thursday, August 29th include:

Bridgman Farm
Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Sauces & Salsas
Dan the Baker
GoldenLife Dog Food
Hirsch Fruit Farm
Lucky Cat Bakery
Ochs Fruit Farm
Ohio Farm Direct
Oink Moo Cluck
Rhoads Farm
SaraBee Pure Honey
Speckled Hen Farm
Stonefield Naturals
Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
Sweet Thing Gourmet
VanScoy Farms
Wayward Seed Farm

And don't forget... Grab your dinner at the market! 

Our food carts: Mashita Noodles, Crepes A La Carte, and Ohio Farm Direct

Our musical entertainment: Ian Hummel of the Shazzbots

Join us every Thursday, May through October from 4:00-7:00PM! 

Bexley Farmers' Market
2111 East Main Street
Bexley, Ohio 43209

For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at info@bexleyfarmersmarket.com. See you at the market!

Information gathered from http://www.letsmove.gov/healthy-schools,http://fedupwithlunch.com/.

Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Bexley Farmers' Market: August 22nd

"One should eat to live, not live to eat."

Moliere


Farm-to-Fork. Seed-to-Plate. Farm-to-Table. It doesn't matter what you call it, there are all types of events, themes, and definitions for celebrating our agricultural diets and lifestyles.

Farm-to-table (or farm-to-fork) refers to the stages of the production of food: harvesting, storage, processing, packaging, sales, and consumption. Farm-to-table also refers to a movement concerned with producing food locally and delivering that food to local consumers. Linked to the local food movement, the movement is promoted by some in the agriculture, food service, and restaurant communities. It may also be associated with organic farming initiatives, sustainable agriculture, and community-supported agriculture.

So how do you celebrate local food?

Our vendors for Thursday, August 22nd include:

Bridgman Farm
Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
Dan the Baker
GoldenLife Dog Food
Hirsch Fruit Farm
Lucky Cat Bakery
Ochs Fruit Farm
Ohio Farm Direct
Oink Moo Cluck
Rhoads Farm
SaraBee Pure Honey
Speckled Hen Farm
Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
Sweet Thing Gourmet
The Brown and Blond Bakery
VanScoy Farms
Wayward Seed Farm

And don't forget... Grab your dinner at the market!

Our food carts: Mashita Noodles, Crepes A La Carte, and Ohio Farm Direct

Our musical entertainment: Jordan Lynch

Join us every Thursday, May through October from 4:00-7:00PM!

Bexley Farmers' Market
2111 East Main Street
Bexley, Ohio 43209

For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at info@bexleyfarmersmarket.com. See you at the market!

Information from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farm-to-table.

Tuesday, August 6, 2013

Bexley Farmers' Market: August 8th

"The average food item on a U.S. grocery shelf has traveled farther than most families go on their annual vacations.”

Barbara Kingsolver, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life


It's time for the Bexley Farmers' Market Book Club! 
Thursday, August 8th at 5:30pm

Join the Bexley Public Library every second Thursday at the Bexley Farmers' Market for a book club dedicated to political and personal explorations of food. This Thursday, we'll discuss Farm City by Novella Carpenter. Bring a chair and join the conversation!

The Bexley Farmers' Market is located at the corner of Parkview Avenue and Main Street. For more information, please visit www.bexleyfarmersmarket.com.

Main Street Project Status: Week of August 5th
This upcoming week, work will wrap up on the sewer line installation on Main Street between Cassady and Cassingham, and work will continue on the Drexel and Main median construction.

Our vendors for Thursday, August 8th include:

Bridgman Farm
Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas
Dan the Baker
GoldenLife Dog Food
Hirsch Fruit Farm
Lucky Cat Bakery
Ly Ly's Bakery
Ochs Fruit Farm
Ohio Farm Direct
Oink Moo Cluck
Rhoads Farm
Speckled Hen Farm
Stonefield Naturals
Sunny Meadows Flower Farm
Sweet Thing Gourmet
The Brown and Blond Bakery
VanScoy Farms
Wayward Seed Farm

And don't forget... Grab your dinner at the market! 

Our food carts: Mashita Noodles and Ohio Farm Direct

Our musical entertainment: John Millard

Join us every Thursday, May through October from 4:00-7:00PM! 

Bexley Farmers' Market
2111 East Main Street
Bexley, Ohio 43209

For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at info@bexleyfarmersmarket.com. See you at the market!