This week at the market!

We’ve got a special offer for all newsletter subscribers this week at the market. The SIU Sustainable Farm has grown 14-16 different varieties of Asian greens as a trial for an Illinois Specialty Crop grant program. SIU Sustainable Farm hopes that this grant will help these Asian greens become more common at farmers markets and for customers to become more comfortable with incorporating them into their everyday cooking. They plan to have several of these greens available throughout the growing season. For more information about Asian Greens or this study, please contact April Vigardt avigardt@siu.edu.

Hey FarmFans! Don’t forget to check in by texting back the special passcode. You can get your passcode by asking the vendors, or stopping by the market information table. 

This week’s vendors include:

• Homer Grown: dinosaur kale, lettuce, herb starts
  
• Karl Sweitzer Produce: kale, radishes, herb plants, green onions and sweet potatoes and hard squash
  
• Flora Bay Farm: Flower bouquets, heirloom kale, heirloom lettuce, frisée chicory/endive, garlic scapes, scallions, cut herbs, dried cat nip and grapevine wreaths.
  
• SIU Sustainable Farm to Fork: kale, Asian greens, strawberries, mint and dill, spinach, salad mix, baby kale mix, baby spicy greens mix and stir fry mix of greens

Stop by the market information table to learn more about our new nutrition education station or to get some market tokens. We accept LINK/EBT, credit and debit cards in exchange for market tokens that can be used like cash at the market. We will have activities for kids available at the information table. This week, Kathleen Shaffner will grace us with her guitar and singing voice.