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Dexter Farmers Market
Weekly Newsletter #14
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June 26, 2020
Sat 8am-1pm / Tues 2pm-6pm (suspended)
3233 Alpine St, Dexter, MI 48130
(Vol. 1 Issue 14)
Farmers markets are an essential part of the food industry and as such, we need to follow protocols similar to grocery stores:
- Please continue wear a mask!
- Please only send one person from your household to shop,
- wash your hands at our provided hand washing station (we also have hand sanitizer in the dispensers
throughout the market).
- Sadly, one of the most important messages we will be sending is: please do not linger.
- We will be allowing 20 customers into the market at a time, so please come with a patient mind, in case there will be a wait. We also ask that you shop quickly to make space for the next customer.
- The market is fenced and the traffic flow will be one-way running
North to South. Please enter at the gate closest to the library and exit toward Main st. Don't worry, there will be plenty of signs to let you know what to do.
- You will see very little product out on the tables, which will be missing any fabric decorations, but rest assured that we will have lots to sell you.
- Remember that the vendor is an expert in their field. Now is a great time to ask them to pick for you! Please only touch what you will buy.
SNAP, PEBT, Double Up Food Bucks
WIC Project Fresh and Senior Project Fresh
The DFM has secured a Double Up Food Bucks grant, which matches customers
charges on their cards. For example, if you have been provided a PEBT card recently, you can come to the market and charge $30 with the market manager and receive wooden tokens that can be spent on approved items with any qualifying vendor (they will have signs on their booths indicating what forms of payment they take).
In addition to those tokens, Double Up Food Bucks will match you $30 (for this example) for the charge you made on the EBT card. DUFB will match any amount you charge your SNAP/PEBT card (unlimited!) in $2 increment aluminum tokens. These are free of charge, but can only be spent on fresh fruits and veggies. This means your SNAP tokens can be saved for:
- Other foods such as snack foods and non-alcoholic beverages;
- Seeds and plants, which produce food for the household to
eat.
Have you ever envisioned yourself as an entrepreneur, charming people at the market? Is your vegetable bed enough to feed an army? We have an open application deadline and welcome new vendors anytime of the year. Please visit our website and fill in an application! Tell a friend!
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Vendors
Below is a list of all of our vendors. Click links to go to their online shops, websites and social media.
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Jacob's Fresh Farm Shares - a wide variety of veggies and fruit grown with natural methods from heritage and non-GMO seed, as well as chicken eggs and duck eggs. They have several different types of seasonal CSAs depending on your family's needs, including boxes that have bakery and coffee items included. Visit his site and get signed up today! Follow their Facebook here. *see below for vendor profile*
Hives on the Hill Apiary - Jacob and Anna also run a great honey business. Find honey in all sizes of jars, plus they will remove your swarms! Follow their Facebook here
Two Dogs Farms - perennials, annuals, veggie starts, berries, fruit, veggies, maple syrup and jellies and jams from Ray Sowers. And coming soon: Scottish Highlander grass fed Beef!!
Paper Cup Coffee Co - Isaac brings the freshest, fire-roasted coffee by the cup, whole bean and ground; plus hand-dipped chocolate cake donuts and date balls. Follow his Facebook here.
Hoppy Soaps - Stephanie fills the market with the fresh smells of bar soaps, bath bombs, shower fizzies, deodorant, lip balm, body butter, and herbal sachets. Some of these products are even made from her home-brewed beer! Follow her on Facebook here.
Shagbark Knoll - Henry has gorgeous asparagus, beans, beets, tomatoes, apples, plums, basil plants, and Zephyr squash.
NOKA Homestead - Noelle has a breath taking array of produce. From radishes to greens to potatoes, all grown with respect and care for the earth and its creatures! They have a variety of CSA boxes this year, please visit their site to sign up for their wait-list. Follow their Facebook here. Sign up for their newsletter here to hear how they can bring you fresh produce this year regardless of market open date.
Owl Hollow Bakery - Anne will have delicious pies, breads, baked goods, granola, Amaizin' popcorn, free range eggs, maple syrup, and pure Greek olive oil. Follow her
Facebook here.
Shoreline Wild Salmon - wild, Alaskan, hook-and-line caught salmon. King and Coho Salmon sold frozen in vacuum
sealed packages. Smoked Coho Salmon sold in shelf stable jars. Marie and her dad, Mark handle the fish with the utmost care, all the way from the fishing vessels in Southeast Alaska to the farmers market in Dexter! Look for them in May, August, September and October. Follow their Facebook here.
MaryAnn Simpkins - one of our founding members brings produce, baked goods, sewn and crocheted housewares, nuts, soaps, eggs, honey, too much to name! Please keep an eye here for her earliest harvests, there will be lettuce soon!
Jeff Peters - Jeff is a market staple in his 11th year at the DFM. He brings breathtaking cut flowers like Cosmos, Sunflowers, Zinnias, Cockscomb, and a rainbow of lilies. He will also have leeks, storage onions, kohlrabi and tomatillos.
My Serenity, Creations by Rachel - lovely bath, body and home goods, soy candles, natural deodorants and bath bars.
Manchester Blooms Flower Farm - Amy grows beautiful bouquets, arrangements, and buckets of freshly cut, locally grown annuals. Some of the bright beauties offered include: Cosmos, Zinnias, Sunflowers, Allium, Poppies, Daisies and many other wildflowers. This year, Amy will also be offering a wide selection of herbs,edible flowers and beneficial plants. Online ordering begins in July.
Herb 'N Beans - Steve has artisan crafted coffee, tea, locally grown hemp flower and oil, and freeze-dried fruits and veggies.
Judy Welsh - charming hand cut cards, framed beach glass, driftwood art and notebooks.
Sweet and Salty Cookie Co - Jeff is back with the best cookies!
Chocolate chip, double dip chocolate chip, M&M, peanut butter, snicker doodle chip, butterscotch, Special Dark, Reese's, sea salt caramel, dark chocolate pecan, maple oatmeal raisin, pecan raisin, milk chocolate raisin, molasses, caramel apple crisp, gluten-friendly chocolate chip and gluten-friendly dark chocolate pecan.
Paper Bead
Elegance - Karen makes the most fascinating jewelry - from paper! Barrets and earrings; durable and gorgeous
BB's Beauty Essentials - Brittney puts a new twist on bath products. She makes body sprays and rooms sprays, plus shaving cream, sugar scrubs and foot scrubs.
Specialty Tea Products (STEAP) - Samantha has a variety of loose leaf teas and blends. Visit her website to sign up for a subscription!
Skalski Farm in Hamburg - John and Rochelle will be back this year! Their vegetable, fruit, and start plants are grown using organic methods. They will have larger, more mature vegetable, herb and flower starts sold in individual pots. Teaser: they will have strawberries, blueberries, raspberries and sweet corn!!
Ski's Sausage Co - this is Dan's first year,
but he's a local from Pinckney! He offers a large variety of sausages; traditional Polish kielbasa and cheddar, jalapeno cheddar and traditional bratwurst.
Ruhlig's Produce - Janelle and Matthew come from the long time Dexter farming family, Ruhlig. After a few years off, they will be returning in July, to bring corn, beans, greens, squash, tomatoes, peppers and more!
Beakes Boys Woodwork - custom tables, lazy susans, wood epoxy clocks, live edge epoxy river tables, wood planter garden boxes, wood garden accessories.
New Vendors Added Every Week!
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 Vendor Profile: Jacob's Fresh Farm and Hives on the Hill Apiary
Jacob D'Lamater and Anna Wiley operate an all natural farm located near the corner of M52 and Waterloo roads, north of Chelsea. Starting in 2013, Jacob had an eye opening experience with a friend while they gardened: He began to spray for weeds, when the friend wheeled around on him and shouted, "you’re going to spray poison on the ground we will eat from?!" He had grown up gardening and had never thought twice about using chemicals, but right then and there, everything clicked. The rest of that summer involved pulling a lot of weeds!
Their farming philosophy is called "permaculture", where the farm is largely self sufficient. The weeds are pulled by hand and along with anything they prune, pull or harvest, are fed back to the goats and chickens. Next, the goats' and chickens' manure and any other
plant wastes are put in compost piles to decompose into rich amendments for the soil. Keeping beehives helps to support the plants' needs for pollination and reaps a delicious reward! Starting in late summer after plots have been harvested, they use "cover crops" to help bring nutrients back into the soil. These cover crops will be incorporated into the soil before going to seed, thus creating more organic matter to help feed plants and repeat the process.
After giving away free bags of surplus produce to friends and family for three years, Jacob made the leap and started marketing his passion and selling to the public. They now grow in two greenhouses and on just over an acre at home, plus this year, they have leased land down the road to compensate for their exponential growth! Hives on the Hill Apiary was a natural next step and provides honey, wax, candles, cutouts, nuc and queen production, and general bee support!
Jacob's Fresh Farm is a
strictly chemical free farm, growing produce from non GMO and heirloom seed. They are working hard to develop a seed saving system of their own and use as many of their own seeds as possible, but when they have to outsource their seeds they purchase from other local heirloom farmers like Ann Arbor Seed Company or larger national suppliers like Baker Creek Seed Company. The majority of their plants come from heirloom seed stocks. Along with, Hives on the Hill Apiary which produces over 150 gallons annually, Jacob's Fresh Farm continually raises the bar on produce in the Chelsea!
"Our mission through the glory of mother nature, sweat and tears is to provide you the freshest product available."
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Upcoming Events
At this time, the DFM has canceled all music and activities. We are following Governor Whitmer's Reopening Plan. We are in Phase 4 which allows crafters to return and our coffee vendor to sell hot coffee by the cup. Still, after purchase, please proceed to a place away from the market. Please be patient and know that we are working hard to provide free entertainment and educational events to Dexter as soon as is possible. Events will resume when all threat of community spread has been addressed.
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A simple recipe that brings out all the natural flavor of beets, quickly!
Yields 4 servings
Ingredient - 4 beets, peeled and cut into 3/4-inch cubes
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme, parsley, or chives (optional)
- 1 pinch sea salt, or to taste
Directions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Toss the beets, olive oil, and thyme in a bowl until beets are coated, and arrange pieces of beet on baking sheet so that they don't touch. Sprinkle the beets with sea salt.
- Roast in the preheated oven until the beets are tender, 10 to 20 minutes. A fork inserted into a beet cube should come out easily.
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