August 23, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 8:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market: Cooking on a Budget

Produce Planner: At the Market this Saturday, you will find: Arugula, basil, beets, blueberries, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupe, carrots, cauliflower, celery, cherry tomatoes, chickweed, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, currants, dill, dried beans, eggplant, fennel, garlic, green beans, green peppers, ground cherries, head lettuce, heirloom beans, herbs, kale, kohlrabi, lemon thyme, mushrooms, okra, onions, oregano, peas, pac choi, potatoes, purplette onions, radishes, raspberries, rhubarb, salad mix, scallions, snow peas, spring onions, sugar snap peas, summer squash, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, tomatoes, totsoi, turnips, watermelon, zucchini, and much more!

Mill City Cooks, sponsored by Juut Salonspa, 10 am: Join Chef Jenny Breen in the kitchen demo today for some helpful tips on cooking on a budget – especially focused on students today!

Meet Your Vegetables, sponsored by Allina Health and Penny George Institute for Health and Healing, all day: Stop by and ask our experts about a holistic approach to staying healthy this fall. The first 200 visitors will receive flashing, safety lights for bikes and bags. Our interns have prepared a tasty and super simple summer dish - Summer Melon Salad, so stop by and grab a sample and recipe!

Community Booth, all day: Stop by our community booth for a sneak peak at the fall session of adult classes offered through Minneapolis Community Education. They will be joined today by a culinary chef from the Minneapolis Public School’s Nutrition Services who will be preparing tasty items from the new school lunch menu. Learn about the healthy changes going on with school lunch and try a sample!

Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes Minnesota native and self-taught musician and lyricist Jack Klatt to the Market today!

Art Market, all day: Featuring Crankosaurus Press, Fringe & Fettle,Chris Chookiatsirichai, and The Abbey Alpacas.

Member Specials 8/23/2014!

Become a Market Member and get a $5 off coupon at the Wedge Community Co-op, a free package of Mrs. Kelly's Tea of the week, weekly specials at the market all season long, and a $5 market token good for anything at the market! This Saturday's specials include:

Black Cat Natural Foods: Buy one, get one 1/2 off (of equal or lesser value) before 10 am! 
Barkley's Bistro:  Buy the "treat fleet" and get 1 pint of bones du jour for FREE;
Birchberry Native Arts and Food: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Bliss Granola: $1 off any granola or muesli;
Buffalo by Bike: $1 off ground bison;
Northern Lakes Wild Rice: $1 off 1 lb of wild rice; 
Loon Organics: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Kiss My Cabbage: $1 off Lemon Coriander Leek Kraut;
Olsen Naturals: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Verdant Tea: a free drink with purchase of $25+ loose leaf tea!
Seed to Seed Farm: $1 off 1 lb of broccoli!
Sonny's Ice Cream: Buy one scoop and get one at 1/2 off!
Mrs Kelly's Tea: $1 off any $10.50 purchase;
Singing Hills Goat Dairy: $1 off on any 2 chevre or any 2 feta;
Stones Throw Urban Farm: Basil - buy two bunches and get 3rd for half price and kale - $3 or 2 bunches for $5!
French Nugget: 10% off any purchase;
Martha's Joy: $1 off beets;
The Bolt: $1 off any beverage!
Zula Juice: $1 off a bottle of juice or 10% off a 3 Day Cleanse.