October 11, 2014, Saturday - Mill City Farmers Market

Time: 9:00am - 1:00pm

Location: 704 South 2nd Street

Today at Mill City Farmers Market:  Apple Festival

Produce Planner: At the Market this Saturday, you will find: Apples: Zestar, Honeycrisp, Sweet Sixteen, beets, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cantaloupe, cauliflower, celery, chickweed, chives, cilantro, cucumbers, dried beans, eggplant, fennel, garlic, ginger, green beans, green peppers, ground cherries, head lettuce, heirloom beans, herbs, hops, kale, kohlrabi, lemongrass, mushrooms, okra, onions, oregano, peanuts, pears, pac choi, potatoes, pumpkins,purplette onions, radishes, raspberries, Romanesco, salad mix, scallions, sorel, squash: butternut, delicata, acorn, and other varieties, sweet corn, Swiss chard, tarragon, tomatillos, tomatoes: cherry, Roma, heriloom, and other, totsoi, turmeric, turnips, watermelon, zucchini, and much more!

Mill City Cooks, 10 am: Market Chef Jenny Breen will be joined by two special guests today – local author and restaurant critic Beth Dooley, and Diane Ott-Whealy, co-founder of Seed Savers Exchange.

Make sure to catch Beth Dooley’s Pie Making Demo in the Baking Lab of the Mill City Museum at 12 today!

Heirloom Apple Tasting, Seed Savers Exchange, all day:
Seed Savers Exchange (SSE), the pioneer of the heirloom movement, will have a wide assortment of heirloom apples for you to sample. Meet the 40-year old organization’s co-founder, Diane Ott Whealy, learn about grafting and historic varieties, and watch Beth Dooley bake pies with apples from SSE’s orchards.

Live Music, 11 am – 1 pm: MCFM welcomes back crowd favorite Daddy Squeeze today!

Art Market, all day: Head to the back of the train shed where you’ll find 4 talented local artists. This week, stop and see the unique works of Spring Finn & Co., Christy Wetzig, The Abbey Alpacas, and Stirsby.

Member Specials 10/11/2014!

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;
Loon Organics: $1 off any $10 purchase;
Kiss My Cabbage: $1 off Lemon Coriander Leek Kraut;
Verdant Tea: a free drink with purchase of $25+ loose leaf tea!
Seed to Seed Farm: $1 off 1 lb of broccoli!
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!
Martha's Joy: $1 off pickled beets;
Olsen Naturals: $1 off any $10 purchase;
The Bolt: $1 off any beverage!
Urban Roots: $2 off 1 lb bag of Braising Mix!