Wednesday's Fresh Produce

The 5th of July – Replenish your Produce!Get Ready for Saturday Festival!Atchison  Farmers’ MarketFresh, Friendly, LocalMarket E-Newsletter, Wednesday, July 5, 20172:30 – 5:30 p.m. The fireworks are over (until the Amelia Fest), grills have cooled, and you need to replenish your supply of vegetables, fruits, and baked goods at this Wednesday’s market. We will have a new vendor this week – Independence Creek Farm with the Paul Steinbach family.  They will have jam, vegetables, and eggs.  The Vegetable Petting Zoo will also be back! The Market Manager, Debbie Genova, (green and white striped tent) can swipe your credit, debit or SNAP cards. We participate in the Double Up Food Program and the Kansas Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program. Buy your Farmers Market gift cards ($10) from Debbie and we accept Chamber of Commerce gift certificates. You can support your Farmers' Market by buying a Plant a Carrot sign to put in your yard and/or "I love my Farmers Market" bumper sticker. Save the date – Tortilla Grande Festival this coming Saturday!  Gilbert Gasper, The Tortilla Man, will demonstrate making his tortillas, there will be samples, and you will be able to buy them at 11 a.m.  His recipe will be in our Thursday e-newsletter!  Juan Jorge will also show his skills.  KAIR Radio, with Brian as DJ, will do a live broadcast from the market on Saturday where you can sign up for the Food, Fuel and Football give away ($500 of meat from Cash Saver, $500 of fuel from Max’s BP and a pair of Chiefs v. Broncos Monday night football tickets courtesy of Atchison United Way). Visit us on www.atchisonfarmers.market. and www.facebook.com/AtchisonFarmersMarketVendor Produce (Wednesday, July 1):Cold Springs Acres (Wayne and Marla Olson)  Locally grown apricots, and beets and turnips. Genova Farm (Debbie and Mark Genova and girls) New potatoes, squash, cucumbers, red and white Candy onions, green beans, cut flowers, kale, radicchio, carrots, beets, green onions, and sweet corn. Independence Creek Farm (Paul Steinbach and family)  Eggs, turnips, kohlrabi, dill and oregano, and apricot jam J & J’s Eggs (Jaemon & Jeven Smith) Eggs Jirak Family Farm (Mark and Theresa Jirak and family)  Sweet Corn, zucchini, yellow straightneck squash, golden zucchini. L&R Farms (Monie Frakes)  Sweet corn, candy onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, cucumbers, eggplant, peaches, Japanese eggplant, yellow squash, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, cauliflower,  new potatoes, cabbage, English cucumbers, beets, daikon radishes, baby kale, collards, kohlrabi, sweet potatoes. Taking orders for canning beets and canning tomatoes sold by 1/2 bushel lots; call 816-390-7453 on Mondays or Thursdays for delivery to market. Long View Farm (Gunther and Betty Fischer) Dutch and French shallots, potatoes (Purple Majesty, Yukon Gold, Mountain Rose), beets (Detroit red, chioggia), carrots, fresh garlic and Elephant garlic, green beans, Texas Sweet onions, bok choi, English shelling peas, arugula, red and green cabbage, zucchini,  brown eggs, jams and jellies, English lavender wands, fresh cut herbs (dill weed, mint, sage and parsley), and fresh cut prairie flowers Lynn’s Tasty Treats  (Lynn Hoffman and Pauline Schuele) Salsa, hot dog and hamburger relish, jams, jellies fruit breads and dog biscuits, pies and rolls. St. Andre Orchard (John Rziha and Family)  Peaches, locally grown. Other vendors may be present.