BLOOMING SINCE 1752
Saturdays 9am - 1pm
Centre Square, Easton, PA
EBT ACCEPTED - RAIN OR SHINE - DOG FRIENDLY
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SHINE!
Saturday is Sunflower Day
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There's an old Maori proverb that says “Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.” Leave your cares behind this Saturday and come celebrate sunflowers and the simple pleasures of Fall with us. Shop the market for sunflowers, grab a free sunflower tattoo at the INFO tent, and dress up your pooch for the Sunflower Pooch Parade. Also joining in the fun of Sunflower Day will be local performers Grins & Grins! Look for them towering above the Market, juggling their way around the circle – and even handing out balloons for the kids.Enjoy live music with Liliana Cunha, and some fun crafts for kids and a cookbook signing too!
Sunflower Stops
Where you'll find freshly harvested sunflowers:
- Apple Ridge Farm
- Pheasant Hill Farm
- Scholl Orchards
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Sunflower Pooch Parade
11am at the Fountain
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Dress your fur baby in some bright sunflower finery and join our parade of pups and posies around the fountain. All dogs participating in the parade will receive a fresh-baked sunflower cookie, compliments of our friends at the
Dining Dog and Friends.
And don't miss the sunflower selfie station for dogs!
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Tasting Pennsylvania
with Carrie Havranek
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Join local author Carrie Havranek to celebrate the publication of her just-released cookbook, Tasting Pennsylvania. The book features many of the Lehigh Valley’s (and Easton's) favorite chefs and lots of fresh, seasonal recipes!
Carrie is a long-time volunteer with the Easton Market District. She has served as a market chef, taught classes in our kitchen, and sampled products in the Highmark Farmstand. We are so proud of her and this gorgeous new cookbook, and grateful for how she showcases our beautiful local foods and the special people who grow and cook them. Come get your signed copy and grab a few for Christmas gifts too!
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Congratulations to Allison Lucey, winner of $50 in market tokens in our August Drawing. And Kudos to our Vendor of the Week: The Little Waffle!
Visit the INFO tent for your FREE Local Loyalty Shopping List pad. It's easy, just check off the places you shopped and enter to win. And don't forget to vote for your favorite vendor of the week!
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MARKET FRESH COOKING
WITH PEARS
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Pear and Hazelnut Muffins
From the Smitten Kitchen
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There's a chill in the air that immediately makes me feel like baking. These sweet yet hearty muffins are a great way to celebrate the fall pear harvest.
TIP: You'll find locally grown rolled oats from Red Cat Farm at the Highmark Farmstand inside the Easton Public Market.
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Cabbage Throw Farm
Cucumbers for Pickling & Tomatoes for Drying
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In honor of the Sunflower Day, Cabbage Throw Farm would like to thank their pollinators. Rows of flowers were planted through spring to keep the bees and butterflies happy while encouraging pollination of tomatoes and cucumbers. August is the time to preserve summer! Cabbage Throw has lots of cucumbers to pickle and tomatoes to sun-dry. They will also have their usual cooking and salad greens, herbs and flowers.
Oven “Sun”dried tomatoes
Preheat the oven to 225 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
2 . Slice tomatoes in half. Cut out the little core at the top of the tomatoes where they connected to the stem.
3. Arrange cut side up on a baking sheet. Sprinkle very lightly with sea salt.
4. Bake for 2 1/2 hours. Press down on the tomatoes with a spatula (juices will come out)
5. Return to the oven and bake for at least 2 more hours, until tomatoes are dry
Optional: drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with Italian seasoning.
*** Sundries tomatoes can be stored in the refrigerator, frozen or in olive oil!***
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Phillips Farms
Bartlett Pears and Raspberries
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Bartlett Pears at Phillips Farms this week. These sweet juicy locally grown pears make a great snack or addition to lunchboxes. Have you tried their Asian Pears? They were a big hit last week and they will continue to have them this week, as well as Honeycrisp Apples, Gala Apples, Gingergold Apples and Zestar Apples. Peaches are winding down for the season with only a couple weeks remaining before they are gone. Phillips' fall-producing raspberries are amazing, you don’t want to miss these. Also available this weekend: Kirby cucumbers, garlic, garlic scapes, fresh basil, Sun Gold cherry tomatoes and hot peppers.
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Scholl Orchards
Get your Peaches while you still Can!
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Yellow freestone peaches are still fairly plentiful but the white ones are done for the year. Nectarines, plums and pluots are plump and plentiful.
More apple varieties are arriving every week so get the season's first Galas, Honeycrisp, MacIntosh and Zestars. Watermelon, cantaloupe, and canary melons continue to grace the stand at Scholl's along with juicy tomatoes and plenty of veggies.
And be sure to treat yourself to a bouquet of sunflowers (grown by Grim's Orchards & Family Farm)
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Pheasant Hill Farm and
PorTch Tea
***Sunflower Location***
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Pheasant Hill Farm will have lots of sunflower bouquets on this sunflower Saturday. A second flush of lisianthus and chantilly snapdragons has arrived, too, song with celosia, sedum, statice and more.
Don’s PorTch Tea kombucha will have the usual favorites, and a couple surprises. See you at market!
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Have you checked out the Ageratum a.k.a. flossflower at Holy Cow Farm? This beautiful delicate purple bloom with a subtle fragrance brings a lovely pop of purple and green to any bouquet. It seems to complement any flowers it's paired with! There will be plenty of ageratum waiting for you this Saturday in the circle!
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Get a refreshing start to your day with some citrusy soaps!
Lemon Sunshine a blend of lemon and lemongrass essential oils gives this soap an uplifting sunny feel. Susan added black pepper and ginger for warmth.
Lemon Lime is a refreshing duo of lemon and lime with a pale yellow swirl of green throughout.
Bay Lime is a swirly blend of lime, bay and clove bud scents. The lime adds a fresh, tangy scent with a light spice scent of bay and cloves.
Other soaps that have a touch of citrus are Island Earth and Chasing Clouds.
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Farmstand Recipes
Salads & Energy Bites
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Last week the Farmstand sold out of all your favorites. Labor day may have passed, school may be in session, but the spirit of summer will still be in the air this Saturday during Sunflower Day. Come for the flowers, and stay for the salads! The Farmstand Recipes Tent will be fully stocked with your summer favorites such as the Kale Quinoa Power Salad and the Greek Farro Salad. Turn any of their salads into dinner by serving it alongside your favorite protein such as chicken, fish, or tofu! As always, all salads and bites are made with love in the EPM Kitchen."
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Breakaway Farms
The September Sausage has Arrived!
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Breakaway Farms introduces September’s featured sausage; Roasted Garlic & Gruyere! This blend of Pastured Pork, Sea Salt, Roasted Garlic, Gruyere, Black Pepper & Red Pepper pairs perfectly with seasonal veggies as Autumn nears!
Also, don’t forget all of their other tasty, clean meats! Grass Fed Beef & Lamb, Pastured Pork & Poultry, & Bacon & Sausages galore!
Psst...Breakaway's jerky sticks are great for lunchbox snacks!
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Valley Milkhouse
This Week's Featured Cheese - Raw Milk Thistle
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This week try a new twist on a Milkhouse classic - RAW MILK Thistle! The Milkhouse team has in recent months been making and aging this traditional Camembert style as a raw milk version which enables all of the complex flavors and aromas of the native milk cultures to shine through. Aged for two months, this cheese has buttery aromas and flavor notes and colors expressing the summer’s lush grazing pastures. We enjoy Thistle with dark grainy breads from Apple Ridge, fruit chutney and Tolino’s Oakes chardonnay. Cheesemaker Mackenzie will be sampling this special batch of Thistle at market this Saturday along with Witchgrass, Marigold, Blue Bell and Clover. Come by for a taste!
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Tolino Vineyards
Mama's Rose - This Week's Featured Wine
Tolino's is featuring their Mamas Rose this week. This Semi-sweet wine has strawberry, cherry and raspberry notes, and looks lovely on a table with a vase of sunflowers.
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Fieldstone Coffee Roasters
Hello Cinnamon Cold Brew
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What a wonderful way to begin the Fall Season, Fieldstone has their craft roasted, blended, and brewed… Cinnamon Cold Brewed Coffee. Enjoy a Nitro Pint, a Flat Pint, a Growler of concentrate, or a fresh roasted bag of Cinnamon beans to take home. Organic Berry Nitro Tea will also be on tap along with a Cinnamon Coffee Milk Bubble Tea.
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Artist on Call: Danny Moyer
ACE Artist on Call: Danny Moyer will be set up to demonstrate his process of making Art. Moyer has been developing his practice for over twenty years, bringing imagery that his been left for lost to new heights with variations of texture and color. "The work is a process that shapes my experience as much as the product”
Moyer will be busy making his mixed media collages but please feel free to ask questions about content and direction. This is nothing more than an opportunity to see another way we can respond to the world around us.
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LOCAL LIBATIONS
Separatist Beer Project
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Be Love Succulents
The pumpkin patch is filling up! These faux pumpkins are filled with beautiful low maintenance LIVE succulents! They will add a unique touch to your Fall decor.
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Smartivities
Paint-your-Pet
Totebag
Stop by the Smartivities Tent and paint your favorite furry friend, turtle, iguana, fish... you name it - on a tote bag. Just $10. Open to kids and adults.
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Vendor Absences September 7th:
Doughnut Love
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Liliana Cunha is a 15 year-old musician/vocalist from the Lehigh Valley. She plays multiple instruments and performs a wide range of genres that appeal to many age groups. Liliana has played many venues throughout the area and is very excited to make her solo debut at the Easton Farmers' Market. Pull up a chair in the North Lawn of the Circle and listen to this young talent in the Music Tent from 10 am to 12 noon.
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Chile Pepper Day
September 21st
HOT-HOT-HOT!
Can you take the heat? Join other fire-eaters at EFM’s infamous “10 Deadly Peppers” Hot Pepper Eating Competition at 11 am to test how hot you can go! Click
HERE to register for the 2019 Competition – no registration fee.
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Thank You to Our 2019 Sponsors
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Easton Farmers' Market is a program of Greater Easton Development Partnership
Phone: 610-330-9942
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