Tomorrow is the last day of the winter market, with the hours still 9:30-12:00. Please join us to celebrate the end of another successful market season!

We go back to our regular hours on April 1st, 8:00-12:00. Some of our favorite vendors will be returning, as well as some new ones trickling in throughout the season.

We're also planning some fun events throughout the year. Stay tuned for more details.

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Welcome back to Natural & Local LLC!

Natural & Local LLC was founded by Ramrati Lohain in 2020 with a goal to nourish people and the planet. With her husband Dasharath Lohar, Ramrati grows a variety of Asian and other vegetables on Good Hope Farm to serve diverse community needs. They are expanding to one acre with a list of over 50 herbs and vegetables planned for 2021.Ramrati Lohain and Dasharath Lohar are originally from Nepal. Both have extensive gardening experience in Nepal as well as in the US. Dasharath is also an academically trained horticulturist cum biotechnologist. Both love organic farming and serving the local community through nutritious produce. They can be reached at NaturalnLocal@gmail.com.

It's that time of year again! Time for our annual Easter egg hunt! We'll be holding the event on April 8th from 8-12. Enjoy arts and crafts, games, and, of course, the egg hunt! Like last year, we'll split it into two time slots, 10:00 and 11:00. If you're child participated in the first round, please give others a chance to play.

This year we are planning to make the Easter egg hunt bigger than ever! If you have

any unwanted plastic eggs, please consider donating them to the market. The eggs

can be dropped off at the market tent tomorrow and next Saturday.

What's for dinner?

My Chicken Stir fry

I find stir fry to be just a versatile as chili. I open up my refrigerator, look to see what I have, and decide if the ingredients are better for stir fry or chili. This week, stir fry won! As I've mentioned before, I don't measure anything. Everything I do is to taste.

This week's ingredients include:

• Chicken breasts, thinly sliced (Fickle Creek Farm, Coleman Girls' Farm)
• Mushrooms (Gabor Farms)
• Onion (Gabor Farms)
• Carrots (Farmer from a different market)
• Kale (Gabor Farms)
• Purple Collards (Zephyr Family Farm)
• Baby Bok Choy (Fickle Creek Farm)
• Ginger, sliced (Redbud Farm)
• Garlic (Redbud Farm)
• Sesame oil
• Sesame seeds

Stir Fry Sauce-

I had a difficult time finding a recipe I like, so I combined a few.

• ~ 1/2- 3/4 C reduced sodium tamari
• ~ 1-2 T cornstarch
• ~ 1- 1 1/2 T minced garlic
• ~ 1- 1 1/2 T minced ginger
• ~ 1- 2 T honey (West Orange Farms)
• ~ 1-2 T sesame oil
• ~ 1-2 tsp rice vinegar

Directions-

• heat pan and add 1-2 T sesame oil.
• When oil is hot, add chicken
• When chicken is thoroughly cooked through, remove from pan and set aside in a bowl.
• Add another tsp oil and sauteé the carrots.
• When cooked through, remove from heat and set aside.
• Add garlic, onion, and ginger and sauteé until the onion is opaque in color.
• Remove from heat and set aside.
• Add a little more oil to pan, then add the greens.
• Sauteé until done to your liking.
• Return everything to the pan. Add a little bit of the sauce and allow it to cook with the stir fry

In the meantime, make the sauce-

• Put all of the ingredients in a mason jar and shake until everything is well blended.

Just a friendly reminder, all dogs must be kept on a short leash, in your hand. Dogs must be friendly, however, it's the owner's responsibility to make sure that even the friendliest dogs aren't jumping on others, especially kids, just to "say hi". Aggressive dogs will be asked to leave. If you're having a difficult time shopping while holding your dog, bring him to the information tent and I'd be happy to help you.

Please clean up after your pet. Poop bags can be found on the other side of the brick wall. Or come to the information tent and ask me for one.

Thank you for helping to keep the market a safe place!

Join us for our grand re-opening event, celebrating the veggies of the season. Lots will be going on that day. There will be arts and crafts tables to make Mother's Day gifts, craft vendors to help you shop for Mother's Day, and more.