Here's a preview of what's coming! Tune in tomorrow for more information on our vendors!
Produce
Stern Farms and Grateful Acres Farms are bringing all the produce they can carry for your eating pleasure. The following is a true story about an experience I had with buying farmers' market produce. My kids are wild about blueberries. Usually I can't keep a container more than a couple of days. However, you know how kids are, one week they can't get enough of something, another week you're trying to feed them the exact same thing and they act like you're giving them rat poison. So of course the week my kids decided to be PIA's I had bought a HUGE carton of blueberries at a farmers' market. I washed them, put them in the fridge and my kids refused to eat them (Gah!! Ingrates!). I literally ate blueberries every other day and close to 2 weeks after, when my kids decided they again loved blueberries, what I had leftover didn't have a spot of mold on them or any sign of rot. I was floored. Most of the stuff that is coming in from the farmers' markets was picked a couple of days ago or possibly the day before. You aren't getting anything fresher unless you go pick it yourself.
Stock up and enjoy the bounty of these 2 local farmers;
Stern Farms
is based out of Cream Ridge, NJ which is not to far from Hamilton
Township, NJ. Stern Farms is truly a family farm. I originally spoke
with Judy Stern about joining us and she passed along the information to
her daughter, Julie. Julie and her husband will be bringing primarily
tomatoes and all kinds of peppers and possibly some melons if they still
have any left, homemade baked goods, homemade tomato sauces, potted mums, and other
farm goodies. They also do Christmas trees on their farm and will be
bringing a sample of those as well (because it WILL be here before you
know it!!).
Alex Archambaultto and Grateful Acres Farms are
Pennsylvania based and huge supporters of the "slow food movement"
(opposite of the fast food movement--I'm serious!) and are regulars at the Rittenhouse Square Farm Market. They strive to
preserve traditional and regional cuisine and encourage the farming of
plants, seeds, and livestock characteristic of the local ecosystem. They
deal with sustainable foods and the promotion of local small businesses (perfect for Mayfair!)
and they believe that supporting a local farm makes a contribution to
keeping the environment greener by reducing transportation of foods by
as much
as 1,000 miles. They don't use any synthetic chemicals or fertilizers
either. Here's their Facebook page if you want to check them out. Grateful Acres. Update: Alex will also be bringing 30 half-pound bags of fair trade/organic coffee from Kutztown's own Global Libations coffee shop!!Artisan Bread and baked goods
Wild Flour Bakery is Northeast Philly based and they make the most ridiculously good croissants that are about as big as your head and some of the best artisan bread around. They are THE bakers for some of the fanciest restaurants downtown and are Headhouse Square regulars. Their breads are SO GOOD I'm sure there have probably been several murders committed to obtain it...alright maybe not murder but at least a couple of wicked slap fights, a noogie or two, and possible Indian burns (that ish hurts!). You can bet your buns (puns! teehee) that I'll be picking up stuff to consume during the week and possibly freeze to last me til the next fall festival on 10/14 because they only deal directly with restaurants and farmers' markets---they have no storefront which is honestly probably a good thing for my diet (or lack thereof). Here is Wild Flour's Facebook page. Wild Flour Bakery. Flowers
Although we are bringing several vendors in from outside of our general area, we wanted to focus on supporting our local small businesses as well. Many of the owners of Mayfair businesses live right here in Mayfair or in the surrounding neighborhoods and are members of the Mayfair Business Association who are very active in the community. Antoniette at Torresdale Flowers is one of them and has been planning and will be providing beautiful market bouquets for you to take home and enjoy! I can't wait to see what colorful creations she's come up with! Here's Torresdale Flower's website if you want to get a preview of what Antoniette can do! Torresdale FlowersCome back over the next couple of days leading up to Sunday for more about our other vendors!
Mill Creek Apiary
Philly Dog Biscuit Company
Sinful Cupcake & Cafe
Stan's Health Foods
Mayfair Shop N Bag
The Grey Lodge Pub
Yo! Philly Ice
Art by HQ
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