Sierra Vista Farmers Markets Update for 01-31-19

Mark-et on Your Calendar this Thursday –  – – 
If you haven’t gotten your FREE 2019 Farmers Market Calendar yet, we still have some left. The calendars are poster size 12″x18″ with beautiful artwork of fruits and vegetables. Every Thursday of the year is conveniently highlighted in green so you won’t forget to stop by and pick up your favorite produce or goodies. Handsome calendars are sometimes hard to find, so be sure to get yours while supplies last. If you’ve already got one, pick one up for a friend or neighbor and help us spread the word about our great farmers market.

Get your Super Bowl of guacamole, chips, and salsa – –
It’s that time of year again when sports fans indulge in one of the biggest parties of the year. When I say big party – I mean 15.5 Billion dollars big! That’s a lot of pizza, beer, chips, salsa, and guacamole. If this is your favorite sporting event of the year, be sure to stop by the Farmers Market this week to pick up your super bowl snacks.

We’ll have fresh salsa, guacamole, and ceviche. If nuts are more your thing, there will be variety of salted and flavored pistachios as well as freshly hulled pecans.  And for those of you with a sweet tooth there is always a great selection of tasty pastries, pies, cookies, and candy.

Super Bowl Food Trivia:
Did you know that nearly $330 million was spent on pizza during 2018’s super bowl weekend. Guacamole is always a great party favorite, but get this, roughly 278 million avocados (139 million pounds) were consumed during last year’s game. That’s not a super bowl of guacamole that  is more like a super mountain. Salsa was another favorite which saw sports fans spend more than $41 million. Chips – 11.2 millions pounds. Chicken wings – 1.3 billion wings. Curious about beer?  Nearly 325 million gallons will be consumed – that’s over 492 Olympic size swimming pools full.

This Week At the Market

Agricultural and Produce Vendors Spotlight

Fresh Winter Greens
The cooler weather of an Arizona winter is perfect for growing full flavored greens. This week at the west end of the market Ruth will have Bak Choy, carrots, radishes, Chinese cabbage, kale, collard leaves, onions, mint and parsley bundles. For those of you who would like a little extra preparation help, Ruth also has salad packs that make a great addition to any meal. 

Fresh Range Fed Beef
This week Dennis Moroney of Sky Island Meats is back with his grass fed beef and lamb. One of the Sierra Vista Farmers Markets most consistent vendors Dennis or his daughter Allie will be there with a warm smile or their soft spoken cheer and optimism. Sky Island has a wide variety of meat cuts from their Criollo beef and Churro lamb as well as fresh caught and deep frozen Alaskan Sockeye Salmon from Bristol Bay in SW Alaska. 

While you’re at their booth take a look at the Natural colored mill spun wool yarn in three sizes and five colors. This wool yarn is from their Navajo Churro Sheep. Be sure to ask about their hand shelled natural pecans.

Bakers and Food Vendor’s Spotlight

Guacamole – Salsa – Lemonade – Ceviche
If you are looking to stock up for your Super Bowl festivities make sure you stop by Queen Ceviche. Feliz Zaborsky will have her rich guacamole and full flavored Salsa. There’s also Hatch Green Chile Pico and her sought after fresh ceviche.If you are looking for an alternative to soda or beer for your next party you might try her popular Organic Hibiscus Lemonade syrup. If you need to quench your thirst while you are at the market, Feliz also sells her lemonade by the cup. Be prepared for a mouth full of thirst quenching flavor. Please text Feliz (520.904.4715) if you want her to hold salsa or ceviche for you. They have been selling out quickly.

Artisans, Craft, and Body Care Vendor’s Spotlight

Lotion Bars & Sugar Body Scrubs
Fizzy Wonders will be back this week with a new lotion bar. They’ll also have bath bombs, sugar body scrubs, and their other body care products.

Navajo Pottery, jewelry, and herbs
Eric and Charlatta of Greenstone Collection Pottery and Crafts will have their red and white horse hair pottery for sale this week. They’ll also have their beautiful hand crafted sterling silver jewelry. While you are there, check out their herbs such as sage, sweet grass, and Navajo cedar. 

Special Announcements and Events

The Cochise Cowboy Poetry will be at the market this week talking about their upcoming event. Be sure to stop by and say howdy. For those who missed out in last week’s newsletter, here is the information again.

27th Annual Cochise Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering
 This week the good folks from the 27^th  Annual Cochise County Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering will be at the market distributing info and selling tickets for their splendid Poetry and Musical event on February 8th and 9th. More than 40 poets and musicians will entertain you with some of the Southwest’s finest Cowboy genre. If you can’t make it to the market to talk to them yourselves you can visit there website here: Cochise County Cowboy Poetry and Music Gathering

This Week’s Market Music
Ken Cantrell will be entertaining us at the market this week.

We hope to see you all at the Market this week!

This Week’s Weather Forecast

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