Sierra Vista Farmers Markets Update for 10-24-2019

Our Move Was a Success – –

We’d like to thank all of you who visited our new farmers market location in Veterans Memorial Park last week. Turnout was fantastic. We’ve received some really great feedback from vendors and customers and will be incrementally implementing some of your suggestions. We ask for your patience while we fine tune the market layout and vendor locations. Please note that we will be including a vendor map and list with the vendor locations on the map in our newsletter to help with the transition. Each week our newsletter comes out on Tuesday or Wednesday so be sure to check that out at www.sierravistafarmersmarkets.com  For those of you who shared last week’s market update on Facebook and other social media we want to thank you. By far, that was the most engaged post we’ve ever had. We appreciate those of you who faithfully help us get the word out about the Sierra Vista Farmers Market each week.

Vendors Spotlight

The Ketoluscious Bakery
Janet Amos, our Ketoluscious baker will be at this week’s market. Janet’s baked goods are extremely popular with her customers so if you are looking to try some delicious Keto baked goods, be sure to get there early for the best selection.  A few of the many treats Janet will have for you to enjoy this week will include:

Kentucky butter cake, pumpkin cheese cake, pecan sandies, chocolate chip cookies, almond cookies, pecan turtles with salted caramel (new item), Dinner Rolls, Bagels, and a whole lot more.

Four Kings Granola at Ketoluscious
This week Janet will also be filling in for Four Kings Granola and will have their Original, Pumpkin Pie Spice, and Superfood Sweet Heat Granola at her Ketoluscious Bakery booth.

The Simmons Honey Ranchito
The Simmons have their tomatillo salsa and red corn & bean salsa back in stock this week. Back by popular demand they have a new batch of Three-Berry Jam as well. As always the Simmons will have a good supply of various honey types and sizes, as well as raw bee pollen which many people claim is a great help with seasonal allergies.  If you are looking for their chicken eggs, be sure to get there early because they only have a limited supply.

Just a Pinch

Looking for some special mint or other herbs? Michael Burgess with Just-a-Pinch has 11 different types of mint for you to choose from. At Michael’s booth you can buy just a pinch or the whole plant depending on your needs. Besides his wide variety of mints, Michael will also have thyme, sage, lemon verbena, stevia, and Japanese parsley.

Hilltop Hydrponics
Hilltop Hydroponics will be at the market this week with his beautiful living lettuce. He’ll have spring lettuce mix, kale, arugula, cherry tomatoes, European cucumbers, bokchoi, and several varieties of micro-greens.

Beatty’s Orchard

With fall creeping up on us, that means its apple season at the farmers market. If you are an apple connoisseur then now is your opportunity to try variety of apples that you won’t find anywhere else in Cochise County. Beatty’s Orchard will have Rome, Chieftain, Winesap, Fuji, Bert’s Special, Querian, Granny Smith and Gold rush. Backyard Gardening & Growing will have Gala, Pixie Crunch, a Fuji variety, Golden Delicious, and Granny Smith.

Be sure to stay tuned for more news on our upcoming Apple Festival in November. As always we look forward to seeing you all at this week’s market.  For more information on all our vendors, the products they will be bringing, and their new booth locations please see this week’s farmer’s market newsletter at www.sierravistafarmersmarkets.com

Emu Enterprises
Weather is cooler as this old cattle rancher predicted before.  Weekend football gathering, and time for a hot bowl of chili to be the gracious host or hostess.  You go to pantry and get a can of that store bought chili from where?  You’re in the old Southwest, and homemade chili is the way to go.  Even better for the taste buds and healthier, 95% lean yak chili can’t be beat.  Stop by the Emu and Yarlung Cattle Company booth and pick up a package of Yak ground with a dollar off when you mention the Yak chili special, making the best chili West of the San Pedro.

(Blurb courtesy of Roger T.)

Special Announcements and Events This Week

SNAP – Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program
The Sierra Vista Farmers Market now accepts SNAP and Double Up benefits. Just visit our information booth near the center of the market to swipe your cards. Remember you can use them for all produce, dairy products, meats, spices, baked goods, and frozen ready-to eat meals (such as lasagna), plants that produce edibles like tomato plants and herbs. Double Up is only redeemable for Arizona grown fruits and vegetables, though.

Ride Vista Transit to the Market for FREE
Did you know that you can ride Vista Transit from their Coronado/Wilcox station to the farmers market for free each Thursday? That’s right, it’s free. If the traffic is a bit much for you at the market each week you can park your car at the Coronado/Wilcox station and Vista Transit will deliver you safe and sound to the market. With pick up and drop off every half hour, you can do your shopping and get a ride back to your car without any inconvenience. Pick up at the station is on the hour and half hour. At the market pick up is at 15 and 45 after.  Give it a try and be sure to thank your driver and the City of Sierra Vista for their great service.

Musical Entertainment This Week:

Music this week will brought to you by Lorenzo.

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

Vendor Booth Listing and Setup

This Week’s Weather Forecast

This Weeks Vendors
(Vendors are Alphabetized – attendance at Thursdays market subject to change without notice)

– – Vendor Grown – – Agricultural and Produce Vendors with the – – Vendor Grown – – seal are known to grow at least 85% of the products they sell.
– – Vendor Brokered – – Agricultural and Produce Vendors with the – – Vendor Brokered – – seal do not grow a majority of the produce they sell and are known to purchase a majority of their products from third parties.

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Ancestral Herbals
Ancestral Herbals has a new lotion refill station.

Arevalos Farms – – Vendor Grown – –
Aaron Cardona with Arevalos Farms has a wide variety of seasonal vegetables such as Delicata squash, Butternut squash, okra by the pound, onions,and garlic.

Backyard Gardening & Growing – – Vendor Grown – –
Zane and Noah Struse will bring onions, eggplant, cucumbers, okra, peppers, gala, pixie crunch, golden delicious, and autumn apples. Garlic grown by the Garden of Eat’in.

Beatty’s Orchard – – Vendor Grown – –
Edith has the newest apples and rhubarb.

Big Skye Baker
Bodie with Big Skye Bakers always has tasty baked goods for you to try.

Big Woody’s

Hot lunch at the market with Sonoran hotdogs, pulled pork, or nachos.

Café Cultiva
Jesse and Jessica will have fresh brewed coffee by the cup. They will also have fresh roasted whole beans from Guatemala, Colombia, Costa Rica, and India. If you need your beans ground they’ll be happy to do so while you wait. If you have a sweet tooth ask them about their been to bar chocolate.

Celestial Breads
Celeste with Celestial breads makes fresh calzones and Stromboli every week. Try their chicken calzone with Chef Scotty’s garlic sauce or beef calzone with his famous marinara sauce; both have two cheeses added (mozzarella and cheddar).

Desert Oasis Soap
Greg brings a wide variety of soaps to the market every week. Ask him for his favorite scent.

Designs by Copper Canyon
Nancy with Copper Canyon has a great selection of hand made bags, pillows, skirts and tops as well as a wide assortment of hand made home décor items to brighten your home.

Dolce Amore
Teresa with Dolce Amore bakes Italian specialties for you. Try her gluten free cookies, vegan cakes, Italian cakes, puff pastries, and regular cakes and cookies.

Echoing Hope Ranch – – Vendor Grown – –
Echoing Hope Ranch will NOT be at the market this week.

Emu Enterprise – – Vendor Grown – –
Roger Taber provides us with yak meat every week. Try something new for dinner. Also, Roger has several emu products available.

Four King’s Kitchen
Look for April’s granola at Ketoluscious Bakery booth.

Ginny’s Eclectic Kitchen
Ginny makes fresh sourdough bread for you every week. But it is not only her baking that makes this sourdough so delicious. She has to “feed” her sourdough leavening starter every day to keep it “alive” and healthy. Ginny only uses unbleached, unbromated, unenriched wheat flour, so come and sample her bread or some of her scrumptious sweet treats.

Golden Rule Dairy – – Vendor Grown – –
Remember to pick up your raw milk and cream at Golden Rule Dairy. For those of you who like granola the Stride family makes their own healthy granola. They also offer kefir grains. Oh, and not to leave out Fido, the Stride’s also have a variety of deer antlers which make great dog chews. Must be an acquired taste…

Gracewater Farm
Trudy brings seedlings and other plants each week. You’ll find her in Ginny’s booth at Eclectic Kitchen.

Gray’s Garden of Eat’N – – Vendor Grown – –
Hyrum will be at the market with onions and garlic from their farm.

Greenstone Pottery & Crafts
Charlatta and Eric are full-blooded Navajo and proud of their heritage. Their pride and skill bring you genuine hand made Navajo artisan works that you will not find anywhere else at the market.  —- This week Greenstone will have Christmas Ornaments and native jewelry.

Hilltop Hydroponics – – Vendor Grown – –
For some of the most beautiful lettuce and greens around be sure to stop by Tom Hanson’s booth. Tom has living lettuce and spring mix available as well as kale. If you ask, Tom will tell you about how he grows his greens hydroponically.

Hone Ranger
Scott the Hone Ranger will sharpen just about anything you bring to the market.

Horton Farms –– – Vendor Grown – –
Jessica and Mark will be back in the spring with more produce.

Incredible Snacks
Each week David brings an incredible assortment of dried fruit and nuts.

Just-A-Pinch – – Vendor Grown – –
Michael Burgess with Just-A-Pinch will have his culinary herbs. Treat yourself this week to fresh mint, and basil. Buy it by the ounce freshly cut at the market or take home a healthy plant. Still available are his Egyptian walking onions.

K-1 Kreations
K-1 owner Kris is one of our regular vendors. Her product line includes aprons, coaster, pot holders, dish rags, table runners, and tote bags made out of unique fabric patterns. She loves special orders and will customize anything, even cloth pin bags or a grocery bag holder, just ask her.

Ketoluscious Bakery
See vendor spotlight above.

Krazy Koyote Kettle Corn & Smoothies

La Pina Raw Juice

Lazy KJ Ranch
Stuart with the Lazy KJ Ranch which specializes in “Farm to Table” all natural grass-fed pork. Stop by their booth and try their outstanding smoked pork ribs, BBQ pork sandwich, white truffle fries with parmesan~romano, double stacked nachos, burritos, and air fried quesadillas. All prepared fresh table side. This week Stuart is offering ribs by the bone along with amazing BBQ pork any way you like it.

Lasagna and More
Chef Scotty will be at the market this week with his mouth watering Lasagna. A consistent favorite at the Sierra Vista Farmers Market, these ready made meals will delight your family for dinner tonight. If you are wondering what the “more” is in Lasagna & More you might also like one of Chef Scotty’s killer burritos. Scottie makes a two meat (beef/pork) burrito as well as a six vegetable vegan burrito. Just a note, all of Chef Scotty’s burritos are lard free.

Lettuce Man – – Vendor Grown – –

Donna will NOT be at the market.

Maggie’s Dog Treats & Accessories
Zia will NOT be at the market this week.

McDonald Farm
Scrumptious baked goods are brought to you by Donna. Try lemon bars, cinnamon rolls, scones, hand pies, and the ever favorite seven nut caramel bar. She also brings chicken and duck eggs.

Papa Mike‘s Jerky
Papa Mike and his much loved beef jerky will be at the market this week. Papa Mike has a flavor for everybody so come and find your favorite. His best selling jerky is mesquite flavored and the chili lemon.

Pappardelles Pasta
Erin has dozens of artisan pastas made with organic wheat. She also has gluten-free and vegan pasta as well.

Queen Ceviche
This week Feliz has more of her spicy red salsa (with oregano) as well as red chipotle salsa. The chipotle has a slight smoky flavor after your first bite. Don’t forget to try her guacamole or of course her royally delicious ceviche- all are available with a bag of fresh tortilla chips. Feliz will quench your thirst this week with her ice cold hibiscus lemonade. If spicing up your life is more your speed then try Feliz’s salsa or guacamole.

Ruth’s Garden – – Vendor Grown – –
Ruth will NOT be at the market until January.

San Ysidro Farms – – Vendor Grown – –
 Nathan and Jackie will NOT be at the market this week.

SAS-Z Nuts – – Vendor Grown – –
If you’d like to spice up your pistachios a bit, Steve has garlic onion, green chili garlic, chili lime and hot chili in addition to premium salted pistachios.

Sky Island/47 Ranch – – Vendor Grown – –
Ranch owner Dennis Moroney tells us that he will bring their grass fed beef and lamb as well as wild Salmon from Alaska. He and his wife Deb make their own peanut butter from certified organic peanuts. Also, they bring all natural churro sheep wool in a variety of colors (no dye added at all).

Simmons Honey Ranchito
Their local mesquite honey is now in season and its the largest crop of the year, its light amber color is beautiful reminder of the wild desert mesquite from which it originates.

Fun Honey Fact: Did you know: Honey is a natural sweetener (sweeter than table sugar) mostly composed of fructose and glucose and about 18% water (the lesser water content the better the quality of the honey). It is rich in antioxidants, fat free, and cholesterol free. Honey is an excellent energy food, so make sure you stash a few honey stix in your hiking backpack, it might just give you that extra edge to make it there and back.

Sivonn’s Garden – – Vendor Grown – –
Fresh backyard garden produce by Sivonn. Seasonal greens and other produce.

Super Natural Organics – – Vendor Brokered – –

Sweet Arizona
Roger and Debra will bring their awesomely delicious fudge and brittle. make sure to ask for a sample.

Tawin’s Gardens and Crafts
Tawin’s Garden not only brings potted plants and succulents, but she is a whiz with her crochet needle, come check out her cute little cacti and Yodas. They make great souvenirs or gifts for the grandchildren.

Thunder Mountain Alpaca Ranch

Lisa will bring baby and mama alpaca as well as her spinning wheel.

Tortilla Arevalos aka Esperanza

Hot lunch at the market or take home her much-sought after tortillas, also available gluten free.

Toy’s Eggrolls

Tigerlily Boba Tea

White Cane Salmon
Not here this week.