Vermillion’s Labor Day Eat In!

As part of Slow Food International, and in partnership with Buy Fresh Buy Local – South Dakota, we are hosting a community-wide pot luck on Labor Day, September 7 from 5:00-7:30 at the National Guard Armory (603 Princeton).

This Eat-In is one of hundreds taking place on the same date across the nation to promote healthy, real food in schools and draw attention to the Child Nutrition Act, up for reauthorization this year. There will be kids activities, vendors with local produce, and lots of food. Come out for a great time with family and friends.

Bring a dish, preferably one that is made from local foods and/or is not highly processed. If you have a recipe for local foods in mind, send it to drschweinle@hotmail.com for inclusion in a free recipe book to be available at the pot luck.

For more information, check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=116497442359&ref=mf or at http://www.slowfoodusa.org/index.php/campaign/time_for_lunch-detail/vermillion_sd_eat_in/.

Today at the Market–Tomato Mania!

One of our vendors called to inform me that he’ll have 150 pounds of canning tomatoes to sell in bigger or smaller quantities.  Have you put up your salsa or sauce yet?  

Jams and jellies, baked goods, and a load of other produce and wonderful homegrown and homemade items will also be available.

See you at the market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds
Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota

Back with Abundance!

The Market is back from its Fair Week hiatus with all kinds of great locally grown and homemade goodness.

It’s a lamb week, so make sure to stock up on all your favorite cuts!

Produce is bustin’ out at the seams with potatoes, tomatoes, basil, sweet corn, peppers, eggplant, onions, garlic, chard, summer squash, beans, and much more.

Jam and jellies of all flavors will also be available, breads and other wholesome baked goods, too, and you never know what other goodies will make their appearance.

So, see you at the market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds
Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota

Clay County Fair Week–Market Hiatus

The Vermillion Area Farmers Market will take its yearly hiatus this Thursday for the Clay County Fair.  Make sure to visit the fair this year to see all the great exhibits!

You may find some of our vendors at the Elk Point Farmers Market from 5-7pm today (Tuesday), the Spink Farmers Market (10-2 on Saturday), and the Yankton Markets at the Mall and downtown on Saturday.

We’ll be back next week at our usual time–3-7pm on Thursdays at the Clay County Fairgrounds, corner of Cherry & High Streets in Vermillion.

Sweet Corn, Tomatoes, and Lamb, Oh My!

It’s a lamb week, and coupled with the first of the tomatoes and the second week of sweet corn, this promises to be a yummy market, indeed!

Stock up this week because our market takes a hiatus next week during the Clay County Fair (maybe a good time to check out the other local markets: Elk Point on Tuesday evening, Yankton and Spink on Saturday).

Have you started thinking about winter yet? I just got a bill that’s due in September, which snapped me awake about how quickly summer is dwindling.

Gary Bye has been selling sacks of storage potatoes (Yukons and Reds) for a great price! If you have a cool-ish dark place, you might think about grabbing a few extra sacks of potatoes for the winter months, as well as a few extra dozen ears of sweet corn for freezing. Onions and garlic keep well, too!

But don’t forget about the tasty fruits of summer–zucchini and peppers, fingerling potatoes and eggplant for roasting!

See you at the market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds
Vermillion, South Dakota

Sweet Corn? Yep, We’ll have it!

Tomorrow’s market promises to be a river of the most delectable sweet corn this side of heaven (do they have sweet corn in heaven?). Pick up a half dozen for dinner, or several dozen for canning or freezing projects (corn relish, anyone?).

Also on the menu–all the bounty of midsummer. We might even start to see a few tomatoes!

Hope to see you at the market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds
Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota

Today at the Market

There *might* be sweet corn.  Next week looks like the big debut for sure.

Dakota Harvest Lamb will be there, as well as Irish Twins Handmade Soaps.

For produce, look for beans, the first of the sweet peppers, onions, summer squash and zukes, cucumbers, and more!

See you at the market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds, Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota

Grey Skies are Gonna Clear Up!

So make sure to get down to the farmers market this afternoon!

Summer produce is coming on heavy now–beans, cukes, zukes, summer squash, beets and more!

Shop locally and support local producers and the local economy at the…

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds
Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.A.

Tomorrow at the Market

Tomorrow’s market will feature lots of great produce–snap beans, beets, summer squash & zucchini, plus cucumbers!  There may also be some lettuce, basil, broccoli, and other tasty goodies.

Dakota Harvest will be grilling and selling great cuts of lamb as well, and you’ll also find breads and other baked goods, plus farm-fresh eggs.

Erin Nelson of Irish Twins Handmade Soaps is coming down with her extensive collection of all-natural glycerin soaps, laundry detergent, and new all-natural grapefruit-lime toilet bowl scrub.

Lip Smakin’ Jellies is on hiatus for this week and next, but will be back in a couple of weeks with their great sweet and savory creations.

Hope to see you at the Market!

Vermillion Area Farmers Market
Thursdays, 3-7pm
Clay County Fairgrounds, Corner of Cherry & High Streets
Vermillion, South Dakota, U.S.A.

South Dakota Local Foods on the Web!

Dakota Rural Action has put their South Dakota Local Foods Directory on the internet in a searchable format.

With this handy guide, you can easily find local producers in your region of South Dakota, along with bios and contact information for those producers.

Visit www.sdlocalfoods.org to check out this great resource!