Celebrate summer by reading three great books on the themes of gardening, farming, local food, and seasonal cooking, then joining a group of like-minded readers on the 2nd Saturday of each month for an interesting discussion at a favorite place for local food enthusiasts – the Haymaker Farmers’ Market!
The first discussion will be held on Saturday, June 14 from 12 – 1 p.m. Enjoy a discussion of Turn Here, Sweet Corn by Atina Diffley, an organic farmer in Minnesota who reflects on her relationship with the earth, plants, animals, families, and communities. This memoir is about making these essential relationships work in the face of challenges as natural as weather and as unnatural as corporate politics.
July 12’s selection is The $64 Tomato by William Alexander, and on August 9, the selection is Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver.
Check out a copy of each month’s selection at the Kent Free Library. No registration is required to attend the discussion at the market. Please bring a lawn chair if you’d like a seat.
For more information, please visit the website or call the Library’s Information Desk at 330.673.4414.
Strawberries Have Arrived!
Doug Woolf of Morning DEW Orchards is thrilled to report that he’ll be bringing an abundance of fresh, juicy, ripe Ohio strawberries to market.
“GOD is sooo good! We praise Him for an abundant strawberry crop this year! This is just our first field of early glow. Two more fields to go this season! His blessings are overflowing!” says Doug.
The winter was unkind to stone fruit, but the berries are looking magnificent. Hopefully there will still be plenty of rhubarb at market, too, for all the strawberry-rhubarb lovers out there!
Music at the Market
Mick Rogers comes to the market stage under the mural this week. Weekly live music at the market is free, open to the public, and appropriate for all ages, from 10 am – noon and is made possible with support from a Celebrate Kent! grant.
Free Range Food Menu
- French toast with blueberries and real maple syrup (bread from Trigo’s Bakery)
- Breakfast paninis with egg, smoked sausage, Ohio Farm Direct cheese and bread from Trigo’s)
- Walking omelets (local egg with your choice of peppers, onion and sausage in a paper cone- gluten free)
- Smoked sausages on a sesame seed torpedo roll
- Lemonade
- Hot oolong tea
Haymaker Farmers’ Market
Saturdays
May 17 – Oct. 25
9am – 1pm
Corner Franklin Ave. & Summit St. in Municipal Parking Lot
30+ Vendors!
*adapted from the Haymaker newsletter. If you would like to receive their weekly updates, click HERE.