This Week at the Market (12 December 2009)

Per Mario Obledo, market manager:

Available this Saturday at the Leon Springs Farmer's Market:

Vegetables- tomatoes, zucchini, yellow, butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash; red potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, mustard greens, radishes, turnips.

Fruits- apples, valley oranges and grapefruit.

Other items: green brownies, granola, meats/farm fresh items, roasted nuts, honey, fresh breads, pasteries, pecans, various canned/jarred items, hopefully...plants, herbs.

New to the Market...Seafood...a new seafood vendor will be taking orders...come out and see our new Market vendor! Also, rain catchment barrels should be on display!!!

Also, there will be San Antonio Food Bank "Red Barrel" for food donations. Live music, if the weather allows for it!

No Market Tomorrow (December 5)

It's too cold!!! See you next week, weather permitting.

At This Week's Market (November 28)

From Mario Obledo:

Available this Saturday at the Leon Springs Farmer's Market:

Vegetables: tomatoes, zucchini, yellow, butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash, red potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, mustard greens, radishes, turnips.

Fruits: apples, valley oranges and grapefruit.

Other items: "green" brownies, possibly granola, meats/farm fresh items, roasted nuts, honey, fresh breads, pecans, various canned/jarred items, plants, herbs and cut flowers.

Also, there will be San Antonio Food Bank "Red Barrel" for food donations.

Join us!

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This Weekend at the Market

Available this Saturday at the Leon Springs Farmer's Market:

Vegetables- tomatoes, zucchini, yellow, butternut, acorn and spaghetti squash, red potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, mustard greens, radishes, turnips.

Fruits- apples, valley oranges and grapefruit.

Other Items: "green brownies," granola, meats, roasted nuts, honey, fresh breads, pecan pieces, various canned/jarred items, plants, herbs and cut flowers.

- Source: Mario Obledo

And don't forget that we'll be welcoming Chef Armstrong!

November Happenings

• We’re pleased to welcome Executive Chef John Armstrong of the Westin La Cantera Resort (@WestinLaCantera) to the market on Saturday, November 21. He’ll present some “un-traditional” twists to those Thanksgiving Day favorites! Preferring to use as much locally grown products as possible, Chef John will demonstrate how to use fresh ingredients and add pizzazz to your holiday menus. Questions invited! Sampling a must!

• In other news, Leon Springs FM is now on Twitter and Facebook. Give us a follow please!

Farmer's Market Week! (August 2 to 8)

From the Huffington Post:

Next week, (August 2-8) is National Farmers Market Week as proclaimed by Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, and the nation's 4,800 farmers markets have a lot to celebrate!

The USDA started recognizing National Farmers Market Week in 2000, and since then the number of markets listed in the USDA official directory of farmers markets has swelled over 170%. This means opportunities for hundreds of thousands of producers to sell directly to millions of customers wanting fresh food. In turn, these customers support farmers, while tending to their own health, building their local communities and strengthening their regional economies. (Read More)

Looking for a market in San Antonio -- besides the obvious one? Try the MySA.com market directory.