October Delights
Fresh pawpaws from Urban Gourmet
October Delights
Call it autumn, fall, soup or spooky season, when October arrives, we're beyond excited for all it brings.
Pumpkin bouquets are back from Country Bloomer's Greenhouse (pictured), though you best get out early to have a chance at grabbing one of these cuties.
Cooling days bring in more and more fresh greens from vendors like Sai's Garden, Shoua Lee Vang and Natalie's Garden & Greenhouse. Look for lettuces, arugula, mustard greens, Swiss chard and more.
New Life Greens keeps delighting us with their array of yummy microgreens, like these pictured cabbage microgreens from last Saturday's market.
As the abundance of greens return, so do more and more varieties of winter squash and freshly dug potatoes. For the soup season fans, this popular recipe has been making the rounds this season for its unique featured ingredient: dill pickles. Originating in Poland, this Dill Pickle Soup is full of potatoes and the fresh flavor of dill. Enjoy!
For the bakers short on time, stop by the Pleasant Springs Orchard booth to grab a jar of their apple pie filling (pictured). This tasty blend of their apples will cut down on your prep time by half or more. We won't even tell if you use store-bought crust.
The warm days are holding on for now and while the leaves are changing faster than the temps, we won't complain if it means another beautifully warm market morning. Whatever you call it, we're grateful for the arrival of October market season.
See you at market!
Ben Zimmerman
Market Manager
For the safety of our shoppers, we ask you to please walk your bikes through the market.
As a reminder to everyone, dogs are prohibited within the market area, though we welcome service animals at all times.
WCM Tote Bags for Sale
New Westside Community Market tote bags are now for sale!
Offered in a natural-tone canvas, these spacious bags feature our market bunny logo designed by Snaggle Tooth Arts of Madison and will be available, while supplies last at the Info Tent for $15 each, cash, check or Venmo (including tap-to-pay cards).
Vendor & Weekly Market Notices
Alsum Sweet Corn will be absent from the market this Saturday, October 5th. They will return the following week.
Daily Vendors - Saturday, October 5th:
Hope & Hill Flower Co.
Pecatonica Valley Farm
Flyte Family Farms, Live Jewelry Farm & Door County Fruit Market have finished vending for the 2024 season. They all wish to thank their customers and look forward to returning next season.
Dane County Farmers' Market
Cookbooks for Sale!
We are very happy have the wonderful "The Dane County Farmers’ Market Cookbook: Local Foods, Global Flavors" by amazing food writer Terese Allen available for purchase at the Info Tent.
The book is bursting with great stories and recipes built around the unique and vibrant farmers market scene Madison has to offer. Find new and delicious ways to utilize your market finds, while supporting the market.
Copies will be available each Saturday at the Info Tent. The books sell for $35 and can be purchased with cash, check or Venmo (including Tap-to-Pay cards).
Food Scrap Collection at the Market!
Beginning July 20th, Sustain Dane is expanding its free Food Scraps Drop-Off program to the Westside Community Market. According to the Wisconsin DNR, our landfills consist of 14.5% food that would be traditionally edible, and 6% “food scraps” (like peels). Take action and bring your food scraps to Sustain
Dane’s Westside Market booth on Saturdays from July 20th to November 2nd*, from 7:00 AM to 12:30 PM.
They can accept the following materials:
Raw Fruits
Raw Vegetables
Coffee Grounds
Loose Tea
Plain Pasta/Rice
Eggshells
Gourds
They cannot accept the following:
Meat
Dairy
Cooked Foods
Bread
Produce Stickers & Twist Ties
“Compostable” Bags
“Compostable” Utensils (Forks, Plates, Cups, etc.)
Paper Products
To date, this free public program has composted over 36,000 pounds. Compost buckets will be available at the first market to use for the remainder of the program.
Missed a market day? Bring your scraps to one of their other locations at the South Madison or Eastside Markets on Tuesdays.
All collected scraps are taken to Neighborhood Food Solutions (NFS) Farm which supports formerly incarcerated individuals in urban agriculture and teens in entrepreneurial and agricultural training. NFS
provides farming opportunities for community members who may not normally have access and resources to learn about and participate in farming. With this partnership, food scraps collected at the farmers markets will help to rebuild and create healthy soil at the farm to continue growing produce.
This program is in partnership with the City of Madison and Neighborhood Food Solutions. Learn more about the program here.
*The extension of the Westside Community Market food scraps recycling site is part of a youth led Sustain Dane initiative through the Youth Climate Action Fund focusing on youth engagement in food composting.”
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