Kingfield Farmers Market

Open every Sunday through Oct. 27

DavidB — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 15:43:20 +0000

We’re back for our 13th season of 24 weekly community festivals at 4310 Nicollet Ave. S.!

As always, you’ll find 30+ weekly vendors and fun family activities. And all our improvements introduced last year — credit card acceptance, EBT/SNAP “market bucks,” and zero-waste recycling and composting — are back.

Here’s the 2013 farmers/vendors line-up (* = indicates weekly):

Veggies
Blia D. Yang*
Bossy Acres
Davidson’s Farm*
Dawn 2 Dusk*
Gardens of Eagan
Veseli Vrsek Orchard
Humble Acres
Peter’s Pumpkins and Carmen’s Corn*
Pheng Yang*
Svihel Farm
Swede Lake Global Garlic
Sweetland Orchard
Tiny Planet Produce*
Vang’s Fresh Flowers*
Walsh Ridge Farm
Xou Yang*
Xue & Ger Vang*
Yang’s Fresh Produce*
Yer Yang*
Zoua Yang*

Street Food/Bakers
Bogart Loves
Chef Shack*
Foxy Falafel*
Gai Gai Thai*
Sift: Gluten-Free Bakers
Sun Street Breads*

Specialty Food
Beez Kneez (honey)
Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm* (meat/eggs)
Cherry Tree House Mushrooms
Crema (ice cream)
Groveland Confections* (chocolate)
Gustola Granola
Hazelwood Creek Farm* (canned veggies/fruits/sauces)
Heath Glen
Love Tree Farm* (cave-aged cheeses)
Martha’s Joy (canned veggies)
Palmira Coffee
Singing Hills Goat Diary
Wild Run Salmon*

Crafts/clothes/balms
Barn Swallow Garden
Bodylish
Bright Sun Candles
MiCasa
Midwest Special Services
New Leaf Letterpress
PixieSpit
Plantworn
PrimitivePrecision Metalcraft
Sassy Knitwear
Somi Tileworks
Squeaky Sailor Soaps
Stone Soup Toys

One more winter market – March 23rd!

AlexC — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 17:39:56 +0000

We’re looking forward to closing out our series of winter markets with one last hurrah on Saturday, March 23rd. Join us from 9am – 2pm at Bachman’s on Lyndale for food, crafts, beer, wine, and music, all in a cozy greenhouse environment. We’ll be serving wine and two Minneapolis brews – Indeed Brewing Day Tripper Pale Ale and Brau Bros’ Oatmeal Milk Stout. Here’s the full vendor line-up:

Beez Kneez (honey)
Foxy Falafel (street food)
Bliss Granola (granola and muesli)
Body Bliss (facial, skin and laundry products)
Bogart Loves (great baked goods!)
Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm (fresh eggs and grass-fed beef)
Café Palmira (brewed coffee and coffee beans)
Chef Shack (street food)
Gai Gai Thai (Thai-inspired street food)
Gorkha Palace (chutneys)
Groveland Confections (chocolates)
Hazelwood Creek Farm (jams, pickled goods, sauces)
Havlicek’s Veseli Vrsek Orchard (apples)
Love Tree Farm (cave-aged Wisconsin cheese)
Moonshine Roasters (coffee beans)
Patisserie 46 (baked goods, lunch items)
Peter’s Pumpkins (jams, pickled goods)
PixieSpit (quilts and other quilted goods)
Primitive Precision Metalcraft (hand-forged metal jewelry)
Sassy Knitwear (hand-dyed women’s and kid’s cotton clothing)
Singing Hills Goat Dairy (goat chevre and feta)
SoMi Tileworks (ceramic tiles)
Spring Wind Farm (dried beans and popcorn)
Squeaky Sailor Soaps (handmade soaps)
Sun Street Breads (baked goods, grab and go items)
Uproot Farm (fresh spinach)
Walsh Ridge Farm (maple syrup)
Wise Acre Eatery’s Tangletown Farm (fresh herbs, greens, & more)

Northern Brewer will be joining us all day to demo how to brew beer and mead, and make wine at home. Folk ‘n’ Thieves and Dan Newton will be playing folk, rock, and accordion music.

Next 2013 Winter Market this Saturday Feb. 23 — with beer, wine and cider!

DavidB — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 17:44:10 +0000

Missing your summer farmers market fix? We’ve got you covered!

Our second Winter Market is this Saturday, February 23 at Bachman’s on Lyndale (6010 Lyndale Ave S.). We’ll be inside from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m (expanded hours!) with many of your favorite Kingfield and Fulton Farmers Market favorites.

We’ll have beer, wine and Sweetland Orchard cider for sale by the glass!

February line-up:

Beez Kneez (honey)

Body Bliss (facial, skin and laundry products)

Bogart Loves (great baked goods!)

Braucher’s Sunshine Harvest Farm (fresh eggs and grass-fed beef)

Café Palmira (coffee beans)

Chef Shack (street food)

Gai Gai Thai (Thai-inspired street food)

Gorkha Palace (chutneys)

Groveland Confections (chocolates)

Hazelwood Creek Farm (jams, pickled goods, sauces)

Havlicek’s Veseli Vrsek Orchard (apples)

Love Tree Farm (cave-aged Wisconsin cheese)

Martha’s Joy (pickled canned goods)

Moonshine Roasters (brewed coffee and beans)

Nate’s Dogs (street food)
Patisserie 46 (baked goods, lunch items)
Peter’s Pumpkins (jams, pickled goods)
Primitive Precision Metalcraft (hand-forged metal jewelry)
Sassy Knitwear (hand-dyed women’s and kid’s cotton clothing)
Singing Hills Goat Dairy (goat chevre and feta)

SoMi Tileworks (ceramic tiles)
Spring Wind Farm (dried beans and popcorn)

Squeaky Sailor Soaps (handmade soaps)

Star Thrower Farm (sheep-milk cheese, yarn, pelts)

Sun Street Breads (baked goods, grab and go items)

Wild Run Salmon (wild-caught Alaskan salmon)

Musical acts: Ben Glaros and Edie Rae will be playing folk / rock music

And bring the kids – the YMCA Twin Cities will be there with fun games and prizes!

Joining our premiere sponsor Nicollet Ace Hardware, we’re thrilled to welcome new event sponsors Erik Brown Homes and EBT sponsors Pats Tap/Bryant Lake Bowl, along with the great businesses who have long supported us: Linden Hills Coop, Jardin Magico, Quality Coaches and Roadrunner Records.

Inquiries? Here are a few key email addresses:

Executive Director Alexandra Cortes (vendor requests, etc.): manager@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

Board chair David Brauer: chair@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

Volunteer: volunteers@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

Interested in playing music at the market?: music@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

Want to table for your community non-profit or cause? tabling@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org

Holiday Market: Sunday, Nov. 20

DavidB — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 20:55:15 +0000

Our final — and biggest — 2011 market of the year takes place indoors at King Park Center, 41st & Nicollet, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20.

Happening the Sunday before Thanksgiving, it’s a great way to get some holiday shopping done early, while enjoying street food, baked treats and the final veggies of the season. Here’s the vendor line-up:

Produce
Peter’s Pumpkins/Carmen’s Corn
Uproot Farm
Bossy Acres
Cherry Tree House Mushrooms

Street Food
Chef Shack
Foxy Falafel
Gai Gai Thai

Meat/Cheese/Eggs/Fish
Sunshine Harvest Farm
Star Thrower Farm
Wild Run Salmon
Love Tree Farm
Singing Hills Goat Diary

Bakeries
Bogart Loves
Patisserie 46

Apples
Sweetland Orchard
Havlicek’s Orchard

Coffee/Chocolate
Moonshine Coffee
Palmira Coffee
Groveland Confections

Clothes/Jewelry/Crafts/Balms
PixieSpit
Sassy Knitwear
Sew Smiley
Second Chance Jewelry
Sallie Cole Botanicals
Worker B
Gwyn’s Soaps
Scarf Shop
Bright Sun Candles

Honey/Syrup/Canning/Granola
Beez Kneez
Walsh Ridge Farm
Davidson’s Farm
Bliss Granola
Hazelwood Creek Farms
Martha’s Joy

Also, music will be provided by the great Roe Family Singers.

For more information, please email manager@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org.

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The Kingfield Farmers Market (outdoor version) will be back on Sunday, May 20, 2012. You can find some of our 2011 vendor line-up here.

We open at 8:30 a.m. and close at 1 p.m. at our 4310 Nicollet site. The outdoor market goes through the final Sunday in October.

For more information or to volunteer, email manager@kingfieldfarmersmarket.org.

Also, we have a Saturday market in the Fulton neighborhood, 49th & Chowen, also from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The 2012 dates are May 19-Oct. 27. See fultonfarmersmarket.org for info.

And please follow us on Twitter at @kingfieldmarket and @fultonmarketmn, or on Facebook at Kingfield Farmers Market and Fulton Farmers Market.

Of course, this all wouldn’t be possible without our rockin’ neighborhood sponsors, including dozens of you, our premier sponsor Nicollet Ace Hardware and Jardin Magico, France 44 Wine & Spirits, Quality Coaches and Linden Hills Co-op! Thanks to everyone!