THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET
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PRODUCE & FOOD PRODUCTS
  • sweet corn
  • raspberries
  • cantaloupe
  • celery
  • eggplants
  • watermelon
  • Cortland apples
  • tomatoes
  • cherry tomatoes
  • hot peppers
  • yellow squash
  • cucumbers
  • red, white & yellow onions
  • zucchini
  • green peppers
  • green beans
  • Muffinhead Fine Baked Goods
    offers beautiful cakes,
    chocolate truffles, pastries and
    handmade chocolates.
  • Two SIsters Pantry  is now at
    the market featuring over 150
    different dips, salad, dessert,
    baking, entree and specialty
    mixes.
  • Goat Meat - cubed, ground, and
    chops  are now available.
  • Honey - regular and creamed
  • Walnuts -  locally-grown shelled
  • Chickens - free-range, chemical-
    free, locally raised
  • garlic - bulb, diced, powdered
  • farm fresh eggs
  • Prairie Moon wines - a full
    menu of great wines
  • regular and flavored biscotti
  • Picket Fence  Ice Cream in a
    variety of delicious flavors
  • Beef from Twin Girls Garden -
    no hormone, no antibiotic,
    pasture fed in a great selection
    of cuts.
  • Take & Bake items (see menu
    page)
  • Cafe Diem Decaf coffee - whole
    bean or ground - Iowa
    processed & roasted
  • Regular & Flavored coffees -
    whole bean or ground
  • dried oyster & shitake
    mushrooms
  • ducks- no hormones, no
    antibiotics, free-range
  • apple butter  
  • Farm-raised pork  (no
    hormone, no anti-biotics)  a
    variety of cuts
  • Pleasant Valley Baked Goods -
    Home-baked pies, breads, rolls,
    squares, loaves, cookies,
    kringla and more
  • See Worthy Baked Goods - a
    variety of table & savory breads,
    peach cobbler & more
  • Snus Hill Winery - a wonderful
    variety of wines from red & white
    table wines  to dessert wines
  • fair-trade Tanzanian coffee  -
    100% profits go directly to
    Outreach Africa - processed &
    roasted in Iowa
  • Twin Girls Garden a wide variety
    of delicious home-made jams &
    jellies

















QUALITY HAND-MADE CRAFTS
  • A variety of cookbooks
    featuring farmers' market
    cookbooks, vegetarian, as well
    as cookbooks teaching how to
    cook seasonally with local
    produce.
  • Market Photograph postacards
           photos by D. Bunka
  • Barnboards
  • Decorative and functional
    ceramic works - a wide variety
    of pieces available including
    seasonal.
  • Eclectic found and re-purposed
    art, paintings
  • hand-made corn husk dolls,
    angels, peace signs & more!
  • hand-crafted 'found-art' pieces
  • Designs by Debbie quality
    handmade jewelry
  • Felted mittens - wide variety of
    colors & sizes, also made to
    order
  • See-Worthy candles & lotions,
    body butters and more
  • farmers' market cookbooks
  • Suzette's Sewing - Linens,
    towels, aprons, place-mats,
    etc.     
  • Cindy Lou's Soaps  Homemade
    soaps, balms & assorted
    toiletries
  • Phoenix Rising Unlimited -
    hand-made jewelry,
    dreamcatchers, gourds & more
    Native-themed crafts















MARKET PRODUCTS   
All money raised goes directly to fund
the market  and all of its events,
programs and expenses.
  • Take & Bake - See Take & Bake
    Menu Page (link is to the right of
    this column)
  • homemade seasoned croutons
  • Cookie Walk Cookbooks
  • canvas shopping totes with
    AFM logo
AVAILABLE AT THE
MARKET THIS WEEK
This list is updated weekly.
LOOKING AHEAD
Friday, September 3 - Member Discount Day
Thursday, September 9 - Member Discount Day
Saturday, September 11 - Giant Garage Sale, west end of
depot with multi-vendors (not part of Farmers' Market)
Saturday, September 18 - Member Discount Day
Delicious lasagna - with meat or
vegetarian - is part of the AFM
Take & Bake menu.  
Visit our Take & Bake page
to order on-line.
FUN  FRESH &100% LOCAL
To see what's new dishes are available from the
ADFM Take & Bake Kitchen, visit the Take & Bake
page on this website.  Simply click on the link at the
bottom of this page.  

And remember . . . you can pre-order on-line and pick up
your order at your convenience.

Convenience with a Homemade Touch!
ADFM CSA PICK-UP DAY

The 16th CSA pick-up day of the season is this Saturday.
If for some reason, you are unable to pick up your basket,
please let us know by email at  adfmcsa@hotmail.com
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For more information
visit the CSA page
of this website.  

Click on the ADFM CSA link
at the bottom of this page.
If it's summertime, it must be time for
Picket Fence Creamery  ice cream!  
We got a tasty array of delicious flavors
in stock in convenient half-pint and pint sizes.  

Vanilla  -  Chocolate  -  Strawberry  -  Chocolate Malt,
Very Berry  -  Chocolate Chip  -  Chocolate, Chocolate
Chip  -   Cookies 'N' Cream  -  Chocolate Cookies 'N'
Cream  -  Luscious Lemon  -  Caramel  -  Thin Mint,
and Key Lime Pie.
You are invited to come down to the Main Street Depot and get a taste of the
market.  We always have samples ready for you to try.  Jams, jellies, honey,
creamed honey, dishes from our delicious Take & Bake menu, raw veggies,
grilled veggies and much, much more.   If it's fresh, locally-grown produce
meats, or baked goodies that you're craving, visit our outdoor and indoor
markets and see what we've got to offer.
It's all good at the Ames Downtown Farmers' Market!  
Also, for Friends of the Ames Downtown Farmers' Market, this Friday is Member
Discount Day.  All 'Friends' receive 10% off all purchases. To become a member,
simply ask a vendor or click on the 'Information and Registration Forms Main Page'
button at the bottom of this page.  It doesn't cost much to join and
the benefits are terrific!
Cortland apples and fall raspberries from
The Berry Patch will be available at the
market this Friday and Saturday. Shop early
because they don't last long!
All of the above photos were taken at the Ames Downtown Farmers' Market by D. Bunka