Here’s another great submission from our wonderful friend Joy!

“Watermelon Smoothies and fruit cups beat the heat at this market. I did a good business with these two items. J40 Farm Crawl info was circulating around. Dates are July 31 and August 1, with a wide variety of farms and businesses open. Pittsburg General Store, Bloom and Bark Farm & Dog Bakery, Whispering Pines Winery, Milton Creamery, Lengacher’s Greenhouse and Small Engines business, Robertson Farm, Detweiler’s Fresh Produce, Kaiser Home Winery, The Amish School is having a benefit breakfast and bake sale, Indian Prairie Greenhouse and U-Pic Flower Gardens, and Yoder’s Indian Creek Furniture are all listed in the brochure, or find it online at http://villagesofvanburen.com/2010_Farm_Crawl.pdf The Villages Folk School encompasses all the villages of Van Buren, with opportunity to register for classes at www.villagesfolkschool.com

Jennifer stopped by to discuss raw food ideas, and this is the result:  a Raw Food Potluck on Sunday, 8 August, 12 noon, at Kay Ferguson’s house, 500 E. Burlington. Everyone is invited to share their specialty, and meet others interested in the raw food life style. Call me at 641-455-6040 or see me at the market for further developments.

Around noon, a man stopped by and said “I came just to get your Chocolate of the Gods.”  Luckily, I still had one, so he paid and took a spoon with him.  That is real marketing feedback!”