This Week At The Market...
Enjoy a crisp autumn morning when you shop at the Grant Park Farmers Market this Sunday. Support your local farmers and take home some of this delightful season's harvest. Check out what chef Eric Roberts from the Iberian Pig is cooking up and don't forget your tickets for this week's raffle!
We are open from 9:30am to 1:30pm on the west side of Grant Park on Cherokee Ave.
GRANT PARKMARKET
RAFFLE
Grant Park Farmers Market is hosting at-market raffles in support of the Double Your SNAP Dollars Program at markets. The prizes will change every other week and this week is your first opportunity to enter the raffle for TWO INTRODUCTORY MEMBERSHIPS TO CROSS FIT DOWNTOWN. We will select not one but TWO winners for this raffle, which is valued at $195 each!
 Not just a gym, CrossFit Downtown Atlanta uses fitness to build strong bodies and healthy communities. CrossFit is a general strength & conditioning program designed to build a fit, capable, well balanced, healthy individual.
Tickets for this raffle are available at the information booth and are $5 for 1 or $20 for 5. Don't miss out on this opportunity to win an amazing prize and support a wonderful cause!
More wonderful prizes coming your way soon...
Chef Demo
As executive sous chef for The Iberian Pig, Eric Roberts brings an eclectic cooking style and fresh approach to Decatur’s favorite tapas restaurant. Heavily influenced by cuisines from all over the world, Roberts’s creativity is showcased in the modern Spanish menu.
Prior to joining Castellucci Hospitality Group, Roberts was chef de cuisine under Tomas Lee at his namesake restaurant Tomas in New York. He was also chef de cuisine under Michael Ganley at Park Café, and most recently worked as executive sous chef at Buckhead Diner and Nava.
Roberts is originally from Rome, Ga., and has lived in the Atlanta area since 2000. Come see what he's cooking up at market on Sunday!
Meet Your Farmer...
Furrowed Earth Farm
 Alabama native Garrett Stephenson found his niche and planted Georgia roots when he began Furrowed Earth Farm just a few years ago. Stephenson got his start and fell in love with farming as he worked alongside other CFM farmers, including Chris Clinton and Isia Cooper of Crack in the Sidewalk Farmlet and Joe Reynolds of Love is Love, and like many others, was encouraged to begin his own operation by Tony and Linda Scharko.
Currently, Stephenson is cultivating two acres of Scharko land where he lives in Union City, as well as a larger tract in Peachtree City. He says Furrowed Earth is a product of his labor, experiences and the things he's learned along the way from the farming community. Though Stephenson's farmlands are largely a one-man operation, he believes the name serves as a constant reminder that there are many more fields of furrowed earth out there and he is not alone in his mission to bring food to folks. Furrowed Earth is at market year-round with a variety of seasonal vegetables and occasionally a few foraged finds. This week at market, make sure to stop by the Furrowed Earth booth for a nice selection of greens, salad mixes and radishes!
Meet Your Vendor...
Sweet Georgia Grains
Since 2008 Sweet Georgia Grains has produced delicious hand-crafted, small-batch granola using naturally grown and certified organic ingredients, sourced locally whenever possible.
Chef Diane Peck began crafting her handmade granola in a small restaurant kitchen in Carrollton, Ga. But thanks to happy customers and market patrons like all of you, Sweet Georgia now operates in a commercial kitchen located in rural Northwest Georgia. There, Peck and her team bake seven varieties of granola weekly. Their unique and healthy combinations of organic rolled oats, seeds, nuts, and dried fruit are lightly sweetened with either locally produced raw honey or maple syrup from a small family farm in upstate New York. Try one (or more) or their seven delicious varieties packed with "fresh flavors and good stuff" at market and take a bag home with you on Sunday!
Featured Recipe
Try your hand at Sarah Dodge's adaptation on Eat Your Veggies, our blog's corner for market produce recipes. Gather your ingredients at market for this seasonal soup!
Butternut Squash and Apple SoupAdapted from Smittenkitchen.com, "a very reliable and awesome cooking blog" recommended by Sarah.
servings 4 time 45 min
- 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter
- 1 large onion, finely chopped
- 4 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 14 1/2-ounce cans low-salt chicken broth
- 4 cups 1-inch pieces peeled butternut squash (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 3 medium apples, peeled and diced (about 1 1/2 pounds)
- 1 1/4 teaspoons minced fresh thyme
- 1 1/4 teaspoons minced fresh sage
- 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 cup heaby whipping cream
1. Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Add onion and garlic and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Add broth, all squash, apple, and herbs; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer until squash is very tender, about 20 minutes.
2. Working in batches, puree soup in blender. Return soup to same pot. Stir in cream and bring to simmer. Season with salt and pepper and chopped sage.
This soup lasts for up to a week in the fridge. It can be eaten warm or cool, making it an awesome Fall staple to have in your fridge. It’s a kid favorite too!
Follow Sarah's recipes every Monday on our blog!
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Market Info
The Grant Park Farmers Market can be found in Grant Park at the historic Milledge Fountain at 600 Cherokee Ave every Sunday rain or shine from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. We accept credit & debit cards and gladly double all EBT/SNAP benefits.
Visit
www.grantparkmarket.org
for more info.
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DOUBLE SNAP
The Grant Park Market is a grateful partner of Wholesome Wave Georgia, an organization that doubles every SNAP/EBT dollar spent at the market. Families using SNAP get twice the purchasing power for healthy food! $1 = $2. Visit the main info booth to get SNAP tokens or to find out how you can support the program.
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Bike to the Market
Your efforts to support your community don't have to end at buying local. Choose walking or biking to the market instead of car transportation, and help improve your neighborhood's carbon footprint. Cruise the roads aroun Grant Park and enjoy the outdoors in support of your community.
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