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10,000 Reasons Why: A Letter from our Executive Director

By Ella Daniels, Executive Director, Mill City Farmers Market & Charitable Fund Did you know that the Mill City Farmers Market set a new record for attendance with over 10,000 visitors in one day at its peak last summer?  Each day since I began my role in January I’ve learned a new reason to be…  Read More

Parsnip, Date & Hazelnut Cake with Lemon Glaze

Parsnips grow sweet in winter, providing a surprisingly scrumptious base to this delicious and unique cake. Relish in the freshness we can find in the middle of winter, and use local hazelnuts and oil from American Hazelnut Company!

MCFM Holiday Gift Guide: 2023 edition

Buying local and sustainable gifts has never been easier. Take a scroll through our 2023 Holiday Gift Guide to check out over a dozen gift ideas that you can all find in one place… Saturday, December 16th from 10am until 1pm inside the Mill City Museum! For the mushroom lover: Morel, shiitake or truffle butter…  Read More

Finding a Sustainable Food Future with a New Midwestern Crop

The American Hazelnut Company is a co-operative of growers bringing a new, climate-friendly crop to the Midwest. Stock up on hazelnuts along with hazelnut flour and oil at the next two winter markets (December 2nd & 16th) before they’re gone until next season! Words by Alia Jeraj, @aliaxgrace “We are not young,” write the growers…  Read More

Southern Style Squash Chili

Southern Style Squash Chili

This chili has the basic chili formula—tomato base and beans, and then some unusual ingredients—squash or yams, and spinach, to amp up the color, the nutritional value and the texture. A kiss of maple syrup cuts the acid and pulls the flavors together. The creaminess of the squash adds a new dimension to a familiar…  Read More

Inspiring Individual & Community Wellbeing with Well Rooted Teas

Words and images by Iglika Petrova (a devoted Mill City Farmers Market shopper), @iglikapetrova When talking to Rachel Banken, the founder and maker of Well Rooted Teas, it’s hard not to get inspired and energized to go do something meaningful – something that fills you, and everyone it touches, with so much goodness. Rachel is…  Read More

Melon Gazpacho

You’re in for a treat with this gazpacho recipe by Market Chef Nettie Colon. She wowed our Harvest Social 2023 attendees, then recreated it at the market for Mill City Cooks – now the full recipe is here for you to recreate and enjoy!