It’s National Farmers Market Week! Every August around the country we celebrate Farmers Market Week, and this year’s theme is farmers markets don’t just happen. Farmers markets are abundant sources of food, connection and resilience in our communities, but they don’t just happen on their own. Behind the scenes of every successful farmers market is… Read More →
Time for a pizza night! These recipes for Farmers Market Pizzas come from Mill City Farmers Market vendor and PBS’s ‘The Great American Recipe’ contestant Tony Scherber of TonzKitchen. You can use Tony’s suggested summer toppings for a classic margherita pizza and fennel, caramelized onion and bacon pizza, or working with Tony’s crust, sauce and… Read More →
Congratulations to Mill City Farmers Market’s 2022 Next Stage Grant awardees! The Next Stage Grant program provides funding to local, regenerative farmers and other food makers who are improving sustainable farming and business practices or growing toward the “next stage” of their businesses. In 2022 we awarded 10 grants totaling $63,626 to support local farmers and other vendors… Read More →
This recipe comes from Twin Cities based board-certified holistic nutritionist Shahreen Ahmed, owner of of Happy Healthy Shahreen. Find more simple market recipes from Shahreen and shop along as she visits the market in her June Takeover available on our Instagram Highlights.
This recipe comes from a partnership between local cookbook author Beth Dooley and Mill City Farmers Market vendor American Hazelnut Company, a collaborative of hazelnut growers across the Midwest. Find them at the market with raw and roasted hazelnuts, hazelnut flour and hazelnut oil. Hazelnut oil is a fragrant, nutty oil that will elevate your… Read More →
In 2022, Mill City Farmers Market welcomes a record number of new vendors, many of them founding their businesses during the pandemic as owners experienced layoffs in the food industry or chose to switch careers as part of the great resignation. Meet three of these entrepreneurs in our latest blog article from food writer Mecca… Read More →
