2023 Eastside Farmers’ Market Vendors


 

Bauman’s Natural Meats

The Baumans enjoy eating simple foods without a lot of strange unpronounceable chemicals in them. That is the way the meats are brought to you.
The crops are homegrown and fed to the animals. No genetically modified grains are used nor are insecticides. Natural “fertilizer” from the animals is preferred over using harsh commercial chemical fertilizers, as well as crop rotation to keep the fields healthy and fertile. The Baumans consider their meats natural. That means no antibiotics or artificial implanted hormones are used in the production of the animals. Cows are on pasture; pigs out in the open air and sunshine, and all chickens are free range, including the egg laying hens. They are well cared for and healthy. Animals are processed in local area processing plants. You are getting just meat, no fillers or extra water. The processors are instructed to make sure the meat products are lean without being too dry.

Website: baumansmeatandcatering.com
Pre-order from this vendor by emailing: baumans@centurylink.net


Blue Skies Farm

Blue Skies Farm was founded in 1991 by Paul and Louise Maki, then as a means to show that small scale agriculture is viable. Now 25 years later we are very much a success! Blue Skies grows using organic and bio-dynamic methods and was Certified Organic from 1993 through 2006, until we chose to not support the current program. Our primary crops are raspberries (pre-picked and U-pick), tropical ginger and turmeric, tomatoes, onions, asparagus, greens, root crops, herbs and if the season is good, unsprayed apples. During the holiday season we also provide unsprayed holiday trees.

Website: blueskiesfarm.com
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Christensen's Farm

Katy and Mark Dickson are entering their ninth season as market gardeners. Located in the rolling hills of Green County, Christensen’s Farm is a family endeavor. Three generations enjoy digging in the dirt and growing healthy high quality organic produce. We raise a wide variety of vegetables and berries and have free range happy chickens that provide delicious eggs.

Website: christensensfarm.com
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Columbus Discovery Orchard

Columbus Discovery Orchard is home to more than 400 apple trees, most of which have been planted since 2006. We also raise a small flock of sheep, primarily Polypay and Dorset crossbreds. New in 2011 is the pumpkin patch!

Jim Peterson, with help from daughter Kyla and others, has been supplying produce and lamb meat to customers at local farmers’ markets since 2004.

Website: columbusdiscoveryorchard.com
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Emerald Meadows/Two Good Farms CSA

We are a friendly diversified family farm growing certified organic grains, veggies, and flowers. We sell through a CSA, wholesale, and attend the Madison Eastside, Monona, and Sun Prairie farmers markets. We are located just outside of Columbus, WI and have been serving the greater Madison area since 1998.

Website: badgerorganics.farm Sign up for their CSA here: badgerorganics.farm
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Farmer Johns' Cheese

Four generations of John Doughertys have produced milk on our family farm at 5608 Far Look Rd, Spring Green, WI. Our milk is converted into cheese by four different cheese factories associated with the Scenic Central Cooperative. We are proud of our family farm and of the Eastside Farmer's Market, of which we have been a member since its inception.

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Far Out Flora

Far Out Flora are first year flower growers who had the good fortune of running into Tina Nelson, owner of Flowers 4 the People on her very last shift at the Crystal Corner before she moved to Viroqua to expand her flower empire. Tina graciously connected us with Terra Growers, where all our flowers will be grown and available using organic practices just like she did. We’re excited to offer tons of unique zinnias, amaranth, celosia, sunflowers, cornflowers, marigolds, ageratum, strawflowers, gomphrena and more that were all started in our near eastside apartment only a few blocks away from McPike Park. We're also doing a few pop-up plant sales and build-your-own-bouquet flower bars. 

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Heirloom Bakery

Mickey Walker, founder of all-vegan Heirloom Bakery and Kitchen, grew up in a family of bakers. Walker also grew up in West Bend, Wis. with a vegetarian mother who rehabilitated injured wildlife. “It was a small farm — a restored 1800s log home — and people in town would bring us raccoons and skunks,” Walker says. “Over the years it evolved and we took in horses, goats and sheep.” Walker says this experience was a big part of her childhood.

Walker became a vegetarian at 12 years old and has been vegan since she was 20. She also attended New York’s National Gourmet Institute, a primarily plant-based cooking school with a natural foods emphasis, at 20 years old and has been preparing and baking vegan food ever since.

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Hughes Happy Hives

We are a local family bee farm based out of Blanchardville, WI. We find the most natural settings in the general Driftless Area so that both the bees and the customers are happier with the exceptional habitat and quality. We leave our honey and honeycomb raw so that our customers can experience the superior taste and health properties. We offer a variety of unique packaging options so that no matter what a person needs for their specific situation, they too can enjoy the Raw Honey Experience.

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Lovefood LLC

We are David, Abby, and Soleia Bachhuber and we truly enjoy growing food for our community! We farm with love and devotion and with a deep sense of partnership with our customers as well as the land, plants, soil and animals big and small.

Our farm dream began with a cherry tomato plant in a five-gallon bucket on a fire escape in 1999. Since then, David has been absolutely hooked on growing food. After years of an ever-expanding home garden gobbling up every inch of lawn, the hobby began to shift to a true business endeavor. In 2014, Lovefood was founded on an acre of rented land and we were off and running.

We now grow a wide variety of certified organic veggies, herbs, and fruits in Verona, WI and sell through our CSA, at farmers markets, and wholesale to local restaurants and grocery stores.

Website: lovefood.farm
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MicroMyco

MicroMyco is an urban mushroom farm located in the heart of Madison. Specializing in gourmet mushrooms, the whole operation is more than just urban food production. By incorporating different "waste" materials into our growing operation, including local coffee grounds and local agricultural waste, we can grow mushrooms using nearly 100% renewable resources.

Many people have not tried many mushrooms beyond what is available in the grocery store. We're excited to offer many varieties that are delicious and interesting. Foraged mushrooms will also be available when in season, giving the opportunity for more people to experience some of the unique mushrooms that grow right here in Wisconsin.

Beyond being a professional cultivator, I am an amatuer mycologist as well. I am looking forward to talking to so many new people about how important mushrooms are!

Website: https://www.micromy.co/
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MoonDance WildCraft LLC

MoonDance WildCraft LLC brings 100% naturally homegrown and local, sustainably wildcrafted herbal products to our community. Our garden herbs are grown in chemical-free, nutrient-dense soil using soil ecology building practices and all herbal extracts are tinctured with freshly harvested herbs. MoonDance WildCraft was founded in 2021 by Miranda (Moon) Caldwell, a holistic herbalist who has formally trained with various teachers since 2015 and is currently in a clinical herbal practitioner program with the School of Evolutionary Herbalism. Miranda also offers herbal mentorships with the initiative to reawaken the innate and essential relationship of people and plants.

Website: www.MoonDanceWildCraft.com

Instagram: @moondancewildcraft

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ORIGIN Breads bakes small batches of naturally-leavened, long-fermented breads with Wisconsin-grown and stone-milled organic wheat and grains. We’re proud to source our organic wheat, rye, spelt, buckwheat and corn locally from Lonesome Stone Milling in Lone Rock, Wisconsin. Thanks to Lonesome Stone's small community of local farmers, we can tell you the name of the farmer who grew the wheat for every bag of flour we use. ORIGIN Breads makes a variety of loaves, but for the Eastside Farmers’ Market we’ll be featuring our focaccia and flatbreads. Our naturally-leavened round focaccia has a moist, chewy crumb filled with irregular holes and bookended by a crispy, olive-oily crust. To make our flatbreads, we use a smaller portion of our focaccia dough and flatten it out so it resembles a pizza more than a loaf of bread. Seasonal and local toppings vary throughout the market season.

Website: originbreads.com
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Rainbow Fleece Farm

A domestic fair trade farm with sustainable practices: access to fresh air and sunshine; grass-based, free-range; no antibiotics or hormones for our lamb, chickens and turkeys. Whole/halves/various cuts, inspected, licensed lamb. On-site woolen mill and yarn shop with fiber, blankets, “slow-sox” and eco-dryer balls. Educational farm events, fiber/felting workshops.

Website: Rainbowfleecefarm.com
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Roots Down Community Farm is a small 2 acre certified organic farm located just Southeast of Madison. Our philosophy is rooted in our land, techniques that support healthy soil, and nutrient-dense food. Our passion is growing quality food for our CSA members and local community. Since 2007 we have been delivering our CSA shares to the East Side Farmers Market for pick up at the stand where our produce is also sold by the piece. Join our CSA through our website or stop by the stand to try our produce for yourself and enjoy the market!

Website: rootsdowncommunityfarm.com
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RudeBrew Kombucha

Lacy Rude, owner of Rude Brew Kombucha, has had this wonderful drink in her life since childhood. Taught to brew by her dad Craig, she has carried on this family tradition and loves helping the people in the community nourish their bodies and minds through better gut health. When she's not brewing kombucha, she's foraging, baking, heading out for some live music, kayaking, eating everything or brewing kombucha ;)


Small Potato Farm

Born in the root cellar, swaddled in a burlap bag, Small Potato Farm has sprouted.
The farm has grown in size to now include two farmers' markets and a CSA.
Look for us every week at the Eastside Farmers' Market.


Sustain Dane

Sustain Dane is the sustainability organization of Dane County and Madison, WI. We value holistic sustainability – a healthy environment, a just economy, and equity and well-being for all.

Our programs connect businesses, organizations, schools, local governments, and individuals to the sustainability movement and provide the support and resources to generate change.

Sustain Dane provides compost collection services every week at the Eastside Farmers’ Market.

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Tortillas Los Angeles

We are dedicated to producing traditional and authentic 'nixtamalized' organic corn products. Using locally grown heirloom corn, our Mexican style process includes the use of a volcanic stone grinding machine, a special manual tortilla press, and the best cooking techniques. We provide real, fresh, and delicious tortillas at many Dane County Farmers Markets.

V. Yang Produce

The Yangs grow nutritious vegetables using sustainable methods.

What Got Gathered

WHAT’S WHAT?

WHAT GOT GATHERED makes vibrant food from foraged, organic and local ingredients–and teaches you what we’ve learned about gathering food from the wild. 

Each of our small-batch fermented hot sauces, wildflower vinegars, live-culture ferments and preserves is unique–a bright, complex layering of flavors drawn from the forests, fields, farms and gardens of southern Wisconsin.  

Foraging and fermentation can deepen our connection with wildness, visible and invisible, outside us and within.  Through delicious, healthy food, we want to share the flavor of wildness with you. 


Wonder Cookie

A melting bite that can bring you back to beautiful moments spent with friends and family.  Simultaneously sweet, salty, and worth every bite.

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