VOTE: USA's Best Farmers Market! Hop to Easter Specials. Eat Your Greens. Chili Cook-Off!

Next market is March 23, 2024, 9am to Noon, inside The Shops at Worthington Place.

This Week’s Participating Vendors

MARKET MAP

Use our Interactive Map to plan your weekly shopping!

VOTE Early & Often!

We have been nominated by USA Today for the Best Farmers Market in the country! Vote for us in the 2024 Readers’ Choice Awards - it only takes seconds, with no log-in required! Vote for us once per day until polls close on Monday, April 15 at noon ET.

Bookmark and save the voting link below to vote once per day, PER DEVICE!

https://10best.usatoday.com/.../best-farmers-market-2024/

Veggie Spy & Versatile Vegan

Off the Radar Greens

We are fortunate to have greens year-round at the Market and here are some slightly obscure ones you may have missed. Please give these lonely greens some attention, your taste buds will thank you!

Hakurei Greens

Hakurei (or Tokyo) turnips were developed in Japan and are known for their mild, sweet flavor. The greens are edible and have a slightly bitter flavor with a peppery zing like mustard greens. The bitterness diminishes with cooking – sauté as you would any green. Get Hakurei greens at 9 N Farm.

Red Stem Spinach

The stems are indeed red in this sweet variety of spinach that brightens up any salad. Use as you would other spinach varieties. Head to Rock Dove for Red Stem Spinach.

Sorrel

Sorrel is a leafy green that is part herb and part vegetable. It has a surprisingly bright, tart, lemony flavor that works great for putting zip into salads and other dishes. The Versatile Vegan has a more unusual option with this Chilled Lemony Wood Sorrel Soup. Visit Franklinton for sorrel, and lots of other greens too!

Hippity Hop - Easter’s On Its Way!

This is your sign to skip the drugstore kits and naturally dye your Easter eggs with ingredients you already have at home.

Here's how: https://the-kitchn.visitlink.me/05wUxj

Souper Heroes Finale — Chili Cook-Off

Saturday, April 20, 11am - 1pm, is the next, and final, Souper Heroes event at the Indoor Worthington Farmers Market (inside The Shops at Worthington Place) – and it’s a Chili Cook-Off!

ALL types of chili are welcome and encouraged! If you call it chili, then so do we – and we want to taste it!

Beans, No Beans, All Kinds of Beans
Meat, No Meat, Weird Meat (well, maybe not too weird - LOL)
- beef and pork are excellent in meat-based chilis, but we’d love to see bison, lamb, goat, venison, chicken, turkey and plant-based “meats,” too!
Hot & Spicy, Mild & Mellow, and Everything in Between
World Cuisine Inspired (Indian, Asian, African, Spanish, Caribbean . . . the possibilities are endless!)
A Little Something Extra – Optional Toppings Welcome!

We’ve snagged several local celebrity chefs as judges (all have appeared on national TV cooking shows!). They’ll be looking for flavor, aroma, texture and creativity and chili that is well-seasoned (not necessarily spicy, just really tasty!) with broad appeal.

Judge’s Choice Winner will receive a framed award, a Worthington Farmers Market “swag bag” with select market merchandise and a $100 gift certificate!
People’s Choice Winner will receive a framed award, a Worthington Farmers Market “swag bag” with select market merchandise and a $50 gift certificate!
And, of course, Lifetime Bragging Rights for both winners!

Enter your winning chili here: https://forms.gle/gt269Pfy7wgcRLS36

Contributions to the Donation Slow Cooker benefit the Worthington Resource Pantry.

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Community table

Assistance League of Metro Columbus is one of 120 chapters of the National Assistance League, a 501(c)(3) all-volunteer organization, dedicated to helping restore hope to men, women and children who have suffered adversity. Find them in Booth #D in the North Corridor near the Pies & Pints entrance.

As the vibrant colors of spring begin to bloom, we announce our annual Spring Luncheon, “Flowers, Fashion and Fun,” an event that brings together our community to celebrate the season’s renewal. The event is at the Makoy Center at 5462 Center St., Hilliard, OH 43026, Saturday, April 20, at 11 a.m.

In addition to the Silent Auction, Bake Sale and fashion show by Chico’s and moderator Colleen Marshall, Ch4 TV anchor, the Spring Luncheon is an integral part of our commitment to giving back. Proceeds will benefit Assistance League’s philanthropic programs that support our work in our community.

Tickets at $55 are available for purchase at www.alcolumbus.org or by calling 614-404-8709.

Annual Flower Sale - Assistance League of Metro Columbus is also having its annual flower sale which includes a variety of items such as annual flats, hanging baskets, and small pots, all from Strader's. The deadline for preordering is April 2, 2024.

Flats of Annuals, 36 plants, $16/flat :Begonia, Impatien, Ageratum, Alyssum, Coleus, Dahlia, Gazania, Marigold, Petunia, Portulaca, Salvia, Snapdragon, Zinnia
Baskets, 10” pot, $18: Begonia Non-Stop, Combo, Ivy Leaf Geranium, Lobelia, New Guinea Impatien, Sunpatien Wave Petunia, Fern, Million Bells
4 ½” pots, 8 pots = $28: Geranium, Wave Petunia, Sunpatien

The pickup for the ordered items is scheduled for May 10, 2024, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Overbrook Presbyterian Church parking lot on High St. Additionally, there will be tomato and pepper plants available for sale at the pickup location.

Contact Assistance League at 614-404-8709 or 614-580-4255, or visit our website, www.alcolumbus.org, for more information and an order blank.

PRODUCER NEWS

Angie’s Rainbow Cookies, Booth #75, Market Emporium

Have you checked out our Easter Platter?!?! It’s the perfect assortment of Strawberry, Nutella & Raspberry Rainbow Cookies with a handful of our favorite Easter chocolates!

Order now at angiesrainbowcookies.com

Pickup available in Lewis Center or at the @worthingtonfarmersmarket on 3/30!

CABB Farms, Booth #36, North Corridor - West

We now have e-gift cards! A perfect gift anytime of year for the grass fed beef lover in your life!

Order here: CABB Farms e-gift cards

The Local Grind, Booth #15, West Corridor

All natural, no waste dish soap available now!

Simple Times Mixers (2024 outdoor vendor)

We're HIRING! We're expanding our event sales team for the season and beyond! If you're an enthusiastic brand ambassador who enjoys traveling, networking, selling and representing a fun, vibrant company, we want to talk to you!

Our team of Market Managers are responsible for traveling to and selling our mixers at a variety of local and regional markets and events. To express your interest and learn more, please send your resume to events@simpletimesmixers.com or apply on our website: https://www.simpletimesmixers.com/pages/careers

Sitara’s Sweets by Kat, Booth #7, Central Fountain

If you have ever wanted to stock up then this is the week for you! We will be at the Worthington Farmers market 3/23 and then we will be closed for TWO WEEKS for a much needed family vacation! As such, I will be having a flash sale for this weekend only! We will return April 13th for all of your keto needs! All items are Gluten/Sugar Free

All Dessert bars are $12 for 6, normally $14
Cupcake 6 packs $12, normally $15
Carrot cake and Green Velvet cakes are $10, normally $12
Cinnamon Roll Pans $12, normally $15
Lemon Loaf $10 each, normally $14
Spring Sugar Cookies $10 each, normally $12
Jumbo Cookies $6 each, 3 for $15 or Buy 5 get 1 Free!
Hot Chocolate Mix $10, normally $12

market picnic pack!

Picnic season is just around the corner and our picnic pack will get you there in style! The fold-and-carry picnic blanket has a waterproof backing and soft flannel cover — perfect for relaxing on the Village Greens! The 24-oz capacity water bottles (2 per pack) will keep your beverages cool and contained (and you can refill them at the new water station on the Southwest Village Green). Load the tote bag with treats from the market and you’re set for the perfect summer picnic! Limited inventory available and priced to move at just $50 (a $75 retail value!). Stop by the market information booth just inside the First Watch entrance and grab yours while they last!