Lock 3 Farmers Market this Saturday

I meant to post this earlier, but my blog was shut down by Blogger for 24 hours. For some reason, they thought it was a spam blog. How could they think that? We have no spam here, indeed no meat products whatsoever! We much prefer fruits and vegetables, of which you will find plenty at Lock 3 on Saturdays:

List of vendors:

vendors that will be participating at the Farmers
Market at Lock 3 this year:

Bakery at West Point Market
Gourmet Indulgences - jams & jellies
Rittman Orchards
MRDD - pottery, tablecloths, napkins made by disable adults
Cottage Garden Herb Farm - herbs & fresh cut flowers
Crooked River Herb Farm- pepper jellies,fruit jams,herb vinegars,herbal
teas
Big Fat Greek & Italian Pastries
Homemade Delites - cookies
Silver River Jewelry
Bunny B Soaps
Skinny Pickles
Braun Chocolatiers
All About Herbs - herbs, herb packets, recipe books
Moreland Fruit Farm
Jim's Maple Syrup
Awareness Products - organic & vegan soaps, lotions, shampoos
Crave Restaurant - BBQ sauces & Caesar salad dressing
Just Because Cupcakes
Ms. Julie's Kitchen - vegan & whole grain waffles, granola & breads
Marbled Gems Jewelry

Some special events that will take place along with the market:

August 9th and September 6th: Ohio Wine Festival (local wineries)
August 23rd: Alex Bevan (free admission)
August 30th: The Great American Marble Tournament
September 6th: Geology Trolley Tour of Downtown Akron
September 13th: Vegetable Carving Contest
September 20th: Second Annual Melon Drop

I highly recommend the Geology Trolley Tour. In fact, I blogged about it last summer. Read about it here.

E4S in Akron: Linking the Local Food Industry

Great news! E4S (Entrepreneurs for Sustainability) is expanding its Akron events calendar. Hope many of you can make it to this one -- it sounds really interesting and valuable. I will be out of town over spring break so I hope Terra Not Terror can cover this one for us:

New Akron Network Event

Linking the Local Food Industry
April 9^th

Join us on April 9^th for the first Akron E4S Network Event of 2008 and discover the opportunities for the local food industry in Greater Akron.

This is the first of six Akron Network Events that E4S is planning for the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month in 2008. E4S Network Events attract leaders from business, government, academia and other institutions who want to put sustainable business practices to work and realize triple bottom line benefits (economic, environmental and social) for their organizations and the region.

On April 9^th E4S is collaborating with the Cuyahoga Valley Countryside Conservancy to explore the possibilities for triple bottom line benefits in the local food industry. Farmers, food distributors, groceries, urban gardeners, chefs and companies who are pledging to purchase local food will be in attendance. Connect with customers and suppliers of the local food supply chain and learn about the exciting local food businesses and projects in the region. Are you interested in starting a new business in the local food industry? Do you want to purchase more local foods?

Discover the possibilities!

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Register:

RSVP online or call 216-451-7755.

Request a Display Table:

If you have a business to business sustainable product or service, apply for a table by clicking here or call 216-451-7755.

• $150 - Full Table
• $100 - Half Table
• The E4S Member standard rate is $50 off full or half table prices.
  

E4S Greater-Akron Network Event Sponsor