In a creative flurry, Sprouts used the sites and sounds of the market to inspire stories worthy of the Pulitzer.

Caroline Cooks Carrot Cake: by Kiefer
One spring morning, Caroline who is six, planted a little tiny carrot seed. Then the carrot grew bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger, until it was huge and humongous. Then she made carrot stew all day. The other day, she made carrot pie, carrot cake, and carrot enchiladas. The End.

Tasty Goodness: by Alysse
The pretzels at Ghyslains are yummy, cinnamon goodness. They're good breakfast items and are really good.

Karen Baldwin of Tapaahasia Farm and Oxford Farmers Market Uptown manager, Larry Slocum, share a moment of exhaustion after another great Summer Season Saturday morning with 30 farmers/bakers/artists, music, cooking demos, baby chicks, SPROUTS for children, and hundreds of "Friends of Market galore!
Thanks, Oxford and surrounding area for your support of fresh/local/seasonal - and your community.

Gardeners from Oxford Community Arts Center had such a wonderful time at the market this week! Baby chicks, delicious pastries, robust tomato, pepper, and basil plants, and Harv's lettuce were just a few of the items which caught the attention of our young gardeners. "We thoroughly enjoyed our visit and I would like to thank everyone at the market for making the experience so wonderful," chimed Mary Keppler, who is making Gardeneering workshops for kids happen at OCAC.

Are you energetic? Love children? Love the Oxford Farmer’s Market Uptown?
If so, perhaps you can help!

We are looking for volunteers to assist with Sprout programs. Time commitment is flexible, varying between 2 and 4 hours on the Saturday of your choice. This is a great opportunity for teens looking for community service hours or a great resume builder for young education majors.

Email Market Council at info@OxfordFarmersMarket.com to inquire about how you can help the Sprouts program continue to grow!

We had such a great time at the market and the students can't wait to come again! Even in the rain they enjoyed getting flowers, looking at all the herbs and meeting the farmers. For snack, we got to enjoy fudge, brownies, ginger snaps, and some cinnamon rolls. As the summer progresses we hope to have a booth at the market to sell some wonderful salsa and cut flowers. Any questions contact Mary Keppler; keppler.marylee@gmail.com

New Sprout Emily enjoyed making a Mother's Day card at the Sprout House last Saturday. She is sporting our new apron, a premium of choice for a Sprout membership. Join today at the Market tent!

Visitors to "Opening Day" at the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown (OFMU) Saturday, May 2, were treated to delicacies prepared from market vendors' products by Chef Joel Parks - washed down with salubrious sips of apple cider from Downing Fruit Farm.

Scavenger hunts around the market, on bingo cards, were enjoyed by our young "sprouts" members. (check out our new sunny-yellow "sprouts" aprons).

Sweet music was provided by Warren Waldron (fiddle), Amy Clay (banjo), John Ford Clay (guitar), and Karl Reiff (bass).

On opening day, Oxford Farmers Market Uptown vendor, Debra Bowles of Artistry Farm, served up 100% whole grain Focaccia with grains ground on a stone mill in her kitchen and baked one at a time in an 11-inch iron skillet. Photo by Lucy Owlsey of Boulder Belt Eco-Farm.

OFMU Council works constantly to improve the supply of healthfull food/goods to Oxford and surrounding area. Debuting this Summer Season is the EBT system (Food Stamps) which involves scrip, phone line and electronic swipe machine made possible in part through a grant awarded to the Oxford Farmers Market Uptown by the Ohio Dept of Agriculture.

The National Trust is encouraging groups who support historic preservation to send in a photo, which they will put on their website for the May, 2009 Preservation Month. What better place to have a photo taken than at the market with the City of Oxford in background. We do support this effort to raise public awareness about the importance of historic preservation in Oxford. Thank you to Prue Dana and everyone else with the City that stopped by for the photo! Check out the National Trust website: http://www.preservationnation.org/take-action/this-place-matters/