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Get Healthy De Soto

…having a long-lasting positive impact on the health and safety of the De Soto community by encouraging healthy lifestyle choices, through programs promoting physical activity, healthy nutrition, community involvement, and disease and injury prevention.

Whole Grain Bread Baking Workshop

Roll up your sleeves for a hands-on class where you’ll learn tips and techniques for making wonderful bread. This workshop is being taught by Karen Moore from It’s All in the Grains. She’s a vendor at the market who makes some fabulous bread. In addition to bread-making techniques, she’ll also share about the nutritional benefits of making your own bread from fresh ground, whole grain flour and how to incorporated wholesome natural ingredients into some of those family heirloom recipes.

This workshop, sponsored by the DeSoto Farmers’ Market will be from 6:00-8:30 PM on August 27th. The cost is $7 and reservations are required. Please call 636-586-4570 or 636-586-2472 to make your reservation. The workshop will be held at St. Andrew’s UMC at 1004 Rock Rd. in DeSoto.

Dehydrating Techniques Workshop

…another practical workshop brought to you by the DeSoto Farmer’s Market and University of Missouri Extension.

Mary Schroepfer will be sharing information about proper techniques to dry produce (and more importantly, avoid botulism).

This workshop is being held August 21, 2013 from 6:30-8:30 PM. The cost is $7 and reservations are required. Call 636-797-5391 to reserve your spot. The location of the workshop will be St. Andrew’s UMC at 1004 Rock Rd. in DeSoto.

July 27th, 2013 Market Preview

This is just a sampling of what will be available this Saturday. Vendors may sign up after this is posted, so don’t consider this an exhaustive list.

This week at the Market:

  • Produce: tomatoes, okra, potatoes, onions, various squash, peppers, beans, carrots, and more. Also featured will be fresh blackberries and fresh frozen packaged blackberries ready to take to your freezer.
  • Meat: Farm fresh, frozen, pre-packaged, USDA inspected, grass-fed beef.
  • Pantry/Counter Items: (sometimes these don’t make it to my pantry!) homemade bread, cookies, pies, rolls, jellies, and prepared dry mixes of all kinds.
  • Homegoods: handcrafted jewelry, wood products, quilts, and blankets.

There is no comparison to fresh, locally grown produce and handcrafted items. Come out this week and join us. There will be live music and the Kid’s Corner will be open from 9-11 AM.

Bread Making Workshop-August 27th

Karen Moore of “It’s All in the Grains” will host a bread making workshop August 27th.  This will be held at St. Andrew’s UCC at 1004 Rock Rd, De Soto from 6:00-8:30pm.  The cost is $7.00.  If you are interested, registration is required and is limited so hurry to make your reservation.  Call the church at 636-586-2472 or e-mail [email protected] .   The workshop is sponsored by the Desoto Farmer’s Market.  Open every Saturday 8am to Noon through October 26th.

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