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Dining Guide | Scottsdale Farmers Markets: True Farm to Table Experience

Posted on: March 5th, 2015 by Taryn Jeffries No Comments

You’re a responsible consumer; you shop local whenever possible and seek out small businesses to support. You’d even grow all your own vegetables and raise your own chickens if you had the time. If you lack a green thumb or the desire to wake up to the sound of chickens frolicking in your backyard, there is one place that you can go to find some of the best local vendors all in one place.

A Farmers Market offers local vendors the opportunity to get their products in front of curious consumers in a relaxing environment without all the stress and red tape of a brick and mortar location. There are, however, several vendors that participate in markets that do have physical locations, but those owners will be the first to tell you that there is a different vibe at a market; a sense of community and a gathering of like-minded consumers.

Scottsdale Farmers Market: True Farm to Table Experience

Scottsdale Farmers Markets: True Farm to Table Experience

Looking for fruits and vegetables so fresh they still have a little dirt on them?

Smaller, boutique farms are always on hand with the freshest produce available. Many Valley restaurants rely on these farmers to help stock their fridges and pantries with ingredients for their signature dishes. McClendon’s Select has an impeccable reputation for their produce and are highly lauded by local chefs. McClendon’s Select fresh citrus, dates and honey cannot be duplicated, the freshness and loving detail to the crop is tasted in each and every bite.
Find McClendon’s Select at Old Town Scottsdale, Uptown and Town & Country Farmers Markets.

Looking to have your home stocked with the freshest produce each and every week? Crooked Sky Farms offers a generous CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) program that you can enroll in and pick up each and every Saturday morning, ensuring that you have the most delightful in season fruits, vegetable, and herbs available in the Valley. For a minimal fee, you are not only getting a prime product, you are also helping to support a local farm and that’s really quite nice of you!
Find Crooked Sky Farms at Old Town Farmers Market and Downtown Phoenix Public Market.

Looking for the perfect reason to binge on carbs?

For Noble Bread, the process of procuring the ingredients used in creating their artisan bread is not taken lightly. Only organic GMO-free flours and levain starter are used in each and every loaf, which takes an awe-inspiring 36 hours to create. They offer a new grain or seed specific bread using some of the most unique grains available and their baking process results in a crisp crust and pillowy interior for a unique experience whether you incorporate it into a sandwich or enjoy all on its own.
Find them at the Old Town Scottsdale, Uptown, Roadrunner Park and Downtown Phoenix Farmers Markets.

Fabio on Fire brings an array of authentic Italian recipes to the Market in the form of cookies, pastries, and bread. With recipes that go back generations, originating in Southern Italy, Chef Fabio Ceschetti built on a family tradition by studying culinary arts in Italy to build on that legacy, which led to Fabio on Fire. By using the freshest, high-quality local ingredients they are working to promote and sustain an organic living and environmentally friendly farming. You can top all of that off with the fact that the items they bring to the market are unique and interesting. Their Biscotti Alle Mandole is the perfect texture to pair with a cappuccino or perhaps a bulletproof coffee.
Find them at Old Town Scottsdale and Ahwatukee Farmers Markets.

Feeling a Little Cheesy?

Ask anyone and they will tell you, the more that you focus on their efforts and provide an encouraging and supportive environment, the more one will thrive. This is as true for goats as it is for people. The pampered goats at Fossil Creek Creamery are creating luscious and velvety cheeses and fudge. Fossil Creek boasts 8 different flavors of soft cheese; from plain, chive, lavender pepper all the way to Shiraz wine and berry. They also have a flavorful Havarti cheese along with 5 different flavors of fudge.
Find them at Old Town Scottsdale and Uptown Farmers Markets.

Meat your dinner.

If you’re looking for the best local grass fed meats, you can catch Rocking R Farms at the Market every Saturday with their high-quality meats. The grass fed animals at the farm have been raised on chemical, pesticide, and insecticide free grass pastures where they are allowed to roam and dine on hydroponically grown barley grass with hay grass supplements. The animals here might eat better than you at times! You can purchase Arizona raised poultry, lamb, pork, beef or their beefalo which is a clever mix of bison and cattle that results in a sweeter and juicier product that is milder than traditional beef.
Find them at the Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market.

Pick a Peck of Pickled…Anything

The family that pickles together…creates an amazing line of products. With almost 20 different products, Pickled Perfection makes certain you’ll be able to find something for every taste. The products are created with the highest quality vegetables and cleaned and processed using a cold pickling process and a combination of gourmet spices intended to complement and intensify the flavor of the produce. There are pickles, of course, along with mushrooms, asparagus, green beans and celery. There are also specialty products like beets, eggs, garlic, red peppers, carrots, Brussel sprouts and so much more. These products will definitely add a little spice to your table.
Find them at Old Town Scottsdale, Carefree, Roadrunner, and Town & Country Farmers Markets.

Get Saucy

Christopher Costantino has created a line of fresh and flavorful sauces based on his Grandmother’s recipes. Costantino’s Kitchen’s sauces are all based on garlic infused oil and the perfect mixture of spices and herbs that will instantly transform a drab pasta night into something you will want to repeat again and again. With offerings like the classic Tomato Basil, Artichoke Heart with Sun Dried Tomato, Crimini Mushroom with Roasted Garlic and Puttanesca you’ll easily find a flavor to suit your family’s tastes.
Find them at the Arcadia and Old Town Famers Markets.

Get a Taste of the Sweet Life

The idea of an entire company dedicated to sweet pillowy marshmallows might make you think you’re in a dream of Willy Wonka proportions, but this is real life and Fluff It Gourmet Marshmallows really exists. There are so many amazing creations, from naked fluffs for the purist that are anything but plain. Horchata, churro and coffee mocha are just a few of the variations. You can also treat yourself to fluffs with tasty additions like mint chocolate chips or toasted coconut. Want to dress up your fluff even more? Put it on a stick, cover it in chocolate or add it to a cookie. Pretty much any way you can imagine a marshmallow, they can do it for you!
Find them at Old Town Scottsdale Farmers Market and Momma’s Organic Market.

This article was originally featured in the March 2015 issue of So Scottsdale Magazine, where Taryn Jeffries is a monthly contributor.

About the Author - Taryn Jeffries

Editor and Chief Eating Officer of PhoenixBites, 2017 Food Writer of the Year (Arizona Culinary Hall of Fame) Taryn grew up in a small town in Illinois with a doting Grandmother who taught her the way around a kitchen and that food is representative of love. Her current quest is to find the love in local dishes and the chefs behind them. In addition to running all things PhoenixBites, Taryn is also a freelance writer, sharing her insight on the best dishes and where to get them each and every month.

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