Join us this Saturday to pick up the freshest & tastiest produce, flowers, meats, other fine foods & crafts. We will also have excellent safety tips and information. The annual Elder Care and Safety Day will be chalked full of “extras” including fire trucks, animal control and information for seniors and care givers. Our Market Day Sponsor is Wesley Homes.

Elder Watch, a non-profit group which provides advocacy for elderly crime victims will be on hand promoting their valuable service as will the Des Moines Senior Activity Center and the Des Moines Normandy Park Hyde Shuttle. Des Moines animal control officer, Jan Magnuson, will be providing information on pet licensing, safety and the changes that have taken place with the city handling their own pet shelter processes. South County Fire and Rescue will have a fire truck on display and will be providing safety information as well as blood pressure and glucose checks.

New Vendor at the Market

Another addition to this year’s market, new meat vendor Mountain Beef. Mark and Amy Ramsden and kids are real ranchers. They use no motorized vehicles or electricity in their duties. Mark is in the saddle seven days a week and commented “this is joy ranching, if you figured out my hourly salary, it would be less than minimum wage.” Their ranch of 150,000 acres (they lease the land) is located on the Washington Oregon border in the Snake River Valley and mountains. All the beef is 100% free range grass fed. They specialize in providing families frozen beef orders for a year. They butcher the cattle in September and deliver 85,000lbs in October to Seattle area customers.