Momma's Organic Market

Season 4!!!!!!!!! Starts September 17th! :)

2011-08-22T13:31:00.000-07:00

Summer is almost over and Momma's Organic Market is anxious to start off season 4 in September with a bang!!
We have more produce than ever before scheduled to be there, along with more vendors and all of the wonderful things you have enjoyed from the market over the last 3 years :)
Fresh bread and baked goods, raw foods, honey, jerky, salsa, jam and fruit butters, great home made and hand made items, wonderful services and a great collection of small businesses that we love to support.
We will be starting back up SEPTEMBER 17TH from 9a-2p and will continue at the Park West Mall every 3rd Saturday of the month until April. Keep watching our Facebook page and market website for news on other markets that we plan to open this season. :):)
Speaking of Facebook...if you haven't "liked" the Momma's Organic Market page, please do that now and follow us for our Facebook only specials. We will be giving gifts out at every 100 likes marker. So tell your friends too!!!
We will also have a drawing for prizes at the market when you bring a friend. ALSO, if you repost our events on FB or show us how you have spread the word...we will enter your name in the raffle 10 times. We will have wonderful things to raffle off at the market for you wonderful customers.
Please stop by the info booth to sign up for email blasts (and yes...there's a lil' prize for that too!)
We have so much going on and so much to share this season at the market. THANK YOU!!! for being part of the Momma's Organic Market family and supporting our market! By coming to our market, you help so many small businesses out there and you keep the wholesome fun going!!
You are a blessing to us!!!! See you soon! 26 days and counting!!!!!!!!!

FRESH ORGANIC MONTANA CHERRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

2011-07-24T07:13:00.000-07:00

FRESH ORGANIC MONTANA CHERRIES!!!!!!!!!!!!: "I am getting in a shipment of fresh organic cherries from Montana again this year. We got them for the 1st time last year and they were the BEST cherries I have ever had.
They are only $2.50/lb in a 20lb box!!!! If you want less than 20 lbs they are $2.75 and you can get whatever amount you'd like. ALSO...I will personally pit them for you for an extra .25 a lb on any amount and put them in 1 lb bags for you ready to freeze.
They ......are coming in the 1st week of August (not an exact date yet). You can mail me a check for what you would like and I will let you know when you can come and get them. (I may be willing to deliever for a gas $ fee) :)
Give me your order ASAP!!! They are out at the farm picking them this next week and I need to know how many to order. I will only order what is accounted for. He also said that he may have to cut off the orders since the weather killed 30% of their crop this year. So first come, first serve.
Call or text (602.703.7154), FB or email me ASAP :) Feel free to pass my # along to friends who may want them also. (christaporter@aol.com or info@mommasorganicmarket.com) If you are going to be out of town (or don't care for cherries...feel free to forward) :)
(You don't wanna miss out!!!)"

Summer Time :)

2011-06-10T09:55:00.000-07:00

The kids have been out of school for a few weeks...but the weather seemed too nice to call it summer yet :) BUT...it is, now, officially starting to get HOT and we can say it's summer!
I am sure you all know that our market takes a break from our outdoor event in the summer months, but that doesn't mean that you can't still get your hands on great produce!! Arizona has some wonderful summer produce (such as melons and squash to name a couple). Don't miss out on fresh, local produce!
***Sign up for a CSA or co-op box pick up from one of our WONDERFUL farmers!!***
Go to our website at www.mommasorganicmarket.com and look at the "wonderful vendors" page. Get in touch with a farmer by looking on their website or giving them a call and see where their pick ups are. I know that Pinnacle Farms has a co-op box pick up in Peoria. For only $25 a week, you can pick from 2 different boxes online. It is at the Dodge dealership in Arrowhead on Saturday mornings.

ALSO...some news for you about next season! :) I was hoping that we would get to do our market every weekend when our new season started, but that won't end up happening this year (fingers crossed for next though!) :)....SO we will still be going strong at Park West on the 3rd Saturday of each month starting in September. Mark your calendars for September 17th!!!! Hope to see you all there! Bring a friend or two or three :) There will be perks for bringing a friend too! We will have special things for people who support us and get the word out. Make sure to stop by the information booth at the markets to see what we have for you! :)

Make sure to follow us on facebook for updates and special things that you will only hear about there. If you haven't liked us on facebook yet, please go to www.facebook.com/mommasorganicmarket and check it out!

(shhh...little secret...we are looking to start up one or two new markets on the west side so follow us on our blog and on facebook to keep updated on that too!) :)

Thank you for supporting us and for supporting the wonderful vendors that make our market great. We appreciate your desire to support local businesses and eat fresh AZ produce.

See you soon! And have a WONDERFUL summer!

Market this Saturday!!!

2011-02-17T15:08:00.000-08:00

We are hoping for great weather this weekend and are planning on being there 100% :) The vendors and I decided we don't want rain until 4pm, so hopefully God hears our prayers for a beautiful day :)
I wanted to post and let you know of the Co-op that Pinnacle Farms is having also! It is great deal and you can still contact them to reserve a box for pick up at Satuday's market! You can pick from 2 lists of produce and it's a lot of great stuff for only $25.
The first list is a certified organic box with: 6 roma tomatoes, 1 bunch of red beets, 1 fennel, 1 kale, 2 leeks, garlic, butter lettuce, 4 sweet potatoes, 1 red bell pepper, 1 green bell pepper, 1 yellow bell pepper, 1 blueberry, 1 strawberry, 4 red pears, 5 rome apples, 6 kiwi and 1 avacado!
The second is a local, natural or conventional box with 1 asparagus, 1 lb green beans, 1 bag sugar snaps, 4 broccoli crowns, 1 poblano, 4 sweet corn, 1 cucumber, 1 strawberry, 1 mango, 1 bag of grapes, 1 bunch of carrots, 1 bag tri color lettuce heads, 1 bag red potatoes, 1 bag swiss chard, 1 cilantro, 1 cabbage and 5 roma apples.
Go to our website at www.mommasorganicmarket.com to get the contact info for Pinnacle Farms off our "wonderful vendors" page. They are also having a great deal on Strawberries (2 for $5). A great weekend for wonderful produce! Hope to see you there!

Market Cancelled tonight due to weather!

2011-02-03T11:24:00.002-08:00

Hey there!
The weekly Surprise market for tonight is cancelled due to the cold weather. None of us AZ people like to shop in the cold :)
Hope to see you all next week!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for your support!

100% Natural Chicken to order for next weekend!

2011-01-13T19:00:00.000-08:00

Hey...just got info on a great company that sells all natural boneless/skinnless chicken breast and the last day to order is this Saturday. Here is the link to go online and buy a case at 1.49/lb. You get a 40 lb box for $59.60!!!!!! That's a great deal! It is in 4-10lb bags in your 40 lb case. Great for freezing! They come out every 6 months to Peoria and Gilbert from Spokane, WA. Get your order in from this link by Sat the 15th and the deliveries are next weekend at a chruch of 86th ave and Peoria.
They have a GREAT refferal program too. They only use word of mouth advertising and if you send someone to them that buys a case...you get a dollar to your account to go toward your own meat! So here is my link (don't forget to say Momma's Organic Market referred you) :)
Hope you enjoy the great deal!

www.zayconfoods.com/refer/zf11211

Enjoy!!!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

2011-01-10T12:35:00.000-08:00

2011 is going to be a great year! Momma's Organic Market is going to grow and bring more fresh foods and great businesses out to a couple more places. Our first launch of 2011 is our new WEEKLY farmer's market in SURPRISE!!! We are SO excited to be able to get a market to Surprise and all the response has been wonderful. We started off last Thursday and we got so many "thank you's" for bringing a market to Surprise. It feels good to be able to give people an outlet for healthy foods and support for small businesses.
The Thursday night market is at the Parkway Church in Surprise off of Bullard and Cholla. The address is 14787 w Cholla St. Surprise, 85379. :)
Our next Saturday market is this weekend on the 15th. We are excited to continue that market and watch it grow every month!
Our thought for another market is in the works. I posted on our facebook page for people to give suggestions on where they would like another market. the responses are still coming in and there are a lot of wonderful ideas for new locations. It's ganna be hard to pick just one! :) The need for fresh, local produce is incredible. And these farmers work SO hard to make it happen. I sincerely "thank you" to all the people who support the work that the farmers do! Buying local is such a wonderful thing!
Not only is buying local produce a great thing...buying from small compaines that strive to bring you great products is important too! Keeping our small businesses around is great for our cities and for our economy...not to mention...good for US!!!
I hope that 2011 will bring you great things and that it is a wonderful year to grow. I am so thankful and blessed for being able to bring you Momma's Organic Market along with all the other wonderful businesses that I get the honor to showcase!
Thank you for being part of it all with us!!!
HAPPY 2011!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

11.20.10 Market :)

2010-11-24T20:38:00.000-08:00

The November market was sooo fun! Thank you to everyone who came out and enjoyed the PERFECT weather with us :) There was a FREE petting zoo, FREE bounce house, FREE face painting and tons of the most wonderful vendors in the world. I got some great sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and some yummy apricot walnut bread that I plan on making into some french toast :)
The homemade marshmellow shooters were a big hit this month! People were running around with those everywhere.
We also had some incredible fresh crepes and fajita pitas from chef Big E this month. He is talking about doing omlets for bfast next month! So come early to eat :)
We are so blessed to be able to have this market and to have the great vendors that we have. Again, thank you to everyone who came out and we can't wait to see you again next month! Dec. 18th, mark your calendars! Come and take pics with Santa too!!!! See you soon! Have a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving :)

Last weekend :)

2010-10-20T13:55:00.001-07:00

Market was great last weekend and thank you to all who came out. Chipotle's $2 tacos went off with a bang (and a long line) :)
Can't wait for next month on the 20th of November. Keep watching for the updates on what is going on at the market that is new, fun and exciting!
We had some awesome new vendors this month that had incredible stuff. It is so nice to see small business flourish and the people who support what they do come out to shop :) I didn't have as much time to shop as I would have liked, but did get a great dress and some wonderful sun-dried tomato pesto from One Step Beyond, guacamole and salsa "dust", spicy peppercorn pickled okra, musulini granola and great produce :) Next month I will hopefully get to run around and get a few more things.
We had quite a few people almost sell out by 1130 and our produce was flying of the shelves (or baskets technically)!
I am so lucky and blessed to be able to enjoy the market every month and meet so many amazing business owners and creative people. I can hardly call it a job when I LOVE what I do so much. I hope you all enjoy the market as much as I do :) It has been such a wonderful 3 years in the making.
Make sure to keep following our facebook page to find out the whisper word from Chipotle for the next market :) and invite people to be our friend on facebook too :) The more friends we get the better! We love friends :)
Thank you again to everyone who participated, came out, told people about us and supported us in any way shape or form. We couldn't do it all without you!!!!
See you in a few short weeks!

2010-2011 Season :)

2010-10-15T14:23:00.000-07:00

It has been a while since I blogged and need to get better at it :) We are off to a great start this season for Momma's Organic Market. We had a great turnout for our 1st market of season 3! We were able to give away 500 insulated cooler bags with in an hour and a half to shoppers. Even though it was a warm day :)...people still came out to get their fresh produce and support local businesses. We are so blessed to be able to bring this market to our community and meet SO many incredible people! I am so thankful for everyone's support of our market, our vendors and what we are trying to do :) We appreciate every person that comes to the market and are so happy to hear your feedback.
We have such great vendors, with such wonderful products! We hope that you will come by and see something that you want, need and can't go without. All while supporting small businesses in an economy that has been hard on some. It is neat to see people supporting people :) Thank you Thank you Thank you for coming out and we hope you will see you again!
If you are on Facebook, please find us at Momma's Organic Market at our official page. You can also follow us on Momma's Organic Market at Park West which was started by the staff at Park West. If you haven't seen our website yet, you can check it out at www.mommasorganicmarket.com and some of our vendor's contact information is on there as well if there is a vendor you are trying to find.
Again...thank you for your support and we are really looking forward to a wonderful season :)

Thursday Nights!!!!

2010-02-09T20:28:00.000-08:00

Hey there! We have a Thursday night market each week at Park West!!! Come on down! We are between maggie Moos and Brighton 4p-7p every week through April! We have produce from Horny Toad Farms, gluten free breads and baked goods, organic wheatgrass and healthy coffee, AZ honey, jams and jellies, indian jewelry, great relishes, and other great things week to week. Feel free to spread the word! We are happy to offer these great things each week and hope you will come check us out!

About 100 Vendors!!

2009-11-14T08:54:00.000-08:00

Come on down to the market next weekend!! We will have all sorts of stuff for Thanksgiving from your fresh sweet potatoes to homemade pumpkin pies!!! We will also have a new vendor doing pork that has wonderful Hams and other pork things :) Come and get an edible arrangement order put in for great holiday gifts too!
Not only do we have great food and produce...we will have heaps of activities for the whole family! There will be our wonderful petting zoo and face painting along with hair shimmers, bead class, game truck, laser tag and more!! PLUS...the fire department is bringing out Sparky and the smoke trailer!!
We have a lot of great new vendors this month! Insense, homemade soaps and epsom salts, Relishes, clothes, vitamins, recycled bells and metal work, baby sign language, aprons, Green car products (waterless car wash and fuel efficiancy fluid that helps you get more to the gallon and clean out your tank), plus MUCH MUCH MUCH more! We are looking at a great list here of about 100 vendors and you DON'T wanna miss it! We know that you will enjoy the market as much as we do and look forward to seeing and meeting everyone that comes by :)
Remember...the first 200 people get a FREE re-usable tote bag!!!
Thank you so much for your support! We enjoy being able to bring M.O.M to the community and our neighbors!

The 2009-2010 Season!!!

2009-09-04T08:49:00.000-07:00

Our 2nd season of M.O.M is about to begin!!! We look forward to another wonderful season with our vendors and all the people who come out to visit us. Thank you for being a part of it!!!

We have exciting things happening in our 2009-2010 season! We kick off September 19th from 9-2 and there will, not only, be your favorite vendors from last season...there will be some exciting new ones! Make sure to bring your kids over to the bouncy house for a jumpin' good time and right behind the bounce house we will have a WONDERFUL new produce vendor with fresh AZ produce! PINNACLE GARDENS will be joining us and we are very excited to welcome them to the Momma's Organic Market family! CROOKED SKY FARMS will also be coming back this year and we are very lucky to have them with us as again.
Not only will we have a lot of great produce, but there is a promotion through Park West in September with the show "What Not to Wear"! Make sure to stop by the Park West booth for a free reusable canvas bag and more information on their great promotions!
There will be live music, petting zoo, face painting, 2 Storytimes with our lovely Ms. Korey!!! (yay!), TAMALES from the Tamale Store, Jamba Juice and so much more. We have incredible vendors with wonderful products and services to offer. We are proud to have them with us and to support them in what they do!
The Peoria Fire Department will be there in September with a smoke trailer to teach us and our kiddos about fire and smoke safety! They will also be coming back in November with a Peoria fire truck and you'll be able to get your picture taken with Sparky the Dog!
In October we are teaming up with the city of Peoria again for their "Go Green" event. You can get lots of free stuff, check out the latest cars that are "going green" and MUCH, MUCH more!
October will also be full of fall fun with a little pumpkin patch! Come and pick up some Halloween pumpkins and get a few small ones for the little ones to test out their artwork talents on :)
Don't miss out on Santa in December! He will be there taking pictures with the young and old :) You can also stop by to play in real snow in December AND January!
Make sure you check in and see all the fun things we have planned! We add things every month so be prepared to have a wholesome good time and invite everyone you know!
And remember...our market is family friendly AND dog friendly. So bring the whole family and come enjoy a day outside with us in the beautiful Park West shopping plaza.
You can visit our website any time at www.mommasorganicmarket.com or email us at info@mommasorganicmarket.com We are willing to answer any questions and are also always looking to ad great new vendors!