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PALMER — The Mat-Su Farm Market is from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Mondays through May 5 at the Palmer Depot, 610 S. Valley Way, Palmer. Vendors will this are:
• The Alaska Sourdough Bread Co. — Full line of sourdough breads, holiday breads (stollen and figgy pudding), pulla, challah, baklava, cookies, brownies, clementine marmalade, apple butter and honey. New this week: orange cranberry bread, peppermint bark.
• Alaska Sprouts — Sprouts and hydroponic lettuces.
• Alaska Yard and Goat Co. — Goat milk soaps. New this week: goat milk bath salt.
• Brooke Family Farm — Chicken eggs. Taking orders for chickens, ducks, geese, turkeys and pigs for 2014.
• Bushes Bunches — Blue, Yukon, white, peanut and red potatoes, pie pumpkins, turnips, beets and carrots.
• Choose Food Wisely LLC — Kefir, kombucha and chair massage by Fred. New this week: winter blend kraut.
• Coba’s Plant Care — Micro-greens: radish, broccoli, cabbage, basic salad mix, spicy salad mix, blue kale, red and green basil. New this week: arugula, bok choy and mizuna sprouts.
• Country Health Foods — Farm fresh vegetables, meats, eggs, whole-grain barley, barley flour, jams, jellies, honey, goat cheese, baked goods and fudge. Also, Christmas trees and wreaths.
• Gee-Haw Realty (the market’s sponsor) — Information on some great farm properties and homes in the Mat-Su.
• M&M Scroll Works — Scrollwork art and ornaments.
• Moonlit Lake Garden — Red and orange blends made with fresh vegetables from Alaska sprouts, Coba’s Plant Care and Country Heath foods.
• Tilgner’s Smoked Salmon — Cold smoked wild Alaska salmon.
• Voodoo Chocolates — Chocolate bars and Voodoo boxes. New this week: lemon almond and crushed peppermint chocolate bars. Also, Christmas truffles, including chai, cherry, root beer and pecan fig, and red velvet cupcakes.