Health & Fitness
"66 Days on Route 66"
Have you ever heard the siren's call of "The Mother Road" also known as Route 66? Or wondered what the mystique is all about? Well, you're not alone.
As one of the original US Highways, many have traveled "The Mother Road" or Route 66, since its establishment in 1926. Imagine an earlier America when the highways were two-lane roads, often just packed dirt and gravel where nature and farmland filled the open spaces between towns and cities.
Route 66 stretches across the United States from Chicago to Los Angeles passing through what was once an iconic era in our nation's history---when handshakes mean you can count on me and the offer of a good meal to a stranger was a matter of fact. Along these long stretches of tarmac, a traveler could also find roadside stands of fruit and vegetables from hard scrabble folks making a living off the land.
It wasn't an easy life--but it was an honest one. Also, along "The Mainstreet of America" a weary traveler could always find someone ready to play a fine tune on the guitar or fiddle or someone to sing a ballad of life's travails. That is if the traveler didn't carry his own music with him.
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We are fortunate today to find both song and food at the Clayton Farmer's Market. We are also fortunate this week to welcome Australian singer/songwriter, Grayson who is traveling Route 66--literally singing his way across America and documenting his travels on film.
Grayson will perform at the Market on Sat. August 6 at 11:00am. Come by and celebrate two of our country's best treasures--food fresh from the land and music fresh from the heart! Join us Saturday for touch of the past in a modern day market setting. Here's what else you will find:
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MORE GREAT MUSIC 9:00am-10:30am Our friends the Buckhannon Brothers will help us greet the morning with their lively Old-Time music. Dennis and Curtis always leave us smiling!
SPECIAL VISITOR Author Norma Bolin will have her books, including her cookbook, about Route 66 and its St. Louis connection available for purchasing and signing.
SPECIAL CULINARY EVENT Chef Fred Youngblood and the Smoker Crew will be grilling Market Burgers and Hot Dogs on-site using meats from Sugar Creek Piedmontese and The Farmers' Larder, Baetje Farms Goat Cheese, and buns from Black Bear and Great Harvest Bakeries. It will be grilled naturally on charcoal from Cherokee Charcoal.
CHILDRENS ACTIVITY TENT Independent Market Play with Hula Hoops & More!
COMMUNITY SERVICE TENT Free Blood Pressure Readings
FREE TAI CHI 8:30am Join Shelley Shray of the St. Louis T’ai Chi Chuan Association.
WELCOME OUR NEW VENDORS
The Farmers' Larder Offering a line of fine artisanal naturally cured and smoked meats. Only all natural ingredients are used in both the growing and production of their products.
Rustic John Werner Hand-crafted furniture made out of rustic wood pieces and other natural materials like slate and hand finished copper.
FEATURING THE BEST MIDWEST PRODUCE AND FARM PRODUCTS
Peaches, Raspberries, Blackberries, Watermelons, Cantaloupes, Small Yellow & Red Tomatoes, Heirloom Tomatoes, Plum Tomatoes & Slicing Tomatoes
Salad and Pickling Cucumbers, Sweet Corn, New Potatoes, Green Beans, Carrots, Yellow Squash & Zucchini, Baby Squash, Red Beets, Eggplant Varieties, Sweet Onions, Scallions & Garlic, Cabbage
Wheat Grass Trays, Baby Arugula & Mixed Salad Greens, Sunflower Sprouts,Fresh Cut Flowers, Mint & Basil, and other Herbs
Fresh Farm Eggs, Award-Winning Goat Cheese, Local Honey, Nuts, Granola, IBones for Dogs, Naturally Cured & Smoked Meats, Piedmontese Beef, Fresh-Made Pasta, Fresh-Baked Breads, Delicious Pies & Desserts and Organic Olives & Olive Oil
FINE ARTS AND CRAFTS Beautiful, Hand-Crafted Works of Usable Art!
Visit our website www.claytonfarmersmarket.com or call 314-913-6632