11/15/2023 0 Comments Jackson township farmers market![]() ![]() ![]() The husband and wife team began growing their product in March. Health benefits of microgreens include boosting one’s immune system, reducing inflammation, contributing to weight loss, reducing the risk of chronic diseases and improving one’s gut health, he continued. At the farmers market, they had for sale small sunflower, pea, beet and broccoli varieties, as well as a crunchy mix. ![]() The couple, who are local growers, harvests the microgreens once per week. He, along with his wife, runs Wholly Organic Microgreens.Īn inherent value of the greens is that their small size contains a high density of nutrients - considerably greater than those found in mature vegetables such as broccoli, where nutrients are more spread out and can be somewhat depleted, Tim Klaus explained. “They’re basically your pre-vegetable of a full-grown vegetable,” Tim Klaus said. Of course, offering healthful food choices was part and parcel of Saturday’s farmers market, and that included a tent under which Tim and Julie Klaus of Austintown were selling varieties of microgreens. ![]() They and others painted the rocks as part of an ongoing project to build a snake figure from the rocks “to see how long we can make it grow,” said Willis, who also thanked the Austintown Home Depot store for donating 12 bags of rocks. In addition, she spent the pandemic making an estimated 400 masks.Ĭrafting rocks was more the calling for many children that included siblings Ryland and Reghan Koch, 10 and 13, respectively, as well as Bryce Clay, 10, and Liam Hoover, 12, all of Austintown. O’Neill, who works at Walmart in Liberty, also has spent about 20 years creating sports- and holiday-themed wreaths, some of which she was selling Saturday. “All of my Cleveland Browns are gone,” O’Neill said, adding that the Ohio State Buckeyes is the only college football team for which she’s designed and framed a diamond-filled piece. She also has made many to honor veterans and those currently serving in the military. On the more sobering side, she made a piece depicting the World Trade Center with an American flag wrapped around the north and south towers. O’Neill has crafted such works to represent all of the NFL teams, with her favorite being the Green Bay Packers. ![]()
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