Supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure

Join Beemster Premium Gourmet Dutch Cheese and Westborn Market in supporting Susan G. Komen for the Cure®
For each pound of Beemster Vlaskaas sold from September 15 – October 31
Beemster will donate $.50 to help find the cure for breast cancer. Beemster has also guaranteed to make a minimum donation of $10,000 to help find a cure for breast cancer.


About Beemster Vlaskaas
Beemster Vlaskaas is the newest addition to Beemster's line of Premium Gourmet Dutch Cheeses; however, it's the oldest cheese recipe with the group of cheeses. When translated Vlaskaas mean Flax cheese. This delightfully sweet and creamy cheese was made only during the harvest festival of the flax for the workers to eat on thick slices of bread and with porridge while they worked and celebrated.

With the amazing taste combined with a great cause this cheese will be a great addition to the table at your next party.

Only $10.99 lb it's a great cause and a great cheese!

Taste of the Season-Michigan Honeycrisp Apples Are Here!

The Honeycrisp Apple variety is continually growing in popularity. Look for it in September and October, and enjoy it while you can, as it will most likely be gone by mid-November! A growing number of Honeycrisp tree plantings still aren’t in pace with its popularity among consumers! Honeycrisp has a crisp, juicy bite and a sweet flavor. They are best for fresh eating and also a great addition to salads!

Our Honeycrisps come to us from the same farmer in which we buy our Michigan tomatoes, cucumbers and many other fresh Michigan veggies. Leitz Farms in Sodus, Michigan (near Benton Harbor) has a great family heritage of growing some of the finest fruits and veggies in the state. "Say Yes" to apples and "Say Yes" to supporting Michigan farmers.

Michigan Apple Quick Facts

• Apples are Michigan’s largest and most valuable fruit crop, with a value of about $100 million annually to the apple grower. Value-added marketing and processing enhance the economic contribution of Michigan Apples up to $700 million of economic impact annually.
  
  
• There are over 7.5 million apple trees in commercial production, covering 37,000 acres, on 950 family-run farms throughout Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.
  
  
• Michigan harvested approximately 903 million pounds (21.5 million bushels) of apples in 2006.
  
  
• Apples are by far the largest fruit crop grown in Michigan. Michigan produced approximately 1.4 billion pounds of fruit in 2005 including apples, tart cherries, sweet cherries, blueberries, peaches, grapes, strawberries, pears and plums. About 56 percent of that amount was apples, which totaled 780 million pounds.
  
  
• Small family farmers who operate their own orchards dominate the Michigan apple industry. According to statistics, 99 percent of Michigan orchards had fewer than 100 acres in apples.
  
  
• The Honeycrisp variety is continually growing in popularity. Look for it in September and October, and enjoy it while you can, as it will most likely be gone by mid-November! A growing number of Honeycrisp tree plantings still aren’t in pace with its popularity among consumers!

At Only a $1.99 lb it's a great way to support our local farmers!

It's Still Cherry Season at Westborn Market

One of the longest established sweet cherry programs in the world is alive and well in Summerland, British Columbia. It continues to have a solid, world-wide reputation of developing large, firm sweet cherry varieties covering a range of maturities. Growers and nurseries from around the world seek out the advanced selections and varieties produced at Summerland for testing and evaluation under their local conditions. The development of high quality sweet cherry selections and varieties for years to come is the purpose of the program.

Recent introductions, Lapins and Sweetheart, have extended the marketing season for cherries. Lapins is now considered the standard of excellence for our industry in British Columbia because of its consistent production of high quality, large, firm fruit.

Sweet Cherries are now only $3.99 a pound at Westborn Market
(while supplies last)