Hi Friend-
Whoomp, here it is! Party people! The Tuesday Market is back in town and it will be bigger, bolder and more delicious than ever. An incredible ensemble of farm, food, flower, body care, craft, jewelry and art vendors will be filling the plaza all season long. Many of your favorites are returning along with many soon-to-be favorites. Take a good look at the vendor list and start getting excited.
Just like those runners in Boston today, our farmers have been preparing for a 30 week Tuesday Market Marathon. As have the Grow Food Northampton Staff, signing up dozens of the areas top vendors, musicians, and generous local business sponsors to support our ever-growing SNAP Match program which helps make nutritious food accessible to all. Please spend some time reviewing the list of sponsors at the bottom of this email. We truly couldn't run this program without them.
We're delighted to welcome back Kingfisher Duo who perform from 2-6pm. It has become a sweet tradition for them to open the market season with us.
Lastly, one beloved vendor who will not be returning this season is Wingate Farm. But there is a sweet reason why, and they have penned a love letter of sorts which appears toward the bottom of this newsletter. And, fear not, their chicken eggs will be carried by Cricket Creek Farm this season!
Whew, that was a lot. I'll try not to be so wordy in the future. Please enjoy hearing from the vendors below.
See you at the market!
Helen
Grow Food Northampton Market Manager
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+ Plaza address: 1 Kirkland Ave, Northampton, MA
+ Parking tip: Meters are enforced until 8PM. Park in the E.J. Gare garage right next to the plaza - the first hour is ALWAYS free! (Or bike and take advantage of our Bicycle Benefits program)
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Vendor Lineup for April 18, 2023
Alex Evora Green Arts - handmade jewelry made from natural materials
Beaumont Berries, LLC - no sugar, low sugar honey-based jams
*Crabapple Farm -vegetables, beef, eggs and plants
CremeBru.LA- creme brûlée made with local ingredients
Cricket Creek Farm- small batch cheeses, beef, veal, pork and Wingate Farm eggs
*Dusty Goat Farm Living Foods- organic microgreens
Flor Farm - vegetables, jams, jellies and hot sauce
Grace Hill Farm - grass fed, raw milk cheeses
HAPI African Gourmet - frozen meals, spice blends and simmer sauces
Hearthstone Artisan Bakery - sourdough breads and cookies
Hungry Ghost Bread - variety of breads and pastries
LifeBooch Kombucha- authentic and raw local kombucha
*Lyonsville Farm- wide variety of vegetables, flowers and plant starts
Many Graces Farm- seasonal flower bouquets
Masa Mexicano- authentic Mexican food and drink
Meadowfed Lamb- silvopastured lamb, eggs, and wool products
*New England Wild Edibles- mushrooms
P'frogi - handmade frozen pierogis, golubki, and other prepared foods
Red Barn Honey - honey and beeswax candles
*Red Fire Farm -wide variety of organic vegetables
Sleepy Owl Herbs - herbal remedies, teas, tinctures and spice blends
Song Sparrow Farm - fresh seasonal salads and dressings
Sophia Rose Pottery - unique ceramics
Sunrise Farms Maple - maple syrup and sugar, including bulk maple syrup
Tellus & the Satellite Bar - pizza and other prepared food
Terra Pots - kokedamas (moss ball houseplants)
Whicked Whisk - plant based food and baked goods
Underline Farm- pasture raised, organic fed poultry
*HIP Accepted
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For produce we will have radishes, arugula, kale, and parsley. We will also be bringing herb, vegetable, and flower starts. All plants are grown using organic potting mix from Maine and organic fertilizers. We use high quality seed and choose tried and true varieties that we plant ourselves at the farm.
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Red Barn Honey will be there to open the Tuesday Market season. Come restock your honey and candle supplies!
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The Hearthstone Bakery will have a wide selection of sourdough breads including 100% organic options and 100% locally grown options.
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Sleepy Owl Herbs is excited and ready for the growing season!! Looking forward to seeing you all Tuesday!
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Meadowfed Lamb will be making their debut, offering their grass-fed lamb, pasture-raised eggs, and wool products (yarn and wool sponges).Their farm operation, based in Hadley, MA is a silvopasture, combining the rotational grazing of sheep and chickens within a mixed fruit and nut orchard.
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We will have our full line up of Pure Organic Maple Products:
+Maple Syrup,
+ All 4 Grades available (Golden, Amber, Dark and Very Dark),
+Maple Cream, Candy and Granulated Sugar.
+Also we have a special!!! Quart Grade A Amber Syrup for $18!!!
We always have our Bulk Grade A Dark Maple syrup available as well so don't forget your jars!
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Song Sparrow Farm is showing up with ready to eat salads, and salad to go.
This week’s seasonal salads will be :
🌱spring greens with pickled veggies
🌱feta, arugula, and roasted beets
🌱3 bean salad with our own pickled green beans.
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Many Graces Farm will have incredible ranunculus, narcissus, and icelandic poppies for sale for the first market, along with our premium stock of dahlia tubers!
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From Alex Evora:
Please visit my Esty page at alexevoragreenarts.etsy.com to view and purchase some of my pieces. There you'll find something for everyone!
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Kingfisher Duo plays from 2-6pm!
Kingfisher Duo is a Western MA folk band of Swansea Benham Bleicher and Jonathan Leonard. Swansea sings and plays fiddle; Jonathan plays guitar, mandolin, bouzouki, button accordion, fiddle, harmonium, whistles, banjo, and sings. Celtic and traditional folk styles.
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A special message from Wingate Farm:
Dear beloved Tuesday Market customers,
With delight we have welcomed another little person into our farm family! Lloyd is already a joy and is adding endless wonder to our, and baby Elvin’s everyday.
Due to the timing of his arrival, and with a lot of processing, we have had to make the extremely difficult decision to take this season off from growing and selling our vegetables at our farmers markets. We would not have planned on things happening in this order, but, with limited financial resources, and our expanding family, we feel that this is the most responsible route.
Fortunately, Cricket Creek will be selling our eggs from their farm stand all season long!
I want to tell you all directly how grateful we are for your continued support year after year for the past 7 years. You, our invaluable customers, are the reason we do what we do and show up week after week. It is a true pleasure that will be greatly missed, even if it is only for one season. Thank you, thank you. With any luck, we will be back in 2024 in full swing (with two wild farm boys in tow) :)
Wishing everyone a happy and healthy 2023!
Olivia
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Spinning wheel of prizes!
Stop by the purple market tent to try your luck. For a small donation to Grow Food Northampton, you can give this repurposed bicycle wheel a twirl and see where you land. Our vendors donate items to the wheel each week. Everyone's a winner!
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 Have SNAP? Stop by the Grow Food Northampton tent to buy tokens and have your purchase doubled, up to $10 per week.
Learn more about SNAP Match and HIP here.
SNAP Match at GFN Farmers Markets in 2023 is generously sponsored by River Valley Co-op, Florence Bank, National Grid, Valley Home Improvement, People's Bank, Whalen Insurance, Point32 Health/Tufts Foundation, Paradise Copies,Greenfield Savings Bank, SWCA, Arbella, Black Birch Vineyard, D.A. Sullivan & Sons, Easthampton Savings Bank, Edward Jones, Finck and Perras, Gardeners Supply Company - Hadley Greenfield Cooperative Bank, Greenfield Savings Bank,Insight Solar, Jones Whitsett Architects, State Street Fruit Store & Cooper’s Corner, TD Bank, UMassFive College Federal Credit Union, Wright Builders
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We love our Market Musicians! And we love our local business sponsors who help compensate them for making our market more vibrant!
Tuesday Market Music is supported in part by a grant from the Northampton Arts Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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