BRATTLEBORO — Visitors to the seventh season of the Winter Farmers' Market in the River Garden in downtown Brattleboro will find more farms and more local produce than ever before.
Starting on Saturday, Nov. 3, the River Garden will be transformed into a warm, welcoming indoor marketplace with more than 30 vendors, including favorites from past seasons such as Dwight Miller Orchards, Fertile Fields Farm, Deep Meadows Farm, Wild Shepherd Farm, Higley Hill Farm, Susan Dunning Pottery, Orchard Hill Bread, Vermont Wild Flour Bakery, Putney Mountain Winery, One World Soap, and many more.
A number of new farms are on the list too. Look for Walnut Ridge Farm, Guerrilla Grown Produce, and Hickin's Mountain Mowings, to name a few.
Along with produce, shoppers will find yummy sweets or savory breakfast treats, great lunch offerings, delicious pies, preserves and much more. Come for the local farm produce, homemade foods, and beautiful handmade gifts and stay for a tasty lunch and live music.
“I am so thrilled to see how this market has grown and developed over the past six years,“ said market manager Sherry Maher. “We now have more area farmers planting more winter storage crops and using season extension strategies for fresh local winter greens.”
The Winter Farmers' Market welcomes EBT and Debit cards. And each week, EBT customers can turn $10 into $20 with our Market Match Coupons. This is supported through grants and fundraising done by market organizers, in conjunction with their commitment to making more and more local food accessible to more local people. Anyone interested in contributing to that effort can contact them to find out more.
The Winter Farmers' Market is sponsored by Post Oil Solutions, a nonprofit sustainability organization actively working to build a viable community based food system.
It will be 0pen every Saturday through March 30, 2013. Market hours are generally 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., with extended hours for holiday shopping (open to 3 p.m.) between Thanksgiving and Christmas. For more information, contact the market at farmersmarket@postoilsolutions.org or call 802-869-2141.