BRATTLEBORO-On Feb. 28, the Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market honored its 20th season of connecting farmers and producers with community through the depths of long Vermont winters.
The Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market first opened Saturday, Nov. 4, 2006, in the heart of downtown Brattleboro at the River Garden.
“From the start, our mission was to celebrate and grow the local food shed of the greater Brattleboro area,” organizers said in a news release. “After 12 years, we recognized the need to find a new home where we could grow and spread out a bit, and where our customers could count on convenient parking. The four years we spent at 80 Flat St. proved critical to our market surviving the pandemic. We are now approaching the final month of our 20th season and our fourth year in the Winston Prouty Campus gymnasium.”
The Brattleboro Winter Farmers Market serves Windham County and the southern reaches of Windsor County, as well as Cheshire and Franklin counties of New Hampshire and Massachusetts, with a very strong commitment to equitable food access. It is the only regular weekly farmers market in this region operating through the winter.
The celebration took place throughout a typical market day, “fitting as a way to celebrate what we do while we are doing it and sharing it with our community,” organizers said. At noontime, there were remarks for the occasion by market organizers and special guests, as well as as a salute to the community of dedicated market customers whose support for farmers and producers makes the market possible.
The Winter Farmers Market is a project of Post Oil Solutions, a community grassroots organization focusing on sustainability and resilient communities. For more information, email farmersmarket@postoilsolutions.org.
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