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Collingswood SAT JUL 02

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Looks like a beauty. Moderate humidity and temperatures that start cool and climb to the low 80s! No chance of rain, a bit breezy. Bring your tent weights. Shoppers will be stocking up for holiday entertaining. Good day to SELL a mess of produce.

Weather JUL 02

Site Plan for SAT JUL 02

JUL 02

Official Market Bloggers

If you’ve been following our facebook page, or seen the News Updates coming from our Website, you know our new bloggers have been hard at work writing timely stories about events and fresh products.

Susan Tomato Sandwich
JERSEY TOMATO SALAD

JERSEY TOMATO SANDWICH. Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). Keeping it simple, fresh, and local, Susan uses vine-ripe tomatoes from Springdale Farm and Les Viereck to demonstrate the one, the only, Jersey Tomato Sandwich!  LINK HERE.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2016/06/26/jersey-tomato-sandwich-omg/

 

Susan Corn Off Cob
CORN OFF THE COB

CORN OFF THE COB. Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). Susan starts with sweet corn from Les Viereck and AT Buzby, adds a bit of butter and cheese from Hillacres Pride, and creates a cheesy corn dish a bearded husband can enjoy. LINK HERE.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2016/06/27/corn-off-the-cob/

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:Blogger Cards

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

  • SWEET CORN
  • BUTTER
  • CHEESE
  • FIELD-GROWN TOMATOES

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.

FIRST ANNUAL SALSA CONTEST.  Our annual pie-baking contests are the Market’s most popular events. This year, contestants will be invited to enter their best salsa recipes featuring produce from the Market in five categories: Classic Red (cooked), Salsa Cruda (raw), Salsa Verde (green), Freelance Vegetable (such as corn, carrots), Fruit Salsa (featuring mango, for example). This is not a “heat contest.” Recipes will be mild or medium. Stop by the Information table to enter, or click the links below for information and registration. Official Market Bloggers will be our judges.

Salsa Contest 2

Link to Rules
http://www.collingswoodmarket.com/events/salsa-making-contest/

Link to Registration
http://www.collsfofm.org/salsa-contest/

JUL 02 Guest Vendors

  • Green Aisle Grocery
  • Origin Almond Milk
  • Constellation Collective
  • GreenFord Blueberry Farm
  • Weckerly’s Ice Cream
  • Brookeberry Organic Berries
  • Allison Allen Massage Therapist

Guest Artist: Trudi Clark’s Pretty Pottery

TRUDI CLARK (PRETTY POTTERY). Hand-thrown clay wall pockets and serving dishes with inlaid vintage lace.

Trudi Clark Pottery

http://prettypotterybytc.com/

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
TRIO NOVA DUO20160625_095426

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
SAM CARUSO

SamCaruso

Dog Tent

THE ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER  will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, to provide Market Permit Leashes to pet owners who haven’t yet legitimized their dogs. They will be joined in a second space by the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital.

Bag Reduction

Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.

Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for

  • a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
  • a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
  • to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
  • to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.

Free Paper Bag Sign

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.

Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!

Man holding tiny dollar bills

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David will distribute a batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

Dog 2Up

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

Market DirectorTHANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Collingswood SAT JUN 25, 2016

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Looks like a beauty. Moderate humidity and temperatures that start cool and climb to the low 80s! No chance of rain, light breeze. Good day to SELL a mess of produce.

Weather JUN 25

Site Plan for SAT JUN 25

JUN 25 SPACE

 

Official Market Bloggers

If you’ve been following our facebook page, or seen the News Updates coming from our Website, you know our new bloggers have been hard at work writing timely stories about events and fresh products.

SJGG Pasta e Pisella
PASTA E PISELLA

PASTA E PISELLA. Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub). This week, Patricia “lets the farmers do the work,” pairing Viereck’s peas and Flaim’s spring onions with pasta for a simple peas and onions dish. LINK HERE.

https://southjerseygirlsgrub.com/2016/06/16/pasta-e-pisella/

Denine Carrot Ceci Feta
NO COOK CARROT SALAD

CARROT CECI FETA. Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Using readily-available carrots, red onions, and radishes from the Market, Denine makes a NO COOKING NEEDED salad. LINK HERE.

http://www.thebicycle-chef.com/2009/05/carrot-ceci-feta-salad.html

 

Patricia DiJulio Florentine

EGGS FLORENTINE

EGGS FLORENTINE. Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub).  Garlic and spinach from Flaim Farms, pastured eggs from Nature’s Own Farm, cheese from Hillacres Pride and Villa Barone bread. Add magic: Voila! LINK HERE.

https://southjerseygirlsgrub.com/2016/06/20/florentine/

 

SMLynch Summer Salad

SIMPLE SUMMER SALAD

SIMPLE SUMMER SALAD. Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Rick Hymer’s tomatoes, cucumbers, and green onions: NO COOKING!  LINK HERE.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2016/06/19/simple-summer-salad/

 

Christine Sugar Snap Salad

SUGAR SNAP PEA SALAD

SUGAR SNAP SALAD. Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen). With a spring salad mix and a bunch of mizuna from Savoie Organic, plus peas from Viereck, Christine assembles this beauty. NO COOKING! LINK HERE.

http://thecovetedkitchen.com/sugar-snap-pea-salad-fresh-herb-vinaigrette/

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:Blogger Cards

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

  • PEAS
  • SPRING ONIONS
  • CARROTS
  • RADISHES
  • GARLIC
  • SPINACH
  • PASTURED EGGS
  • CHEESE
  • BREAD
  • TOMATOES
  • CUCUMBERS
  • SPRING SALAD MIX
  • MIZUNA
  • SUGAR SNAP PEAS

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.

Salsa Contest 2

JUN 25 Guest Vendors

  • O Made Granola
  • Neil’s Sharpening Service
  • John & Kira’s Chocolate
  • Hercules Beard
  • GreenFord Blueberry Farm
  • Garden State Juice Co.
  • Brookeberry Organic Berries

Significant Returns

GREENFORD BLUEBERRY FARM will be here for the first time this season with their specialty variety and heirloom blueberries.

BROOKEBERRY ORGANIC BERRIES will be here for the first time this season with their organic raspberries and blackberries, short supplies perhaps.

Guest Artist: Turned Treasures

TURNED TREASURES. Carol and Dave Leader are Camden County woodturners who make unique hand-crafted items on their wood lathes using exotic and domestic woods, acrylic and Corian to craft pens, ceiling fan pulls, wine bottle stoppers, key chains, ornaments, vessels and bowls.  Examples of their work can be found in art galleries and Philadelphia’s Center for Art in Wood.

Turned Pen Pencil

Live Music

MONKO!
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENTMonko

TRIO NOVA DUO
WEST STAGE

TrioNovaDuoPosterized

Dog Tent

NEW JERSEY AID FOR ANIMALS (The Sponsor of our Dog Tent) will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, to provide Market Permit Leashes to pet owners who haven’t yet legitimized their dogs. They will be joined in a second space by the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital.

Bag Reduction

Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.

Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for

  • a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
  • a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
  • to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
  • to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.

Free Paper Bag Sign

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food.

Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!

Man holding tiny dollar bills

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David will distribute a batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

Dog 2Up

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

Market DirectorTHANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Collingswood SAT JUN 18, 2016

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Looks like a beauty. Moderate humidity and temperatures that start cool and climb to the low 80s! No chance of rain, light breeze. Good day to SELL a mess of produce.

JUN 18

Site Plan for SAT JUN 18

JUN 18 Space

 

Official Market Bloggers

If you’ve been following our facebook page, or seen the News Updates coming from our Website, you know our new bloggers have been hard at work writing timely stories about events and fresh products.

  • BAKED BEETS HOT OR COLD. Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Susan makes easy use of a mixed bunch of organic beets from DanLynn.  LINK HERE.
Susan Lynch Beets

MIXED BUNCH ORGANIC BEETS FROM DANLYNN

  • KOHLRABI FRITTERS. Ryan Cochrane (imadeafood). Flaim Farms provided the Kohlrabi. Ryan provides the genius that results in exquisite fritters. LINK HERE.
Ryan Kohlrabi Fritters

KOHLRABI FRITTER

  • ZEE BREAD. Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Susan uses two large zucchini from Les Viereck’s farm to create what around her house they lovingly call Zee Bread. LINK HERE.
Susan Lynch Zee Bread

ZUCCHINI BREAD (ZEE BREAD)

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:Blogger Cards

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

  • KOHLRABI
  • ZUCCHINI
  • BEETS

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.

JUN 18 Guest Vendors

  • Weckerly’s Ice Cream
  • MECHA Chocolates (BID area)
  • Market Day Canele
  • Green Aisle Grocery
  • Garden State Juice Co.
  • Origin Almond
  • 2016 DEBUT: Barn and Stone House Soap
  • Blissed Out Mamas Lactation Supplies
  • Philosophers Stone (Free Chair Massages . . . donations welcome)
  • BID PROMOTION: The Principled Pet

Significant Returns

RICK HYMER (HYMER FARMS) is taking the week off to transition from his 4-space spring blooms setup to his 2-space summer vegetables operation.

CHARLES KOORY (CHARLIE’S CREPES) needs this Saturday to attend a wedding.

Vendor Debut

Barn and Stone House Soap

BARN AND STONE HOUSE SOAP.

Rex Bockius says: Our name Barn and Stone House came from our old stone farmhouse and timber frame barn in Bucks County, Pa. where I spent both my childhood and much of my adult life living with my wonderful wife Karen. Both of my parents were artist craftspeople with a shared love for antiques of all kinds. This instilled in me the value of quality work and craftsmanship. We strive to only offer products of both high quality, value and uniqueness.

Guest Artist: Lisa Kirkonis (Shayla Shine Designs)

http://www.etsy.com/shop/shaylashinesdesigns

Lisa is a late replacement for a Guest Artist who had to cancel. I’ve been able to gather just a bit of information about her. She makes, among other things, dandelion wish pendants that appear to contain actual, delicate dandelion seeds.

Shayla Dandelion Pendant

Live Music

The Incomparable Dave Kelly
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENTDaveKelly cropped

(MARKET DEBUT) WAYSIDE SHAKEUP
WEST STAGE

Dog Tent

FRENCH BULLDOG RESCUE NETWORK will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, to provide Market Permit Leashes to pet owners who haven’t yet legitimized their dogs.

Bag Reduction

Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.

Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for

a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or

a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or

to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or

to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.

Free Paper Bag Sign

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food. The Principled Pet will attend to promote their proper provisions for pets and their people.

Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!

Man holding tiny dollar bills

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David will distribute a batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

Dog 2Up

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

Market DirectorTHANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Collingswood SAT JUN 11, 2016

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Looks like a beauty. Moderate humidity and temperatures that start cool and climb to the low 80s! No chance of rain until afternoon, light breeze. Good day to buy a mess of produce.

Weather JUN 11

Site Plan for SAT JUN 11

JUN 11 SITE FULL

Official Market Bloggers

If you’ve been following our facebook page, or seen the News Updates coming from our Website, you know our new bloggers have been hard at work writing timely stories about events and fresh products.

Vegan Quiche

VEGAN ASPARAGUS LEEK QUICHE

  • Vegan Asparagus and Leek Quiche. Christine Clark (The Coveted Kitchen). Christine uses Viereck Farms asparagus and leeks from Flaim Farms to produce a vegan delight using tofu for cheese. LINK HERE.
Strawberry Chicken

STRAWBERRY CHICKEN GORGONZOLA

  • Strawberry Chicken with Gorgonzola. Donna Hutchinson (My Tasty Journey) makes an unexpected sweet & savory combo: Chicken with strawberry sauce and gorgonzola. LINK HERE.
SweetCrostini

STRAWBERRY JAM CROSTINI

  • Strawberry Sweet Crostini. Patricia DiJulio (SOUTHJERSEYGIRLSGRUB). Patricia paired Springdale Farms strawberries with bread from Villa Barone to produce a rustic strawberry jam crostini. LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:Blogger Cards

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

  • strawberries
  • asparagus
  • leeks

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients. If you need help moving a particular product, solicit an article/recipe that features it.

JUN 11 Guest Vendors

  • JOHN & KIRA’S CHOCOLATE
  • GARDEN STATE JUICE COMPANY is here with juices squeezed from the produce they bought last week here at the Market.
  • BLUEBERRY FIELDS SOAP makes its first appearance at the Market this season.
  • ORIGIN ALMOND (ALMOND MILK) rounds out the roster of Guest Vendors.

Significant Absences

  • RICK HYMER (HYMER FARMS) is taking the week off to transition from his 4-space spring blooms setup to his 2-space summer vegetables operation.
  • CHARLES KOORY (CHARLIE’S CREPES) needs this Saturday to attend a wedding.

Significant Returns

  • ERIN KELLY WALDRON  (LA POOCH PATISSERIE) will return following a two-week absence. Make her feel welcome.

Vendor Debut

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PRESERVATION (RYAN HARRISON)    photo: Matt Skoufalos

  • PRESERVATION. Ryan Harrison has been buying and pickling local produce for his Haddon Township store just off Haddon Avenue. Now he brings his creations to our Market for the first time. Expect to see him strolling the Market (if he can get away from his table) looking for anything that can be preserved in brine. Better yet: don’t let him get away from his table.

Guest Artist: Aimee Eckert (Relics Revisited)

Aimee and Necklace

AIMEE ECKERT WITH HER VINTAGE CERAMIC AND WOOD NECKLACE

RELICS REVISITED. Aimee Eckert is a true friend of the Market. She juries our Artists of the Week program, coordinates artists and crafters for the Handmade Holidays, and takes her turn this week as our featured artist with her jewelry collection constructed from original photographs, vintage bits, metal, clothing, and reclaimed odds and ends.

www.etsy.com/shop/angularart

Live Music

SAM CARUSO (with or without Guest) EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT

SamCaruso

THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE KELLY, WEST STAGE

DaveKelly cropped

Dog Tent

ALMOST HOME SHELTER will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, to provide Market Permit Leashes to pet owners who haven’t yet legitimized their dogs.

Bag Reduction

Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.

Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for

  • a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
  • a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
  • to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
  • to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.

Free Paper Bag Sign

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food. Collingswood Music will attend to promote instrument sales, vinyl products, and music lessons. 

Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!

Man holding tiny dollar bills

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David will distribute a batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

Dog 2Up

VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

Market DirectorTHANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653

Collingswood SAT JUN 04, 2016

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Looks like a beauty. Cool temperatures for setup and the early hours, with a chance of showers toward the very end of the Market day. Windless. Muggy though: check out those humidity numbers, starting the day at 90%.

Weather JUN 04

Site Plan for SAT JUN 04JUN 04

Official Market Bloggers

If you’ve been following our facebook page, or seen the News Updates coming from our Website, you know our new bloggers have been hard at work writing timely stories about events and fresh products.

This week, we have new stories (and photos! and recipes!) from Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef) and from Natalie Winch (Food Empowerment Blog).

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  • Roasted Strawberry and Chia Seed Jam. Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Denine has produced a brand new recipe using strawberries from our Market. Very complete instructions include a video of the process! LINK HERE.
  • Salad Greens. Natalie Winch (Food Empowerment Blog). Natalie makes the case for enjoying salad greens, kale, collard, and spinach, at their best now before the real heat of summer. LINK HERE.

 

In all, six Official Market Bloggers have been provided with credentials like these:Blogger Cards

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

  • strawberries
  • spring greens
  • collard greens
  • spinach
  • kale

Make time for our bloggers if you can, and consider offering them samples of products they can use in their recipes. They’ll always tell readers where they got their ingredients

MAY 21 Guest Vendors

  • CHARLIE’S CREPES takes a familiar space alongside DanLynn Organic Farm.
  • WECKERLY’S ICE CREAM will also be found near DanLynn
  • MECHA CHOCOLATE sets up near Cheese, Etc. in the BID area of the Market.
  • GARDEN STATE JUICE COMPANY is here with juices squeezed from the produce they bought last week here at the Market.
  • BIANCA DEL MARE returns with soaps and skin care products.
  • ORIGIN ALMOND (ALMOND MILK) and FRUITS D’HERITAGE round out the roster of Guest Vendors.

Guest Artist: Blissed Out Mamas

BLISSED OUT MAMAS. Lisa Broderick-Cohen is an internationally board certified lactation consultant who works for the University of Pennsylvania Health System and in private practice. Combining that with her background in art and education, she has produced organic, vegan products for new, postpartum, and breastfeeding mothers.

http://www.blissedoutmamas.com/

blissedoutmamas

Live Music

JOHN ROSSI, EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT

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SAM CARUSO
WEST STAGE

SamCaruso

Dog Tent

ANIMAL ADOPTION CENTER will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, to provide Market Permit Leashes to pet owners who haven’t yet legitimized their dogs.

Bag Reduction

Already this season, we have noticed a significant decline in the number of disposable, single-use plastic bags at the Market. We’re taking a variety of steps to help shoppers eliminate them where possible.

Send anyone who wants to participate to the FOFM (Friends of the Farmers’ Market) tent at the middle of the Market for

  • a FREE Paper bag courtesy of Market sponsor Audubon Savings Bank, or
  • a chance to make their own T-Shirt bag, or
  • to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or
  • to BORROW a reusable bag from the FOFM Loaner Bag program.

Free Paper Bag Sign

BID Vendors

Perennial favorites DiBartolo Bakery, Villa Barone, Cheese Etc., and Sara’s Produce will be selling food. MECHA Chocolate will join their BID associates in the west BID section. Collingswood Music will attend to promote instrument sales, vinyl products, and music lessons. 

Starting this season, David Hodges is your primary contact for all BID area questions, reservations, and requests. At the usual numbers and email addresses. See below.

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

Many of you know, but for those of you who don’t, I carry small bills for vendors who run out of singles during the Market day. For guest vendors who might not be aware, I also have a key to Perkins Art Center, a Market sponsor, the primary benefit of which, for our vendors is INDOOR PLUMBING!

Man holding tiny dollar bills

Vendors Please Enforce: “No Permit, No Purchase”

This won’t be easy, but it’s necessary. If good dog behavior is important to you, you’ll comply in with the No Permit, No Purchase policy, declining to serve customers who don’t choose to cooperate with the Permitting and Behavior Guidelines. David will distribute a batch of Dog Behavior Guidelines to all vendors for distribution to anyone who appears at your table attempting to make purchases with a non-permitted dog.

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VENDOR PARKING PERMITS

It’s good business to save the best parking spaces for SHOPPERS! Most visitors will tell you it’s tough to find parking at the Market. We make things worse by parking our own vehicles in spaces that could be used and re-used many times by shoppers. Please encourage your table crew to park for free in the Lumberyard Parking Garage (just across Collings Avenue from the west entrance). There are plenty of spaces inside, and the walk back to the Market takes 3 minutes.

Flexible Site Plan

Changes will continue to occur throughout the season as vendors come and go and as we learn more about how neighbors interact. I remind you no spaces are ever guaranteed and require your cooperation if I have to move your location any given week.

Market DirectorTHANK YOU
David Hodges, Market Director
Home Office (856) 854-8385
Market Day Cell Phone (856) 979-6653