Weather forecast for Saturday.

Summer Beauty! If you liked last Saturday’s Market weather, you’ll be happy with this week too. In fact, the humidity is considerably lower this week, so the “feels like” conditions are more comfortable. From cowbell to cowbell we’ll have comfortable weather, light breezes, and no rain. Ideal summer Market weather.

Site Plan for SAT AUG 27

News from our Official Market Bloggers

Garlic Parmesan Zucchini

GARLIC PARMESAN ZUCCHINI

Leanne Entwistle (The Creped Crusader). Leanne, who played guitar and sang for us in the Music Tent a few weeks ago, is our newest Official Market Blogger. In her debut post, she shares her special treatment for zucchini she selected from Flaim Farms. LINK HERE.

http://www.crepedcrusader.com/grilled-zucchini-with-garlic-parmesan-butter/

Treasure Hunting

CRANBERRY BEANS

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs).  This week, Susan takes us on a guided tour of the treasures she found last at last week’s Market, including stops at Springdale, Buzby, Viereck, Schober, Formisano, Flaim, and Hillacres Pride for tomatoes, green grapes, pickles, cranberry beans, and cheesy crackers.  LINK HERE.

https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/treasure-hunt/

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

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.

AUG 27 Guest Vendors

• Weckerly’s Ice Cream
• Green Aisle Grocery
• MECHA Artisan Chocolates
• FOOD INNOVATION TENT: Our Yards Farm

The Food Innovation Tent

Beginning SAT AUG 27.  Our mission at the Market is to promote Jersey Fresh agriculture in whatever form it takes. For example, CSAs, once novel, have become more common as a way to support farms with cash paid to farmers at the beginning of the season for a “share” of what the farm produces.

This week, we’re making room in the Food Innovation Tent (Guest Vendor area) for Julie Pierre of Our Yards Farms. Julie’s innovation is to contract with suburban homeowners to farm “extra” land in their yards. Land lenders get a share of the production from all Julie’s farms, not just what grows on their own property.

Guest Artist: Le Vin et La Mare

LE VIN ET LA MARE

HOME DÉCOR. Virginia “Ginny” Bernier (Le Vin et La Mare) creates wine cork and sea shell creations—cork wreaths, bulletin boards, initials/letters and critters, shell wreaths, angels, mirrors, frames, and trees.

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. The incomparable Dave Kelly never stops experimenting. If it has strings, he makes it sing.

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Marc Sengin looks and sounds the part of a troubador playing and singing classic pop and folk tunes of the 60s and 70s.

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.

This week, Pastor Brent and the wonderful volunteers from the First Baptist Church of Collingswood will be staffing the Bag Tent. Come by to meet them, make a bag of your own, turn your t-shirt into reusable wonderfulness, or buy one of the ready-mades.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

10 Degrees of Relief! Both our opening temperature of 72 and our closing temperature of 85 are 10 degrees cooler than Market conditions last Saturday. From cowbell to cowbell we’ll be more comfortable this week, with falling humidity throughout the day, very light breezes, and very little chance of rain. Ideal summer Market weather.

Site Plan for SAT AUG 20

News from our Official Market Bloggers

You say tomato, I say eggplant. Our Market bloggers have been busy squeezing and teasing the recent bounty of succulent Jersey tomatoes into kitchen-friendly hot weather recipes (Think cooling gazpacho. Think “no oven” grilled sandwiches.). But they haven’t neglected the bumper crop of eggplant either. Read on! Then buy and try.

Farmers’ Market Gazpacho

FARMERS’ MARKET GAZPACHO

Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen). Christine has discovered what all good Market shoppers know: in August, the vendors practically beg us to take home a case of tomatoes! Combine them with other Market goodies (cucumber, onion, sweet bell peppers) and don’t turn on a burner! LINK HERE.

No Egg Eggplant

PURIST EGGPLANT

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Susan astutely observes that this month the eggplant is EVERYWHERE: Springdale, Flaim, Buzby, DanLynn, Viereck, Formisano, Savoie, Fruitwood. When you’ve come home with eight different types, try her no-fail preparation: peel, slice, salt, brush with oil, bake. Questions? Read on.  LINK HERE.

Tomato and Friends

GRILLED TOMATO (AND CHEESE)

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs).  Among her many charming characteristics, Susan gives everybody equal time. She wants us to choose our tomatoes from among those at: Springdale, Buzby, Hymer, DanLynn, Fruitwood, Viereck, Formisano, and Flaim. For dessert, cold melon from: Buzby, Hymer, Viereck, Fruitwood. But for no-nitrate bacon, she has just one recommendation: Hillacres Pride. As for the sourdough bread: Wild Flour Bakery. Got your list? Let’s grill. LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

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.

AUG 20 Guest Vendors

• Market Day Canele
• Preservation Provisions (Local Pickles)

Guest Artist: Rose Pacey Gypsy Art

GYPSY ART. Rose Pacey creates mixed media art, beaded items, and wind chimes.

www.facebook.com/GypsyArtbyRosie

Second Annual Adopt-a-Thon

AVOID THE MARKET SAT AUG 20 if you’re susceptible to adorable animal cuteness. 8 shelters, rescues, and animal adoption agencies including an animal hospital will participate in the 2nd Annual Adoptathon at the west end of the Market (in the “Treehouse Café spaces”). Dog wading pool! Puppy playpen! Dog kissing booth! You’ve been warned. 8am-noon.

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. MONKO! Kevin Monko and anyone he chooses to bring along will produce tainted candy sounds.

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. Sam Caruso and his sometime duet partner and reggae enthusiast will command your attention at the west end of the Market, near the Adopt-a-Thon.

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.

This week, Pastor Brent and the wonderful volunteers from the First Baptist Church of Collingswood will be staffing the Bag Tent. Come by to meet them, make a bag of your own, turn your t-shirt into reusable wonderfulness, or buy one of the ready-mades.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Do we really have to tell you? Anyone feeling nostalgic for “That 70s Show” will have to wait until fall. For now, it’s nothing but 80s and 90s. At the opening cowbell, the temperature will already be in the 80s, humidity around 80%, temps climbing into the 90s. But dry. No rain in the forecast.

Site Plan for SAT AUG 13

Official Market Bloggers

This week we’re very grateful to Patricia DiJulio for her recipe making use of fresh Market vegetables and a poached chicken breast, and to Denine Gorniak for her detailed and thrilling account of last week’s Peach Pie Baking Contest. Thank you, Bloggers!

You Don’t Have to Love Quinoa

CHICKEN QUINOA SALAD

Patricia DiJulio (South Jersey Girls Grub). Patricia combines an armload of vegetables she bought at the Market with a poached chicken breast (and quinoa) to reproduce a family favorite recipe, sort of. Tell me you don’t want this!  LINK HERE.

Preach the Peach Pie Baking Contest

WINNER PRESENTATION CATEGORY

Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Nobody does a better job than Denine of chronicling and illustrating our food contests. As she did with our Salsa contest, Denine tells the story of the contest, identifies all the winners, and shares her fantastic slideshow of the pies and their makers. But you’ll have to go to her blog to see it all.  LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

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.

AUG 13 Guest Vendors

• Origin Almond
• MECHA Artisan Chocolates
• Green Aisle Grocery
• Weckerly’s Ice Cream
• Philosopher’s Stone Massage Table

“Buy 2 Give 1” Milestone

Lourdes Wellness. Our Market sponsor, Lourdes Wellness, has been partnering with the Oaklyn Food Pantry to collect food at our Market once a month. Owing to your generosity in July at their monthly Market drive, the groups have collected and shared more than 3000 POUNDS of Jersey Fresh since the “Buy 2, Give 1” campaign began. Please look for them in the middle of the Market and be generous, as you have always been, you wonderful people.

Guest Artist: Creatively Obsessed

CREATIVELY OBSESSED. Selena Braunstein makes unique handcrafted one-of-a-kind jewelry from antique, vintage, and modern books and buttons.

www.etsy.com/shop/creativelyobsessed

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT. Leanne Entwistle brings her guitar and her lovely voice to the Market just twice this season. Life is uncertain. Come to her first gig.

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO. The Incomparable Dave Kelly brought out lap steel guitars at his last appearance. He’s also been known to feature the mandolin. If it has strings, he’ll make it sing.

ADOPT-A-THON
Not this week. SAT AUG 20.

NEXT WEEK.  Avoid the Market on SAT AUG 20 if you’re a sucker for adorable animal cuteness. The west end of the Market will be the site of our 2^nd annual Multi-Agency Animal Adopt-a-thon, featuring half a dozen adopting agencies, kissable bulldogs, services from the Mount Laurel Animal Hospital, a dog wading pool, and many opportunities to start the process of taking home a new friend.

Dog Tent

This week, Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue will staff the Dog Tent and administer the Official Market Leash program.

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.

Guest “Baggers” have been helping out the past two weeks. This Saturday, Lindsey Thivierge is back in charge.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

We’ve seen this before. Sunny and mid-70s at the opening cowbell. Temps climb into the upper 80s by noon, humid as a summer in Collingswood, but dry.

Site Plan for SAT AUG 06

Peach Pie Baking Contest This Week!
SAT AUG 06

PEACH PIE CONTEST SAT AUG 06

SAT AUG 06.  The annual Peach Pie Baking Contest kicks off Peach Month at the Market. Simple peach. Peach Plus. Best Presentation. Market cash prizes in all categories. Pre-registration is required.

Official Market Bloggers

Introductory text about the Blog Posts for this wseek.

Too Hot to Cook Tomato Crudo

Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Now that the weather is too hot for cooking, but the heat is delivering a bounty of fresh tomatoes, Denine offers this no-cook recipe for tomato crudo, plus a pasta serving suggestion .  LINK HERE.

NO-COOK TOMATO CRUDO

Fresh Manicotti

Patricia DiJulio (South Jersey Girls Grub). Featuring DanLynn Organic farm garlic, plum tomatoes from Viereck Farms, baby spinach and basil from Flaim Farms, ricotta cheese from Hillacres Pride, and fresh eggs from Nature’s Own Farm, Patricia assembles this beautiful manicotti.  LINK HERE.

JERSEY FRESH MANICOTTI

Slow Cooker Whole Chicken

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Here’s another “It’s Too Hot To Cook” recipe to the rescue. Susan got her whole chicken from Hillacres Pride (You can too!) and offers this easy preparation technique that won’t heat your kitchen .  LINK HERE.

SLOW COOKER WHOLE CHICKEN

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• WHOLE CHICKEN
• GARLIC SCAPES
• PLUM TOMATOES
• GRAPE TOMATOES
• BASIL
• SPINACH
• PASTURED EGGS
• RICOTTA CHEESE
• ONIONS

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.

AUG 06 Guest Vendors

• GreenFord Blueberry Farm
• Constellation Collective
• O Made Granola
• Origin Almond
• MECHA Artisan Chocolates
• Blueberry Fields Soap

AUG 06 Special Appearances

• Animal Adoption Center
• Canary Works
• Allison Allen Massage Table

Guest Artist: Canary Works

CANARY WORKS.  Jennifer Prasad makes a large variety of handmade cushion covers to fit standard size 18×18-inch pillows.

http://www.shopcanaryworks.etsy.com/

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
TRIO NOVA DUO!

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
THE WAYSIDE SHAKEUP SHAKES UP THE WEST STAGE THIS WEEK

Dog Tent: The Animal Adoption Center

The Animal Adoption Center will staff our Dog Tent this week and administer the Official Market Leash program.

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.

Guest “Baggers” have been helping out the past two weeks. This Saturday, Lindsey Thivierge is back in charge.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

You could call it a relief. Sunny and 70 at the opening cowbell. Temps climb into the 80s by noon, but dry all the way. Humid though. Oh yeah. Very humid. Come early, stay hydrated, take home some useful plants.

Site Plan for SAT JUL 30

Official Market Bloggers

Last week on this page, we teased you with a promise of Patricia DiJulio’s pasta-plum tomato-basil-long hots concoction, PLUS! Susan Mauer Lynch’s profile of the A T Buzby Farm CSA. Those and other attractions follow below.

A T Buzby CSA.

Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Susan does an in-depth examination of the CSA (Community Sponsored Agriculture) plan offered by our legacy vendor A.T. Buzby for pickup at the Market. That AND a bonus recipe for a turnip soufflé even kids enjoy, at the link.  LINK HERE.

A TYPICAL WEEK 10 HALF SHARE

Summer Macaroni

Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub). Patricia purchased Jersey field-grown plum tomatoes from Les Viereck Farms and fresh beautiful basil, long hots, and fresh garlic from Formisano Farms. At the link, find the delicious recipe that she promises will become a family favorite!  LINK HERE.

SUMMER MACARONI

Fire Roasted Peach Salsa

Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Pick up your Jersey tomatoes and peaches at your favorite Market vendor, then follow Denine’s detailed recipe complete with canning instructions and photos all the way, at the link. LINK HERE.

FIRE ROASTED PEACH SALSA

Mike Wilk Lamb Farm

Natalie Winch (Food Empowerment Blog). Natalie toured Mike Wilk’s Tabernacle NJ farm along with your Market Director to get a sense of his food quality and farm practices. (Hint from her blog post: “The good news for you, if you live in South Jersey, is that you can purchase Mike’s very high-quality, super-humanely raised lamb at the Collingswood Farmer’s Market. If you are interested in whole animals, you can contact Mike through his website, wilkfarm.com.”) Follow the link for the rest of the story.  LINK HERE.

MIKE WILK LAMB FARM

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• TURNIPS
• EGGS
• BACON
• BASIL
• GARLIC
• PLUM TOMATOES
• GRAPE TOMATOES
• ONIONS
• BELL PEPPERS
• JALAPENOS
• CILANTRO
• LAMB

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.

Peach Pie Baking Contest Next Week
SAT AUG 06

PEACH PIE CONTEST SAT AUG 06

NEXT WEEK! The annual Peach Pie Baking Contest kicks off Peach Month at the Market. Simple peach. Peach Plus. Best Presentation. Market cash prizes in all categories. Pre-registration is required.

JUL 30 Guest Vendors

• GreenFord Blueberry Farm
• Weckerly’s Ice Cream
• Green Aisle Grocery
• Micha’s Handmade Soaps
• Blissed Out Mamas Lactation
• Neil’s Knife Sharpening

JUL 30 Special Appearances

• Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue
• Blue Moondance Designs!
• Chinese School of New Jersey

Guest Artist: Blue Moondance Designs

BLUE MOONDANCE COASTERS

BLUE MOONDANCE DESIGNS.  Jessica Soldevila makes a wide variety of artisan crafts including notebooks, coasters, jewelry, gift tags, and much more.

Jessica’s Etsy Shop

Jessica’s Facebook Page

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
SHE HATES ME!

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
PETE DEVINE WTHOUT HIS BANDMATES IS TRIO NOVA SOLO

Dog Tent: Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue

Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue. “We’re always in need of Taste of the Wild dog food (either salmon or lamb) and/or tasty treats for the pups. One of their favorites tends to be Fruitable brand treats.”

New This Week

Wilk’s Lamb Farm. Mike Wilk’s 25-acre farm in Tabernacle is the latest addition to the outstanding roster of local, responsible farms to bring product to our Market. Mike pastures his sheep on his own farm for 95% of their diet, coaxing them into the enclosure at day’s end with a little grain snack, and supplementing with hay in the winter when snow covers the pasture. His flock spend their entire lives on his farm.

Be sure to read Natalie Winch’s blog post about her visit to Mike’s farm.

Know Your Food

KNOW YOUR FOOD. Rick Hymer (Hymer Farms, Monroeville) explained corn silk to me. Silks appear early in neat rows along the young ear, one silk for each kernel that will eventually form (2). Meanwhile, a tassel grows at the top of the corn stalk (1). The tassel releases pollen, which insects or wind carry to the silks of nearby plants. Each silk must be pollinated to form a perfect ear. Where silks are damaged or un-pollinated, the corresponding kernels don’t grow. Silks darken and dry out as the ear matures and indicate when the ears are ready to pick. (3)

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.

Guest “Baggers” have been helping out the past two weeks. This Saturday, Lindsey Thivierge is back in charge.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Summer as it should be. Sunny and 80s to open; sunny and 90s to close. Moderate humidity, light breezes, no rain at all until maybe the afternoon. Come early, stay long, buy much.

Site Plan for SAT JUL 23

Official Market Bloggers

We must be the luckiest, best-supported Farmers’ Market anywhere. Not only do we have the most prodigious farmers in the region, our Market Bloggers are just as productive! We have six new blog posts this week, but we have to hold off on two of them just to avoid overwhelming you with wonderfulness. Next week, look for Patricia DiJulio’s pasta-plum tomato-basil-long hots concoction, PLUS! Susan Mauer Lynch’s profile of the A T Buzby Farm CSA. But this week . . .

BLUEBERRY CORN MUFFINS

BLUEBERRY CORN MUFFINS. Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen). Christine combines organic blueberries and some corn she picked up at the Eckert’s Corn Truck for this perennial favorite.  LINK HERE.

GRILLED ZUCCHINI WITH PESTO AND OLIVES

GRILLED ZUCCHINI. Christine Clarke (The Coveted Kitchen). In the spring, Christine buys her plants (tomatoes, peppers, kale, zucchini, etc.) from Springdale Farms at the Market. This week, she harvested zucchini, grilled it, and dressed it with olives and pesto.”  LINK HERE.

BLUEBERRY BOY BAIT

BLUEBERRY BOY BAIT. Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Susan maintains this blueberry cake recipe is good enough to get a girl a boyfriend. She bought blueberries this week from: Springdale Farm, A. T. Buzby, DanLynn Organic, Fruitwood Farms, and Rick Hymer, then used the Brookeberry supply for the recipe. LINK HERE.

PEACH TOMATO CHUTNEY

PEACH TOMATO CHUTNEY. Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Denine bought her peaches and her tomatoes at the Market, then produced this beauty!  LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• BLUEBERRIES
• SWEET CORN
• ZUCCHINI
• PEACHES
• 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.

JUL 23 Guest Vendors

• GreenFord Blueberry Farm
• Micha’s Homemade Soaps
• Origin Almond Milk
• Garden State Juice Company

JUL 23 Special Appearances

• Allison Allen Massage Therapist
• Extraordinary Ed. Let’s PLAY!
• Collingswood Public Library
• Liberti Church at the Bag Reduction Table
• Seeds to Sew Nigerian handmade products, Nonprofit

Guest Artist: Katherine Cheetham Glass

KATHERINE CHEETHAM GLASS.  Katherine is best known for multilayered fused glass panels typically depicting trees, flowers and landscapes.  She also makes flame-worked pendants and ornaments along with fused ornaments, plates and bowls. Her work is perfect for wedding, office, birthday and holiday gifts.

KATHERINE CHEETHAM GLASS

LINK HERE.

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE KELLY

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
JOHN ROSSI

Dog Tent: 4 Paws NJ

SIRE, ADOPTABLE

4 PAWS NJ will staff the Dog Tent.

New This Week

PATCHOULI SOAP

MICHA’S HOMEMADE SOAP. When our beloved Heather and Larry Brandolph adopted their adorable baby and left us with the “Rochelle Rose Soap Space” to fill, we didn’t ask just one soapmaker; we asked several to take their place.

This week, and for the next few, we’ll be hosting Micha’s Homemade Soap.

In addition to making and selling her own soap, Michelle (Last Name Shrouded in Mystery) founded and runs the new Washington Township Farmer’s Market. Find her in the Guest Vendor Area.

Coming Soon

Wilk’s Lamb Farm. Mike Wilk’s 25-acre farm in Tabernacle is the latest addition to the outstanding roster of local, responsible farms to bring product to our Market. Mike pastures his sheep on his own farm for 95% of their diet, coaxing them into the enclosure at day’s end with a little grain snack, and supplementing with hay in the winter when snow covers the pasture. His flock spend their entire lives on his farm. Please look for his new table starting SAT JUL 30. We want him to succeed.

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.

This week, the good people of Liberti Church of Collingswood will be staffing the Bag Reduction Tent and helping our shoppers make their own T-shirt bags. Thank you, Pastor Jim Angehr and your helpful friends.

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.

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!

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Perfect Summer Saturday Market.  Sunny and 70s to open; sunny and 80s to close. Low humidity, near to no wind, no rain at all until maybe the afternoon. Come early, stay long, buy much.

Site Plan for SAT JUL 16

Official Market Bloggers

SALSA CONTEST ENTRIES AND POSTER, SAT JUL 09

SALSA CONTEST RESULTS. Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Denine did us the great favor of blogging about the Market’s first-ever Salsa Contest, complete with photos and a list of winners. Head over to her blog for the inside story.  LINK HERE.

KNOW YOUR ROASTED GARLIC 

TALKING GARLIC WITH BARRY SAVOIE. Natalie Winch (FoodEmpowermentBlog). Natalie knows some garlics are better for roasting, and why. Follow the link to read about her conversation with Barry Savoie about what she calls “The Silver Queen of Garlic.”  LINK HERE.

WATERMELON POKE (PRONOUNCED PO-KAY)

WATERMELON (OR TUNA) POKE. Ryan Cochrane (imadeafood). Attention Pokemon Go players. Ryan says it’s time to “put down the poke ball and pick up a poke bowl.” If you get that joke about tuna and vegetarian watermelon poke, you’re probably young enough to reset my google settings.  LINK HERE.

PEACHY KEEN CROSTATA

PEACHY KEEN CROSTATA. Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub). Dessert is DONE! Patricia combines peaches from Fruitwood Farms and organic blueberries from Brookeberry Farms and a Jacques Pepin crust to make this magnificent fruit dessert.  LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• SCALLIONS
• GARLIC
• SUGAR SNAP PEAS
• WATERMELON
• PEACHES
• ORGANIC BLUEBERRIES

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.

JUL 16 Guest Vendors

• GreenFord Blueberry Farm
• Brookeberry Organic Berries
• Barn and Stone House Soap
• Weckerly’s Ice Cream
• Market Day Canele
• O Made Granola
• Green Aisle Grocery

Guest Artist: Maria Cartwright (222 Design)

MARIA CARTWRIGHT (222 DESIGNS). Maria creates torch-fired copper enameled jewelry. Each colorful and unique item is created individually and then hand fired with a torch. Come see why she took First Place in the jewelry category in the Cape May Promenade Art Show! (She takes credit cards.)

LINK HERE.

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
SHE HATES ME

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
SAM CARUSO

Dog Tent (Pets in Need)

NJAFA (New Jersey Aid for Animals) will staff the Dog Tent.  “We are in desperate need of cat food. We have over 16 cats at our sanctuary AND we provide food for two individuals in Camden whose cats would otherwise be euthanized at shelter.”

Bring DRY Purina Cat Chow OR WET food or canned anything to the Dog Tent. (Yes, bring cat food to the dog tent. You know you want to.)

“Buy 2 Give 1” Milestone

Lourdes Wellness. Our Market sponsor, Lourdes Wellness, has been partnering with the Oaklyn Food Pantry to collect food at our Market once a month. As of this week, if they collect 200 pounds of fresh produce for distribution to our food-vulnerable neighbors, they will have collected and shared 3000 POUNDS of Jersey Fresh since the “Buy 2, Give 1” campaign began. Please look for them in the middle of the Market and be generous, as you have always been, you wonderful people.

Spotlight on Weckerly’s Ice Cream

ANDY AND JEN WITH COW

Out of a dozen applicants over the years, we chose Weckerly’s Ice Cream to be our ice cream provider because of their commitment to healthy and sustainable local agriculture (and because their stuff, by taste and texture, is simply the best we’ve ever sampled). Here are some of the ways Andy and Jen Satinsky prove their commitment.

VENDOR SUPPORT. Weckerly’s sources ingredients from AT Buzby, Viereck Farm, Springdale Farm, DanLynn Organic, Green-Ford Blueberry farm, and Hillacres Pride (whose cheddar flavors the shortbread in the apple ice cream sandwiches).

FARM VISITS. The Satinskys want to SEE their ingredients made. They travel to blueberry farms to pick and sample blueberry varieties, and visit the cows that produce their milk and cream.

ORGANIC AND LOCAL. Camphill Village Dairy (Chester County) cows keep their horns, feed on pasture 365 days a year, and—like the farm crew—live a “dignified and purposeful life” producing the milk at this 30-years-organic dairy.

We applaud Weckerly’s for maintaining the high standards we demand from all of our food-producing vendors, both farms and guest.

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.

This week, the good people of First Baptist Church of Collingswood will be staffing the Bag Reduction Tent and helping our shoppers make their own T-shirt bags. Thank you, Pastor Brent and your helpful friends.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

Weather forecast for Saturday.

Scattered Thunderstorms. Okay. That could sound better. But remember the last time you needed rain and it fell on the neighboring town instead? I predict there will be rain in the Delaware Valley, but not at the Collingswood Market. Think dry.

Site Plan for SAT JUL 09

Official Market Bloggers

PATRIOTIC POTATO SALAD

RED WHITE BLUE POTATO SALAD. Susan Mauer Lynch (YellowRoomUpstairs). Easy potato salad using red, white, and blue fingerling potatoes from Formisano Farms, and DanLynn’s organic scallions (finish with Hillacres Pride bacon)!  LINK HERE.

KIRBYS FOR PICKLING

PICKLED KIRBY CUCUMBERS. Natalie Winch (FoodEmpowermentBlog). Natalie wins awards for her pickles. Les Viereck and DanLynn, among others, have kirbys this week. Buy a few and try Natalie’s recipes for canned hot brine pickles.  LINK HERE.

VERY BERRY SALAD

BERRY BEET SALAD. Patricia DiJulio (SouthJerseyGirlsGrub). Patricia combines beets and red leaf butter lettuce from Flaim Farms, with organic blueberries and plump organic blackberries from Brookeberry Farms (with candied walnuts and a blackberry vinaigrette!) to make this magnificent salad.  LINK HERE.

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• FINGERLING POTATOES
• ORGANIC SCALLIONS
• BACON
• KIRBY PICKLES
• RED LEAF BUTTER LETTUCE
• ORGANIC BLACKBERRIES
• ORGANIC BLUEBERRIES

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.

Contestants are preparing 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.

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

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

JUL 09 Guest Vendors

• GreenFord Blueberry Farm
• Brookeberry Organic Berries
• Origin Almond Milk
• Massage Therapist Philosopher’s Stone
• Hercules Beard Men’s Grooming Supplies
• Blueberry Fields Soap

Guest Artist: Michelle Rauh (Fox & Feline)

MICHELLE RAUH (FOX & FELINE). Handmade organic, eco-friendly, cruelty-free cat toys and dog accessories featuring vintage and upcycled elements. (Not to mention charming and adorable.)

LINK HERE.

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
THE UNSTOPPABLE HACKBEATS

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
MARC SENGIN

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. 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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

Site Plan for SAT 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.

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/

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:

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.

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.

http://prettypotterybytc.com/

Live Music

EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT
TRIO NOVA DUO

WEST STAGE BELOW PATCO
SAM CARUSO

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.

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!

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.

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.

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

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.

Site Plan for SAT JUN 25

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.

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/

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

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/

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/

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:

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.

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.

Live Music

MONKO!
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT

TRIO NOVA DUO
WEST STAGE

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.

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!

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.

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.

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