Colingswood SAT JUN 29
Forecast for SAT JUN 29
Glorious weather for a Market. Sunny most of the way with declining humidity. We’ll get a thunderstorm in the late afternoon, but not until after breakdown.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 29
Site Plan for SAT JUN 29
A Little Knowledge
Want to Up your Market Game?
Yes, you receive the weekly email blast, but do you follow us on facebook and instagram?
When you prep for a visit to the Market, do you check the Food Vendor List to see who’s growing what?
For that matter, did you know there’s an official website at CollingswoodMarket.com?
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 29
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
LOST BREAD’S GENEROUS SAMPLING TECHNIQUE
Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space.
Not a member of BID, just setting up in the general area, is Neil’s Sharpening Service, who visits the Market monthly on the last Saturday of the month.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 29
Start a shopping list!
- Henna by Ash
—Hands, feet, ankles, shoulder? What part of your body would you like to enhance with an artistic design? - Indogrow Farm Microgreens
—These spicy, super-flavorful super-nutritious little powerhouses are the favorites of Market shoppers and local chefs. - Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
—It’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries. - Green Aisle Grocery.
—They support dozens of farms from their Passyunk Avenue store and at several Markets. Pickles and preserves, shrubs and syrups, and more. - Neil’s Sharpening Service
—He brings his stone the last Saturday of every month. Like puns? He’s been sharpening his wit for years. - A G Ammon Nursery
—We met them and their berry bushes at Mayfair. This week they’re back with the berries. Find them at the Perkins end of the Market. - Blueberry Fields Soap. Carol Steinhauser is back with her artistic bars.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Crazy Tomato Cracker Salad!
CRAZY TOMATO CRACKER SALAD
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Crazy Tomato Cracker Salad! Delicious doesn’t have to be difficult. Pick up some of the magnificent Jersey Fresh tomatoes from AT Buzby Farm, Springdale Farm, Viereck Farm . . . or your other favorite vendor, and mix with mayo and crumbled crackers. Yes. It’s that simple. Click the link to see this and other wonderful ways to make simple side dishes.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/26/crazy-tomato-cracker-salad/
Sarah Licata (Salt Jar)
Figs with Goat Cheese
FIGS WITH GOAT CHEESE
Sarah Licata (Salt Jar). Figs with Goat Cheese. Even more evidence that delicious and elegant can be very simple. Choose the right figs (Sarah tells you how) from the Sara’s Produce table, top with goat cheese, drizzle with honey (we can recommend Fruitwood, Woods Edge, and Springdale Farm for the best local stuff), pinch of salt and serve. Follow the link for the lowdown on figs.
https://saltjar.com/figs-with-goat-cheese/
For the Animal Lovers
AWANJ Animal Welfare Association NJ
LOVABLE ADOPTABLE TROOPER
IN THE DOG TENT
AWANJ Animal Welfare Association NJ
The wonderful people of AWANJ Animal Welfare Association NJ will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, distribute the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. Personally, we’re hoping they bring Trooper to the Market. Stop by and fall in love.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 29
LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM
JIMMY MANNIX AND ZUFF
SAM CARUSO (or his good friends) under the Music Tent / JIMMY MANNIX and ZUFF DUO on the West Stage. To be honest, we’re a little uncertain who will hit the Music Tent stage this week, but we have only winners on our roster, so settle in at 9am and enjoy whoever’s playing. To the west, it’s the rock goodness of Jimmy Mannix and Zuff. Can’t get enough of these guys. Music is live every Saturday 9am to noon, rain or shine.
For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 29
1920s Chinese Stencil “Flapper Girl” earrings
FEATURED ARTIST. Selena Braunstein Creatively Obsessed. You truly will not find Selena’s products from anyone else. She specializes in artfully upcycled treasures featuring vintage buttons. This jewelry is wearable history. All pieces are handmade, beautiful and affordable.
http://www.etsy.com/shop/creativelyobsessed
Bag Reduction Program
Small Bills
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.
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
Mount Holly THU JUN 27
Week 3 of the 2019 Season
THU JUN 27
Absolutely no threat of rain this Thursday, and sun in the forecast all the way from load-in to break-down. The cows are dancing this week, and shoppers will be out looking for your best Jersey Fresh.
SITE PLAN THU JUN 27
FOR THU JUN 27, I’ve made just a few changes to facilitate easier egress for our big trucks at the end of the Market day. Specca and Nature’s Own will anchor the “top” of the plan with a straight shot to the exit. I’ve relocated small-tent vendors to the west side of the plan where they can take their time breaking down without being in anybody’s exit lane.
The wonderful Barn and Stone House Soap will join us this week with their handmade artisan soaps, personal grooming and cleaning products.
Muth Family Organic Farm of Williamstown (well-known to most farmers and certainly to all organic farmers as masters of their craft) will join us this week to add organic produce to our menu.
Olde World Bakery still has not solved their staffing shortage problem and therefore must delay their arrival again this week. Please, if you can help them find table staff, we’re very eager to add them to our site plan.
Load In
ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2PM. THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS FROM HIGH STREET.
15 MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR UNLOADING IN THE MARKET.
As you can see, the space is tight for the number of vendors, and getting in and out of our spaces will require planning and patience. Unless you have permission to park a vehicle inside the Market, you’ll have to drive carefully to your spot, unload VERY QUICKLY, then EXIT THE MARKET with your vehicle and set up when you return.
Site Plan THU JUN 27
Still perfecting the site plan for this week.
Click here for driving directions.
The directions will bring you to the Rowan College campus just across the street from the entrance to the Market.
Contracts and Fees
Those of you who have not submitted your Application/Contract paperwork need to comply to remain active at the Market and to take advantage of the Fee Rebate Program.
Download the Application from the Mount Holly Contracts link at the top of this website. Complete the app in Word, in PDF, or on paper, and send it to Sean Kennedy, whose name and address are on the first page of the contract package.
FEE REBATE PROGRAM
Prepay your dates to qualify for Fee Rebates. Earn a full 100% rebate for table fees for every Market you attend. Prepay for 10 dates (for example), attend those 10 dates, and you’ll be refunded 100% of your fees at the end of the season.
DAY PAY VENDORS
Afraid of commitment? You can pay on Market day. The Market Director will have receipts for day-pay vendors who prefer the flexibility of paying when they attend, but no rebates can be earned without prepaid dates.
Facebook Promotion
We were very visible on Facebook last week. Not so much this week. If anybody wants to help keep us in front of the local shopping public, let David know you want to lend a hand. Click the link to see what we’ve been up to.
New Website
The Township produced a sharp-looking website for our shoppers who think facebook is evil.
http://www.MountHollyNJFarmersMarket.com
For the most part, we’ll let last week’s Featured Vendors be this week’s Featured Vendors too since last week’s drew some bad weather. But we do want to introduce Muth Family Organic Farm, so you’ll probably see them on the page if you visit.
Future Updates
Check back in to this space often. You don’t need to follow a link. Just navigate to http://www.FarmMarketeer.com
Small Bills
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.
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
mthollymarket@davidhodges.com
Collingswood SAT JUN 22
Forecast for SAT JUN 22
Such good weather the cows are dancing. Click to animate.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 22
I don’t remember EVER seeing Sunny all the way from start to finish. SO GLAD we’re a morning Market that hasn’t had to dodge the evening thunderstorms we’ve seen every day for awhile now.
WATCH OUT FOR THOSE WIND SPEEDS. 14mph by the end of the Market means you’ll need those TENT WEIGHTS toward the end of the day. And be careful during breakdown.
Site Plan for SAT JUN 22
A Little Knowledge
Want to Up your Market Game?
Yes, you receive the weekly email blast, but do you follow us on facebook and instagram?
When you prep for a visit to the Market, do you check the Food Vendor List to see who’s growing what?
For that matter, did you know there’s an official website at CollingswoodMarket.com?
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 22
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
ELEGANT GIFTABLE SOAPS FROM BID MEMBER CYNPLICITY
Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space. A new BID member, CYNPLICITY Artisan Soaps, will join us for the first time in the BID section.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 22
Start a shopping list!
- Pooch and Pawsome
—The wonderful human-grade dog biscuits (and the company) have a new name! Welcome back Melanie Moore with her new branding. - Evergreen Valley Farms Microgreens
—Although they’re just a small part of what this farm grows, the microgreens they’ve been bringing to the Market are making a big name for themselves. - Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
—We saw that first raspberries in the Market last week. That means it’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic raspberries and blackberries. - Wild Roots.
—Things your garden might need without knowing it. Tim and Lindsay Ifill of Collingswood are bringing native species to the Market including butterfly and purple milkweeds, coneflowers, blazing star, coral bells, and hairgrass. Honestly, you just need to stop by and put names to these plants. - Red Oak Permaculture
—In addition to bringing compost, and compost worms!, plus sustainability plans and advice, the guys of Red Oak are the go-to place to lay hands on a compost bin or rain barrel. Costs are subsidized by the Borough for Collingswood residents.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
New Recipe to Come!
CRUSTLESS BLUEBERRY PIE
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Crustless Blueberry Pie!. Don’t worry. The cinnamon, sugar, flour, butter, and eggs that make a crust so wonderful are all still in there: they’re just blended with the blueberries, which are all over the Market this week, at AT Buzby, Muth Family Organic Farm, and Springdale Farms among others. Follow the link to Susan’s blog for the step-by-steps and more drooly photos.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/17/crustless-blueberry-pie/
Stef Perna (treatbelly)
Cauliflower Almond Pesto
CAULIFLOWER ALMOND PESTO
Stef Perna (treatbelly). Cauliflower Almond Pesto.
Nutty buttery cauliflower is abundant at the Market right now and so are the many ways of bringing it to the table. Stef Perna got hers at Muth Family Organic Farms and paired it with almonds to create a pesto you can finish with capers, sundried tomatoes, or garlic scapes from Savoie Organic (they have plenty!) and use to grace your favorite pasta hot or cold.
http://www.treatbelly.com/treatbelly/2019/6/16/cauliflower-amp-almond-pesto
For the Animal Lovers
4 Paws Animal Rescue NJ
IN THE DOG TENT
4 Paws Dog Rescue NJ.
The wonderful people of 4 Paws Dog Rescue NJ will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, distribute the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. Personally, we’re hoping to meet Miles and see him put on his “Am I Not Adorable” face. He’s a big boy, 2-and-a-half years old, a mix of Great Pyrenees, Terrier, and American Staffordshire. Think you can resist him? Come and see.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 22
LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM
TRIO NOVA DUO under the Music Tent / MARC SENGIN on the West Stage. You can’t go wrong for music this week at the Market. Marc Sengin sings your sing-along favorites from the 60s and 70s (mostly), and the Duo that sounds like a Trio brings the nova to the bossa. Music on both stages starts at 9am. Grab a treat, take a seat.
For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 22
FEATURED ARTIST. Michele Cole Designz.
Tintype and Mixed Metal Jewelry. Michele is content to let her work speak for itself, so we will too. Tintype and mixed metal jewelry. Need a quick refresher on how tintypes are made? You know where to go. Art Space, Number 24, middle of the Market.
Bag Reduction Program
Small Bills
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.
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
Mount Holly THU JUN 20
2nd Market of the 2019 Season
THU JUN 20
It’s been thunderstorming all night Wednesday going into Thursday, June 20. And the forecast is for more weather right through the day. Is it too much to hope we’ll be as lucky as we were last week? Maybe. But, just so there’s no misunderstanding, let’s review our Weather Plan.
Last week, rain was forecast for most of the Market hours, but miraculously we managed fair weather for the entire four hours from 3-7pm despite a deluge in the morning and another on the way home that night.
WE DON’T CANCEL FOR FORECASTS.
That said, the decision on whether to attend any Market is always yours. You know your own comfort level. You’re in charge of your own safety. If the threat of thunderstorms frightens you, by all means be your own judge of what’s in store.
I will be on the site from at least 1pm until 3pm to assist farms and any other vendors who come to sell. We will have live music if Marybeth Johns is game. If the rain stops, or is light, and shoppers come to buy from farmers, we’ll stay open. One way or the other, I’ll be there to the end to help out.
Changes to the Site Plan
FOR THU JUN 20, I’ve made just a few changes to facilitate easier egress for our big trucks at the end of the Market day. Specca and Nature’s Own will anchor the “top” of the plan with a straight shot to the exit. I’ve relocated small-tent vendors to the west side of the plan where they can take their time breaking down without being in anybody’s exit lane.
The Fabulous Fig joined us last week and will return when her prior commitments are met, but for this week, she was previously engaged.
The wonderful Barn and Stone House Soap was supposed to join us this week, but even if we don’t get severe weather, their product simply goes to suds on days like this one.
Muth Family Organic Farm of Williamstown (well-known to most farmers and certainly to all organic farmers as masters of their craft) will join us on THU JUN 27 to add organic produce to our menu.
Olde World Bakery still has not solved their staffing shortage problem and therefore must delay their arrival again this week. Please, if you can help them find table staff, we’re very eager to add them to our site plan.
322 BBQ is looking like a strong candidate to bring us some more prepared food options, but I probably shouldn’t say so until they get to visit once to check us out.
Load In
ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2PM. THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS FROM HIGH STREET.
15 MINUTE TIME LIMIT FOR UNLOADING IN THE MARKET.
As you can see, the space is tight for the number of vendors, and getting in and out of our spaces will require planning and patience. Unless you have permission to park a vehicle inside the Market, you’ll have to drive carefully to your spot, unload VERY QUICKLY, then EXIT THE MARKET with your vehicle and set up when you return.
Site Plan THU JUN 20
Click here for driving directions.
The directions will bring you to the Rowan College campus just across the street from the entrance to the Market.
Contracts and Fees
Those of you who have not submitted your Application/Contract paperwork need to comply to remain active at the Market and to take advantage of the Fee Rebate Program.
Download the Application from the Mount Holly Contracts link at the top of this website. Complete the app in Word, in PDF, or on paper, and send it to Sean Kennedy, whose name and address are on the first page of the contract package.
FEE REBATE PROGRAM
Prepay your dates to qualify for Fee Rebates. Earn a full 100% rebate for table fees for every Market you attend. Prepay for 10 dates (for example), attend those 10 dates, and you’ll be refunded 100% of your fees at the end of the season.
DAY PAY VENDORS
Afraid of commitment? You can pay on Market day. The Market Director will have receipts for day-pay vendors who prefer the flexibility of paying when they attend, but no rebates can be earned without prepaid dates.
Facebook Promotion
We’ve been very visible on Facebook this last month. We’ve promoted individual vendors, bragged about our signage, and collected a lot of fans. Click the link to see what we’ve been up to.
New Website
The Township has also produced a sharp-looking website for our shoppers who think facebook is evil.
http://www.MountHollyNJFarmersMarket.com
We’ll promote your special events there, and feature several vendors every week, as we’re doing this week:
Future Updates
Check back in to this space often. You don’t need to follow a link. Just navigate to http://www.FarmMarketeer.com
Small Bills
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.
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
mthollymarket@davidhodges.com
Collingswood SAT JUN 15
Mostly Sunny Cows for SAT JUN 15
Weather just keeps getting better! Temps in the 60s to open (bit humid), rising to 80 by breakdown as humidity decreases, all under mostly sunny skies.
Even for someone who doesn’t believe in forecasts, that one’s pretty hard to resist.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 15
Site Plan for SAT JUN 15
A Little Knowledge
Want to Up your Market Game?
Yes, you receive the weekly email blast, but do you follow us on facebook and instagram?
When you prep for a visit to the Market, do you check the Food Vendor List to see who’s growing what?
For that matter, did you know there’s an official website at CollingswoodMarket.com?
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 15
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space. A new BID member, CYNPLICITY Artisan Soaps, will join us for the first time in the BID section.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 15
Start a shopping list!
- Pooch and Pawsome
—The wonderful human-grade dog biscuits (and the company) have a new name! Welcome back Melanie Moore with her new branding. - Indogrow Microgreens
—Favored by food aficianados and upscale local restaurants, the zesty, amazingly flavorful tiny greens from Indogrow are back. - Brookeberry Farms Organic Berries
—We saw that first raspberries in the Market last week. That means it’s time for the familiar red-and-white berry wagon we see for just a few weeks every spring. Line up for your organic raspberries and blackberries. - MECHA Artisan Chocolates
—Wondering what Did might want for Fathers Day? MECHA to the rescue! - Cheese, Etc. & Gourmet Gifts
—Always finding new ways to incorporate local ingredients, Cheese Etc is back in their familiar spot with hand-crafted spreads. - Green Aisle Grocery
—Pickles, preserves, cocktail mixers, other wonderful concoctions that support dozens of local farms.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Steak Dinner for Dad!
STEAK DINNER FOR DAD
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Steak Dinner for Dad. Susan’s husband used a “cold grate reverse sear” technique to cook the Bison rib eye steak she brought home for Buck Wild Bison, but simpler techniques work too! To round out the meal, she bought cheese and butter from Hillacres Pride, Cauliflower from Muth Family Organic, garlic scapes from Savoie, a spread from Cheese, Etc., salad vegetables from AT Buzby, sugar snaps from Viereck, spring onions from Formisano, and mushrooms from Davidsons. Nobody uses the Market (and tells us all about it!) like Susan.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/12/steak-dinner-for-dad/
For the Animal Lovers
The Animal Adoption Center
IN THE DOG TENT
The Animal Adoption Center.
The wonderful people of The Animal Adoption Center will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, distribute the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. The agency specializes in scenes like the one pictured here, the joyful transfer of rescued animals from their temporary fosters to their forever homes.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 15
LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM
Dave Kelly plays the Collingswood Music Music Tent this week, beguiling tunes from a variety of stringed things. At the same time, on the west stage, we introduce a new act, JT and the Stardusters. The band has played several community events and stages in recent weeks. Their upbeat Nashville sound will have you tapping your toes.
For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 15
FEATURED ARTIST. Betsy Cook (National Picnic)
Locally-designed, Locally-sewn clothing. Before she started her own clothing line, Betsy was the Director of the Collingswood Farmers’ Market for several years. She established the annual pie contests and ran voting drives that helped us gain recognition as one of America’s Favorite Farmers’ Markets. She’ll be here this week with garments sewn right here in Camden County (and a changing room where you can try them on)! .
https://www.nationalpicnic.com/
Bag Reduction Program
Small Bills
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.
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
Mount Holly THU JUN 13
Grand Opening THU JUN 13
As your Market Director, I produce these Farm Marketeer blog pages to keep you up to date about the week’s upcoming Market.
Changes to the Site Plan
FOR THU JUN 13, this post is IN PROGRESS. There will be more material as we get closer . . . and closer . . . to our Thursday opening. I have made changes to the Site Plan to reflect an evolving roster of Opening Day vendors.
Early Instructions
ARRIVE NO LATER THAN 2PM. THE ONLY ENTRANCE IS FROM HIGH STREET.
As you can see, the space is tight for the number of vendors, and getting in and out of our spaces will require planning and patience. Unless you have permission to park a vehicle inside the Market, you’ll have to drive carefully to your spot, unload VERY QUICKLY, then EXIT THE MARKET with your vehicle and set up when you return.
Revised!
Opening Day Site Plan
THU JUN 13
Click here for driving directions.
The directions will bring you to the Rowan College campus just across the street from the entrance to the Market.
Why we’re “Rain or Shine”
Facebook Promotion
We’ve been very visible on Facebook this last month. We’ve promoted individual vendors, bragged about our signage, and collected a lot of fans. Click the link to see what we’ve been up to.
Future Updates
Check back in to this space often. You don’t need to follow a link. Just navigate to http://www.FarmMarketeer.com
Small Bills
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.
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
Collingswood SAT JUN 08
Cloudy Cows for SAT JUN 08
Once again, the only blemish on a perfect looking forecast is cloud cover. Seasonal temperatures that start in the comfortable mid-60s for setup, climb to almost 80 by noon. Cloudy but dry. Light breeze. Shopping weather.
Official forecast for SAT JUN 08
Site Plan for SAT JUN 08
A Little Knowledge
Want to Up your Market Game?
Yes, you receive the weekly email blast, but do you follow us on facebook and instagram?
When you prep for a visit to the Market, do you check the Food Vendor List to see who’s growing what?
For that matter, did you know there’s an official website at CollingswoodMarket.com?
Collingswood Foods SAT JUN 08
Collingswood Section. To emphasize our own community’s food economy, at the west end of the Market, Collingswood food businesses have their own section to promote their contributions to the Borough’s vibrant food scene.
ARTISAN LOAVES FROM LOST BREAD CO
Revolution Roasters handles the fresh-roasted beverages, while El Sitio provides fantastic Ecuadoran specialties including empanadas and Pan de Yuca (cassava cheese bread treats). Villa Barone features familiar favorite sauces, tasty zeppolis, sometimes their own fresh mozzarella. Sara’s Produce by special arrangement is the one source for produce NOT grown in New Jersey. Lost Bread Co. of Philadelphia has taken up the familiar bakery space inside the BID section. Fans of the delicious spinach and pepperoni strombolis from DiBartolo Bakery will find them, not in the BID section, but at the Tortilla Press café at the east end of the Market.
Guest Vendors and Special Products
SAT JUN 08
PICKLES AND PRESERVED STUFF
Start a shopping list!
- Crisp & Co
—Formed by a cancer researcher and a food preservation author, Crisp & Co preserves the best local produce in tasty ways you can sample at their table. - Evergreen Valley Acres Farm
—Microgreens are a small part of what they do at Evergreen Valley Acres. Literally. They’re very small. 🙂 But boy do they pack a powerful punch of flavor.
Official Market Bloggers
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs)
Purple Bok Choy!
FINGERLING POTATOES WITH PURPLE BOK CHOY
Susan Mauer Lynch (Yellow Room Upstairs). Purple Bok Choy. Ready to try some of the new products available at the Market? Susan offers this tasty dish made entirely from her recent purchases: Purple bok choy and green onions at Muth Family Organic Farm, Spring onions (red and white) and fingerling potatoes at Formisano Farm, Garlic scape at Savoie Organic Farm and fresh herbs at Flaim Farm.
https://yellowroomupstairs.wordpress.com/2019/06/02/purple-bok-choy/
For the Animal Lovers
Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue
IN THE DOG TENT
Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue.
The wonderful people of Lilo’s Promise Animal Rescue will staff the Dog Tent for us this week, distribute the Official Market leash to your 4-legged companion, and introduce you to adoption possibilities. The agency specializes in bully breeds, so if the dog at left appeals to you, please know she is appealing to you to visit the tent and offer a forever home.
Live Music on Two Stages!
SAT JUN 08
JOHN ROSSI / MATINEE RELICS
LIVE MUSIC ON TWO STAGES FROM 9AM
You should recognize (and be able to sing along with) most of what John Rossi plays this Saturday. Come help him mangle the lyrics at the Collingswood Music Tent starting at 9am. On the west stage, you’re more likely to be intrigued by familiar sounding songs you can’t quite place from the Matinee Relics. Let them beguile and entertain you with nostalgic melodies.
For the Art Lovers SAT JUN 08
FEATURED ARTIST. SALLY WEINBERG (Textiil).
Interior Accents and Artisan Textiles. Sally Weinberg does wonders with fabric. Among the uses she finds for her linens and one-of-a-kind batiks are, of course, napkins and pillows, but also as covers for journals and sketchbooks.
Bag Reduction Program
Small Bills
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.
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
Farm Marketeer 