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

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 18

Official Market Bloggers

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

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

MIXED BUNCH ORGANIC BEETS FROM DANLYNN

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

KOHLRABI FRITTER

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

ZUCCHINI BREAD (ZEE BREAD)

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• KOHLRABI
• ZUCCHINI
• BEETS

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

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

JUN 18 Guest Vendors

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

Significant Returns

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

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

Vendor Debut

BARN AND STONE HOUSE SOAP.

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

Guest Artist: Lisa Kirkonis (Shayla Shine Designs)

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

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

Live Music

The Incomparable Dave Kelly
EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT

(MARKET DEBUT) WAYSIDE SHAKEUP
WEST STAGE

Dog Tent

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

Bag Reduction

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

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

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

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

to purchase a snazzy Market reusable bag, or

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

BID Vendors

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

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

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

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

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 until afternoon, light breeze. Good day to buy a mess of produce.

Site Plan for SAT JUN 11

Official Market Bloggers

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

VEGAN ASPARAGUS LEEK QUICHE

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

STRAWBERRY CHICKEN GORGONZOLA

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

STRAWBERRY JAM CROSTINI

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

BLOGGER CREDENTIALS

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

• strawberries
• asparagus
• leeks

BE PROACTIVE WITH OUR BLOGGERS

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

JUN 11 Guest Vendors

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

Significant Absences

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

Significant Returns

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

Vendor Debut

PRESERVATION (RYAN HARRISON)    photo: Matt Skoufalos

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

Guest Artist: Aimee Eckert (Relics Revisited)

AIMEE ECKERT WITH HER VINTAGE CERAMIC AND WOOD NECKLACE

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

www.etsy.com/shop/angularart

Live Music

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

THE INCOMPARABLE DAVE KELLY, WEST STAGE

Dog Tent

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

Bag Reduction

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

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

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

BID Vendors

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

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

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

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

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

Site Plan for SAT JUN 04

Official Market Bloggers

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

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

• Roasted Strawberry and Chia Seed Jam. Denine Gorniak (The Bicycle-Chef). Denine has produced a brand new recipe using strawberries from our Market. Very complete instructions include a video of the process! LINK HERE.

• Salad Greens. Natalie Winch (Food Empowerment Blog). Natalie makes the case for enjoying salad greens, kale, collard, and spinach, at their best now before the real heat of summer. LINK HERE.

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

This week’s blog posts include recipes using

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

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

MAY 21 Guest Vendors

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

Guest Artist: Blissed Out Mamas

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

http://www.blissedoutmamas.com/

Live Music

JOHN ROSSI, EAST STAGE MUSIC TENT

SAM CARUSO
WEST STAGE

Dog Tent

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

Bag Reduction

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

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

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

BID Vendors

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

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

Small Bills and a Bathroom Key

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

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