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EVERY FRIDAY | MAY 18 - OCTOBER | 2-6 PM |
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Your Local Source for:
Fruits & Vegetables
Amish Baked Goods
Cut Flowers & Plants
European Bread
Artisan cheeses
Home-made Jams & Jellies
Grass-fed Meats and BBQ
& Much More.
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CLICK FOR VENDOR LIST In the heart of downtown Kennett Square.
Free parking available in the garage on N. Union Street.
For a complete listing of the all the Chester County Buy Fresh, Buy Local events see www.buylocalpa.org
MUSCIAN PLAYING ON FIRST FRIDAYS
May 18 - David Janes with Emily Shick
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Kennett Square Farmers' Market
Welcome to the Kennett Square Farmers' Market 2008 season! We invite you to support our local farmers, bakers, cheese makers, and bee keepers while also enjoying 3 free hours of parking on Fridays. We encourage the use of cloth or re-usable bags. During the First Friday Art Strolls, the market features local musicians from 3-5pm, so relax and stay awhile. Thanks for coming out, rain or shine!
The farmers' market began in the year 2000 as a way to support local farmers and bring fresh produce to the Kennett Square community. Like many markets, the Kennett Market had a humble beginning, with just a few local residents wanting a place to purchase seasonal produce. Since then, the range of options has increased dramatically. In addition to a wide variety of local produce, the market also offers artisan cheeses, yogurt, baked goods, hearty breads, flowers, grass-fed meat and poultry, and herbal products. Although Kennett Square is best known as "The Mushroom Capital of the World", a visit to the Kennett Square Farmers' Market shows that we have much more to offer than our fungi friends.
Here are some reasons why you should come and visit the Kennett Market and support local producers:
- You get exceptional taste and freshness.
- You strengthen your local economy.
- You support endangered family farms.
- You safeguard your family's health.
- You protect the environment.
On average, food travels 2000 miles from farm to table. Come and taste the difference local makes...
FARMERS' MARKET VENDORS
Big Sky Bread Co.
Location: Wilmington, DE
Products: Artisan Breads and Pastries
Contact: Pat O'Neil
At Big Sky, they make bread the old-fashioned way. The way it used to be made. The way it's supposed to be made. They use only the very best, all natural ingredients and never cut any corners. Everything's just pure and simple. The most important ingredient in good bread is the flour. They stone grind the whole wheat flour in the bakery every morning from rich, organically grown, Montana wheat. Big Sky hopes you enjoy their baked goods as much as they enjoy baking them for you.
Country Meadows Farm
Location: Quarryville, PA
Products: Beef, Chicken, Pork, Lamb, BBQ and Eggs
Contact: Reuben and Amos Lapp
At Country Meadows Farm the Lapp families work tirelessly to bring our community farm fresh meats without the use of antibiotics or hormone supplements. All of the animals have daily access to fresh grass, sunlight and ethical care. The broilers are a Cornish Cross breed; the laying hens are both Rhode Island Red and Black Sexlink breeds; the beef comes from Blank Angus cattle; and the lamb comes from the Katahdin sheep breed. All animals are butchered at the Lapp's family butcher shop.
Countryside Bakery
Location: Nottingham, PA
Products: Baked Goods, Canned Goods, Cheese, and Berries
Contact: Samuel Stolzfus
Countryside Bakery brings you the very best in baked goods from their own basement bakery. In addition to providing a wide variety of breads and delicious pies they also grow a mouth watering variety of berries. Countryside Bakery uses little to no chemical products on their farmed produce. Samuel also enjoys constructing homes for birds from dried gourds.
Elkdale Farm
Location: Lincoln University, PA
Products: Produce, Berries, Eggs, and Herbs
Contact: John Stolzfus
Elkdale Farm provides a wide array of produce for your buying needs. They also have a large selection of fresh herbs that can add wonderful flavor to your meals for you and your family.
Inverbrook Farm
Location: West Grove, PA
Products: Specialty Vegetables
Contact: Claire Murray
Inverbrook Farm is a sustainable family farm with a commitment to environmental stewardship, strengthening the community, and an enjoyable livelihood. Our goal is to produce delicious healthy food in a humane and ecologically sustainable manner. Although Inverbrook Farm is not certified organic, we grow our vegetables without the use of chemical fertilizers or pesticides. For more information about the farm see inverbrook.com.
Stargazers Vineyard
Location: Coatesville, PA
Product: Wine
Contact: Alice and John Weygandt
Stargazers Vineyard was first planted in 1979; the winery was established in 1996. The Vineyard comprises 9500 vinfera vines which yield over thirty tons per vintage. It is located just north of Unionville, in Chester County, in southeastern Pennsylvania. The Vineyard is near the "Stargazers Stone" which marks the location of the observatory Mason and Dixon used in surveying the border between Pennsylvania and Maryland. They were known as "the stargazers" because they used celestial navigation to correct their measurements over the ground. As in the European model of wine growing, the grapes are grown and made into wine by the owners at the Vineyard.
Stargazers Vineyard uses natural fertilizers and foliar nutrients so the vines can withstand disease and weather. They hoe between vines and mow between rows, turning weeds and grass into green manure. Because of the humid climate they must use fungicides, but they try to use low impact materials to the extent possible. Their efforts at sustainability extend beyond the vineyard. They capture rain water in cisterns for spraying the vineyard and winery washing. A five kilowatt photovoltaic array provides all the electricity for the winery and about half of the needs for the owners' passive solar home.
LOCAL RESTAURANTS, LOCAL FOODS...
Eat out in style and preserve our local farms! These are a few neighborhood purveyors of very fine, and often local/seasonal, food:
Talula's Table ***(featuring sheep and goat dairy products from market vendors, Highland Farm and Shellbark Hollow Farm)***
102 West State St.
Kennett Square, Pa.
610.444.8255
www.talulastable.com
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