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Kennett Square Farmers' Market
Welcome to the Kennett Square Farmers' Market 2009 season! We invite you to support our local farmers, bakers, cheese makers, and bee keepers. 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 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.
Papa's Pastries
Location: Wilmington, DE
Products: Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten free prepared foods, soups and pastries
Contact: Thomas Oei
Papa's Pastries specializes in delicious, healthy fare that is ready to eat. Papa's has something to be enjoyed by everyone, and always with a smile!
Castelli Plants
Location: Nottingham, PA
Products: Potted Plants
Contact: Nick Castelli
Nick Castelli starts all the plants he brings to market in his own greenhouse, to assure quality and consistency. He offers a wide variety of succulents, native plants and flowers, and grasses. Nick is a valuable asset to the Kennet Square market, and is always willing to share growing tips and ideas with inquiring minds.
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.
Shady Grove Greenhouses
Location: Nottingham, PA
Products: Hanging plants and potted ornamentals
Contact: Daniel & Barbie King
Shady Grove Greenhouses comes to you with a variety of locally grown potted plants and flowers for you to choose from.
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.
Ellen April Soaps
Location:Downington, PA
Products:Handcrafted Soaps and Self Care Products
Contact: Ellen Watson
Ellen began crafting her soaps and self care products as a hobby, right out of her own kitchen! How fitting that you will only find her products at farmers' markets-- a deliberate move on her part, in orderto maintain the intimacy with her customers that only a farmers' market can allow. Over the years, she has been perfecting her craft, and now has her own workshop, to enable her to bring to market such unique products asthe ever soothingNorthwoodssoap, or the invigorating and refreshingLavender Mint soap. Ellen fills the market space with aromatic splendor, to awaken the senses and brighten your day. Ellen is continuously adding to her display, and even carries something for your pets to enjoy!
Highland Farm Sheep Dairy
Location:Coatesville, PA
Products:Sheep Dairy Products, Fresh and Aged
Contact: Martha Pisano
Martha does it all, and still manages to grace us with her glowing presence each and every week at market! Martha is a pioneer cheesemaker and dairy farmer, specializing in artisan sheep's milk products, fresh to aged. Come check out what Martha has to offer this week, from her freshBrebis with Herbes de Provence (fabulous as the final ingredient on a fritatta, or spread onto a fresh baguette), heavenly feta (dynamite with watermelon and mint in a salad), classic Spanish-style Manchego, to her aged-to-perfection Romano (deliciously granular) and simply devine,peasant style Tomme. Martha always has abundant samples to share, so get ready to let these lactic wonders dance on your tongue, and send you off with something new each week!
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.
Jack's Gourmet Jellies and Jams
Location:Landenberg, PA
Products:Homemade Jellies and Jams
Contact: Jack Hill
Jack bottles a bit of his unique nature into each jar he brings to market, and is always eager to have you try something new. From his Champagne Strawberry Preserves, to his "Fire in the Hole" jalapeno jelly, Jack comes to market each week with a growing variety of preserves and jellies. Our favorite is the all fruit apricot preserve, packed with 100% fruit, and no added processed sugar. Let it speak for itself!
Salsas by Maria
Location:West Grove, PA
Products:Authentic Mexican Salsas
Contact: Maria Perez
Maria comes to the market each week with her authentic salsas, handmade from garden-fresh ingredients.Try her "salsa roja,"perfect for drizzling over a sizzling meal, or her chunky "pico de gallo," delicious scooped up with a crisp, or as bruschetta, baked on top of a fresh baguette. Bone up on your Spanish, and engage with Maria about what it was like to homestead in her native town of Guanajuato, Mexico, or grill her for yummy recipes. Buen provecho!
Roots
Location: Carlisle, PA
Products: Cut flowers, twig wreaths, dried flowers, berries
Contact: Michelle Elston
Roots is a cut flower farm located in Carlisle PA. We offer sustainably grown fresh cut flowers from June - October. Other products include twig wreaths, dried flowers, and evergreen Christmas wreaths. Flowers are retailed at the Kennett Square Farmers market and the Carlisle Farmers Market and wholesaled to local florists and supermarkets.
Roots was started in 2007 when Michelle Elston moved to Carlisle to be near family. Previously, Michelle was growing flowers and operating a garden center in Amherst, MA. Michelle's husband, Mike, and kids, Lucy and Jake, also help out when they are not landscaping or having snacks.
Castelli's Succulents and Exotic Plants
Location: Nottingham, PA
Products: Potted Plants
Contact: Nick Castelli
Nick Castelli starts all the plants he brings to market in his own greenhouse, to assure quality and consistency. He offers a wide variety of succulents, native plants and flowers, and grasses. Nick is always willing to share growing tips and ideas with inquiring minds
The Following Vendors Participate on a First Friday Basis:
Happy Cat Organic
Location: Centreville, DE
Products: Heirloom Vegetables, Seeds and Vegetable Plant Starts
Contact: Tim Mountz and Amy Bloom
Tim and Amy specialize in unique, heirloom varieties of vegetables, in seed and plant start form, that arrive to you directly from their Pennsylvania German and Norwegian heritage, with a splash of ingenuity. Check out "Tim's Black Ruffles," one of their tasty heirloom creations.
Sunny Girl Farm Vegetables
Location: Kennett Square, PA
Products: Vegetables and cut flowers
Contact: Jennifer Cully and Mary Ann Petrillo
Sunny Girl Farm is a 14 acre pesticide free, naturally grown vegatable farm located in Kennett Square, PA. We grow farm fresh vegatable produce helping provide simple, fresh ingredients for local restaurant chefs, farmer's markets and healthy minded individuals and families. Some items we grow include: Arugula and 8 other specialty greens, fennell, 6 bean varieties, 8 tomato varieties, 3 beet varieties, 4 pepper varieties, fresh cut flowers, pumpkins and much more!
North Creek Nurseries
Location: Landenburg, PA
Products: Perennials, Grasses & Ferns, cut flowers and Everlastings, Vegetables & Herbs when available
Contact: Erin McKeon
Guinea Hen Gardens
Location: West Grove, PA
Products: Fresh and dried herbs
Contact: Jennifer Loustau
Guinea Hen Gardens is a small family farm that is bursting out onto the Farmers' Market scene with enthusiasm and ingenuity. They will be offering fresh and dried herbs to delight and accompany your fresh, local fare, as well as sharing new recipes to highlight specific herbs.
Butterfly Hill Alpaca Farm
Location: Lincoln University, PA
Products: Alpaca yarn, fiber, felted soaps, purses and knitted and woven products, such as scarves and shawls.
Contact: Joan Bini
Butterfly Hill is a small family operation, committed to a sustainable and humane lifestyle for their alpacas, who in turn provide the fibers for all their beautiful crafts.
Puppy Love
Location: Langhorne-yardley, PA
Products: Gourmet homemade dogtreats, made of all natural and organic human grade ingredients.
Contact: Carrie Cranmer
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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