The season for all things outdoors has arrived and we will be celebrating with our first outdoor market tomorrow, FRIDAY May 20th, 3:00pm to 7:00pm, in the parking lot of the Amenia Town Hall. We've added some new vendors for the outdoor market including Farm Country Soup (many varieties of delicious and inventive soups - Tomato Stilton is a personal favorite - as well as tarts, quiches, frittatas, scones, hummus, onion jam), Sol Flower Farm (GORGEOUS vegetables and flowers grown using organic and biodynamic practices), Glenn Golovin of Pampered Cow Cheeses (a wonderful range of cheeses - including Amenia's own Four Brothers' Feta & Chevre - from the Hudson Valley and Adirondack regions), Berkshire Mountain Bakery (INCREDIBLE breads - recently voted one of the 10 best bread bakeries in the US by Bon Appetit magazine) and Cream Hill Veal (raising veal humanely and sustainably on pasture in Cornwall, CT). If I may say so myself, I think we've assembled a truly world-class group of vendors!
You will also see some new products being offered by returning vendors. Clear Water Aqua Farm will have FISH ready this season - possibly as early as tomorrow's market. Clear Water is growing fish and vegetables in a greenhouse in Wassaic using a fascinating system called aquaponics. Be sure to ask Kate all about it! Moonbeam Farm spent their February and March boiling down gallon after gallon of sap to make delicious maple syrup. Be sure to also try their "made-to-order" maple soda (similar to cream soda, but more complex and not at all cloyingly sweet). Also be sure to ask the Moonbeam Farmers (Duke and Pam) about the WIKIUP. You'll just have to ask. Perry Hill Farm has added many new soaps to the product lineup since last year, and will also be selling beautiful vegetable starts, including tomatoes grown from Hudson Valley Seed Library seeds. Dashing Star Farm is debuting a 3 ply worsted wool yarn in natural white and will have goose eggs for sale! This is just a tiny sampling of all the wonderful things you will find at the Amenia Farmers' Market this summer...
This week's vendors:
- Amazing Real Live Food Co., Pine Plains, NY (probiotic cheeses)
- Berkshire Mountain Bakery, Housatonic, MA (breads, croissants, rolls, baguettes, loaves)
- Best Creations Bakery, Millbrook, NY (cookies, small cakes, hand pies, tarts)
- Berkshire Mountain Bakery, Housatonic, MA (breads, croissants, rolls, baguettes, loaves)
- Best Creations Bakery, Millbrook, NY (cookies, small cakes, hand pies, tarts)
- Cascade Mountain Winery, Amenia, NY (wines, mustard)
- Cedar Hill Farm, Amenia, NY (beef, pork, vegetables, Rudy's famous sweet corn later in the summer)
- Clear Water Aqua Farm, Wassaic, NY (aquaponic FISH!, salad greens and herbs, assorted veggies - organic methods)
- Cream Hill Veal, Cornwall, CT (pastured veal)
- Dashing Star Farm, Millerton, NY (lamb, eggs, baked goods, wool, roving, sheepskins)
- Cedar Hill Farm, Amenia, NY (beef, pork, vegetables, Rudy's famous sweet corn later in the summer)
- Clear Water Aqua Farm, Wassaic, NY (aquaponic FISH!, salad greens and herbs, assorted veggies - organic methods)
- Cream Hill Veal, Cornwall, CT (pastured veal)
- Dashing Star Farm, Millerton, NY (lamb, eggs, baked goods, wool, roving, sheepskins)
- Farm Country Soup, Southfield, MA (soups, baked goods including quiche & frittatas, tarts and cakes, scones, etc)
- Glenn Golovin, Amenia, NY (a wide array of cheeses from the local area - goat-, sheep- and cow-milk varieties represented)
- Meili Farm, Amenia, NY (grass-fed beef, pastured whey-fed pork, eggs from pastured hens)
- Moonbeam Farm, Wingdale, NY (greens, jams, chutneys, baked goods, sauces, maple syrup)
- Perry Hill Farm, Amenia, NY (handmade herbal-based soaps, creams, tinctures, lotions, also farm photo cards, GREENS!! HERBS!! PLANTS!!)
- Glenn Golovin, Amenia, NY (a wide array of cheeses from the local area - goat-, sheep- and cow-milk varieties represented)
- Meili Farm, Amenia, NY (grass-fed beef, pastured whey-fed pork, eggs from pastured hens)
- Moonbeam Farm, Wingdale, NY (greens, jams, chutneys, baked goods, sauces, maple syrup)
- Perry Hill Farm, Amenia, NY (handmade herbal-based soaps, creams, tinctures, lotions, also farm photo cards, GREENS!! HERBS!! PLANTS!!)
- Ronnybrook Farm, Ancramdale, NY (milk, yogurt, butter)
- Sol Flower Farm, Ancramdale, NY (vegetables and flowers grown using organic and biodynamic methods, CSA program)
- Wassaic Community Farm (greens, vegetables, herbs, teas, CSA program)
- WholeyOats Granola, Wingdale, NY (formerly Berkshire Mountain Foods, handmade granolas by the bag and bar)
Please help us to spread the word about the Amenia Farmers' Market by forwarding this email to anyone and everyone you think might be interested in buying some really good food AND supporting local farms and businesses. And, best of all, come on down to the market! We'll look forward to seeing you there - Fridays, 3:00 to 7:00, May 20th through October 28th, in the parking lot of the Amenia Town Hall.
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