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Vermont Country Store to host Chester Farmers Market

The Vermont Country Store is pleased to announce that the Chester Farmers Market has accepted its invitation to set up on the store’s Rockingham property on Route 103 this year.

The market will retain its schedule of 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, from Memorial Day weekend through Columbus Day weekend. It will be located between the covered [...]

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Turkey Hill Farm to be at Randolph Holiday Market Dec 11

A note from Margaret and Stuart at Turkey Hill Farm:

We want to let you know that we will be at the holiday farmer’s market tomorrow Sat. Dec. 11th, taking place at the Randolph Elementary School from 10:00 – 1230.  The vendor fees that area farmers will be paying will go towards the continued support of [...]

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New Farmers Market in Putney

Putney Farmers’ Market
Launches with a Grand Opening Sunday, September 5th
Carol Brown Way, (next to Putney Food Co-op) Putney, VT, 05346
11am – 2pm (Rain or Shine)

Building on its extraordinary success at motivating and uniting the local community, Transition Putney is launching a full-scale farmers’ market across from the [...]

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Egg Recall Drives Worried Customers to Farmers Markets

Small egg farms across the U.S. report selling out as recall grows

by JoNel Aleccia, Published on Tuesday, August 24, 2010 by MSNBC

http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/08/24

Bellows Falls Harvest Fest. - Fundraiser for VT Food Bank

Upcoming Event – On Sept. 17th, the BFFM in partnership with SoverNet will be hosting community events for this year’s annual Harvest Festival.  Students from area schools will be participating in a 5K walk/run to raise money for the Vermont Food Bank.  The 5K will end at the Farmers’ Market where the Food Bank food [...]

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Press Release- Townshend Common Farmers’ Market Hosts Harvest Season Youth Market

On Thursday, Sept 23rd the Townshend Common Farmers’ Market will offer a second opportunity for the budding young farmers or entrepreneurs of the region to set up and sell their wares. Following the great response to our Spring Youth Market in June, the Townshend Common Farmers’ Market decided to invite our young entrepreneurs back [...]

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An Apple a Day, Doctor's Orders - NYT article

Doctors at three health centers in Massachusetts have begun advising patients to eat “prescription produce” from local farmers’ markets, in an effort to fight obesity in children of low-income families.

Call it a “farm-aceutical” approach, with doctors giving coupons amounting to $1 a day for each member of a patient’s family to promote healthy meals.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/13/business/13veggies.html?_r=1&hp

Number of farmers’ markets rising in NH

Number of farmers’ markets rising
By VICTORIA GUAY

vguay@citizen.com
vguay@citizen.com

Sunday, August 1, 2010
See article at
http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100801/GJNEWS02/708019953/-1/CITIZEN

Quechee Farmers' Market Seeking Vendors

The Quechee Farmers’ Market is looking for vendors both for the rest of this season and for next year.
The market runs through the end of October (with the exception of the last Sun. of August and the first two weekends of October). We’re working towards an international focus, with prepared foods from Germany and Turkey [...]

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NOFA-VTs Farmers Market Film Challenge

National Farmers’ Market Week!

 

July 31 – August 7 is the 10th annual National Farmers’ Market Week!

NOFA Vermont is celebrating with the 2nd Annual Pizza to the People Tour and the Buy it. Cook it. Eat it. Farmers’ Market Film Challenge.

The Pizza to the People Tour is visiting 7 Farmers’ Markets in 7 days, serving [...]

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