This week is an exciting one for farmers’ market openings.

Today, [1] Rye Farmers’ Market held its first of the season. It will be open on Wednesdays until October 6, from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Our 2010 summer market theme is “What’s for Dinner Wednesday.” Every Wednesday you’ll find delicious seasonal recipes as well as new and exciting dinner ideas at the market. All of the farmers’ market recipes will be listed on the Rye Farmers’ Market website at [2] www.ryeturninggreen.com.

On Friday, June 25, the [3] Deerfield Farmers’ Market will kick off its season. It will be open on Fridays until October 15, from 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. (except for Deerfield Fair weekend, October 1, 2010).

The Deerfield Farmers’ Market is under cover this season! Our new location is still the Deerfield Fairgrounds, but we will be inside the [lower level of the] new arts and crafts building.

On Saturday, June 26, [4] Wentworth Greenhouses’s Summer Farmers’ Market will open. This market will be open until October 30, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Many new and returning vendors will be at the markets. New additions to the markets include locally raised mushrooms, grass fed beef, heirloom tomatoes, locally raised and dried beans, gourmet soups, coffees, specialty teas, as well as a locally caught fresh fish, including haddock, cod, lobster, even mussels and oysters, when available. For a full list of participating vendors along with links to their websites, please go to [5] www.wentworthgreenhouses.com.

For a full list of summer farmers’ markets in Rockingham, Strafford, and York counties see our searchable web-based [6] Seacoast Harvest.