August 30, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

Seacoast Eat Local is now accepting applications from farmers and fishermen for the 2010-2011 Winter Farmers’ Markets. The winter market season will run from late November 2010 through April 2011. All markets will be held on Saturdays from 10:00am to 2:00pm, alternating between two indoor locations in Rollinsford (Wentworth Greenhouses) and Exeter (Exeter High School). To request an application packet, please email Winter Farmers’ Market Coordinator Kate Donald at kate@seacoasteatlocal.org. The application deadline is September 15, 2010.

In keeping with Seacoast Eat Local’s mission of connecting consumers with sources of locally grown foods, we aim to organize markets that emphasize farmers, fishermen, and their products. In order to allow sufficient space for farmers and fishermen, we have designated a small number of spaces for prepared food vendors this year. The 2010-11 markets will feature prepared food vendors who are going to extra mile to offer products made from ingredients sourced directly from local farmers and fishermen. We are not accepting unsolicited applications from prepared food vendors at this time. If you would like to recommend a potential food vendor for the markets, please fill out Seacoast Eat Local’s “Recommendations of Vendors” form.

For more information about Seacoast Eat Local’s Winter Farmers’ Markets, and other winter farmers’ markets in the area, visit our website. Check back often as we add market vendor and event information.

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August 12, 2010 by Debra.

The Hampton Farmers’ Market will feature a cooking demonstration on Tuesday, August 17. Visit the market to see Chef Ted McCormack of Harvesting Hermit at Toot Suite Pastry Shoppe, cooking alongside Ron Boucher of Chez Boucher and Abercrombie & Finch:

 

Cooking Demonstration featuring Harvesting Hermit, Chez Boucher, and Abercrombie & Finch

Hampton Farmers’ Market

Tuesday, August 17, during market hours: 3 – 6 p.m.

289 Lafayette Rd / Rte #1, Hampton, NH (Sacred Heart Church parking lot)

Taste the creations of these accomplished chefs, who will feature fresh, local food that they’ll prepare on-the-spot. Add free samples to a free cooking lesson, and you’ve got a winning recipe for a great day at the Hampton Farmers’ Market! August 17th at the Hampton Farmers’ Market.

For more information and directions, please visit the Seacoast Grower’s Association: www.seacoastgrowers.org. If you’re looking for other cooking classes in the Seacoast, remember to visit our Wiki listings!

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July 31, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

On Sunday, August 15th from 1:00 to 4:00 pm at the Blaisdell Memorial Library on Route 152, the Nottingham Farmers’ Market will feature a special selection of local artists and crafters.  Vendors at this event will offer pottery, wool products, jewelry, and more in addition to the fresh local produce, eggs, baked goods, flowers, honey, maple syrup and other products always available at the Nottingham Market.  A raffle will be held and the winner will receive a gift basket full of our regular vendors’ wonderful products.  Tickets will be available at the market on August 15th and also at the library in the week leading up to the event.
For more information, contact:

Brieghan Gardner
Nottingham Farmers’ Market
603-679-5392

There are still a couple spots for craft vendors, if you are interested contact Brieghan at the above number!

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July 29, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

From the organizers of the monthly Barrington Community Market:

The next Barrington Community Market will be next Wednesday August 4 on the lawn of the Christmas Dove in Barrington from 5pm to 7pm.

We will have free live music by ” LUNCH AT THE DUMP” an awesome local band who have been playing together over thirty years!  There will also be a farmers’ market with lots of great produce, farm products, local artisans, and snacks from Calef’s Country Store and Brindleview Farm Kitchen.

Tell all your friends, grab the kids, pack a picnic, and come on down and meet your neighbors.  Enjoy a beautiful summer evening out in Barrington!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!
Spread the word!

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July 2, 2010 by Heather.

At the Porstmouth Farmers’ Market tomorrow New Roots Farmwill have its pasture-raised, heritage breed sausages available for the 4th of July holiday. New Roots is also introducing its nitrate/nitrite free smoked kielbasa, frankfurters, and mini-bratwursts, alongside the perennial all-natural favorites that include chorizo, fresh kielbasa, Italian sausages, breakfast sausages, and more.

For more information about New Roots Farm and its offerings, don’t forget to visit the website, www.newrootsfarm.com!

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June 23, 2010 by Heather.

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

Today, 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 www.ryeturninggreen.com.

On Friday, June 25, the 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, 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 www.wentworthgreenhouses.com.

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

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May 19, 2010 by Sara Zoe.

From the SGA email newsletter:

Start Your Garden Days
Special Events
at Exeter and Portsmouth
** This week only! **

• “Ask the Farmer” booth
• Transplanting demonstration
• Gardening information booth with NH Cooperative Extension
• Organic seeds for sale from High Mowing Seeds
  
• Organic compost for sale from Seacoast Farms Compost
  

PORTSMOUTH
Saturday May 22

• “Ask the Farmer” booth with Stout Oak Farm’s Kate Donald and Ellen Mitchell from Wit’s End Growers
• Transplanting demonstration
• Organic seeds for sale from High Mowing Seeds
• Slow Food Seacoast will guest host the Market Info Booth

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April 21, 2010 by Heather.

A group of families in the Lakes Region are pooling their resources to create their own CSA. By combining, they are able to buy in bulk from several small farms in the area to supply all the fresh produce and baked items they need. The group will be functioning through their website, www.BigBanana.org. Participants pay through the website before Tuesday and on Saturday they can go and pick their food up at the distribution site. The first distribution day will be Saturday, May 15, from 8:00 a.m. to 8:30 a.m. at the Franklin Savings Bank in Gilford. Which means the cutoff for purchasing “baskets” for the first day is Tuesday, May 11 by 10:00 p.m.

Visit their website to learn more. There’s an easy frequently asked questions page, a list of their growers and producers, as well as all the information you need to join, if you live in the Lakes Region.

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April 19, 2010 by Heather.

This Saturday, April 24, 2010, there will be a Spring Farmers’ Market, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m., at Heron Pond Farm, 299 Main Avenue, South Hampton.

You don’t have to wait for the farmers’ markets to open in May and June!  Heron Pond Farm will be hosting a spring market featuring a wide variety of locally grown and made foods on April 24.  You’ll find fresh greens and other spring vegetables, plants for your garden, farm-raised meat and eggs, honey, maple syrup, and delicious prepared foods and baked goods!  The market will be held outside at the Heron Pond Farm farmstand, which is now open on weekends.  Come check it out!

Heron Pond Farm - the farm stand will be open with lots of spring vegetables! Fresh greens, cilantro, potatoes, carrots, parsnips. www.heronpondfarm.com
Yellow House Farm - chicken and duck eggs, farm photo cards, feathers. www.yellowhousefarmnh.com
Moriarty’s Greenhouse - potted perennials, herbs and houseplants. www.moriartysgreenhouse.com
Forty Five Market Street Bakery & Cafe - cookies, scones, bread, muffins, pies.
White Heron Tea - organic tea beverages, organic + fair trade packaged teas, ready-to-eat breakfast and lunch foods. www.whiteherontea.com
Kellie Brook Farm - farm-raised pork, beef, veal, turkey, chicken, prepared meals made with their own meats. http://www.localharvest.org/farms/M13157
Harrison’s Poultry - eggs, maple syrup, honey, chicken and guinea fowl meat, garden baskets, feathers and maple candy. www.harrisonspoultry.com
The Soup Guy - Gluten Free, All Natural Soups and Chili made with locally grown ingredients. www.thesoupguy.net
Eastman’s Local Catch - Sign up for a local fish share! Carolyn Eastman will be there with information about CSF shares. www.eastmansfish.com
New Roots Farm - scallions, greens, and pasture-raised pork, including bacon. www.newrootsfarm.com
Brookford Farm -  milk, cream, yogurt, quark, maybe some camembert, pastured eggs, potatoes, milk-fed veal, and ground beef. www.brookfordfarm.com

If you have questions about this event, email kate@seacoasteatlocal.org. For more information about Heron Pond Farm, visit their website, www.heronpondfarm.com

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April 8, 2010 by Heather.

The Winter Farmers’ Market season is winding down; Saturday, April 10, will be the last market before the summer markets kick off. Our last market will be held in the new Exeter High School and there will be so many great things available. Let me tell you about some of the exciting items you can bring home with you on Saturday.

Do you need plants for your herb garden? Moriarty’s Greenhouse will be selling lots of beautiful potted herbs at the market. Plan your garden now so that you’re ready to get everything you need on Saturday.

I don’t know about you, but I love cheese. Brookford Farm will be selling amazing cheese, superbly handcrafted by SEL’s very own Erin.

And there will be New England’s very own sweet delight, maple syrup, by Anderson’s Mini-Maples. Anderson’s make 100% pure New Hampshire maple syrup, made the old fashioned way on a wood-fired evaporator since 1975.

It’s a great time of year for fresh eggs! Several vendors will be selling eggs, including Yellow House Farm, which will have chicken and duck eggs.

And remember our new addition Baer’s Best Beans, selling wonderful dry beans.

We can’t wait to see you at the market on Saturday. There will be so many great local things, come ready to go home happy.

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