Market News - July 18, 2024
Summer is in full swing, and produce is piled high! Corn, tomatoes, mushrooms, herbs, greens, broccoli, and more are abundant, waiting to be made into cooling salads on these hot days. Northside Creamery and Crescent City Ice have joined us this year to provide cooling frozen treats, and we welcome them! Round out your summer meals with fresh breads, pies, herbal teas, and pastries.
Need ideas or inspiration for using all those fruits and veggies? Ascentria’s at the market from 2PM-4PM with tasty samples and free recipes.
WIC Families: Farmers Market Coupon distribution takes place this week at the market from 12-4. Remember to bring your gold shopper card. WIC Farmer’s Market Coupons are accepted by Livingstone Mycology, Pignatare’s Farm, Quabbin Hill Farm, and Ray’s Family Farm.
POP Club members, this week we’re learning all about bees and the important role they play in pollinating our food from the folks from Sandy Hill Apiary!
See you Thursday!
The WFM Management Team
Vendors & Community Partners at the Market This Week
Ahlbin’s Home Made – Fire Cider
Ascentria Care Alliance – Samples & Recipes
B’s Breads – Assorted Sourdough Breads, English Muffin Toasting Bread
The Bread Basket – Breads and Pies
Classic Grille – Hamburgers made with locally sourced beef.
Crescent City Snowballs – New Orleans Style Snowballs
Crystal Clear Emotions – Handmade Sterling Silver Jewelry
Daggers Meadery – Local Honey Mead
Doce Mercer – Cookies & Cookie Bars, Muffins, Flavored Ice Tea
En3rgyUp Organic Juices – Organic Juices and Ginger Shots
Gandara Center – Recruiting Foster Families
Growing with Minerals – All Natural Herbs, Vegetables, and Products
Livingstone Mycology – Gourmet Mushrooms
Northside Creamery – Premium Handmade Ice Cream
Pignatare’s Farm – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Quabbin Hill Farms – Eggs, Microgreens, Vegetables, CBD Products
Rail’s End Crafts – Home Decor and Fun Fabric Items
Ray’s Family Farm – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Sandy Hill Apiary – Local Raw Honey & Beeswax Products
Sleepy Owl Herbs – Herbal Remedies and Handmade Gifts
Sweet JJ’s – Cookies, Tarts, and Pastries
Tots-A-Lot – Fresh, Cold Lemonade and Pretzels
Valley Opportunity Council – WIC Coupon Distribution
Vlad’s Fired Pizza – Oven Fired Pizza
Sandy Hill Apiary
Sandy Hill Apiary offers local raw honey, lip balm, hand cream, bee crafts, and reusable beeswax food wraps as an earth friendly alternative to plastic wrap. This week, they'll also be talking to POP Club members about the importance of bees and pollination.
Ahlbin's Home Made
Ahlbin’s Home Made returns with their invigorating Fire Cider, their tried-and-true take on the well-known traditional folk remedy, made in Greenfield MA from local ingredients.
Mack Soaps
My name is Kyle, I started this journey as a simple solution to my own desire, to create and use a better bar of soap. Something that wasn’t filled with chemicals. All of my soaps are crafted with care, love and detail. From Bar Soap to Shampoo/Conditioner Bars to Laundry Soap, everything is Plant Based and Vegan!
Wicker Woman Herbals
One woman run. Herbal products created with love and intention using locally and sustainably sourced ingredients.
Pignatare's Farm
We are a local farm in Westfield, MA specializing in fresh fruits & vegetables as well as seasonal vegetable plants & flowers. We also sell breads, jams, pickles, and honey. We look forward to another year of working with our community members & supplying them with fresh products! We accept SNAP/EBT (HIP Program), Fresh Connect, debit/credit card and cash. Come check us out!
Music at the Market
Glenn Weiser
Noon - 2:30PM
Glenn Weiser is classical guitarist who switched to acoustic fingerpicking. He has written several books on fingerstyle guitar and harmonica, and teaches lessons on several instruments In Enfield CT and Northampton. At the Westfield Farmer Market you’ll hear him cover 60s and 70s hits, blues, folk and classic country. Visit his website for more information.
Eva Cappelli
2:30PM - 5:00PM
Multi- Award Winning Singer Songwriter Eva Cappelli has been know as the “Voice of the Valley” in her local area for years.
She is a well seasoned traveling Singer Songwriter having taken her songs all over the country.
It has been said Eva’s voice is like (Liquid Smoke). She is best known for her heartbreak emotionally charged take no prisoner songs which can be humorous as well.
Eva is a study in every genre from Blues,to Country Folk, Rock and Jazz.
You’ll find this gal is not a 1 trick pony. Learn more on her Facebook page.
Free Lunch for Kids & Teens
Ages 2 -18
Boys & Girls Club of Greater Westfield serves free lunch at WFM from 1PM – 1:30PM on every Thursday from June 27 thru August 22. For menus, and a complete list of free lunch locations and times, click the Boys & Girls Club logo.
Pop Club This Week: Bees!
This week, we're learning all about bees! Join the folks from Sandy Hill Apiary and find out about the important role bees play in pollinating many of the fruits and vegetables you see at the Market!
Rachel’s Table is the premier food rescue and distribution program in Western Massachusetts, created by members of the Women’s Philanthropy Division of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts to address food insecurity in the region. Bring your donations of unexpired non-perishable goods and/or fresh produce to the WFM Market Tent where it will be collected by Rachel’s Table volunteers after each market.
Guess the Copper Beech Tree's Age 50/50 Contest
Tickets are available at the ECOTA tent at WFM every Thursday until August 29th.
Rules
- Write your name, contact info, and guess on the ticket and place it in the contest jar.
- One guess per ticket
- No limit on tickets
- The winning ticket will be the guess closest to the actual age of the tree.
- The winner receives 50% of the pot. Multiple winners will split the winnings evenly.
- Contest runs until August 29, 2024.
- The winner(s) will be contacted on Labor Day weekend.
- The actual age of the Copper Beech Tree will be announced on Labor Day Sunday (September 1, 2024) and will be posted on ECOTA’s website and WFM’s website.
We thank the generous sponsors and funders of our 2024 season
