WFM Market News, June 20
WFM Market News - June 20
Hi Market Friends,
Summer officially arrives this week and it’s going to be hot! If you’re not in the mood for cooking, there are plenty of take home food options at the market to help you beat the heat. Stop by Ascentria’s tent between 12 – 4 and you can sample a pickled carrot, cucumber, and radish banh mi wrap and take home the recipe. Doesn’t that sound refreshing?
This week’s heat is a reminder of how important tree canopies are to providing shade and decreasing summer air temperatures in our neighborhoods. Stop by WEPRA’s tent this week and learn you can sign up for a free tree as part of the MA Urban Canopy Project.
POP Club is planting sunflower seeds with a Master Gardener from WMMGA this week to take home and grow over the summer. Learn more about POP Club and sign up here.
See you Thursday!
The WFM Management Team
Vendors & Community Partners at the Market This Week
Ascentria – Recipe demonstrations
The Bread Basket – Breads and Pies
Classic Grille – Hamburgers made with locally sourced beef.
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
Growing with Minerals – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Jeff Bellefleur – Chainsaw Carvings
Livingstone Mycology – Gourmet Mushrooms
Mack Soaps – Handmade Soaps
Pignatare’s Farm – Fruits, Vegetables, and Flowers
Rail’s End Crafts – Home Decor and Fun Fabric Items
Redefined Delights – Gluten Free Sweets
Sandy Hill Apiary – Local Raw Honey
Sleepy Owl Herbs – Herbal Remedies and Handmade Gifts
Sweet JJ’s – Cookies, Tarts, and Pastries
Vlad’s Fired Pizza – Oven Fired Pizza
Westfield Puerto Rican Association – Sign Up for a Free Tree
POP Club This Week
POP Club members, grow a sunflower at home from a sunflower seed you've planted with a Master Gardener from WMMGA.
Banh Mi Wraps
Learn how to make to a delicious pickled carrot, radish, and cucumber banh mi wrap and take home the recipe.
Music at the Market
Ed Bentley
Noon - 2:30PM
Bio Coming Soon!
Glenn Weiser
2:30PM - 5:00PM
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.
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.
Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association
Master Gardeners from WMMGA will be at the Market every Thursday in June to answer your gardening questions. On June 20th, WMMGA is planting sunflower seeds with POP Club members. Soil pH testing will be available on June 27th from 1PM - 4PM.
If you live in MA and have SNAP, then you have HIP, which gives you $40, $60 or $80 a month put back instantly on your SNAP card when you use SNAP to buy local produce. Ask us about HIP at the SNAP Tent.
We thank the generous sponsors and funders of our 2024 season
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