Fall Crafts and Food Drive: Thank You!

A gorgeous fall day, beautiful handcrafted items, seasonal foods, e-scooters and lovely Celtic melodies: these were the ingredients for a great day Saturday at the market! Thanks to the more than 1,200 community members who came out to support local crafters, artisans and farmers at our Fall Craft Festival and who brought non-perishable foods for our Thanksgiving Food Drive!

Shoppers donated foods to the Inter-Faith Food Shuttle, which picks up donations from our farmers’ market vendors each week. Many items collected are being used for the Food Shuttle's BackPack Buddies program, in which kids are sent home on Friday with a backpack full of foods to ensure they have healthy foods to eat on the weekend. In the photo are market organizers and volunteers (from left, back row) Lisa Flanagan, Amy Lee, Samantha Malone, Teri Melcher Nelson, Grace Pagano, Jenna D’Amore, (from left, front row) Jennifer Gibbs, Kim Hunter and Amy Scott.

Beautiful scarves, jewelry, pottery, baby gifts, holiday decorations, woodworking and so much more. Many thanks to the crafters were willing to try out this new venue. Our community was very generous coming out in such large numbers to enjoy their unique creations and support them and the regular farmers' market vendors.

The market remains open for two more weekends with all the great seasonal produce, local meats, eggs, seafood, breads, desserts, coffee and more. Kale, swiss chard, spinach, broccoli, lettuces, sweet potatoes and turnips are just some of the seasonal produce abundantly available right now. Come talk to the farmers about how to prepare these foods if you're not sure how! They all have their favorite, simple recipes.

Remember: New market hours for Nov. 14 and 21 are 9:00 am-12:00 pm.