Here  is the rundown for the Green Market today, including CSA-produced produce and Amish produce & hand-made items.  I’m posting this live from the market!

Produce:

• Beets
• Peppers
• Pickle cucumbers
• String beans
• Shell peas
• Tomatoes
• Redskin Potatoes
• Zuchini
• (Onion bulb sets)

Fruit:

• Red Rasberries
• Blueberries

Herbs

• Dill
• Mint
• Garlic
• Comfrey
• Kale
• Cilantro
• Parsley (Italian)
• Rosemary
• Sweet basil
• Oregano
• Pennyroyal
• Thyme

Fresh Flowers!

Creations:

• Leaf castings
• Garden stepping stones
• Re-purposed Lilliputzer Fabric Items
• Windchimes
• Paper Creations Paintings
• and more!

Other:

• Handmade soap
• Soy candles
• Market Day Specials from local area businesses – see our display at the Community Corner table.

See you at the Market

Market on Market Street features for Saturday June 19

• GREEN PRODUCE! (including raspberries, heirloom tomato plants, sunflower plants, pea shoots, and lettuces/greens/kale/chard, fresh asparagus and much, much more!)
• Local Artisan creations: Octavia Ice – necklaces made from stone, bone, wood, metal, polished glass. Valerie E. Shaw: sneak-peek paintings
• Children’s activities
• Music!  A Great Acoustic duet really set the stage for a fun, community event!

Well we did it!  Saturday June 5th was opening day and a beautiful day it was!  We were expecting rain but it turned out to be just beautiful!  A BIG thank you to Jameson Health Systems for the use of their facility for the market, THANK YOU!  John Daley for the great music, a BIG thank you to the vendors who came, and a BIG thank you to all those who helped!  But most importantly a BIG thank you to the folks who came and browsed and purchased items.

Here are a few pics forom the event:

Hello all! Applications and the Bylaws for the Farmer’s Market are available in downloadable form at
www.nw-green.org
and will be available in paper form at the Boro office by the end of the week.
A children’s coloring contest (free) will also be running during the first Market, as a fun start for the little ones. I hope to have copies made by the end of the week, and then we can distribute them to schools, local businesses, etc. I am currently looking for 3 fun prizes, age group 3-10. Please send me your ideas

If any of you that are selling have a special first-day-of-market activity/sale, etc., please let me know so that I can “bill” them with excitement.

Completed forms should be mailed to:

New Wilmington Green Farmer’s Market
P.O. Box 28
New Wilmington, PA 16142

We are listed on the USDA’s site, localharvest.org and in the “Fresh From the Farm” local pamphlet.

Thank you to everyone that is helping make this happen!

Sincerely,
Valerie Shaw

If you are interested in becoming a vendor at our market here are the downloadable files you will need to review and an application you will need to fill out and send to us.

GrowersPledge

NWMarketrules

NWApplication

Retail Food Facility Plan Review Guidelines

The green “Market on Market Street” in New Wilmington, PA, is a gathering of green thumbs, gourmets and creativity. Produce sold at the market can be described s “good faith organic”, certified organic, or all-natural. Growers pledge to use natural growing and management methods, and reject what is currently convential – synthetic and petroleum derived chemicals, herbicides, pesticides and all other toxic concoctions, as well as avoiding GMOs (genetically modified organisms). We celebrate life- from rich, fertile compost to plump, juicy sun-ripened tomatoes, from inspired artists and storytellers to joyful musicians, from grass-fed livestock to bright-yolked eggs, and hearth baked bread to rain-soaked basil. Come indulge your senses, support local neighbors, and celebrate with us! It’s bound to be delicious.
Our first market day will be Saturday, June 5th, from 9am to noon, in the Jameson parking lot at the center of town. Bring your biggest canvas bag or basket, and please walk or bike in if you can. The Market will run until those crisp October frosts shut us down. 
See you there!