Collingswood Farmers' Market

"... I prefer a really intense fruit taste. You know when a peach is absolutely perfect... it's sublime. I'd like to capture that and then use it in a dessert."
—Kathy Mattea

Who's got the best peach pie? Enter yours in our Peach Pie Baking Contest, to be judged at 9am this Saturday at the Market. There are three $50 Market Gift Certificate prizes available to win. We want entries! Bring your "A" game! For details/rules, click here.

Come this Saturday and get your supply of AWESOME—in a free reusable bag—from Fruitwood and Schober Orchards.

August 7, 2010:

Weather forecast for Market hours: Sunny, in the 70s, heating up to the 80s by noon.

What's in season? PEACHES!

It's PEACH PARTY day at the Market. In addition to all the usual fantastic New Jersey Peaches, you'll find:

Specially-themed on-location prepared foods like Peachy iced tea (Treehouse Coffee Shop), Peachy Belgian Waffles and Peach-topped water ice (Painted Cottage Café), and Peach Salsa (Tortilla Press).

Limited-edition Peach Fromage is offered this Saturday at Hillacres Pride's stand.

Peachy baked goods from Springdale Farms (peach pies, cakes, and muffins), Great Harvest (peach whole grain muffins, savannah bars, and coffee cakes), and DiBartolo Bakery (peach pies and donuts).

FREE DRAWING to win a full basket of peaches, winner need not be present at time of drawing. Stop by the information tent near the live music to enter.

FREE REUSABLE BAG with PEACH purchase at Fruitwood Orchards and Schober Orchards' tables, while supplies last.

PEACH COOKING DEMO tent hosted by Tortilla Press, with Chef Mark and friends—more chefs will participate throughout the day. A detailed itinerary will be posted in the tent. Special thanks to Lydia Cipriani of Tortilla Press for organizing the demos.

PEACH CANNING DEMO with canning instructor Jenifer Bernstein of "Yes, I Can!". In a separate tent, begins at 10am.

PEACH PIE BAKING CONTEST: Our first ever. Who will go down in pie history? Hell's Kitchen contestant Siobhan Allgood is on the judging panel. Judging begins at 9am in the same tent as the canning demonstration. For details/rules, click here.

FOR KIDS: There will be a balloon/peachy face paint/sticker tent near the band area.

Peach-colored dahlias and other similarly-colored cut flowers from Sikking Flower Farm and Dolinski Flower Farm.

"Sign the peach"—Cast your vote in America's Favorite Farmers Market contest and you can scribble your name on our "We want our Jersey Fresh" peach banner. It's socially acceptable graffiti.

Schober Orchards will have peach and peach cider samples(as always).

We're hoping to have the newly crowned "Peach Queen" appear, but alas, we weren't able to confirm it at the time of the email. (If you spot a princess-looking girl walking around handing out peaches, that's her!)

Special thanks to the Peach Promotion Council of New Jersey for helping us make this event a success.

What ELSE is in season?

Peaches get the spotlight this week, but farms also sent in some peachless news that we pass on to you:

Dan Lynn Organic Farm reports, "Special this Saturday at our tent—organic Golden Nugget low acid cherry tomatoes. We're bringing a lot and they're on sale, $2 a pint!" Tomatoes by the crate are for sale, slicing ($15) or plum ($18). Reserve your crate by emailing DanLynnFarms@aol.com. Provide your name, cell phone #, and specify plums or slicing tomatoes. Other organic produce coming: Green bells and Habanero Hot Peppers, International heirloom tomatoes (pictured at right: a Polish variety), Russian Fingerling Potatoes, Low Acid Cherry Tomatoes, Slicing tomatoes, Plum Tomatoes, and watermelons.

Hillacres Pride, our participating cheese and meat farm, is recommending Chicken, Pork chops, ground beef and ground lamb—all in good supply this week at their table.

Live Music