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EVERY SATURDAY 8am – Noon (rain or shine) MAY THRU THANKSGIVING!
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EVENTS 2010:

"FARM FRESH
Collingswood"
RESTAURANT WEEK

July 26-31
4 courses $30
Over a dozen restaurants!

COOKING
JERSEY FRESH
Cooking demos!

PEACH PARTY
Coming in August
Info to come

LIVE MUSIC INFO

ARTS & CRAFTS
are at the Market
in November


How "local" are we?
Farmer/Vendor Roster

Photo Album

History of our
Farmers' Market

Local produce in season

Directions to the Market

Friends of the
Farmers' Market
Volunteering info

Questions/Comments
Email a Market volunteer

Advertising/Sponsor info

Links of interest

Archives


OUR FARMS ACCEPT
WIC
&

Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program vouchers


Market Gift
Certificates


Market nuts give Market Bucks! Use 'em like cash at the Collingswood Farmers' Market. Available for purchase at the Friends of the Farmers' Market table (the table with the Market merchandise) each Saturday. The FOFM table is weather permitting.

Great for:
• Clients
• Teachers
• Friends

• Yourself!

 


BEST OF SJ

Watch Courier Post footage of Opening Day 2010

The concrete umbrella of the PATCO overpass provides shelter in the rain.

Shade

Familiar faces at the Market return every year. Many marketgoers know their favorite farmers & vendors by name.

Springdale

The Jarvis family, Springdale Farms, Cherry Hill

Sikking

Linda Sikking, Sikking Flower Farm, Vineland, NJ

Kevin Flaim

Kevin Flaim, of Flaim Farms, Vineland, NJ

Hurley

Greg Hurley, Hurley's Nursery, Atco, NJ

peaches

The Hurff Family, Schober Orchards, Moneroeville, NJ

Plus MORE Agricultural participants not pictured:

AT Buzby Farm, Bridgeton

DanLynn Organic Farm

Formisano Farms, Vineland

Fruitwood Farm, Moneroeville

Hymer Farms, Moneroeville

Viereck Farms, Woolwich Twp.

Eckert's Farm, Tabernacle

Davidson's Exotic Mushroom Farm, Kennett Square, PA

HIllacres Pride Dairy, Peachbottom, PA

Mind Your Own (beekeeping), Wrightstown

Holly Acres Nursery, Bridgeton


Our Market worked with About.com to make a video about what a typical farmers' market experience might be like.
Click here to view.

Voted "Best Farmers' Market"
--South Jersey Magazine's "Best of the Best" 2007

“Best Way to Go Green: Visit a farmers' market”
--SJ Magazine, July 2008


Looking for more pictures of our Market and our great stuff?
We've got 100 pics in our PHOTO ALBUM, CLICK HERE


We're OPEN every Saturday now until Thanksgiving.
Crop updates, more: Click to Read our most recent newsletter
(Weekly news gets posted each Thursday or so)

Never been here? Directions


HURRICANE SEASON NOTICE:
WE ARE OPEN RAIN OR SHINE UNLESS A STATE OF EMERGENCY IS DECLARED IN OUR AREA.
We are well-wired to website, facebook and tweet our status if the weather is very questionable, so please check if you are unsure.

Collingswood Farmers' Markets

Special congratulations to the winners of our first (annual?) peach pie baking contest. From left to right, Carla Bolling, winner of the best just-peaches pie category; Trish Ludwig, winner of the best peaches-plus-other-fruit category; and Crystal Garrick, winner of the best peach pie presentation category. Join our email list (scroll down...) to find out about our next pie baking contest.


peachesCongratulations! YOU, our favorite Market customers, have voted this Market "America's Favorite Farmers' Market" in American Farmland Trust's national contest.

We know we are only as "favorite" as you make us. The Market wouldn't be around without customers. Our market farmers and vendors truly appreciate your support.

Read the press release from the contest host, American Farmland Trust. Thanks for voting!

We have a 2-minute "commercial"
Click here to view.

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Our recipe collection... Click here.


TEN years, still growing.

Now in our tenth season, the Market has become an established part of the social fabric of the community. People come to walk, meet their neighbors, and socialize while they shop for their weekly produce and more. 

The sooner you can get produce after it's harvested, the better its freshness, nutrition and flavor. The quality of the produce is superior and the atmosphere is wonderful! The successful weekly Market is also an important link in the local food chain. By providing a venue for selling directly to the consumer, the business of farming is strengthened for the small family-owned farms that are characteristic of our region.

Collingswood Farmers' Market's participating farmers value the opportunity to interact with the people who eat the food they grow. Their presence in our community emphasizes the role New Jersey farming plays in preservation of our landscapes, lifestyles, nutrition, and our local food supply.

Come on down to the Market, meet the growers, and take advantage of the wonderful harvests they have to offer!


Our Market features the highest quality in-season local produce. And more. Different every week—wonderful things are discovered by those who explore.

You will find (some items season or weather permitting):

• Jersey Fresh vegetables and fruits from several farms/orchards
• Conventional and certified Organic produce
• Farm made fruit & veggie pies
• Poultry pot pies
• Family-farm cheeses from PA
• Lamb and beef, whole free range chickens and eggs
• Fruit preserves, jams and butters
• Whole grain bakery specialties
• Sweet bakery treats
• Authentic european-style breads
• Jersey Grown potted herbs, plants, & cut flowers
• Annual and perennial bedding plants
• NJ greenhouse-grown landscaping plants
• Local beekeepers with several varieties of honey and bee products
• Gourmet fresh baked dog treats
• Handmade natural herbal soaps

Patrons can sit in our cafe area and have coffee and hot breakfast sandwiches. Local musicians play live music. Each year the Market strives to offer a variety of Jersey Fresh products and locally-produced items. As the growing season progresses, each new Saturday offers something different.

Our Market carries local produce and flowers rain or shine every Saturday. Vendors with rain-sensitive items, the information tent, and live music are weather-permitting.

DON'T FORGET, we are open in November! No, you won't find corn, or strawberries, or peaches in November, and it might be too cold for live music, but the farmers are still harvesting. It is a time for late season crops and year-round agricultural products such as meat, dairy, and honey. Our local prepared foods vendors have plenty of items, and it is the only month when we host crafters. The Saturday before Thanksgiving dinner is a must-go tradition for many--a popular date regardless of the weather.


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Posted June 11,2008: FDA deemed New Jersey-grown tomatoes NOT ASSOCIATED with the 2008 salmonella outbreak.

We're not surprised, are you? ALL of the tomatoes at our Market are JERSEY.

This is a great time to remind you that New Jersey farmers are known for giving you the highest quality produce using the safest handling practices. On top of that, when you buy local produce from the agricultural community, it's less handled, packed, and processed. Finally, a bigger portion of each dollar you spend makes it back to the farms who are dedicated to growing what you eat. Win-Win-WIN.

Click here to read the tomato report from the NJDA.

 


SPECIAL THANKS to our 2010 sponsors
They go the extra mile to support this community project.
Be sure to tell them you noticed!

First Colonial
Atlantic Travel  Camden County Board of FreeholdersDiBartolo BakeryIndependent Alarm
Kitchen & AssociatesLourdes Health SystemLourdes WellnessMain Street Realty
Maley & Associates  Moore Brothers Wine CompanyNunzio
Perkins Center for the ArtsPop ShopProud Neighbors of CollingswoodTeam Collingswood
Thurm Dental Group  The Tortilla Press  Yogawood

THE MARKET IS A PROJECT OF THE BOROUGH OF COLLINGSWOOD

 

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