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More than a market Friday, May 24, 2013
Farmer’s Market returns for 5th year, keeps growing in popularity By ERICA SCHMITT STAFF WRITER
It’s no longer just a place to pick up fresh produce from local farmers. It’s a venue for live music, a petting zoo, an educational forum and a fun place to hang out Thursday afternoons. And Thursday evenings — since the Wethersfield Farmer’s Market is staying open an extra hour every other week. The weekly event, held at the picturesque Solomon Welles House on the Wethersfield Cove, opened for its 2013 season this past Thursday. A small grassroots effort that began five years ago, the market has since evolved to include the Volume 53, No. 20
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Connecticut-grown offerings of 40 different vendors from across the state. It’s all thanks to Market Masters Stephanie Jarm and Doug Sacks, volunteers who have worked tirelessly on- and off-season to bring farm-fresh food lovers the goods. “We listened to what our customers wanted and brought it in,” said Sacks, who estimated about 1,000 people made their way to the market on opening day. Some visitors were there to pick up that night’s dinner: maybe some free-range pork tenderloin from Eaglewood Farms in Barkhamsted — raised without any antibiotics, MSG, nitrates or growth hormones. Add handmade bread from Morning Glory Bakery, of Glastonbury; a salad made with organic spinach from Cugno’s Farm in Colchester; and dessert from an on-site food truck, NoRa’s Cupcake Company; and it’s a fine family meal. Although there were only about four or five farmers offering fresh See FARMER’S, Page 12
Families enjoy opening day of the Wethersfield Farmer’s Market’s 2013 season.
Erica Schmitt | Staff
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