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Saturdays, 9:30 - 1:30, Town Common |
Greetings!
Welcome to the June 27 issue of the Winchester Farmers Market newsletter.
You can always check the farmers market website for additional information about the market, including vendor profiles, frequently asked questions, and the schedule for artists, entertainers, and community groups. Visit the website for Sustainable Winchester, the sponsor of the farmers market, to get information about current projects, monthly meetings, and volunteer opportunities.
Remember that the market will take place rain or shine throughout the season. Try to bring your own shopping bags to the market, and please ride your bike or walk to the market if you can. If you drive, park your car in the Aberjona or Shore Road lot to leave parking spaces surrounding the common open for short-term parking near downtown businesses. The Aberjona lot, which runs along the commuter rail track across from the post office, is free on weekends, including the permit spaces in the end of the lot.
We look forward to seeing you on Saturday on the common.
Sincerely,
Winchester Farmers Market Organizing Committee
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This Week at the Market |
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Vegetables: arugula, asparagus, beets, bok choy, broccoli, collard greens, cucumbers, endive, escarole, frisee, garlic scapes, kale (green, red, Russian), kholrabi (green, red), lettuce (baby lettuce mix with edible flowers, Boston, French Batavia, mesclun mix, oak leaf, romaine), peas, radish, spinach, squash (kousa, summer, zucchini), Swiss chard (green, rainbow, red), tomatoes, vegetable plants
Fruit: apples* (empire, macintosh), strawberries
Herbs: dill, dry herb and spice blends, herbal tea, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme, herb plants
Flowers: annuals, cut flowers, hanging baskets, plants
Other products: bread; chocolate; cow, goat, and sheep milk cheeses; fish; honey
Artist: Mary Hart, Polish and German paper cuts
Entertainment: Winchester Community Music School Early Childhood Music Specialist Linda Emmanuel leads a musical morning for the entire family, filled with your favorite songs and activities. We will sing, dance, and explore music through movement and props.
Community Tent: Winchester Neighbors Club
* You may be wondering how a farmer can have apples now when it isn't apple season. By picking the best fruit in the fall and keeping it in a carefully controlled storage atmosphere, several apple varieties can last up to 8 or 9 months and taste as fresh as they did in the fall.
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| Featured Item of the Week: Kale |
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People often think of kale as something that is used as a garnish in restaurants, but kale is a delicious and highly nutritious green that is available in many different varieties throughout the farmers market season. Kale is in the same family as cabbage, collard greens, and Brussels sprouts. It is loaded with Vitamins A, C, and K, and is a excellent source of beta-carotene and fiber.
If you like a substantial salad green, you might enjoy curly green kale raw in salads, but kale is most often cooked. It requires a bit more cooking time than many other greens, and thus it can also stand up to many different cooking methods without getting soggy. Kale is usually chopped before cooking, and if the stems are large, you might want to remove the tougher bottom half of the stems or cook them for a few minutes longer than you cook the leaves. Kale can be baked, boiled, braised, sauteed, or steamed. Kale can be preserved by drying it, and the dried kale can be added to soups or stews.
Many different varieties of kale are available at the market this week. Try out some of these recipes to get a sense of the many options for preparing kale.
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| Featured Artist of the Week: Mary Hart |
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 Mary Hart will be the featured artist in the Winchester Artists Network Tent this week demonstrating papercutting in the Polish and German styles.
Mary has been fooling around with scissors and knives for 30 years and will exhibit and demonstrate two styles of cut paper art: the Polish style called Wycinanki consists of layers of brightly colored paper cut and arranged into pictures, often featuring flowers, roosters, and typical farm and rural scenes. The German style, called Scherenschnitte, is more reserved, using white or black paper and the elements are arranged into framed tableaux. This style was popular in central Pennsylvania during the eighteen hundreds, and was often used to make documents for marriage and baptism, and love letters.
"Both styles reflect the cultures of simple farm people, so I think that this theme fits well with our Winchester farmers market. My cuttings adopt traditional styles but I do combine the elements in different ways. I also make cuttings and glue them to frames and furniture for a simple folk style, much as cuttings were used to decorate walls in homes."
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| Special Vendor: Queen Bee Collections |
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 Queen Bee Collections, owned and operated by Winchester resident Jessica Klau, will be at the market this week selling jewelry. Queen Bee Collections will also be at the market later in the season on 7/11, 8/1, 8/8, 8/29, 9/5, 9/19, and 10/3.
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| Volunteer at the Market |
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Every week on market day, we need volunteers to help with setting up and taking down the market, as well as activities during the market, such as taking surveys.
If you would like to help at the market this week or in the future, click here to sign up for a time slot. You can volunteer for as little as one hour and help support the market. | |
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