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Dear :
This week at the market, Robin Cohen of Doves and Figs will show us how to use delicious summer berries from the farmers market to make old-fashioned berry jam with much less sugar than typical supermarket jams. She will also have recipes and a step-by-step display on canning jam. Cocoa Express will be selling their famous and fabulous chicken curry wraps and tasty Iced Thai Tea, as well as an array of tasty breads, muffins, and scones. Are you following the farmers market on Facebook and Twitter? You can get additional information about the market during the week and on market day, and post your pictures and comments about you favorite part of the market.
Stop by the market manager's tent to buy one of our new farmers market canvas bags for only $15.
You can check the farmers market website for additional information about the market, including vendor profiles, frequently asked questions, and the schedule for artists, entertainers, and the rotating business, food, and community group tents. 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 the common on Saturday.
Sincerely,
Winchester Farmers Market Organizing Committee
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This Week at the Market
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Vegetables: arugula, aspagarus, beets, bok choi, broccoli, chard (bright lights, green, red), collard greens, greenhouse cucumbers, escarole, garlic scapes, kale (green, red), kholrabi, lettuce (Boston, green leaf, iceberg, mesclun mix, red leaf, romaine), peas (english, sugar snap), potatoes (red bliss, Nordland), radishes, spinach, squash (summer, zucchini, cousa), greenhouse tomatoes (Jet star, graphe, baby cakes cherry, golden rave yellow), turnips, vegetable plants
Fruit: rhubarb, strawberries
Herbs: basil, chives, cilantro, dill, mint, sage, thyme, dry herb and spice blends, herbal tea, herb plants
Other products: flowers, grass-fed beef and veal, chicken, duck, pheasant, quail, lamb, pork, eggs, sausage and hot dogs, meat and vvegetable pies, jam and preserves, cookies, candy, bread, cheese, fish, pasta, flower plants, herb plants, vegetable plants
Entertainment: 9:30 Muse Stew, 12:00 Julia Cirignano
Artist: Debbie Taylor Smith, scarves, jewelry
Community Tent: Second Congregational Church Business Tent: Shayna Leoffler, handbags |
| Featured Artist: Debbie Taylor Smith | | |
 Debbie Taylor-Smith has dabbled in art for more than 40 years. Watercolor, pen and ink, monoprinting, and collage were among the early favorites. Today, she prefers to focus on the "functional art" of jewelry and silk painting and mosaics.
She has been a resident of Winchester for 20 years and is a former owner of a Winchester business for 23 years and dedicated to seeing the arts survive. She is a cofounder of Arts in August, member or the Winchester Cultural Council, Winchester Artists Network, and Board of Directors member of the Winchester Friends of Art.
Life without Art would be exhaustingly dull!
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Farmers' Generosity Benefits Local Soup Kitchen | | |
This year, vendors at the Winchester Farmers Market have volunteered to donate a portion of their weekly harvests to a local community soup kitchen, The Dwelling Place. Fresh food donations are collected from market vendors near the close of market each Saturday, and delivered later that afternoon to the soup kitchen, where they are either used in the dinner prepared, or given to patrons to take home.
The Dwelling Place, which operates out of the United Methodist Church in Woburn, has been an anchor for food and friendship for over two decades, and is presently the only soup kitchen serving those in Winchester, Woburn, Wilmington and Burlington. They offer hot dinners on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays, year round. All are welcome, and no questions are asked. To date, over 70,000 meals have been served.
The Dwelling Place was founded in 1987 by a group of clergy and laity who wanted to tackle hunger at the local level. It is unique in that it is completely funded and operated by local churches, businesses, and individuals from Woburn and surrounding towns, and receives no public aid or grant money. Each dinner is prepared, served and paid for by a different group of volunteers. This year's volunteers include the First Congregational Church and Crawford Memorial United Methodist Church (Winchester), Hope Christian Church (Burlington) and Burlington Presbyterian Church, Wilmington United Methodist Church, North Congregational Church (Woburn), the Greek Orthodox Church (Woburn), St. Charles Church (Woburn), the United Methodist Church (Woburn), First Congregational Church of Woburn, and the Social Capital Youth Initiative (Woburn), one business group, a Hindu group, occasional scout groups, and one family.Thank you, farmers and volunteers for making a huge difference!
With the downturn in the economy, Dwelling Place volunteers and patrons are even more excited to receive the fresh produce. Not only is there an increase in those needing assistance, but volunteers are having more difficulty meeting the financial obligations of funding a meal.
If you are interested in volunteering with this project, please contact Shelley Ayervais at sayervais@yahoo.com. Or to support the Dwelling Place with a contribution, checks may be made out to The Dwelling Place, and mailed to the Dwelling Place in care of the United Methodist Church, 523 Main St., Woburn, MA 01801.
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Support the farmers market during the 2011 season by displaying a lawn sign in your yard to help promote the market. We are looking for several people who live in Winchester or surrounding towns who would be willing to display a lawn sign on their property from Friday afternoon through Saturday afternoon each week during the market season. All you have to do is make a few inches of lawn space available!
If you are interested in supporting the market by displaying a lawn sign, stop my the market manager's tent at the market to pick up a sign. Thank you to everyone who has already agreed to display a lawn sign!
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Volunteer at the Market
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We need volunteers this week (and every week) to help with the farmers market, especially for setup before the market between 8:30 and 9:30 and takedown after the market between 1:30 and 2:30. We also have many additional volunteer opportunities in which you can use your extertise to help the farmers market, including planning for the environmental fair, maintaning the traffic island, promoting the market, and conducting market research. Please email Fred Yen at fredyen@winchesterfarmersmarket.org for more information. Thank you to everyone who has already volunteered to help. Your assistance is especially important in keeping the market running smoothly, and we appreciate everything you do! |
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"Like" the farmers market Facebook page to get updates about the market, post comments, and share your photos of the market.  You can also follow the market on Twitter to get the latest updates from the market on Saturday mornings.  |
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