Tomorrow: the LAST regular season Rockport Farmers Market!

October 4th Rockport Farmers Market:
The final 2014 regular farmers' market of the season is here, and Seaview Farms will be on hand with their own grass-fed meat, pumpkins and more. First Light Farm and Vintage Greens offer a bounty of produce and flowers. Knead Dough Bakery offers cookies, sweetbreads, and legendary nisu and anadama breads, Heath's Tea Room will have scones and brewed tea. That Nutty Redhead features an array of steamed nuts. Sasquatch Smokehouse has their own line of smoked mussels and fish. This week's market also offers Twin Lights tonic AND fresh coffee and doughnuts from Brothers' Brew. The home growers section of the farmers' market is packed with all sorts of good things: lots of fresh produce, flowers and jams!
Bonus: To get a a sense of all the great stuff going on around here with food, don't miss this article from food writer Heather Atwood on Rockport's local food scene.

Music at the Rockport Farmers Market
Rose Sheehan and John Hicks will be providing live music this weekend at the market. Both of them have an incredible repertoire that ranges from folk to jazz to blues. And as a bonus, John is bit of a comedian between songs, so don't miss their appearance at this week's Rockport Farmers Market.

Rockport Farmers Market TOTES, T-SHIRTS and POSTERS are here!
Some very cool Rockport Farmers Market merchandise is coming your way, all of it offering a great way to spread the word about the market and support the RFM! Stop by the RFM booth at Saturday's market to see what's new and in stock.

Parking
The Rockport Farmers Market, with the permission of the Rockport Police Dept., has four spaces available on High Street for short-term farmers' market parking every Saturday from 9am to 1pm. If you're in a hurry and need some produce, you can park right next to the market for a few minutes while you dash through the market! 


Participate in Harvestfest!
Opportunities abound to volunteer to help make the festival happen. You can also showcase your cooking, agricultural and/or creative skill at Harvestfest. Enter a pie, your best jam or jelly, or make a scarecrow. Click the links below to join the fun!







Support Local Food
A Rockport Farmers Market vendor (as well as Rockport resident) Lisa Griffiths of That Nutty Redhead, has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help grow her business. Consider supporting local food and local industry and check out Lisa's exciting campaign! Check it out HERE.

 

Upcoming Events October 18th: Rockport Harvestfest: a celebration of local food & drink, including craft-brewed beer and local wine, as well as a packed out Farmers Market, Scarecrow Stroll & more.

The Rockport Farmers Market Float & Lots More Info...

DID YOU SEE OUR FLOAT IN THE ROCKPORT FIREMAN'S 4th of JULY PARADE??? Sorry for the all-caps there, but we are excited that the RFM was represented in Rockport's parade. A HUGE thanks to Tim & Ruth Sullivan for making it happen with the float, in spite of hurricanes and flooding and other obstacles. Be sure to check out their product at the Rockport Farmers Market, where Tim & Ruth sell Sullivan's Sugarhouse maple syrup every week. And don't miss the other fantastic offerings from the roster of other fantastic vendors at each week's market.

This Week's Rockport Farmers Market Vendors: Wally's Blackburn Bistro, First Light Farm, Vintage Greens, Grant Family Farm, Seaview Farm, Fudge Everything!, Sasquatch Smokehouse, Heath's Tea Room, Trupiano's Sausage, Rett's Home Baked Goods, Sea Biscuit Fine Bakery, Sullivan's Sugarhouse, Cuz It's Good!

And More...Homegrown mint will be on offer, as well as the famous pesto from culinary wizards Paolo LaBoa and Mercedes Flavin!

Music Music Music! We will have the Indigo String Band playing MUSIC (yee-haw!) and be joined by our own local pre-school co-op, Sandy Bay Preschool as the week's featured nonprofit/community organization. Music is provided thanks to a grant from the Rockport Cultural Council.

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Some not-for-profit painting fun at last year's festival

Every year a few featured nonprofit and community organizations set up booths in Harvey Park, taking the opportunity to connect with Rockport's visitors and residents. Be sure to stop by their booths and discover all these great organizations have to offer our community. This year we excited to be partnering with the following groups:

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital

Millbrook Meadow

Rockport Democratic Committee

Thacher Island

Rockport PTO

Huntington's Disease Awareness

New Year’s Rockport Eve Food Booth

Rockport Festivals Pie Stand

Addison Gilbert Hospital

July 6th (TOMORROW!) at the Farmers' Market!

We're looking forward to another great summer market tomorrow! Look for the vendors listed below, and plan to pick up everything from fresh bread to fresh produce to maple syrup.

We're happy to welcome Wally's Blackburn Bistro to the roster this week. Wally's offers freshly made salsa and guacamole, packaged and ready to take home, as well as a great selection of salads and more.

Marvin Roberts, PhD, with the head of a rhubarb plant

Gardener and botanist Marvin Roberts will be back to answer your questions and lead a discussion at the market's Garden Talk, set for 11 a.m. The last two weeks Marvin's rhubarb has sold out in minutes, and rumor has it that there is a possibility that he is bringing berries, assuming the stars align, to tomorrow's market.

See you there!

Wally's Blackburn Bistro
Seaview Farm
Prides Osteria
Sullivan's Sugarhouse
Ma's Tomato Marmalade
Brothers' Brew, First Light Farms
It's-all-About-the-Herbs
Rockport Festivals Market booth w/ Twin Lights Soda
Home Grower's Wheelbarrow (bring your garden's bounty to swap or sell!)

TOMORROW! The First Summer Farmers' Market

Our summer Rockport Farmers' Market will be small but mighty. Just like Rockport itself! We will have a little of everything, from honey to grass-fed beef from Seaview Farm (right in Rockport!) to smoked seafood from Sasquatch Seafood to beautiful produce from First Light Farms to award-winning pesto and handmade pasta from Paolo Laboa of Prides Osteria. To give you a visual teaser of what's to come at our Farmers' Market, check out this video showing Paolo Laboa making his pesto (from his days at Farina in San Francisco). Our mouths water every time we view it!