This Week at the Farmers Market!

This Week's Farmers' Market vendors:

Wally's Bistro, Vintage Greens, First Light Farm, Maitland Mountain Farm, Seaview Farm, Sasquatch Smokehouse, Sea Biscuit Fine Bakery, That Nutty Redhead, Fudge Everything, Trupiano's Sausage, Heath's Tea Room

Our vendors offer meat, eggs, smoked fish, cheese, lots of produce, pickles, sauces (sweet and savory), salsas, cookies, breads, nuts -- all of it equalling truly enough for a week's worth of delicious, amazing, locally-produced food!

Don't Miss...

Great bluegrass and indie-folk music will be a part of this week's market!

Home Growers 
The home growers section of the Farmers' Market is packed with all sorts of good things: Anadama bread from Sten af Klinteberg, honey from apiarist and cookbook author Melissa Abbott, the beautiful Northern Italian-style pesto from Mercedes Flavin and flower petal jams from local grower Jessie.

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! 

In Two Weeks...
Enjoy codcakes & beans, a traditional New England breakfast (or lunch) for a suggested donation. Reserve your place at the table by emailing us at rockportfestivals@gmail.com or just stop by the RFM in Harvey Park on Saturday, September 6th

The Red Shed Film Festival Results are In!

Thank you so much for a great inaugural Red Shed Film Festival! We had a fantastic time dining al fresco on incredible food from Wally's Blackburn Bistro, enjoying Twin Lights soda in downtown Rockport, just like Rockporters did a generation ago. Festival-goers gathered under the tent to view selected short films from Cape Ann filmmakers. The films ran the spectrum, from comedy to documentary. The audience voted for their favorite film following the screening. The votes have been counted and the Peoples' Choice Awards go to:

1st: A Rocky Neck Legacy by Henry Ferrini

followed closely by

2nd: "Battle for the Fate of the Dawn at the Edge of the Universe in Space" by Matthew Morris
and a tie for
3rd:
"The Good Harbor Seal" by Kim Smith

"The Town of Rockport" by Lauren Yamin

A huge thank you to the filmmakers for sharing their work with us, to Wally's Bistro, Twin Lights soda, to Phil Hopkins of The Film Detective, to Darren Mason and Kylie Alexander for working on the the graphics and to Henry Cooper and Michael Kelly of Granite Vision Video Production for their work in making the Red Shed Film Festival a reality.

LAST Rockport Farmers' Market of the 2013 Season is Tomorrow!

Well, it's been a great three months for the first season of the new Rockport Farmers' Market, but like all good things, it is coming to an end. For this year at least. Tomorrow, September 7th, is the final summer Farmers' Market for this year.

So be sure to stop by to load up on your delicious market goods! Fresh, organic produce, cheese, savory jams, pickles, baked goods, fresh pasta, fresh pesto, focaccia, honey, eggs, grass-fed beef, maple syrup, Twin Lights soda and much, much more...

Come visit Buddy from First Light Farm tomorrow! photo: Heather Atwood

Git yer Twin Light soda at tomorrow's Farmers' Market. Rockport's own locally-made soda!

A fresh focaccia sandwich from Prides Osteria. Photo: Heather Atwood

But never fear: you can still get fresh, local food at the wonderful Cape Ann Farmers' Market, which is still going strong on Thursdays from 3:30 to 6:30 in Gloucester. And if you miss some of your favorite Rockport Farmers' Market vendors, you will see them again very soon at Rockport's Harvestfest, taking place on Saturday, October 19th.

TOMORROW at the Rockport Farmers' Market!

Thanks to all those who came out last week for the first summer Rockport Farmers' Market! We had a great time and are looking forward to an entire summer of starting the weekends off with awesome food from local growers and makers. As usual, the Rockport Festivals Market booth will be staffed with volunteers to answer questions and offer information. Festival posters will be available for purchase (with other great stuff, such as t-shirts, coming soon!).

June 29th Rockport Farmers Market Lineup

Vendors:
First Light Farms
Prides Osteria
It's-All-About-the-Herbs
Seaview Farm
Ma's Tomato Marmalade
Sasquatch Smokehouse
Brothers' Brew
Sea Biscuit Bakery
Twin Lights Soda
Home growers: herbs, rhubarb, flowers, produce

Mary White of White Gardens of Rockport

Garden Talk: 
Market-goers will enjoy having master gardener Mary White, owner of White Gardens of Rockport and a long-time organic gardener, on hand to answer questions and engage in a discussion on gardening. Mary will have tips on everything from making your own compost to growing tomatoes. The discussion is scheduled for 11 a.m. at the Rockport Festivals Market booth.

Singer-songwriter Brad Byrd

Music:
Brad Byrd, the award-winning singer-songwriter, will be playing at the Rockport Farmers' Market at 11:30 a.m. -- a great opportunity to hear one of the region's best indie musicians in a fun setting! 

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!