Photos & Text By: Maria Moore
Everything came together perfectly for the first New Hartford Farmers’ Market of the season yesterday afternoon. The weather was ideal, sunny and not too hot; the vendors’ stands were filled with goods despite the earliness of the season; and friendships were rekindled among the vendors and their buyers, both old and new. Following are photos of the market, a celebration of the best in our community.
Ms. Carrot was happy to be back at the market after the long winter
Mike Hotchkiss shows his wife Connie a plant he's considering buying at the Barden farm stand while Mary Lou Ringklib takes a close look through the plants.
MarWin Farm is now bringing its farm-fresh poultry to the market for both their Farmshare customers and weekly shoppers. Here Kenny Dahill, operating from his "minimalist" stand, looks in his cooler for Karann Schaller's poultry.
Cara Donovan manning the Sweet Pea Cheese stand.
Karen Mangine did double-duty with her play dough activity at the children's table as well as her Barefoot Books stand.
Nathan Day - and a friend - provided the lively music during Friday's market.
How much fun was the Farmers' Market on Friday? A LOT of fun, as Mary Barden shows in this photo.
The most original stand of the day was the Planted Feather with its tie-dyed canopy which took two tries to get it just right, said Wendy Scalon. Cool!
Chef’s Demo – A Weekly Market Feature
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The Chef’s Demo – a favorite of the 2009 New Hartford Farmers’ Market season – is now back! This season there will be Chef’s Demos every week. This past Friday, the demo was by Pamela Dunn; look for our separate article on the Chef’s Demos at the market.
