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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Pour Richard’s: A Very Special 'Farmer's Market' - Aug 23

Connecting good friends with great wine!

Never Drink Ordinary!

'Farm to Table, Farm to Glass'

Saturday, August 23

1-4 PM

Mark your calendars, because it doesn't get any better than this. How do we love this event? Let us count the ways...

1) It all starts with an Akin Bak Farm farmstand, set up in our parking lot for the day. All that gorgeous fresh produce, and honey, too!

2) Corey Bunnewith creating fabulous Farm to Glass cocktails melding his delicious liquors and liqueurs with Akin Bak's fresh produce. He'll be making Smashes, Sours, and a whole lot more. Demonstration and tasting samples, with recipes to take home! He may also have some exclusive news/presells for his new distillery....hint, hint.

3) George Schwarz pouring wonderful Italian wines from his company, Kimera Imports. Nero d'Avola, Lacrima Christi Bianco and Rosso, a Valpolicella Ripasso. What is Capel del Prete? Have you ever had a Susumaniello? Come and taste for yourself.

4) As if all that were not enough, La Campania Ristorante of Waltham is bring a mobile wood-fired Neapolitan brick pizza oven. They'll use Akin Bak's produce, plus meats and cheeses, to create flatbread-style pizzas in the image of Napoli. That's the oven in the picture above...you can almost taste the chewy goodness!

Help us celebrate the end-of-summer bounty. Bring your appetite and sense of adventure. (Leave any preconceptions about veggies at home.)

Never Drink Ordinary! -Ann and John

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Friday, July 11, 2014

Franklin Farmers Market - Town Common

The farmers market is open today on the Town Common from noon to 6:00 PM.

Franklin farmers market

MA.gov provides a searchable map to locate farms and farmers markets.
http://www.mass.gov/agr/massgrown/map.htm

The search of a 15 mile radius around Franklin reveals 16 markets. So if you can't make it to the Town Common today, there are others days to visit a market.

screen shot of Mass Grow map

Friday, November 8, 2013

Change of seasons

1 - Friendly reminder that the Farmers Market is done for the season.

Farmers Market ended Nov 1

2 - Notification of the Christmas Fair is popping up around town. Plan for Nov 17th to get ahead start for that season!

Christmas Fair at the Elks Lodge

Friday, October 25, 2013

Farmers Market - Town Common - noon to 6:00 PM

The Farmers Market is open every Friday through the end of October.

on the Town Common, along the High St side.

Farmers Market today

You can also register your son or daughter for Boy or Girls Scouts today at the Town Common during the Farmers Market hours.

Sunday, August 25, 2013

"SNAP dollars" are used like regular money

In an effort to expand their customer base and provide fresh and affordable food to low-income families, some Bay State farmers markets are accepting the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

Previously known as food stamps, SNAP is a federally-funded program that offers nutritional assistance to millions of low-income families. The U.S. Department of Agriculture budgeted $82 million for the program in fiscal year 2013.

According to MassGrown, which is overseen by the state Department of Agriculture and provides information on farm products and activities, 80 farmers markets in Massachusetts now accept SNAP benefits, including Ashland, Framingham and Hopkinton.

Read more on the Milford Daily News webpage here
http://www.milforddailynews.com/news/x511616740/Farmers-markets-starting-to-accept-SNAP-benefit?rssfeed=true

Friday, August 16, 2013

Farmers Market - today, noon to 6:00 PM

on the Town Common, along the High St side.

Another Friday, another day for the Farmers Market.

Farmers Market

Come to the Town Common between noon and 6:00 PM for fresh goods and produce from local farms and shops.

Friday, July 12, 2013

Farmers Market - noon to 6:00 PM

on the Town Common, along the High St side.

Farmers Market today

Friday, June 28, 2013

Farmers Market - Town Common - noon to 6:00 PM

Farmers Market today

Tuesday, June 25, 2013

Farmers Market - Wheatless Bliss

My visit to the Franklin Farmers Market was a good news bad news story. The good news was I did get there about 5:30 PM. The bad news was it was too late to get much. I did get some honey from Akin-Bak.I needed a fresh supply.

Nick Hoffman of the Hoffman Farm was taking down his canopy as he had sold what he had brought for the day. Amy Acevdo at the Grateful Farm tent said it was a good day for business!

Franklin's Farmers Market

I did stop and spend a few minutes talking with Sharon Washburn about Wheatless Bliss. The gluten free bakery is operational now and they will be opening a cafe in the fall.

Wheatless Bliss - Franklin Farmers Market

I found their Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/WheatlessBliss

and website http://www.wheatlessbliss.com/

and that the grand opening dates were just announced to be Sep 21 -22!