Shoppers at the Marblehead Farmers’ Market Saturday, Oct. 14 can expect to find apples, peppers, potatoes, onions, winter squash, radishes, beets, carrots, fresh ginger, cabbage, leeks, cranberries, corn and tomatoes. Farms will also have mushrooms, eggs, herbs, pork, cut flowers and a selection of salad and cooking greens.
Farms this week are:
— Old Stone Farm.
— Clark Farm.
— Bear Hill Farm.
— Middle Earth Farm.
— Grant Family Farm. Grant Family Farm accepts SNAP and HIP payments.
Nick Cloutman will have mushrooms. Valicenti Pasta Farm will be offering their farm-made pasta and red gravy. Seafood Express will have fresh seafood and other items. Copper Dog Books will be at the market with a selection of books and will be taking special orders.
Scouts BSA Troop 79 will be brewing coffee, tea, and will also have lemonade, water and hot chocolate.
Weekly food vendors are A&J King Artisan Bakers and Bucovina Cuisines with Ukrainian food. Crepe du Jour will be making crepes to order.
Shira Moss will be the performer, and the Marblehead Chamber of Commerce will be in the community booth. Craft vendors will be the North Shore Glass School, Shayna Loeffler, Beadorable and Seaweed Studio.
The Marblehead Farmers’ Market takes place, rain or shine, from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturdays through Nov. 18 behind the Marblehead Veterans Middle School (accessed via Vine Street). Snap benefits can be used to purchase eligible food items. For more information, see marbleheadfm.com or email Steve Fowler at stevefowlermfm@gmail.com.
Editor Leigh Blander is an experienced TV, radio and print journalist who has written hundreds of stories for local newspapers, including the Marblehead Reporter.
