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Sweet Success… and a warm thank you.

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I would like to start out with a sigh of relief… ah.  What an amazing day we had yesterday!

First, thank you to all who supported us. Thank you committee members for continuing to volunteer your time and passion every year!  Thank you to all the positive volunteers who showed up bright and early ready to help!  Thank you to all of our special vendors for arriving and forming an irresistible venue.  Thank you Town and Country Liquors for being our sponsor!  Thank you Willy Neumann for creating funky eye candy for the market customers.  Thank you local luminaries and political members for helping us open the season with our annual ribbon cutting.  Thank you patrons and customers of the Saugerties Farmers Market for constantly supporting us, sharing your excitement about what we’re doing, and supporting this amazing local community we have at our finger tips.  We couldn’t have succeeded without all of you!

Now, without further ado, our sweet success!  Saturday May 24th 2014, the Saugerties Farmers Market’s first day open.  Market set up began at 7:30am sharp.  By 9:00am vendors were arriving and setting up for the day.  The weather had decided to bless us with fertilizing rain, a dose of a couple hours was all the clouds decided to subject us to.  10:00am customers started arriving!  We saw more people than expected, everyone seemed to ignore the rain.  By 11:00am we had cut the ribbon twice (once for real, the second time for the news reporter), and the rain had cleared to reveal a bright blue sky.  Walking around was a delight to the senses.  Everywhere we looked there were people laughing, shopping, eating, experiencing, learning, playing and creating.  Our Chef demo by James Tamayo was soooo tasty!  Around the corner from James’ food was a real live angora rabbit spinning demonstration.  Although the weather had prevented the Paul Green Rock Academy from joining us, we had our back-up CD tunes happily drifting among customers from our music booth.  We’ll have the Rock Academy come back some other time this year. Overall, I had a great time getting to know our new vendors, new customers and re-meeting old friends.

This season will just keep getting better.  We have new vendors joining us and staples coming every week.  The Market will always have something for everyone.  If you missed our opening, no worries, come next week.  We’ll be open every Saturday until October, and then indoors for the Holiday markets!  Add a bit of community into your life, come be a regular at the Market.

 

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OPENING DAY!!!!!

MAY 24TH is approaching FAST!

As one of the new Co-Market Managers for this year’s season at the Saugerties Farmers Market, I’m a bit nervous… ssh don’t tell anyone.  My nerves have nothing to do with the wonderful lineup we have for you this Saturday, just all of the pieces to hold the day together.  Never the less, Saturday will be amazing!  We are so excited to see you there.  Besides a wonderful chance to meet a few of us key players, the chance to come face to face with local luminaries as well as our own Mayor is part of the days events. Kevin Dumont and myself will be your hosts; spend some time with us! We have an amazing group of young musicians playing with the Paul Greene Rock Academy, Willy Neumann is creating an installation just for us, tasty Chef Demo by James Tamayo, Angora rabbit fur spinning, gardening Q&A and our vendors are geared up with sumptuous market fare.

Customers say, “convenience is key” in todays hustle and bustle of a world.  The Saugerties Farmers Market has you covered when it comes to convenience. Where else can you check off your grocery list, spend time with your family, enjoy first class music and eat, all in a 120′ by 60′ space? Bring your kids to our Art Lab while you complete your shopping needs. Enjoy your community at it’s best, on Saturday, at the Saugerties Farmers Market.

For more information about our lineup as well as who’s going to be there, visit the following websites. Supporting local businesses, community and agriculture feels good right!

Willy Neumann: Local artist

Paul Green Rock Academy: Local kid’s music academy focused on performance and music genres

Art Lab: Children’s art space for creativity

Tamayo B&B: James owner of B&B is doing our Chef demo

Cornell Master Gardeners: Q&A

Mariepaule Rossier: Angora rabbit spinning

Saugerties Farmers Market: us!

Click me to find the Saugerties Farmers Market on Google Maps

 

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“Spring” into the Market

Good Morning!

The Saugerties Farmers Market is so pleased to be joining you here in the blog world. We’re eager to spread our excitement about the Market’s opening day! May 24th, is approaching fast. Be sure to join us for a spring sweet day.  This year’s Market includes a FRESH assortment of wonderful vendors. We’ll have veggies, fruits, cheeses, meats, soaps, baked goods, sweets, lunch and artisan affair! Our variety is growing with every year thanks to the support of our community farmers, and THANKS to you! Every year we receive wonderful feedback from our loyal customers. Thank you for always lending an ear to our questions, and please continue!

Last week we visited one of our loyal farmers, Maynard Farm. Owner Tom expressed to us the joy of visiting an orchard in bloom. His description was, “it is immensely fragrant.  It’s intoxicating; it makes you go weak; it makes you high.  It’s a great photo op!” Tom was right! Driving up to the orchard in the back of his pick-up truck was a great opportunity to view the complete span of his land. The rows upon rows of beautifully kept fruit trees were awe-inspiring. As we neared the top of the orchard the scent of the plum trees wafted over our group.

As hard as it is to describe such a deep scent I will try to do the flowers justice. Smelling the essence of the plum tree’s bloom reminded me of a time long ago. At first whiff my eyes closed in appreciation.The intoxifying smell brought me to a fantasy that only a flower could produce. I felt as if I was sitting in a sunny Victorian parlor at tea time. It was as if I were a fly resting on the neck of the lady of the house. As she poured a steaming cup of tea, her perfume wafted ever so softly over me. The scent was deep, sweeter at first and then floral. As the layers of scents subsided I opened my eyes in delight. As you can imagine from this fantasy I wanted to stay intoxicated all day!

Maynard farm will be attending the Saugerties Farmers Market on our opening day May 24th from 10am-2pm! Come enjoy the fruits of his labor, as well as so many other wonderful vendors.

Writing to you from the sweet village of Saugerties; this is Ayla Rector (Co-Market Manager for the Saugerties Farmers Market.)

The Saugerties Farmers Market Website