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Summer in a Bottle

Posted by Falmouth Farmers Market on Tuesday, August 16, 2011, In : weekly update 
Last week was National Farmers Market Week. If you were watching this space it may have passed you by – our promo encountered printing problems, and didn’t appear—but you can check our website for the previous week’s news and recipe (guacamole loco.)

Last Thursday Dan and Sandy unveiled their family’s canned and pickled vegetables, grown at Da Silva Farm in Teaticket. There were dilly beans and sweet pickles, garlic dill pickles and mixed tomatoes, everything tucked into glass canni...
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Local Farmer Brings "Music" to Market

Posted by Falmouth Farmers Market on Monday, August 8, 2011, In : weekly update 
Did you spot Emma’s impressively fat garlic bulbs last Thursday? Her garlic, called Music, is a new variety planted this year at Peachtree Circle Farm in Sippewissett, which is run by Carrie Richter. Emma and her mother have been tending a plot there, and brought not only Music, but baskets of tender baby new potatoes to market in the past few weeks. Last Thursday also brought good news about Long Lane Farm’s Portuguese-style creamy goat’s cheese. Allen, the cheese-maker, just out of ho...
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Six Miles from Farm to Market

Posted by Falmouth Farmers Market on Wednesday, August 3, 2011, In : weekly update 
Dan Silva and his wife Sandy have a small farm in Teaticket. They keep two goats, Brownie and Gertrude, that supply their family with fresh milk, four proud, territorial roosters, and a harem of some 300 egg-laying hens, scratching in the dirt. The birds and goats were busy polishing off a neighbor’s vegetable scraps on a recent visit. Da Silva Farm supplies eggs to Amber Waves, Bean and Cod, and to local farmers’ markets, including ours. You’ll sometimes find eggs at Silverbrook and Oa...
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Support the Market, Support Local Food Producers

Posted by Falmouth Farmers Market on Thursday, July 7, 2011, In : weekly update 
The market was packed last week. A long holiday weekend and nice weather brought people in droves, and there was greater choice than ever.  Except for strawberries. Strawberry fields are not forever. Strawberries ran out sooner than expected, but red raspberries took their place, a lovely surprise. Down To the Ground Coffee returned with new beans to savor. Pies à la Mode opened its market outpost with their famous chicken pot pies, fruit tarts, and new frosty treats, including ice-cream san...
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The Cow Bell Rings at Noon Tomorrow!

Posted by Falmouth Farmers Market on Wednesday, May 25, 2011, In : weekly update 

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