The cowbell will ring at noon on May 24 for our first market of the year -- and our fifth birthday! We will have more farm produce than ever, starter-plants for your garden, local cheeses, eggs and honey, fresh breads and pastries, hand-made chocolates, freshly roasted coffee and more. For a map and additional info, see falmouthfarmersmarket.org. For quick updates as we approach opening day, visit us on Facebook. See you on the 24th!

Falmouth Farmers' Market
Peg Noonan Park, Main Street, Falmo...
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Our Holidays-By-The-Sea market (our grand finale for 2011) is this Saturday, December 3. Note hours: noon to 3 p.m. There will be hardy local vegetables like roots, squashes, cabbages and kales--not to mention sprightly produce grown in farmers’ greenhouses and polytunnels.  You’ll find your staple eggs, cheese, and bread. And—t’is the season--you’ll find many a deliciously local gift. Honey from Cape bees and beeswax candles. Cool jars of locally-picked pickled vegetables. Beach Pl...
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It’s the season for pumpkins, squashes and gourds. A Musque de Provence pumpkin, spotted at Silverbrook last week, was as shapely as a fairytale coach. Two enormous Blue Hubbard squashes, pale and plump with tapering goosenecks, looked almost birdlike, nesting together at Peachtree’s table. The larger of the two weighed in at 22 lbs. Last week also saw the first Cape cranberries of the season. Danielle Verzone – the creative talent behind Sirenetta -- brought chocolate owls made from co...
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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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Corn has arrived at the market. And the first field tomatoes and heirlooms. You’ll find Emma’s new potatoes at Peachtree Circle Farm. There are blueberries galore! It’s summertime and that means two things. First, lots of fresh produce is available at the Falmouth Farmers’ Market. And second, American Farmland Trust is running its America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™  contest. Voting is a show of recognition for markets that work to bring fresh local food into the community, help p...
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Is summer finally with us? 

A girl was at the market last Thursday, with pigtails and a blue top that matched her eyes. She had strawberry stains all over her face--and a smile as wide as a frying pan.

We are promised another feast of strawberries this week. Come prepared with containers to safely ferry them home. There will be snap peas, probably string beans and shelling peas. There will be lunchtime snacks, including tasty sandwiches at Pain d’Avignon and empanadas at The Artisan Bake Sh...
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