Arts at the Market — Music Day, May 31
Music Day
This Sunday, May 31, we’re celebrating Arts at the Market — Music Day, sponsored by Friends of the Arts in Brighton. We’ll be joined by a number of students in Brighton Central School District music programs, including a cappella groups, a show choir that sings and dances, a band that plays 60s music, a singer who plays classical guitar, and other individual and small group vocal and instrumental performers. There will be a cake-cutting to mark the six years in a row that Brighton has been voted a Best Community for Music Education — congratulations Brighton and our student musicians!
This Week at the Market
Thanks to all who joined us last week for Opening Day. It’s going to be a great season! Farmers are already harvesting lots of beautiful early spring crops. This week Andy’s Specialty Garlic & Produce will have certified organic spinach, red radishes, Hakurei turnips, arugula, rainbow chard, green kale, red and green leaf and saladbowl lettuces, napa cabbage, green cabbage, garlic powder, sauerkraut, and frozen tomatoes. Lakestone Family Farm is bringing certified organic fresh cut chicken parts (boneless breast, split breast, thighs, thigh quarters, wings, drumsticks, gizzards, livers, hearts, necks, feet, and soup bones), fresh whole chickens, eggs, fresh bunched rainbow chard, four varieties of kale, spinach, Hakukrei turnips, baby bok choi, spicy salad mix, mini jewels lettuce bouquets, rainbow radishes, and a greens sauté blend.
Fellenz Family Farm will have spinach, lettuce, komatsuna, Hakurei turnips, rhubarb, sorrel, asparagus, and vegetable and herb transplants, all certified organic. Fisher Hill Farm is bringing a very limited quantity of the first strawberries of the season, asparagus, turnips, leeks, spring mix, kale, green garlic, radish, bok choi, potatoes, onions, beets, eggs, fresh whole chicken, and Red Jacket juices, including a new flavor.
Honeyhill Farm is bringing multiple varieties of leaf lettuce, green garlic, pasture-raised chickens, and beef in a variety of retail cuts. Growing Family Farms will have spinach, napa cabbage, Swiss chard, bunched Asian braising greens, Italian dandelion greens, Dutch and Japanese cucumbers, pea shoots, green garlic, free-range eggs, and Singer Naturals tart cherry juice. Shannon Brook Farm is featuring certified organic, pasture-raised smoked picnic hams, perfect for summer parties, and duck eggs, naturally high in omega-3s.
Organic Matters Farm is bringing certified organic asparagus and chives. Dearhaven Farm will have certified organic scallions, spinach, purple kohlrabi, sweet lettuce mixes, a greens mix (mizuna, shungiku — edible chrysanthemum — and kale), mint, tarragon, thyme, and cilantro. Bolton Farms is bringing Boston lettuce, watercress, spinach, red Russian kale, lacinato kale, curly kale, micro greens, bok choi, Swiss chard, tatsoi basil, and escarole. Buzz’s Garden will have lettuce, kale, Swiss chard, radishes, and chives.
Lighthouse Gardens will have the season’s first certified organic cherry tomatoes; a large variety of certified organic herb and vegetable transplants including tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, lettuces, kales, chards, beets, onions, and cole crops; flowering annuals; perennials, hanging baskets; lettuce bowls; herb planters; berry plants; patio tomato planters; wheatgrass; and bunches of green garlic. K&S Bischoping will have Jonagold and Gold Delicious apples, crunchy and sweet.
Happy Hooves Organic Farm is bringing soy-free eggs from free-ranging hens, soy-free pork from pastured pigs, and 100% grass-fed and finished beef, all certified organic and non-GMO. Seaway Trail Honey will have local, natural, seasonal honey and honeycomb; visit the bees at the NYBeeWellness.org display. Iroquois White Corn Project will have samples of roasted corn cookies, plus Iroquois hulled white corn, roasted corn flour, and white corn flour, all gluten-free and non-GMO; proceeds benefit Friends of Ganondagan, a non-profit Native American organization.
Wohlschlegel’s Naples Maple Farm is bringing maple cream spread, maple mustard, maple garlic pepper rub, and four grades of maple syrup in plastic and glass; Bobbi will offer a sale on syrup packaged in fancy wine bottle glass. Smugtown Mushrooms will have fresh oyster and lions mane mushrooms, reishi and turkey tail medicinal mushrooms, mushroom grow kits, kombucha starter kits, and dried herbs. Small World Food is bringing ginger carrots, country multigrain bread, garlic scape cornmeal scones, and kimchi miso scones.
Eat Me Ice Cream will have fresh mint, lilac, and carrot cake pints of ice cream; dairy-free pints of coconut-mint and coconut lilac; sammies — the hug-up (chocolate and vanilla), lilac on a shortbread, and mint wasabi pea and white chocolate chunk, with a dairy-free option; and passionfruit and rhubarb ice candy. Tripleberry Farm is bringing freshly-made pesticide-free jams, including Tripleberry jam, plus goat milk soaps. Flour City Pasta is featuring jalapeno small shell pasta. Lavender Moon will have all-natural Bug Off repellent and all-natural tick repellent Tick Me Off; Joe will give a free peony blossom with the purchase of any herbal product.
Newbury Park Pastries will have chicken, veggie, pulled pork, lobster mac & cheese, shepherds, panang, chicken and biscuit pot pies, plus quiche made with Lakestone Family Farm rainbow Swiss chard and tarts made with local rhubarb. Nordic Farm is featuring rhubarb jam, dill pickle relish, beet pickles, and maple, cranberry maple, and cranberry orange maple British style scones. JonJohn’s Bakery will have baked macaroni and cheese, chopped BBQ pork sandwiches, cheesecake brownies, strawberry rhubarb cobbler, raspberry blueberry muffins, brownie muffins, lemon blueberry cake, carrot cake, peanut butter balls, and everyone’s favorite cookies.
Rise and Shine Bread is bringing English muffins bread, asiago ciabatta, rosemary focaccia, wheat, rye, pumpernickel, raisin, fudgy oat bars, and sweet bread. Happy Earth Tea will have hot chai, holy ginger iced tea, hibiscus tea iced, and 20 different organic tea and herbal blends, including Darjeelings of spring 2015. Breathe Yoga will have chicken salad wraps and sides, quinoa breakfast bars, gluten-free granola, spring roll, hummus wrap, market salad, quinoa side salad, cold pressed juice, cardamom cookie, energy bar, and crispy brown rice snack. Community Composting will have bags of certified organic compost.
Also at the Market
ColorBrightonGreen.org will collect recycling items; check here for items they are currently able to accept and recycle.
Please consider donating to the Brighton Food Cupboard, to support their efforts on behalf of the needy in our community. Thanks to our generous vendors and customers, who last year donated 2,497 pounds of food to the Food Cupboard.
Representatives from Winton Road Nursey School will offer information about the schools’ programs.
EBT/SNAP Bonus Program
We’re pleased to offer our Market Bonus Program for EBT/SNAP customers. Purchase at least $10 in tokens with an EBT card, and receive $5 in bonus tokens to be used at the market to purchase EBT eligible foods.
Market Details
Brighton Farmers’ Market is held Sundays, 9 am to 1 pm, through October 25th in the Brighton High School parking lot, 1150 Winton Road S. The Market is sponsored by the Town of Brighton. More information about the market can be found at www.brightonfarmersmarket.org or on the Market’s Facebook page.
Why Support Brighton Farmers’ Market?
Thanks to a friend of Brighton Farmers’ Market, who sent us the following reminder:
A core objective of the Brighton Farmers Market is to promote local and sustainable agriculture.
This is a “pay it forward” enterprise!
Up-front costs of sustainably and locally-produced agricultural products may be higher, but long-term costs associated with many non-local commercial products include: environmental degradation (air, water, and soil), excessive use of fossil fuels, and poor labor practices.
Thank you for supporting your local farmers!
See you Sunday!
