Public Safety Day
Public Safety Day
This Sunday is Public Safety Day at Brighton Farmers’ Market. Brighton’s fine first responders will be on hand to offer safety information and to let kids check out the fire trucks. Thanks to Brighton Fire Department, Brighton Police Department, and Brighton Volunteer Ambulance for keeping our community safe. We will also be joined by Brighton Police Explorers, an organization sponsored by the Brighton Police Department to teach young men and women about law enforcement as a possible career option. The organization will accept donations to support the organization and to send popcorn to our troops.
From the Vendors
It’s going to be another beautiful day at the market — great piles of freshly-harvested food, straight from the farms. Fellenz Family Farm is bringing certified organic apples (Honeycrisp, Gala, Scarlett O’Hara, Jonagold De Coster, Hawkeye, Splendour, LIberty, Pitmaston Pineapple), Potomac pears, raspberries, tomatoes, hot and sweet peppers, tomatillos, cucumbers, eggplant, Lacinato and Beria kale, collards, beets, garlic, and potatoes (German Butterball, Keuka Gold, Adirondack Blue, and Carola). Erik Fellenz will also have blemished utility apples in larger quantities for processing. Lighthouse Gardens is bringing certified organic rainbow colored cherry tomatoes; purple sweet peppers; purple tomatillos; rainbow Swiss chard; kale (winterbor, dinosaur, and rainbow lacinato); green, yellow, and purple beans; eggplant; beets; beet greens; garlic; leeks; lettuce; D’Avignon and white icicle radishes; zinnia bouquets; sunflowers; wheatgrass; pea shoots; herb, vegetable, fruit and ornamental transplants; and lots of hardy chrysanthemums — at peak color right now.
Fisher Hill Farm will have fennel, dill, pumpkins, cauliflower, winter squash, tomatoes, watermelon, beets, kale, eggplant, peppers, cantaloupe, summer squash, cucumbers, lettuce, radish, beans, potatoes, carrots, sweet onions, garlic, and chicken. Ann’s Purple Produce is bringing baby summer squash; colorful peppers; eggplant; purple basil; golden Asian cucumbers; escarole; purple tomatillos; ground cherries; baby golden beets; purple and fingerling potatoes; delicata squash; the last of the tomatoes; gorgeous dahlias, zinnias, and glads; sunflower heads for the birds; giant maroon amaranth and bittersweet for fall decorating; and some showy perennials and houseplants. Shady Lane Farm will have Sugar Baby watermelons, Beauregard sweet potatoes, edamame, leeks, cherry tomatoes, mini spaghetti squash, red potatoes, red and white onions, beets, cinnamon basil and other herbs, and fresh-cut flowers.
Honeyhill Farm will have certified organic multi-color sweet peppers, leeks, carrots, sweet onions, garlic, potatoes, tomatoes, and fresh pasture-raised chicken; Fred will also be taking orders for frozen chickens for your winter supply. Clearview Farm is bringing certified organic Silver Queen sweet corn, ground cherries, peas, beans, kale, broccoli raab, dill, lemon basil, shallots, eschallions, garlic, melons, hot and sweet peppers, dry beans, and eggs. Lakestone Family Farm is bringing certified organic Swiss chard, Tuscan kale, curly kale, collard greens, tricolor string beans, sweet and hot peppers, baby eggplants, and fresh chicken.
K&S Bischoping will have a wide variety of apples — Honey Crisp, Cortland, Macoun, Empire, Fuji, and McIntosh, plus heirlooms Porter, Black Gilliflower, Caville Blanc, Seek-No-Further, Dutch Pippin, and Ashmead’s Kernel. Allen’s Hill Farm is bringing aquaponic lettuce, New England Sugar Pie pumpkins (raised completely with composted bunny manure) and meat rabbits. Organic Matters Farm will have certified organic pears, beans, tomatoes, radicchio, garlic, onions, spaghetti and honeynut squash, owl’s eye and cider jack pumpkins and eggs. Shannon Brook Farm is bringing recently-processed pekin ducks. Bolton Farms will have lettuces, arugula, watercress,tatsoi, bok choi, basil, cilantro, Swiss chard, cauliflower, and squash (butternut, acorn, and delicata).
Wohlschlegel’s Naples Maple Farm is featuring maple cotton fluff. Lavender Moon is bringing back its popular fair trade hot cocoa blends, high in antioxidants. Flour City Pasta will have fall flavors — pumpkin pappardelle, pumpkin chipotle pappardelle, and autumn harvest orzo (a blend of apple-cinnamon, pumpkin, parsley-sage and beet); Jon will also have recipes to go with the featured flavors. Tocoti Chocolate will have micro-batch chocolate bars, sipping chocolate, and roasted cocoa beans. Eat Me Ice Cream will have concord grape and honey ice creams with a lick of black sesame caramel on a peanut butter cookie. Biscotti for Everybotti is bringing vegan espresso chocolate chip biscotti made with organic fair tradae Joe Bean coffee, apple cinnamon and pumpkin spice biscotti, all made with New York State grown organic wheat. JonJohn’s Bakery will have lemon-raspberry mess cake and a vegan broccoli-cucumber salad. Le Petit Poutine will have country gravy poutine with local sausage; Lizzie will add a duck egg from Shannon Brook Farm if you wish; she’ll also offer hot apple cider from Noto Fruit Farm & Cider Mill.
Also at the Market
We welcome JAVA back to the music tent. ColorBrightonGreen.org needs volunteers to be able to continue the recycling program at the market; please contact [email protected] if you are interested or would like information. For information on the changes to the recycling program, see http://www.colorbrightongreen.org/site/index.php?page=brighton-farmer-market. Brighton Food Cupboard will accept food donations. A list of their needs is here.
The Brighton Farmers’ Market is held Sundays through October 27 from 9 am to 1 pm in the Brighton High School parking lot, 1150 Winton Road S. More information can be found at www.brightonfarmersmarket.org, You can like the market’s Facebook page or follow us on Twitter.
The Brighton Farmers’ Market is sponsored by the Town of Brighton.
See you Sunday!
