Brighton Farmers Market

2012 marks the fifth year of the Brighton Farmers’ Market.  Plans are underway for the new season, which will open on May 27 and run through October 28.  The market will once again be held from 9 to 1 pm in the Brighton High School parking lot.  Beginning July 1, however, the market will temporarily [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

Local eaters fall into rhythm with the seasons, and welcome the gifts each season offers, including the gifts of memory and anticipation.  Right now we remember the magnificent bounty of the past year, knowing that  we will soon be entering a fallow time.  Farmers and their fields will rest and rejuvenate.  In the meantime, there [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

Local eaters are lucky this year; lovely fall weather has yielded a bounty of still-fresh and delicious local crops,  harvested each week by our farmers.  This Sunday, December 4, farmers at the Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market will have apples, onions, garlic, leeks, winter squash, potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips, kohlrabi, and fresh greens.  Clearview Farm [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

It’s Green Sunday again at the Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market, the perfect antidote to the excesses of Black Friday.  The only big boxes at this all-local market this Sunday, November 27, will be the ones farmers bring full of good food for us all.  It’s a good day to put what’s left of the [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

Giving thanks for the harvest takes on a whole new meaning at the Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market, where tables are piled high with the colorful, abundant fruits of our local harvest.  This Sunday, November 20, our farmers will have plenty for you to celebrate an authentic, local Thanksgiving this year.  You can even get [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

Thanks to everyone who came to opening day of the Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market.   The farmers will be back this Sunday, November 13, with more great local food.  Here’s some of what you’ll find:  Honeyhill Farm will have garlic, leeks, lettuce, carrots, collards, kale, turnips, three kinds of potatoes, chickens, and chicken livers for [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

The 2011 Long Season Winter Farmers’ Market opens this Sunday afternoon, November 6,  bringing together 30 farmers and vendors from the Brighton and South Wedge Farmers’ Markets.  Despite the chill in the air, our local farmers will offer proof, through tables piled high, that local food doesn’t end with the end of summer.  You’ll find [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

Wear an extra sweater under your costume and join us as we celebrate Halloween and the last Brighton Farmers’ Market of the summer season, this Sunday, October 30.  Kids in costume will receive a free apple!  We’ll be moving indoors next week, so you’ll still be able to get great food from some of your [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

  Honeyhill Farm lettuce This Monday, October 24, is Food Day — a day to promote healthy, affordable food produced in a sustainable, humane way (see www.foodday.org).  This goal aligns perfectly with the mission of the Brighton Farmers’ Market, so to express our solidarity, we propose the following topics of conversation for the — where [...]

Brighton Farmers Market

Brighton Farmers Market

The vagaries of October weather lend a special quality to the Brighton Farmers’ Market; customers will find extra rewards in the market’s last month of the regular season.  For example, this Sunday, October 16, Karen and Stan Bischoping are bringing 28 different varieties of heirloom and favorite apples to the market — too amazing not [...]

Brighton Farmers Market