Farmers Market Kicks Off Labor Day Weekend

The following is an edited release from the :

Featured this week

Limited edition AFM drinking jugs are available this week. Different shapes and sizes for your drinking pleasure! Swing on by the management tent and check them out! A portion of the proceeds benefit the Food Pantries.

Hey Folks, a cast of many dedicated volunteers spend a lot of time each and every week to bring a high quality Farmers Market to Attleboro. Please take a moment and vote for Attleboro Farmers Market as one of America's Favorite Farmers Market! We are currently Massachusetts Favorite by a 3 to 1 margin, now we just need to move up the National Ranking and Show the rest of the country how great we are here in Massachusetts!!! Thank you!

Attleboro Farmers Market was voted #1 Farmers Market in the mid-size farmers market in 2011!! Please take a moment to vote for AFM! We would love to come out on top for a second year in a row! Thanks! http://action.farmland.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Market_Vote&searchTerm=Attleboro+Farmers+Market&x=68&y=9

A Summer Place Farm, 389 Tremont Street, Rehoboth will have farm fresh eggs available from their Aracana chickens. These chickens are grain fed and include a diet of vegetable scraps.  They are free range chickens and lay blue eggs.  YUM!

Need a gift? The Attleboro Historical Society will be on hand selling the limited edition Christmas Ornaments! The third edition features the (broken) arches of Capron Park! Rocca is offering wood pepper mills, rings, and ice cream scoops! Natures Intention has wonderfully scented candles! Nason Family Honey has the best soaps and lotion! Martha Maynard has her hand woven scarves and table runners!

John Thibault, Quality Glass Sash & Screen, will demonstrate screen replacement and glass/Plexiglas cutting. His company is a full service mobile glass service that handles Auto Glass Replacement/Screen Repair or Replacement / Replacement of insulated units in residential or commercial /custom shower units /mirrors/glass shelves and table tops. They are a fully licensed and insured Mobile Company.

Upcoming Events

Sunflower Growing Contest, Saturday, September 22 - When are sunflowers “done”?

When the plant’s leaves turn brown and the flower heads droop, the plant has reached its full maturity and is done. You can either, pull the plant up and store it until the contest, or you can leave it in the ground, but it could get damaged by birds or the elements. The plants and seed head can be dry at the time of judging. So if your plants flower early it’s not a problem, just hold them until the contest.  Prizes will be awarded for the tallest plant and the largest diameter seed head. See AFM website for complete rules and registration.

September 8th Scorpio’s Italian Eatery and Pizzeria will performing a food cooking demo using all farmers’ market fresh produce and either fish or meat. Demonstration times will be announced.

Attleboro Farmers Market along with New England Tire Attleboro will be hosting the American Red Cross Blood Mobile on Saturday, September 15^th.  Bleeding will commence at 7 am and the ARC will take appointments up to noon time.  More information to come.

This week's food drive will benefit Hebron Food Pantry.

We ask that you bring healthy non-perishable and not out-of -date food products. Food items such as soups, peanut butter, canned fruits and vegetables, pastas, sauces, canned meats and toiletries such as tooth paste, toilet paper, facial tissues, shampoo and soap are welcome. Cash or check donations will also be accepted. When you make a donation you will be entered in a drawing to win a Kindle. A drawing will be held at the end of the season. For more information contact Virginia Flynn, AFM Pantry Coordinator, at stuflynn@gmail.com.

Attleboro Farmers Market Social Tent     

Come on down, grab a snack, coffee or tea and just have a seat and a visit!  Game boards will be available for use. Challenge a friend, family member or your favorite Market volunteer to a game of cribbage, checkers, chess or trivia!!  See you there!

Produce vendors

Peasleys’ Breezy Knoll Farm, Langwater Farm, Trolley Crossing Farm, A Summer Place Farm, Apponagansett Farm, Chase Farm, Lone Cedar Farm, Edgewater Acre, Mello’s Farm

Other vendors

Recycled Silver Jewelry, Scorpio’s Italian Eatery and Pizzeria, Narragansett Creamery, Fresh Catch Seafood; Dufort Farm with grass fed beef, Level Acres, Nason Family Products of the Hive, Rick Oliver’s Perennial Plants, Razzo Coffee, Nettie’s Kettle Corn, Sophie’s AttleBones (dog treats); Del’s Lemonade, Be Sweet Bakery, Proofed Bakery, Butter Café and Bakery, Pirate Bones (leashes and collars), Natures Intentions, Roca Woodworking.

What’s available this week

Potatoes, cabbage, beets, horseradish, carrots, tomatoes, corn-on-the-cob, peppers, beans, cucumbers, eggplant, blueberries, raspberries, garlic, onions, potatoes, summer squash, zucchini, winter squash, lettuce, Swiss chard, kale, syrup, a variety of herbs and cheeses and more will be available this week. A complete Harvest Calendar is available on AttleboroFarmersmarket.com.

Discount coupons and Shoppers Aides

Visit the Managers’ tent to pick up discount coupons for New England Tire and SpeeDee Oil Change, and AFM shopping bag or T-shirt. A new order of T-Shirt is now in.

The Attleboro Youth Commission will be on hand to provide assistance to shoppers who need as extra hand with their purchases.

The Market is located on North Main Street known as the Corporal George Doucette Memorial Parking Area. Free parking is available at the Sanford Street Parking Garage and Municipal Parking lot, Bank Street Municipal Parking lot, Bank Street, Hayward Street, courthouse lot, or the parking lot adjacent to the Community Garden on Riverbank Road. On-site parking is limited.

For more information go to www.AttleboroFarmersMarket.com,www.facebook.com/AttFrmMkt, e-mail AttleboroFarmersMarket@gmail.comor call Market Manager Heather Porreca at 508-736-9061.