Belmont Farmers Market Set to Open June 13

It's official: the award-winning Belmont Farmers Market, part of the Belmont Food Collaborative, will open for the 2013 season on Thursday, June 13, at 2 p.m. It's located behind the Belmont Center shops, in the municipal parking lot at Channing Road and Cross Street. Sign up for our weekly e-Newsletter to keep up with market news during the season atbelmontfarmersmarket.org, or e-mail belmontfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

The Food Collaborative is also sponsoring a spinach and cheese ravioli-making class on Saturday, May 18, 3 p.m. to  6 p.m., at the First Church, Unitarian Universalist, 404 Concord Ave. Florence native Anna Tommasi Nathanson will lead the class through tasting the final product. Class size limited to 12. Fee: $40. Visit belmontfood.org for more information, or stop by the Belmont Farmers' Market booth at Town Day, also on May 18th.