Farmers' Market Season Opens May 1

The outdoor farmers' market season opens this week, with the first markets being Thursday in Exeter and Saturday in Portsmouth, according to the Seacoast Growers Association.

After May 1, there's a farmers' market in the Seacoast every other day.

The local lineup:

• Exeter Farmers’ Market: Thursday, May 1 (Thursdays, 2:15 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Swasey Parkway).

• Portsmouth Farmers’ Market: Saturday, May 3 (Saturdays, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., City Hall parking lot)

• Durham Farmers’ Market: Monday, June 2 (Mondays, 2:15 p.m. to  6 p.m., Durham Town Offices parking lot)

• Dover Farmers’ Market: Wednesday, June 4 (Wednesdays, 2:15 p.m. to 6 p.m., Dover Chamber of Commerce parking lot.

Seacoast Growers Association welcomes 15 new members this season. They are:

• Choice Oysters
• Fruition Farm
• Bison Project
• Apple Annies
• Back to Eden Farm
• UNH Organic Gardening Club
• Winnicut Farm
• Maine Herb Farm
• NH Community Seafood
• Marcia’s Jamaican Food
• The Soup Guy
• Leaven Beer and Bread House
• Soothey Designs
• Grace Walters Naturals
• Nomad Leather Works