Memorial Day Weekend Market

Tom Oswald performing last year at the market. He’ll be back singing his songs on May 25.

Welcome to market #4!  What a great way to start Memorial Day Weekend! This week local award-winning singer-songwriter Tom Oswald will be playing guitar and sharing his original songs with us 4:30 to 6 pm.

On the Hot Cart the Lions Club will have hot dogs and homemade sauerkraut, along with chips and drinks. Soup by St. James will be cilantro & pea, and maybe some cream of asparagus. The soup is sold at the Glenfiddich Baked Goods booth.

Lee’s Bees is back, and in addition to the honey products they had last year, look for their new honey wheat bread and designer totes made out of old feed bags.

Produce will range from organic strawberries at the red Tow Cow Creamery trailer to carrots and shell peas at Running Bear Farm’s booth to spinach and some luscious salad mixes at Spring Meadows’ stand. Starbright Farms will have lettuce (ready-to-eat) and basil plants for the garden. Herb Corner will have hanging baskets as well as herb and vegetable starter plants.

Baked goods are always in season! Glenfiddich will have strawberry cupcakes and cinnamon rolls (as well as amazing fresh salsa). She will also have some discounted breads and cookies that were frozen from last week. Yorkshire Meadows will have fresh rhubarb crunch desert, in addition to her regular English fare (and frozen homemade sauerkraut). Donna at Basically Bagels will have a new treat this week—bacon-stuffed sticky buns. Wow!

Be sure to check out our craft vendors for gifts for when you go a-visiting this summer. Another gift option for people in the area is Mansfield Growers Market Gift Certificates. At $5 you can buy one or many, and they can be redeemed at any market vendor. You may purchase them at the Market Information Booth, along with t-shirts.

Join us for fresh food–grown by your friends!

Lilace

Market #3–Asparagus, Strawberries, & New Craft Vendors

Our vendors have beautiful lettuce, spinach, and other greens. This one is from Starbright Farm in Wellsboro.

We are off to a great start and the weather has been fantastic for us. We will have all the usual variety of wonderful produce, meat, and dairy this week, but there are some new vendors and items I’d like to highlight.

Look for two new craft vendors–Recycled Diva and Clumsy Clover Crafts and Jewelry. Nikki Wilson of Recycled Diva, offering glass towers for the garden, tin hanging votives, Adirondack chairs made form pallets, and more. Eve Webster of Clumsy Clover has jewelry, apparel, and other crafts for sale. And Kim Furry with Gaia Gardens is back again with old favorites like teacup bird feeders and new items like barrettes.

Shannon at Glenfiddich Baked Goods will have fresh salsa! Remember Mary Ann who sold salsa at Shannon’s booth last year? Well, I think Shannon may have that recipe! Shannon’s featured cupcake this week is key lime. And St. James has fresh asparagus soup for sale at Shannon’s booth, and frozen tomato basil soup from last week.

Toy Cow Creamery will have some organic strawberries–get them while they last. More will follow. Many vendors will have asparagus, in addition to lettuce, spinach, rhubarb, and chard. On the Hot Cart Yorkholo will be grilling up some meat and veggie kabobs with their homemade root beer. Night&Day’s booth will have fresh squeezed-lemonade, in addition to coffee.

Come enjoy tunes from Matt and Jude Noldy at 4pm. Known as Acoustic Pawnshop, this couple has a great play list!

Many of our vendors are ready to help inform and educate you about the nutritional benefits and ways to cook or use their products. Diane at Herb Corner will have Tips and Tidbits posted about herbs at her booth. Spring Meadows Farm will be offering Field Days again this year, starting with Cheesemaking and Dairy on Saturday, May 26. For more information check out http://springmeadowsfarm.wordpress.com/learning-opportunities/field-days/ or see Jake at the booth.

Did you know that there is a Community Blood Bank that collects blood from Potter and Tioga County residents for use in those counties? Look for Lora Cope who will be walking around signing up people who wish to be alerted when the blood drives occur. Information will also be available at the market booth. One more way to keep it local!

The Mansfield Growers Market is every friday from 3 – 6:00 p.m. at the corner of St. James St. and Route 6, on the grounds of the St. James Church. Join us for fresh food–grown by your friends!

See you there,

Lilace

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Ignore the White Stuff

It can snow all it wants, we’ll still be opening our 2012 season 3-6 pm, Friday May 4 at St. James Church. Many of our farmers have snow-thwarting high tunnels or hoop houses. So there, snow! We’ve updated this site with the lists of vendors and sponsors, so be sure to check those pages (tabs are at the top). And I personally want to thank our large, enthusiastic volunteer staff who are either currently busy behind the scenes or are soon-to-be busy on Friday afternoons.

See y’all soon!

Lilace

Signing Up New Vendors Now!

We are getting applications in from vendors new and returning, but there is still room for more. If you grow or craft products within 50 miles of Mansfield (as the crow flies), we hope you will consider applying. St. James Church, on Route 6 one block east of Main Street, is the site of the market, which in 2012 will run 3-6 pm the first Friday in May to the last Friday in September.

Highlights of the weekly market include live music, kids activities, and supper fresh from the hot cart. Shoppers find a wide variety of local fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, flowers, seedlings, fresh herbs, maple products, honey, dairy products, baked goods, preserves, and farm-based or other high quality craft items.

The Mansfield Growers Market was established in 2009. We are especially looking for high quality crafts and products to enhance our festival atmosphere—like Kettle Korn or roasted peanuts. And we always have room for more growers.

Many of the current vendors at Mansfield also participate in other markets, such as the ones in Troy and Wellsboro. In fact, there is a discount for vendors that apply for both the Wellsboro Farmers Market and Mansfield Growers Market. At Mansfield, vendors have the option of signing up for 1-5, 6-13, or 14-22 market days. Potential vendors with questions concerning state regulations, insurance, etc. are encouraged to contact market managers, who are happy to work with small producers and first-timers.

Guidelines, applications, and more information are available by contacting Dan Styborski at 570-662-2766 or dstyborski@gmail.com. To RSVP for the potluck meeting February 10, please contact Lilace Guignard at 570-404-4666 or lilacemellin@gmail.com. St. James Church is located at 30 E. Wellsboro Street. Vendor applications must be completed by March 7, 2012.

MGM is Recruiting Vendors for 2012!

We’d like to add more vendors in 2012. If you grow or craft products within 50 miles of Mansfield (as the crow flies), we hope you will consider applying. A pre-season meeting and potluck will be held 6-8 pm Friday, February 10 at the St. James Episcopal Church Parish Hall. St. James Church, on Route 6 one block east of Main Street, is the site of the market, which in 2012 will run 3-6 pm the first Friday in May to the last Friday in September.

Yarn from Yorkshire Meadows, a 2011 vendor.

Highlights of the weekly market include live music, kids activities, and supper fresh from the hot cart. Shoppers find a wide variety of local fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, flowers, seedlings, fresh herbs, maple products, honey, dairy products, baked goods, preserves, and farm-based or other high quality craft items.

The Mansfield Growers Market was established in 2009. We are especially looking for high quality crafts and products to enhance our festival atmosphere—like Kettle Korn or roasted peanuts. And we always have room for more growers.

Many of the current vendors at Mansfield also participate in other markets, such as the ones in Troy and Wellsboro. In fact, there is a discount for vendors that apply for both the Wellsboro Farmers Market and Mansfield Growers Market. At Mansfield, vendors have the option of signing up for 1-5, 6-13, or 14-22 market days. Potential vendors with questions concerning state regulations, insurance, etc. are encouraged to come to the meeting February 10 or contact market managers, who are happy to work with small producers and first-timers.

Guidelines, applications, and more information are available by contacting Dan Styborski at 570-662-2766 or dstyborski@gmail.com. To RSVP for the potluck meeting February 10, please contact Lilace Guignard at 570-404-4666 or lilacemellin@gmail.com. St. James Church is located at 30 E. Wellsboro Street. Vendor applications must be completed by March 7, 2012.

Have a great winter!

Meanwhile, the managers and vendors of the Mansfield Growers Market will be planning for next year. If you are interested in becoming a vendor in 2012, please contact Jackie Schlitzer atjackie@trychips.com. If you’d like to be a sponsor next year, contact Lilace Guignard at lilacemellin@gmail.com.

Any other great ideas? We’d love to hear them.

Take care and stay warm,
Lilace

About Us!

The Mansfield Growers Market, organized by St. James Episcopal Church, consists of 25 vendors, a large management team, 23 sponsors, and a myriad of community folks volunteering their time to entertain and educate. That’s who we are.

What we are is a good time, every Friday, 3 pm to 6 pm, April 29 thu October 14, 2011

Where we are is the church grounds, 30 E. Wellsboro St., one block East of Main Street, Mansfield, PA.

Why we’re here is to grow community through better health, environmental sustainability, and economic stability.

Objectives: To provide fresh food and local products to our community; to create opportunities for local farmers, market gardeners, and producers of farm, kitchen, and craft products to thrive; to support the local economy; to provide an alternative to Wal-Mart during the growing season; to educate the community about sustainable agriculture and good nutrition; to welcome FMNP coupons; to provide a festive weekly event which brings people together.

Products: Fresh produce, cut flowers, herbs, honey, maple syrup, soaps, baked goods, beef, pork, bison, poultry, eggs, milk, cheese, garden art, jams, homemade soup, and more.

Each week, in addition to what’s for sale, we offer a different mix of educational booths, activities for kids, music, and hot food. Everything from learning how to sharpen your reel lawnmower and composting tips to petting baby alpacas and getting free five minute massages.

Come shop at your truly local grocery store!