National Farmers Market Week and Zucchini Days!

The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market will celebrate all things zucchini at the Saturday Market on August 12 and the Tuesday Market on August 15. Both days will feature zucchini specials, zucchini recipes, and the annual zucchini races.

Children can decorate a zucchini, add wheels, and race it down a 16-foot track. Zucchini races will be held on August 12 from 11am-1pm and on August 15 from 12pm-2pm. Art supplies provided by Otsego 2000 and zucchini provided by Heller’s Farm.

There will be a selection of zucchini recipes including appetizers, main dishes, pickles, and desserts.

Come enjoy the local bounty, with fresh vegetables, fruit and herbs, plus local meat and poultry, farmstead cheese, and a great selection of prepared foods, artisan crafts, flowers and plants, baked goods, skincare, home goods and more. Listen to music on the Market Stage from 10:00 am to noon.