COOPERSTOWN FARMERS’ MARKET EXPANDS SATURDAY HOURS
Beginning May 6, the year-round Cooperstown Farmers’ Market will open an hour earlier, 9 am to 2 pm on Saturdays. These expanded hours will continue through December. The Market’s 40 farmers, food producers and artisans are located within 50 miles of Cooperstown. New to the Saturday Market are Uncommon Kin Cidery, which makes heritage hard ciders with heirloom apple varietals, and WW Guiding Services, which creates hand-tied flies for fly fishing.
The Market also will feature live music performances, starting with singer/songwriter Louis "Blue Water" Watterson, who will perform on the Market stage 10 am – noon on May 6.
Vendors at the Market on May 6 are: Arabeth Farm, Art Farm Flowers, ARK Floral, Ariginal Art, Black Willow Pond Farm, By the Handful, Chatty Wren Coffee Roasters, Chesterbury Farms, Crystal's Customs, Empire Natural Foods, Gaia’s Breath Farm, Girasole Farms, Heller’s Farm, Italian Cookie Home, L’ouvriere, Middlefield Orchard, Mimikis & Dutchayr Fibers, Mountain View Dairy, Mill Hollow Maple, Nectar Hills Farm, Painted Goat Farm, RevSpirits, Rock Hill Farm, SkinBiome, Terracotta Republic, and Uncommon Kin Cidery.
The market is located at 101 Main Street in Pioneer Alley, near Doubleday Field. SNAP/EBT is welcomed and matched up to $15 at every Market. For more information, go to .cooperstownfarmersmarket.org.
Otsego 2000 is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1981 to ensure the Otsego Lake region remains a masterpiece of nature by protecting and supporting its environmental, scenic, cultural, historic, and agricultural resources and its economic well-being. Otsego 2000 accomplishes its mission through programs like the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Otsego Outdoors, Glimmerglass Film Days, historic preservation initiatives, and environmental stewardship.
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