Holiday Farmers’ Market Dec. 20
The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market will hold a special Holiday Market with 26 local farmers, artisans, crafters, and food producers on Tuesday, December 20, from 12 to 5 pm. The event will feature free mulled cider from Middlefield Orchard and live music. The Farmers’ Market, which operates year-round on Saturdays, is located in Pioneer Alley at 101 Main Street in Cooperstown.
"We are thrilled to offer another opportunity for the community to support local farms and makers. Come sip on mulled cider, enjoy live music, and get some last-minute shopping done,” said Karrie Larsson, Market Manager at Otsego 2000, which sponsors the Farmers’ Market.
Featured vendors at the Holiday Market will include: Arabeth Farm, ARK Floral, Black Willow Pond Farm, Byebrook Farm, Chatty Wren Coffee Roaster, Chesterbury Farms, Crystal’s Customs, Elk Creek Farm, Empire Natural Foods, Gaia’s Breath Farm, Girasole Farm, Heller’s Farm, Italian Cookie Home, Laura’s Chocolates, Middlefield Orchard, Mill Hollow Maple, Mountain View Dairy, Nectar Hills Farm, RevSpirits, Rock Hill Farm, Sasha Glinski Studios, Sharon Springs Granola Company, SkinBiome, Terracotta Republic, Traveling Herb Farmer, and Wildwoods Woodturning. From 1 to 3 pm, Kurt Ofer will play Christmas jazz.
The Holiday Market will feature seasonal produce, mushrooms, meats, poultry, trout, baked goods, cheese, jams and jellies, mustard, honey, granola, coffee, spirits, maple syrup, and more. Specialty items include art, plants, CBD products, herbal remedies, skincare, pottery, woodworks, jewelry, birdhouses, yarn, baked goods, toys, home goods, and chocolate. Gift certificates to the Market also will be on sale.
Larsson said that the Market will be closed on Saturday, December 24. The Farmers’ Market will be open on New Year’s Eve, Saturday December 31, 9 am to 2 pm. On January 7, 2023, the year-round Market will begin Winter hours of 10 am to 2 pm every Saturday through April. In May through December, the Farmers’ Market is open Saturdays, 9 am to 2 pm.
The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, founded by Otsego 2000, supports local growers, producers, and artisans and offers a direct connection between producer and consumer. The Cooperstown Farmers’ Market and the Cooperstown Lions Club have partnered to offer SNAP Match. SNAP Match enables customers to stretch their grocery dollars by doubling an EBT coin distribution with SNAP Match Vouchers.
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.