Market Opens Saturday

After nearly a year of planning, the Market opens this Saturday. We will have roughly eighteen vendors each week. We'll have local produce, lobster, breads, desserts, organic coffee, eggs, jams and much more. We have some excellent artists and will also have acoustic music playing onstage most weeks. We're confident that we have a terrific group of vendors and we hope that you all have an opporunity to come down on Saturday and show them your support (and buy some excellent items).

Thanks for all your support and we'll see you on the Green.

We'd like to give a huge thank you to following businesses and families that donated money to help fund the vendor guide that we will be distributing at the market and throughout the area. Thank you! Thank you!

Josh Cutler
Dan Taylor
Dottie and Scott MacInnes
Pembroke School of Performing Arts
Beth York Real Eatate
Ocean Works Inc
Janet and Bert White
Salvage Chic
Rebecca W. Coletta Esq.
Beloved Jeannette & Tom Reading "Grandpa Tom's"
Liz and Phil Benotti
A special thanks to Jim and Linda McCollum
Mary Lou Chase
The Mattakeesett Garden Club of Pembroke
Susan Goode of Quincy, MA
Pembroke Cookie Company
John and Kerri Ahern of Blue Gate Farm
Help Desk Services
Pembroke Express
Bob & Lydia Hale

2010 Market Vendors Selected!

We are thrilled to announce the following vendors that have been selected for the 2010 Pembroke Farmers' Market. We feel confident that you will have a wide variety of fresh, local foods from organic veggies, fruits and herbs, to lobster, eggs, meats, breads, sweets, flowers, honey and jellies to choose from. You will also find locally made jewelry, bags, afghans, soaps, candles, pottery and even sustainable products!

2010 Vendors
Billingsgate Farm
Uncle Dave's Farm stand
Taproot Gardens
West Elm Farm
Boathouse Lobster
The Carver Farm
Pembroke Cookie Company
Acorn Canning Company
Blue Goose Cottage
Bogberries & Anne-Made Jewelry
Green 101
Pottery by Kathleen
Saxs by Suzan

The market starts Saturday, July 10th at 9:00 AM on the Town Green. There will be entertainment and children's activities! We look forward to seeing you at the market!

Sponsorship opportunities

Hi there,

Below is the fundraising email/letter we are sending out. If you are interested in helping to sponsor this year's market, please read below. If you'd like this information emaied to you, shoot us an email at farmersmarketpembroke@gmail.com.

Thanks


Hello,

As many of you are aware, we are in the midst of launching a farmers market in Pembroke. The official launch of the market will be Saturday, July 10th on the Town Green from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. The support we’ve received from the community, interested vendors and volunteers has been overwhelming. We think you are going to be very happy with the local products that will be available.

As a brand-new community group, our funding resources are limited and we are writing with hopes of securing sponsorship donations. We are putting together the first annual P.F.M. Guide, an informative brochure with 2010 vendor products and contact information to make your shopping easier both at the market and the rest of the year. The P.F.M. Get Fresh Guide will be available at the market and around town. Individuals, families or non-profits willing to make a donation of $25 will have their names included in the brochure as a friend of the market. Businesses interested in making a donation of $50 donation will have their business name and website included in the guide.

With the money raised, we hope to increase the awareness of not only the Pembroke Farmers’ Market through advertising and signage but also of the importance of eating locally, supporting local farmers, growers and artisans and educating our community on safe, healthy eating habits.

We hope the market will be a part of the town for many years to come. Please help us continue our efforts to a successful farmers’ market for our community! If you are interested in sponsoring the market, please fill out the attached information below.

Thank you for your support,

Matt York and Christine Falk


Donations must be received by June 15th to be printed in the 2010 PFM Get Fresh Guide:

Please check box:

[ ] $25 – Family or non-profit

[ ] $50 – Business

Each family or non-profit will have their name listed on a single line. Please write how you’d like the name to appear in the brochure:

Businesses will have their name listed on one line and a second line that include either your website or phone number:

Please make checks payable to Pembroke Farmers Market & mail to:
Pembroke Farmers Market
Attn: Matt York
125 Furnace Colony Drive
Pembroke, MA 02359
Thank you for your support and see you at the market!

Market Applications are now available!

Hello all,

We're excited to have the vendor applications for this year's market now available. If you are interested, please email us at farmersmarketpembroke@gmail.com or call Matt York (781-293-3339) or Christine Falk (617-293-2480).

April Update

Hello all,

Christine and I had a pair of good meetings this week. We met with the Board of Health along with a few interested vendors and they were very helpful in answering some questions that we had. We also met again with the Recreation Department. They agreed that we could have access to the bathrooms at the Community Center each week. That's a big win because it saves us the cost of renting porta-potties which likely would have been pricey (and kinda gross).

A few other notes:

1) I know that some of you had expressed interest in selling baked goods. It's a state law, however, that baked goods can only come from a commercial kitchen and I know that some of you mentioned you didn't have access to one. We were surprised to find out that there is a commercial kitchen inside the community center. We talked at our meeting last night about the possibility of possibly renting the kitchen as a market and believe there's a good chance we could do so at a fairly nominal price. If any of you might be interested in that, please let me know. I wanted to gauge interest before going any further w/ the community center folks.

2) If any of you plan on using scales at the market, I'd suggest you give a call to Joseph Suppa (781-293-3864). He's the sealer of weights and measures for Pembroke.

3) We've had some musicians and artists that have expressed an interest in performing at the market. We have a great bandstand for doing so. If you know of anybody that might be a good fit, let me know. We're ideally looking for fairly low-key or acoustic acts (no metal or gangsta rap...sorry).

4) We're thinking of having a fundraiser/party in June to help pay for any advertising, unforeseen expenses and possibly to be able to give a little money to the artists that perform. I think it'd also be a great opportunity for vendors, volunteers and supporters of the market to get together and celebrate what we hope will be a very a successful summer. If you think you'd be interested in attending, let us know. I'd like to have a ballpark figure interest-wise before we go and try and find a place to hold it.

5) We are working with the state to get the market approved for WIC (women, infants and nutrition program). Vendors that want to be offer WIC need to take a one-hour certification from the state. Once I have some dates for the certification, I'll let you know. It's a great program that you can read more about here

6) Think that's about it. Contracts should be ready very soon.

Be well,

Matt York
farmersmarketpembroke@gmail.com

Spring is coming!

After all the rain over the weekend, it is so nice to see the sun again. Spring is in the air and the signs are all over my yard...bulbs are popping up everywhere! Most exciting for me is the garlic growing in the garden. This is my first year growing garlic. My mother-in-law gave my some bulbs in the fall and I was thrilled (that's where I am in life now, garlic bulbs make me happy)!

Matt & I continue to work on the contracts for the market. We will be meeting with both the Board of Health and the Recreation Department in the next month. We are hoping to have contracts available in April.

We are still looking for vendors and musicians. Anyone who is interested who has not contacted us yet, please either email us at farmersmarketpembroke@gmail.com or call Matt @ 781-953-6177 or Christine @ 617-293-2480.

Finally, today is the Plymouth Winter Farmers' Market at Plimoth Plantation from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM. I've heard great things about this market and plan on going. Stop in and buy local! For more information visit www.plimoth.org.