Wilmot Farmers Market joins markets across the country in celebrating National Farmers Market Week, from Sunday, August 7 through Saturday, August 13, and New Hampshire Eat Local Month for the entire month of August.
The Market encourages the community to attend our market during August and to participate in the New Hampshire Eat Local Challenge. Purchase foods from at least five different farms or food businesses that source from local farms. By Wednesday, August 31, submit a challenge form, available at the market while supplies last, for a chance to win one of a variety of nice prizes.
Later in the month, on Saturday, August 20, the market will be the host for a Cooking Matters workshop from 10 to 11 AM. In partnership with the New Hampshire Food Bank, the Nutrition Connections from the New Hampshire Corporation conducts the hour-long program, which features recipes, a tour of the market, and $10 in vouchers to shop at the market.
Registration is required. Email Alyssa.Lemmermann@nullUNH.edu or call 603-815-2038.
Amid a global pandemic, farmers markets, in general, innovated to continue operations to sustain farms and continue to feed the communities that depend on them. Farmers markets create their own community, fostering direct relationships between customers and vendors, while building a local food system. Farmers market hubs support local farms, enhance the local economy, and provide an outlet for small businesses of all kinds.
The 2022 Wilmot Market hosts about 20 full-time and part-time vendors, selling a wide variety of products, like soap and body care, goat products (including ice cream), beef, pork, chicken, eggs, produce, herbs, bakery items, pottery, jewelry, a book on Richard Potter, flowers, no-salt seasonings, note cards, woodworking and needlecrafts, maple syrup, and breakfast too.
After two years of strict guidelines and restrictions to reduce gathering, the market welcomes the return of the education tent and live music. The education tent is a space set aside for community nonprofits to spread their mission.
Veterans shopping at the market may bring an ID to the Merrimack County Conservation tent to receive $20 per month in market vouchers. The vouchers can be used at any vendor tent. Donations to help continue the veteran’s program are welcome and should be mailed directly to Merrimack County Conservation District, 10 Ferry Street Suite 211, Concord NH 03301.
Celebrate New Hampshire Eat Local month by visiting the Wilmot Farmers Market at 9 Kearsarge Valley Road in Wilmot Flat. The market operates rain or shine, from 9 AM to noon, every Saturday through September 24.
For information on vendors and musician schedules, visit WilmotFarmersMarket.com.