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The Boyertown Farmers Market is closed for the Winter season, but will be starting uo again in June 2009 on every Saturday. Check back often for updates.
Our farmers offer a great selection of produce, beef, poultry, baked goods and much,
much more. The Boyertown Farmer’s Market brings together local
farmers and the community by providing delicious, healthy, nutritious
food, while helping to preserve our agricultural resources.
We will be located at 100 South Walnut Street, in the parking lot of The Boyertown Museum of Historic Vehicles, two blocks south of the intersection of Routes 562 and 73.
You can keep abreast of what’s happening at the market each week, obtain seasonal recipes, in-depth interviews with your farmers and educational information at the new Boyertown Farmer’s Market email newsletter. Sign up at the market or contact the Market Manager at Farmmanager@boyertownpa.org.
ENTERTAINMENT:
There is usually live entertainment at the Market, and there are always special events happening. Sign up for our newsletter for more timely information.
"Take a Book (& CD!),
Leave a Book"
Bring those books and CD's that you've grown tired of and exchange them for something new! Just simply trade 'em in.
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A Big THANK YOU to our Corporate Sponsors:
CABOT Supermetals
Pottstown Area Health & Wellness Foundation
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The BBB Economic Restructuring Committee’s Farmer’s Market Sub-Committee is committed to promoting local farmers and enhancing the small-town feel that makes Boyertown so special.
manager@boyertownpa.org
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FARMERS WANTED:For more information on the Boyertown Farmer’s Market please contact Bryan McDonald, Farmers Market Manager, at (610) 369-3054 or e-mail Farmmanager@boyertownpa.org .
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FRECON FARMS
Hank Frecon
Email: info@freconfarms.com
Web: www.freconfarms.com
Phone: 888-367-6200
Schedule: Visit our store
Products: Offering the finest varieties of apples, peaches, pears and vegetables. In the fall, don’t forget the pumpkins and their unique Apple Cider Blend. Contact Frecon Farms regarding their “Pick Your Own” events.
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WOODSONG HOLLOW FARM
Nitya Akeroyd
Email: woodsonghollow@yahoo.com
Web: www.woodsonghollow.com
Phone: 610-473-8938
Schedule: At our farm: Christmas Market, Monday 12/22 from 3pm - 5pm. Dates for through May TBD.
Products: A small diversified farm offering humanely and sustainably raised chicken, lamb, Thanksgiving turkeys, eggs and heritage pork. Our livestock enjoy fresh air, sunshine and green grass, and receive no antibiotics or growth hormones. The supplemental grain our poultry and hogs receive is grown and milled fresh by a local farmer who farms using organic practices. Additional seasonally available products include fresh culinary herbs, berries, pet food items, native plants, sheepskins and wool products. Also available, artisan raw milk cheeses from Welsh Mountain Farm's pastured jersey cows. Farm visits are available by appointment. You are welcome to place an order ahead of time for pickup at the market.
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BREAKAWAY FARMS
Nate Thomas
Email: info@breakawayfarms.net
Web: www.breakawayfarms.net
Phone: 717-665-1133
Schedule: Farm sales only.
Products: “Beyond Organic” is the word at this farm. All beef cows, heritage-breed pigs, chickens and turkeys roam free enjoying fresh air, chemical-free pastures and locally grown organic feed mix. Also available, eggs and cheeses. Preorders are highly recommended.
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STONECROFT FARM
Amy & Dan Ray
Email: Stncroft@dejazzd.com
Phone: 610-845-8050
Schedule: Closed for the season
Products: Assorted goat cheeses, plain and infused with herbs, goat milk yogurt, free-range eggs, cut flowers and herb bunches.
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THE BLACK BUGGY BAKING COMPANY
Felicia Fisher
Email: blackbuggybakingcompany@yahoo.com
Web: www.blackbuggybakingcompany.com
Phone: 610-914-9090
Schedule: Fisher's Produce pie pick up on December 23rd from noon until 5pm. at the farm stand. Pre-orders recommended.
Products: The Black Buggy Baking Company produces an array of fresh pies according to seasonal fruit availability, but the one pie that has been a staple at Fisher's Farm Fresh Produce is Felicia's Wet Bottom Shoo-Fly Pie - and it continues to gain notoriety. In addition, they offer freshly baked oversized cookies in an assortment of delicious flavors including Vanilla Sugar, Oatmeal Raisin, Chocolate Chip and Peanut Butter.
You can also always find Felicia's pies and cookies at Fisher's Farm Fresh Produce, located on Route 662 in Oley (Memorial Highway) just 1 mile north of Yellow House Hotel and 2 miles south of Oley Turnpike Road. Just look for the signs.
HEAVENLY HELPINGS BAKED GOODS
Pat Uttley
Email: pu_223@yahoo.com
Phone: 484-437-0617
Chris McKay
Email: chrissymckay@yahoo.com
Phone: 484-614-7442
Schedule: At Woodsong Hollow Farm: Monday 12/22, from 3pm - 5pm.
Also at Expresso Yourself in Douglassville and Exeter.
Products: Heavenly Helpings creates a variety of fine baked goods -- cookies, pies, biscotti, power bars and jams, and an assortment of breads in three sizes -- large loaves, small loaves and even muffin sized -- so it's easy to get just the right portion you want of their Blueberry Crunch, Peach Crumb, Zucchini Bread or various Pound Cakes, to name only a few.
Heavenly Helpings supports our local farmers by using fresh, in-season ingredients whenever possible, and use a great many organics too. They use no transfats, high fructose corn syrup or artificial sweeteners, and they even have a line of gluten-free products!
You can also call ahead to see what items they have and pre-order, and they can take orders to supply any events you may have coming up. And ask about their custom gift baskets!
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BURKHOLDER CERTIFIED ORGANIC PRODUCE
Kutztown, PA
Phone: 610-682-7460
Schedule: Farm sales only.
Products: This organically certified farm provides many small vegetables, greens and other exotic items. They also carry pastured free-range eggs. If buying organic vegetables is important to you – this is your vendor.
RIEGEL’S PRODUCE
Dave & Mabel Riegel
Email: riegel_david@yahoo.com
Web: www.localharvest.com
Phone: 610-756-6837
Schedule: Farm sales only.
Products: Depending on the season, this farm will provide strawberries, sweet corn, cantaloupe, watermelon, eggplant, peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, string beans and peas. Many prepared goods: homemade jams, relish, pickles, Chow Chow, fresh baked pies and cookies.
OLEY VALLEY ORGANICS, LLC
Barb & Mike Dietrich
Email: info@oleyvalleyorganics.com
Web: www.oleyvalleyorganics.com
Phone: 484-336-9980
Schedule: At Woodsong Hollow Farm: Tuesday 11/25, from 2pm - 6:30pm.
All other winter sales from their website.
Products: Organically grown asparagus, strawberries, raspberries and other
seasonal, organic produce. Flowers and plants are available in Spring
and then during the Christmas season, hand-crafted wreaths. When not at
the Boyertown Farmers Market, visit their roadside stand in Pikeville.
PROUT’S JOLLYVIEW FARM
Benjamin and Jillian Prout
Email: SYMJ48@aol.com
Phone: 610-291-9231
Schedule: Closed for the season.
Products: Strawberries, blueberries, hot peppers, herbs and many other seasonally available vegetables.
WILD FOR SALMON
Steve & Jenn Kurian
Email: wildforsalmon@yahoo.com
Web: www.wildforsalmon.com
Phone: 570-387-0550
Schedule: Orders can be shipped -- visit their website. Their salmon is also carried by Woodsong Hollow and Frecon's Store.
Products: You guessed it – Salmon! The salmon is caught in Bristol Bay, Alaska during the months of June and July and brought home to be sold at farm markets, restaurants and health-food stores. Preorders are highly recommended. Other items for sale, cookbooks, grill planks and T-shirts.
SPOTTED HILL FARM
Donna Howard
Email: donna@spottedhillfarm.com
Web: www.spottedhillfarm.com
Phone: 610-473-9637
Schedule: Farm sales only.
Products: Soaps, lotions and other products made from the goats on her farm. In addition to your favorites from last year, there are new fragrances this year, liquid soap, and lotion is now available in larger containers. Their bug repellant is now called "Beat It, Bug!" and comes in lotion and spray form. Also exciting, they have a new flaxseed oil soap which is silky and has a wonderful lather. Flaxseed is highly recommended for mature skin and will delight skin of all ages! Spotted Hill accepts Visa and Mastercard.
ILLUSION RANCH
Robin Gilmore
Email: info@IllusionRanch.com
Web: www.IllusionRanch.com
Schedule: Farm sales only.
Products: High-quality, colorful baby and adult Alpacas available for purchase. Also, skeins of the finest Alpaca wool, rovings and raw alpaca fibers direct from the ranch. Clothing made from alpaca wool and alpaca toys will be available. There will also be Alpacas there for “meeting and touching”, bring the kids!
STILL POND NURSERY
Web: www.stillpondnursery.com
Schedule: Closed for the season,
Products: Established in 1989 and nestled into the hills of southern Berks County, Still Pond Nursery is a wholesale grower known for having the best selection and quality in the tri-county area. Throughout the season they produce over 500 perennial and annual varieties, both tried and true and the new and interesting. Retail hours at the nursery are Saturdays only, from 9am - 2pm, April through October. You can review their plant offerings and get directions by visiting the web address.
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ENTERTAINMENT 2009
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