Real Food in Real Weather: Park Slope Farmers Market Now Open Outdoors All Year
Brooklyn, NY (December 13, 2011) -- Every Sunday from 11am-5:00pm, the good food farmers and artisanal producers of New York and New Jersey meet a stampede of shoppers at the Park Slope Farmers Market on Fifth Avenue at Fourth Street. In the past, the market went indoors for the winter—sometimes leading to bewildered tracks in the snow as people looked for their weekly grocery stop. Now Community Markets, the management team behind the market, announces that devotees will find the Park Slope Farmers Market in its outdoor home all year long.
The vendors at the Park Slope 2012 Winter Farmers Market include: Fork and Glass, American Pride Seafood, Bombay Emerald Chutney Company, Bread Alone, Brooklyn Cured, Dr. Pickle, Breezy Hill Orchards, Feather Ridge Farm, Hudson Valley Duck, Jersey Farm Produce, Migliorelli Farm, Mortgage Apple Cakes, The Pastures, Raaka Chocolate, Tierra Farm, YisRoyal, Flour City Pasta, Barry’s Tempeh, and Calcutta Kitchens.
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For Miriam Haas, founder of Community Markets, the outdoor site serves one of the top benefits of shopping at a farmers market: learning about seasonality. “If you’re into the local food movement, you’re probably someone who likes change. We sell the freshest varieties of produce that thrive in this region, season-by-season. You’re not going to find the food miles of lemons and pineapples here. Our shoppers are spontaneous--often people come to the market and then decide what to cook,” she explained.
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See you there – same time, same place, all year.
Who: Park Slope Farmers Market run by Community Markets
What: The market is staying at its outdoor home all year long
When: Starting on January 8th, every Sunday* from 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Fifth Avenue, at Fourth Street, in front of P.S. 51, Park Slope, Brooklyn
* The Park Slope market will be closed on Easter Sunday, 4/8/12.
Community Markets is celebrating their 20th year of dedication to making each of their markets a place for community members to come together, relax, be entertained and engaged with local food. Our 2012 indoor season will start on 1/07/12 with several markets throughout Westchester & in NYC. For more information visit: www.communitymarkets.biz or contact Frankie Rowland: frowland@communitymarkets.biz or (914) 923-4837.
