It Doesn't Get More Local Than This - - Support Your Local Growers!

Even though I plant a small vegetable garden in my backyard each year, one of the most anticipated pleasures of springtime is opening day of the local outdoor farmers markets. We have a perfectly wonderful market here in Bath and there is nothing better than walking down to Waterfront Park on a Saturday morning and buying direct from the people who grow the goods. So, I grab my L.L. Bean tote bag (the big one) and get walkin’!

The Bath Farmers Market opens May 2^nd this year - - this is Mayfair Weekend in Bath so the opening coincides with lots of fun stuff all over town, but more about that later. The Bath Farmers Market can be found at Waterfront Park – can’t think of a nicer setting - and is open 8:30 am until noon. The Market will be open every Saturday through October. If you happen to run into someone you know (and you will), the park is the perfect place to sit and visit for a while.

Several new vendors have been announced for this year - - Fresh Start Farms in Lisbon will come with ethnic Somali vegetables and Passion Flower Farms will bring heirloom flowers and bouquets from West Bath, as will Marjie Hawkes.

In addition to all things grown in Maine gardens, the Bath Market features several organic meat growers (Kelley Brothers Farm brings grass-fed beef and Corner Stone Farm has organic pork) and poultry growers (Goranson Farms and Mainely Poultry), cheese makers (Blue Velvet & City of Ships) and the ever popular Borealis Bread and Beryl’s Pastries.

This is as local as it gets - - a fantastic opportunity to support sustainable agriculture by buying locally. It’s fun, it’s healthy and its good for your local economy. So wherever you live, support your local growers.

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