Wayne County Farmers’ Market is open for the season every Saturday through Halloween. This year, a number of new vendors join the market including two new vegetable growers, a farmer who raises beef and pork, and a baker of pies and cheesecakes.
Located trackside behind the Wayne County Visitors Center, 32 Commercial Street, Honesdale, the market will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays through October rain or shine.
They opened this pats Saturday in time for the Honesdale Festival of the Arts.
Early spring produce is in, including asparagus, tender lettuces, rhubarb, as well as bedding plants to get your garden started. Customers will also find cheeses, kielbossa, bread, farm-fresh eggs, honey and maple syrup, homemade jams, fudge and ice cream,
Among this year’s new vendors, Michael Hardler of The Hardler Farm, Honesdale, will offer fresh beef and pork, which will be sold frozen due to Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture food safety requirements.
New vendors Brian and Susan Enslin of Twin Maples Farm, Lake Ariel, will sell their homemade pies and cheesecakes, plus a variety of homegrown vegetables throughout the summer and fall.
Leroy Mast of Leroy’s Veggies, Beach Lake, will offer lettuces, greens and strawberries early in the season, followed by a long list of other vegetables through the summer and fall, and Laura Medved of Orson’s Best Produce and Plants, Uniondale, will have vegetable sets, flowering annuals, cut and potted herbs for sale. Throughout spring and summer Ms. Medved will have many kinds of vegetables including heirloom varieties, and in the fall, her specialty—17 varieties of pumpkins.
“We are thrilled at how our farmers’ market is growing,” says market manager Lisa Salak referring to the list of new vendors. “We’re also happy to see more and more consumers discovering the rewards of eating food that’s grown, raised, or produced close to home.”
“Freshly picked produce not only tastes better, it also has more nutrients than the fruits and vegetables that can travel up to a thousand miles or more from large, industrial-scale farms to your grocery store,” Ms. Salak observed. “Our farmers pick that morning or sometimes the day before. It doesn’t get fresher than that!”
Returning farmers include Jim and Julie Yatsonsky of Yatsonsky’s Farm Market, Kara Fitzgerald and Ryan Wood-Beauchamp of Journey’s End Farm, David and Anita Avvisato of Far Away Farms, Brian and Sam Fox of Salem Mountain Natural Vegetables Farm, Roger Hill of Treeline Farm, Susan Carroll’s The Garden, and Jay and Lynita Vail of Vailland Farm.
Other returning vendors include longtime favorites Josephine Salak of Mrs. Salak’s Breads and Pies, cheese makers Jay and Emily Montgomery of Calkins Creamery, kielbossa makers Frank and Liddie Kacer, fudge makers James and Carol Rutledge of Wahoo Enterprises, and egg, chicken and beef farmer Chris Lantzsch of Lantzsch Farms.
Vendors selling household or homemaking items include Lynita Vail of Lynita’s Stitchery, Marie and Kirt Gustafson’s The Green Farmhouse from Waterdell Farm, and Mary Fritz of Water Pure. Jewelry makers Hedy Kunstmann of Some Enchanted Earrings, and Wanda and Geoff Gangel of Polygon Products also return this season. Jane Bollinger will continue her cooking demonstrations working with local produce and other local food ingredients.
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Wayne County Farmers’ Market is open for the season every Saturday through Halloween. This year, a number of new vendors join the market including two new vegetable growers, a farmer who raises beef and pork, and a baker of pies and cheesecakes.
Located trackside behind the Wayne County Visitors Center, 32 Commercial Street, Honesdale, the market will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturdays through October rain or shine.
They opened this pats Saturday in time for the Honesdale Festival of the Arts.
Early spring produce is in, including asparagus, tender lettuces, rhubarb, as well as bedding plants to get your garden started. Customers will also find cheeses, kielbossa, bread, farm-fresh eggs, honey and maple syrup, homemade jams, fudge and ice cream,
Among this year’s new vendors, Michael Hardler of The Hardler Farm, Honesdale, will offer fresh beef and pork, which will be sold frozen due to Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture food safety requirements.
New vendors Brian and Susan Enslin of Twin Maples Farm, Lake Ariel, will sell their homemade pies and cheesecakes, plus a variety of homegrown vegetables throughout the summer and fall.
Leroy Mast of Leroy’s Veggies, Beach Lake, will offer lettuces, greens and strawberries early in the season, followed by a long list of other vegetables through the summer and fall, and Laura Medved of Orson’s Best Produce and Plants, Uniondale, will have vegetable sets, flowering annuals, cut and potted herbs for sale. Throughout spring and summer Ms. Medved will have many kinds of vegetables including heirloom varieties, and in the fall, her specialty—17 varieties of pumpkins.
“We are thrilled at how our farmers’ market is growing,” says market manager Lisa Salak referring to the list of new vendors. “We’re also happy to see more and more consumers discovering the rewards of eating food that’s grown, raised, or produced close to home.”
“Freshly picked produce not only tastes better, it also has more nutrients than the fruits and vegetables that can travel up to a thousand miles or more from large, industrial-scale farms to your grocery store,” Ms. Salak observed. “Our farmers pick that morning or sometimes the day before. It doesn’t get fresher than that!”
Returning farmers include Jim and Julie Yatsonsky of Yatsonsky’s Farm Market, Kara Fitzgerald and Ryan Wood-Beauchamp of Journey’s End Farm, David and Anita Avvisato of Far Away Farms, Brian and Sam Fox of Salem Mountain Natural Vegetables Farm, Roger Hill of Treeline Farm, Susan Carroll’s The Garden, and Jay and Lynita Vail of Vailland Farm.
Other returning vendors include longtime favorites Josephine Salak of Mrs. Salak’s Breads and Pies, cheese makers Jay and Emily Montgomery of Calkins Creamery, kielbossa makers Frank and Liddie Kacer, fudge makers James and Carol Rutledge of Wahoo Enterprises, and egg, chicken and beef farmer Chris Lantzsch of Lantzsch Farms.
Vendors selling household or homemaking items include Lynita Vail of Lynita’s Stitchery, Marie and Kirt Gustafson’s The Green Farmhouse from Waterdell Farm, and Mary Fritz of Water Pure. Jewelry makers Hedy Kunstmann of Some Enchanted Earrings, and Wanda and Geoff Gangel of Polygon Products also return this season. Jane Bollinger will continue her cooking demonstrations working with local produce and other local food ingredients.
