Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

A Place In the Sun

This season revives dozens of warm-weather farmers markets statewide and introduces brand-new ones, including Essex’s Five Corners Farmers Market and the Colchester Farmers Market. One perennial is located in Hardwick, a town that’s garnered heaps of recent attention for its local food growth. The weekly food-and-crafts bazaar revved up on May 7th, but it’ll go all out for a grand opening party. Usual vendors — Surfing Veggie Farm, Patchwork Farm & Bakery and Connie’s Kitchen, among others — set up shop next to 2 Acre Farm, which offers a sale of day-old chicks. A llama pops up at fiber and felting demos by Nancy Kish of Agape Hill Farm. Pony rides, bluegrass by Alan Greenleaf and face painting by Vermont artist Kate Sprague run simultaneously. Give it — and your local market — a gander.