Friday, July 29, 2011

Hampton Falls Hosts Farmer’s Market

HAMPTON FALLS—
The Hampton Falls Farmer’s Market was conceived of and founded by Sue Veilleux. Sue raises Nubian goats at her Jesta Farm in Hampton Falls. She has been selling her goats’ milk soap, milk and eggs at various local farmer’s markets for many years. Her dream was to create a market on the Hampton Falls common to serve as a meeting place for town and area residents and provide an opportunity for smaller and unique producers to sell their wares.
To that end, she founded the Hampton Falls Farmer’s Market Association and the group has been sponsoring markets on the common on Monday afternoons between 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. Besides Sue’s Jesta Farm, the market offers vegetables and fruit from Applecrest in Hampton Falls and Long Hill Orchard in W. Newbury, MA, items from Buzz Bomb World spices and gluten free bakery in Hampton, and maple ice cream and candy from Sugarmomma’s in Northwood. They also offer honey wines from the Moonlight Meadery in Salem and cut flowers from Indian Hill Farm in South Hampton. Other vendors offer products ranging from herbal teas and syrups to Belgian waffles.
The vendor list is constantly growing and the market welcomes applications from area producers, especially in the category of organic produce. For more information, contact hamptonfallsfarmersmarket@comcast.net.