DELECTABLE DECISIONS: So Many Choices!

Fri., July 24, 2015 – Fresh-as-can-be shopping.  The experience of Community.  Income for our local Farmers. Music, entertainment, and informational opportunities. Enjoying a rural, coastal lifestyle. A hearty welcome every week!….All of these are reasons to visit the CLT Farmers’ Market each Friday during the summer. But the STARS of each Week?  Take a look….. l                Throughout the Season, newly ripening produce makes an entrance. All the while, music with Pete Weremay entertained us, information from ecoRI, an online environmental news source, was being presented, a special visitor (more than one) from the Charlestown Animal Shelter arrived, and some new vendors offered their wares…..                             

Come One and ALL!

July 17, 2015  This week’s market continued the tradition of welcoming people of every age.

The young –

the VERY young

,

the vintage…

and the inbetween….

Add to all this – Music by one of our favorite combos – Biscuit City with Paula Clare and Josh Schurman,

…a visit from the AFS Exchange Program,  and the first day of BLUEBERRY SEASON!!!

What could be better? 

Join us this coming Friday, June 24th, to shop.  And be there for a visit from ecoRI, the online environmental news source for RI, music with Peter Weremay  and Sue Ruggieri  with the very latest from the Charlestown Animal Shelter.

If a Market Is as Good as Its Support System…then…

Fri., July 10, 2015  …the Charlestown Land Trust Farmers’ Market is in GREAT shape!  With our valuable volunteers and organization we get to run a vibrant market every week!  Here’s some of what we mean….

Our Market Manager, Kat Jackson (pictured here with Karen Jarret, CLT Bd. President and faithful market volunteer), plans for each Friday and then oversees the works from the opening bell to the 1 PM closing.

Helping vendors to unpack, assist shoppers as they park, and greet all comers with geniality are part of a regular day at the Market for Eric, one of our veteran student volunteers…

As for those special events that are featured each week at the market?  Thanks goes in large part to Linda Boback pictured working here with another regular CLT Bd. member/volunteer, Connie Baker…

The special event from the July 10th market was a visit from Loren Spears from the Tomaquag Museum, an organization that tells the story of RI’s Indigenous Peoples.  Ms Spears led a storytelling/history fest for all in attendance.

Another feature of our market – the MUSIC! – was provided by Chris Fee, returning once again this year to add a dimension of pleasure we’ve all come to appreciate.

Each week any number of questions may arise throughout the day. These are often handled by volunteers under our market tent…or as they stroll around and about among vendors and visitors. vendors around and about.

Along with special treats from our regular vendors, visitors can count on deliciously authentic lemonade – squeezed, mixed, and offered each week by Eloise and company…

The Church of the Holy Spirit, which shares their beautiful grounds with us each season, hosted their annual “Chowder Cook Off” this past week with savory samplings of seafood in chowder form for all partakers.

Having a strong foundation contributes to the success and vitality of any Market.  Join us on Friday mornings to see for yourself what a pleasure (a healthy one) our CLT Market is!

Shopping for the Holiday!

July3, 2015  The day before the 4th of July shoppers shopped – really shopped – with a fine choice of fresh produce,

 

visitors visited,

the recyclers recycled,

and our volunteers?  Well, they volunteered.  Those volunteers lay the groundwork for a vibrant and functional Farmers’ Market every Friday! 

And all the while, the music played on….