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9 Local Chefs + Local Farms = Alfresco Dining … Friday Night In Newbury Free Admission

Nice article by Sonya Vartabedian today in the Daily News about the plans for 9 local chefs to pair with local farms at the first Farmers Market Dinner. Friday night, in a tent under the stars, in Newbury at the Spencer-Peirce-Little  Farm. LFN appreciates it when the media covers local food topics. Growning and preparing our excellent [...]

Bicycle To Newburyport Farmers Market….Get Free Tannery Bucks…2 for bikes, 3 for trikes, and 5 for unicycles!

David Hall at the Newburyport Farmers Market  and a big supporter of the Local Food Network asked us to invite local foodies to bicycle to the FM for the next two weeks and receive Free Bucks for Bike Wheels. Its a good way to buy your food and do something good for the environment.
Celebrating human-powered transportation [...]

Vote for Farmer’s Market……… help win $$$ to do more

Local on-line and print  journalist and political “news hound” Gillian Swart blogs about this opportunity to help win $5000 to promote our Newburyport Farmers Market. The voting is building pretty well so far. Here is the link to her blog “Port Reporter Unlimited” where you’ll find the door to voting. By supporting the Newburyport Farmers [...]

Farmers Market Needs Volunteers……..Tomorrow June 21st

Alexas and George from SEED  let us know volunteers are needed for tomorrow at the Newburyport Farmers Market. Contact Shari Wilkinson if you can help. There are convenient morning or afternoon shifts. And if you are a Dad it would be a great way to “model” community volunteerism to your kids. And if you are a young adult who hasn’t [...]

Waterside Picnic …………open to all Sunday June 21st, 4:00pm till Stars Shine

We’re celebrating  the new Newburyport Farmers Market, Father’s Day, and the Solstice, by having an informal gathering of folks interested in Slow Food/Local Food. Its going to be a fun little picnic  on the grass behind the Firehouse this Sunday June 21st. We’ll be there from 4:00 pm till the stars come out. In fact look for [...]

A New Taste Frontier: “Salad Turnips” from Farmers Market

Great to see the crowd at the Newburyport Farmers Market today despite the damp weather. Bought some “salad turnips”. They’re white, about the size of a golf ball. They tasted great raw as a ‘nibble’ sliced in little wedges and salted washed down with a Corona/Lime. They kind’a taste like a mild radish with a [...]

Farmers at Newburyport Market …….Who is coming Sunday?

Lots of buzz about the new Newburyport Farmers Market starting this Sunday and running every Sunday well into the fall. Congratulations and thanks to Shari Wilkinson and David Hall for bringing these great farms and fresh locally grown foods to the Newburyport Farmers Market!!
* Kellie Brook Farm Greenland NH Free Range Beef, pork, veal, and [...]

Fine Food at Farmer’s Market…[ can you say it fast three times!]

Looking forward to the SEEDLING FAIR this weekend and  FYI the Newburyport Farmer’s Market has added a ton of new additions to its list of vendors. They have more farms, and lots of  artists and craftsfolk being posted soon as well, but here’s a category that caught my eye.
Fine Food Purveyors
White Herron Tea Organic and fair trade [...]