Walpole Farmers Market Celebrates the Holidays

Need to find last minute gifts, decorations or local ingredients for your family’s holiday meal? Find it all at the Walpole Farmers Market special Holiday Market on Saturday, December 17 th from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm in the Town Hall. Stock up on all you need directly from the producer!

Great food and delectable fare will be available from the following vendors: Abenaki Springs Farm with their late season certified organic vegetables, and Brookfield Farm has grass fed beef and gift certificates. Great Brook Farm will be featuring gift baskets, milk, beef and maple syrup; Walpole Mountain View Winery will offer Walpole-grown raisins as well as wine; and Twin Spruce Farm will have maple syrup, cream, bread and candy. Try something new with whole frozen duck from Not Your Ordinary Farm, as well as a variety of lamb and pork sausages. If you are looking for baked goodies, you’ll find them from both The Farmers Table and O So Fine Gluten Free. Orchard Hill Breadworks and The Bred Shed will have freshly baked loaves, rolls, focaccia and other goodies. Harlow’s Farm will have certified organic produce and treats prepared from their own ingredients. With such a wide variety of local food products available, it’s easy to “eat local,” whether you cook it yourself or let someone else do the work.

Beautiful hand made decorations, gifts and ornaments will also be available from local artisans and crafters. Countryside Gardens and Barndoor Wreaths will have fresh holiday centerpieces, wreaths, and balsam bags.

Sanctuary’s Alpaca, Old Kemp and Sweet Maple Farms all offer products crafted from their own animals’ fleece. Wake Robin Folk Ornaments uses local plant fibers to create ornaments and small gift boxes with jams. Susan Leader Pottery and Cold River Pottery offer distinctly different styles. White Cloud Wood offers serving platters from locally sourced walnut and maple; Carolyn’s Basketry has tree ornaments and baskets crafted from water colored paper and plant fiber;  and Pleasant Street Soaps will have handmade soaps. You can get socks, hats, and mittens already knitted up from Purple Hummingbird Woolens, or a kit to knit your own hat or scarf from the fleece of Not Your Ordinary’s merino flock. Several vendors will have handmade holiday and other greeting cards.

Come do your holiday shopping where you can visit with neighbors, friends and family and enjoy carols around the piano. Stay for lunch and enjoy a warm, comforting old fashioned beef stew or goat shoulder from Brookfield Farm.

The Walpole Farmers Market is pleased to be able to bring you a winter farmers market all season at the Walpole Town Hall. Shop locally January through April on the third Saturday from 10 am to  2 pm.

For more information, visit the website at walpolefarmersmarket.com, email jill@walpolefarmersmarket.com or call 603-756-3168.