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 Westhampton Beach Farmers Market
The 2011 Farmers' Market is now CLOSED and will reopen Mother's Day Weekend - Saturday, May 5th, 2012 ! At the height of our summer months we were fortunate enough to have 42 farmers, vendors, growers and producers participating and see upward of 1,900 people walking through the market on a sunny Summer day... what a great sight! The Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce welcomed ten new booths this year to our faithful returning participants. The 2011 Westhampton Beach Farmers' Market season runs every Saturday between 9AM and 1PM from the beginning of May through the weekend before Thanksgiving in November. Market Manager, Victoria Hedberg-Kingwell carefully organizes vendors, growers, farmers, licenses and weekly musicians for the venue as well as coordinating marketing, advertising, insurance policies, non-profit participants and educational seminars for the season to come. At the growing season progresses and the weather warms up more and more each week, you will find more and participants with fresh local, produce, vegetables, fruits and more! The market is limited in size and location. Thank you for to all of The 2011 Westhampton Beach Farmers' Market participants... we were at FULL CAPACITY with a waiting list.  Westhampton Beach Farmer's Market voted the BEST EAST END FARMER'S MARKET in 2011 Dan's Papers Best-of-the Best Competition. Thank you for all of you votes in making us Platinum Award Winners this year ! www.WesthamptonBeachFarmersMarket.com Dates, Time, Location: 85 Mill Road, Westhampton Beach Village Municipal Parking Lot behind the Westhampton Beach Fire House between Glovers Lane & Woodland Avenue
next to the Westhampton Beach Historical Society May 5th - November 17th, 2012 Every Saturday 9AM - 1PM Administered by: Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce 7 Glovers Lane - Post Office Box 1228
Westhampton Beach, New York 11978
Market Manager: Victoria Hedberg-Kingwell 631.288.3337 Telephone
631.288.3322 Fax (Mon. thru Tues. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.)
(Saturdays on Site 8 a.m.-2 p.m.)  The Westhampton Beach Farmers Market is USDA Approved and Licensed to administer the SNAP - State Nutritional Assistance Program Electronic Benefits system. Please check in with the market manager at the Greater Westhampton Chamber of Commerce information tent if you would like to utilize this service. The market manager and board of governors adheres to the Farmers' Market Federation of New York guidelines for operation.
We host over 40 vendors, growers and producers providing locally grown, caught and homemade items from cheese, eggs, fish, vegetables, honey, organic free-range chickens, duck breast cutlets, chocolates, fresh local mushrooms, cakes, wine, fudge, pollen, shellfish, breads, gourmet items, soups, berrires, spice rubs, sauces, herbs,and so much more! .
 2011 Participating Farmers - Growers - Producers (2012 Applications will be available in January 2012) Apotheke Soap Co. - Herbal Soaps & Candles
Beaverdam Organic Farm - Produce, Flowers,Eggs BeePharm - Apitherapy Products, Honey, Pollen, Candles Bella Vita Vineyard - Wine & Spiced Wine
Biophilia Organic Farm - Vegetables, Plants, Herbs Blue Duck Bakery - Artisan Bread, Rolls, Muffins, Pies & Cakes Boathouse Road - Sauces, Baked Goods, Spiced Meat Rubs
Browder's Birds - Organic Free Range North Fork Chickens
Castello diBorghese Vineyard - Wine & Champagne Davis Peach Farm - Seasonal Fruits & Berries: Apples, Pears,Cider
Dora's Gourmet - Salad Dressings, Soups, Sauces Duffy Farms - Produce, Vegetables, Corn, Eggs, Firewood
East End Apiaries - Honey & Bee Products
Frey Flower Farms - Fresh Cut Local Summer Flowers Garden of Eve - Organic Certified Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers
Goodale Farms - Vegetables, Herbs, Flowers, Cheese
Goji Berry Granola - Organic gluten-free granola
Gotta Eat Sweets - Chocolate Truffles, Fresh Fruit Crisps & Muffins Guyank Brand - BBQ & Jamaican Hot Sauces, Marinades Dressings Hidden Ridge Plants - Plants, Trees, Herbs, Shrubs, Flowers
Horman's Best Pickles - Pickles, Peppers, Sauerkraut Holey Moses Cheesecake - Cheesecake, Pies
Just Pekin - Duck Breast Cutlets It's a Dog's World - All Natural Dog Treats Josephine's Feast - Preserves, Jams, Mustard, Rubs, Sugar-Free Jams
Landzign - Sunflower Sprouts, Wheat Grass, Agave Sweetened Lemonade
Long Island Livestock Company - Llamas, Local Yarn & Knitting Supplies
LuLu Knits - Living Craft: Knit Baby Hats, Sweaters, Pants
Mecox Bay Dairy - Long Island Artisan Cheeses
Miss Amy's Jams - Preserves, Jams, Condiments, Tapenades, Mustards
Open Minded Organics - Mushrooms
Papa Pasquale - Ravioli, Sauces, Breads, Mozzarella
Pierpont Blossom Farm - Unusual cut flowers
Sang Lee Farms - Vegetables, Oriental Vegetables, Herbs, Sauces, Pestos, C Scent Sense - Aromatherapy Blends, Lotions, Ointments
Seatuck Fish - Locally Caught Fish, Shellfish, Scallops
Starlight & Sr. G's Land & Earth - Gluten-free Sauces, Marinades, Pesto & Dressings
Sunset Beach Farms - Vegetables, Potatoes, Greens, Tomatoes
Sweet Andy's Cookies - Cookies, Baked Goods
Vessel Terri Sue - Locally Caught Fish, Shellfish, Scallops, Lobster Farmer's Market Federation of New York
Membership dues is an annual fee used to keep Federation programs and services operational, as well as allowing the Federation to continuously develop new programs and advocate on behalf of farmers' market interests.
Click here to view: Farmers' Market Federation of New York By-Laws
New York SNAP: State Nutritional Assistance Program / EBT
 Your EBT/Food Stamp/SNAP card is welcome at the 2012 Westhampton Beach Farmers Market, making it simple to bring home nutritious food. From just-picked produce to wholesome meat, dairy, and bread products, you'll find it all at your local farmers market.Your benefits will go further at the farmers market when you shop smart. Before heading to market, make a list just like you were going to a grocery store. You'll be amazed at what you can get at the farmers market! It's not just fruits and vegetables, your EBT/Food Stamp/SNAP card is accepted on the following items available at the Westhampton Beach Farmers' Markets:
Your local Westhampton Beach Farmers Market is more than a place to buy food; it’s an event you can share with your family and the surrounding community. Unlike grocery and convenience stores, the farmers market gives you an opportunity to meet the person who produced your food. That person can give you tips, recipes and insight on how to best work with their product – whether it’s a bushel of apples or a fresh filet of flounder. Click here to access your SNAP Market Experience where you can check your available EBT Benefits as well as get some great hints on shopping at the market with your EBT Benefits Card. The Westhampton Beach Farmers Market is proud to be the only Farmers Market in Suffolk County accepting EBT Benefits Cards.
America's Favorite Farmers Market
 Shopping at farmers markets is one of the best ways to support farms, farmers and local economies. When you buy delicious and fresh fruit, vegetables and more from your local farmers market, you are making healthy and community friendly choices.The America’s Favorite Farmers Markets™ contest is a project of the American Farmland Trust. The contest is designed to raise national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers. Market shoppers will vote to support their favorite farmers market starting June 1 until midnight on August 31, 2012. People can vote for as many participating farmers markets as they choose, but can only vote for each market once. At the end of the contest, one small, medium, large, and a new category, boutique, farmers market will win the title of “America’s Favorite Farmers Market” for 2012. The reward for the winning market in each category will be a shipment of No Farms No Food® tote bags, along with other prizes including free printing services from igreenprint and free graphic design services from Virginia based design firm, SQN Communications. The categories are based on the number of vendors the farmers market has. The four categories are Boutique - 15 or fewer vendors, Small 16 - 30 vendors, Medium, 31 - 55 vendors, and Large, more than 56 vendors.
American Farmland Trust: Saving the Land that Sustains Us
 American Farmland Trust is the leading national organization dedicated to saving America’s farm and ranch land, promoting healthy farming practices and supporting farms and farmers. As the vital link among farmers, conservationists and policy-makers, we’re focused on ensuring the availability of fresh food, a healthy environment and strong local economies across the nation. Since our founding in 1980 by a group of farmers and citizens concerned about the rapid loss of farmland to development, we've helped save millions of acres of farmland from development and led the way for establishing sound environmental practices on millions more. The benefits of bountiful and protected working lands represent our best bet for a healthy, sustainable future — and our plan to help America guarantee that future through comprehensive stewardship of the nation’s working lands is based on the following key programs:
Farmers Market Coalition
 The Westhampton Beach Farmers Market is a Member of the Farmers Market Coalition. The Farmers Market Coalition seeks to strengthen farmers markets' capacity to serve farmers, consumers, and communities across North America by providing the rapidly growing movement with information and representation at state and federal levels. They build networks, link peers, and connect farmers markets both old and new with tools and resources for market success. The Westhampton Beach Farmers Market utilizes the resources of the Farmers Market Coalitiion to come up with innovative market campaigns, market special events and public community awareness techniques to help with the farmers market of our East End community.No Farms No Food Bumper Sticker  The message is simple and couldn't be more clear—America's farms and ranches provide an unparalleled abundance of fresh, healthy and local food, but they are rapidly disappearing. Ninety-one percent of America’s fruit and seventy-eight percent of our vegetables are grown near metro regions, where they are in the path of development. And every hour we lose 125 acres of farm and ranch land. That's why supporting local food and farms is more important than ever!
Order your "NO FARMS - NO FOOD" Bumper Sticker Here ! Long Island Farm Bureau
 The Westhampton Beach Farmers' Market is a member of the Long Island Farm Bureau. "Farm Bureau" was founded in 1911 in Upstate New York by a group of farmers who wanted representation to deal with the changing face of agriculture in their area. They wanted an organization that fould fight for their rights, promote and serve agriculture, disseminate educational information and teach them about the best farming practices available to them. Nearly a century later, Farm Bureau is still working to carry out farmer's wishes dealing with the continually changing face of agriculture not only in New York, but in the United States as well. Currently, there are over five million Farm Bureau members throughout the Untied States!"Farm Bureau" is a wonderful and unique American concept - Farm Bureau is a true grassroots, member-driven organization with a century's legacy in political activism. Farm bureaus are private, non-partisan not-for profit agricultural membership and advocay organizations known as "The Voice of Commercial Agriculture." In Nassau and Suffolk counties, the Long Island Farm Bureau is the voice of Long Island agriculture. New York Farm Bureau  The Westhampton Beach Farmers' Market is a member of the New York Farm Bureau. The mission of New York Farm Bureau is "To Serve And Strengthen Agriculture." Farm Bureau is a non-governmental, volunteer organization financed and controlled by member families for the purpose of solving economic and public policy issues challenging the agricultural industry. Farm Bureau‘s "grassroots" policy development process continues to ensure that the organization represents the majority position of its membership. Policy development begins at the county level with problem identification and culminates at the New York Farm Bureau Annual Meeting with resolutions addressing the issues. Our success in implementing policies depends upon our active, well-informed membership guided by the efforts of many dedicated volunteer leaders. With a membership numbering almost 30,000 member families, it is evident that Farm Bureau is the voice of New York agriculture. Farm Bureau will continue to meet the needs of those who make farming their livelihood and rural New York their home. Westhampton Beach Farmers Market Corporate Sponsors
Much gratitude must be given to the community corporate sponsors of the 2011 Westhampton Beach Farmers Market. Without their financial support, encouragement and many contributions, this market would not be the great success that it has become on Eastern Long Island, in Suffolk County and in the State of New York.
 Sincere gratitude goes out to James Hatter & Jennifer Hecht and the staff at Astoria Federal Savings Bank located at 71 Sunset Avenue in Westhampton Beach for all of their support and enthusiasm. In addition to their finacial support to defray the cost of markeying the event throughout the year, Astoria Federal Savings Bank has been generous with their donation of over 1500  reusable fiber market bags that have been distributed to market shoppers for the purpose of carrying their weekly purchasers. Special thanks must also be given to Jayne Ebert and the staff at Suffolk County National Bank located at 144 Sunset Avenue in Westhampton Beach. Suffolk County National Bank generously sponsors monthly educational and instructional seminars conducted at the Westhampton Beach Farmers Market on such topics as composting and recycling for a greener and healthy local community.
CALL FOR 2012 CORPORATE SPONSORS
If your organization or local business would like to be a corporate sponsor of the 2012 season of the Westhampton Beach Farmers Market, please contact the Westhampton Beach Farmers Market Manager, Victoria Hedberg-Kingwell, at 631.288.3337 between 11AM-4PM on Mondays or Tuesdays. |
The Westhampton Beach Farmers' Market is a member of the Farmers' Market Federation of New York. This is a membership organization of farmers' markets, their managers, sponsors, and supporters; farmers and vendors participating in farmers' markets; and all others interested in supporting the farmers' market industry in New York State. 
Plants that Grow Food (many are surprised to know this!)