Social Media Conference for Farmers

Charlene Andersen, founder of Nottingham-based Kamigo Marketing LLC, will shift farmers to the world of social media at the 2010 Women in Sustainable Agriculture conference. Andersen will cover how farmers can use social media sites like Facebook and Twitter to organically grow fans and promote their businesses.

The 2010 Women in Sustainable Agriculture conference will give farmers and specialty food producers of all levels of experience the opportunity to brush up on their skills, learn new tools and techniques, and reposition themselves in the increasingly competitive marketplace. Speakers include notable regional business and agriculture professionals in the Northeast. Intensive clinics, farm tours and round tables will offer tips and insights into innovations and successful strategies covering a broad range of sustainable agriculture topics.wagn@uvm.edu

Held at the Lake Morey Resort in Fairlee Vermont, the conference takes place from Monday, November 1 to Wednesday, November 3. Registration is $125.00 with day passes available for November 2 at $70.00 or November 3 at $60.00.

Register online here. For questions regarding the conference, email or call 802-223-2389.

First Indoor Market of 2010

You can find the pictures from the first indoor market here.

Saturday, October 16th 9-12:30

The Northwood Farmers Market is moving indoors -- come join your friends and neighbors at the Masonic Hall in Northwood on Saturday, October 16 from 9 to 12:30 for the first indoor market of the fall.  In addition to our regular cast of local farmers, one of the new vendors will be Applecrest Farm Orchards with their great cider, donuts, and many varieties of apples.  The market will continue every Saturday morning until the Holidays, still at the corners of Routes 4, 9, 202, and 43, but now indoors to assure customer comfort while shopping for your favorite local produce.  See you at the Northwood Farmers Market!

MOVING INDOORS SOON!

Come and join friends and neighbors at the final outdoor Northwood Farmers Market of the season on Thursday, October 7, from 3 to 6 at our regular site on the corner of Rts. 4, 202, 9, and 43.  There’s still plenty of local products and produce available, so do your part to support local agriculture by stocking up on winter squash, potatoes, apples, honey, baked goods, soap and lotions, gourmet mushrooms, and much more, all from local farmers. And mark your calendars – as we did last year, the Northwood Farmers Market will move indoors to the Masonic Lodge at the same site, and we’ll commence weekly indoor markets on Saturday mornings, beginning on October 16 from 9 to 12:30 and continuing until the Holidays.  See you at the Market!

Harvest Time

Cooler weather signals a welcome change in seasons – Autumn is here, and the fall crops are in.  Come join friends and neighbors Thursday afternoon at the Northwood Farmers Market (corner of Routes 4, 202, 9, and 43) from 3 to 6:30.  We have the freshest local apples, cider, pumpkins, winter squash, potatoes, and all the fall classics grown by our stellar group of local farmers, in addition to free-range beef and poultry, award-winning honey, maple products, fresh mushrooms, soaps, goats-milk cheese, pastries, and many other confections.  Enjoy the harvest!

Fall Schedule for the Market

Outdoor Farmers Markets continue on Thursdays (3:00 - 6:30pm) until October the 7th. Then a one week reprieve and indoor Saturday markets (9:00am - 12:30) begin running every Saturday from Oct. 23rd through Nov. 20th.

Strawberries, lots of strawberries

Warren Farm in Barrington, one of our great vendors, has lots of strawberries, so many that if you call ahead and buy more than 10 pints, they will take 50 cents off the $3.25 price per pint.
These are small and very sweet, a variety that produces all summer.