Community Corner
Ask the Mayor (Whatever You Want!) This Saturday at Blackwood Farmers Market
This week's farmers market will feature time with Mayor Mayer, story time for the kids, flea market items and all the usual yummy, locally grown produce.
Think the Blackwood Farmers Market only has tomatoes and peaches?
Think again.
This Saturday, the farmers market is the place to be in Blackwood. Starting at 8:30 a.m. stop by for your weekly local Jersey Fresh produce fix, honey, soap, crafts, a flea market, children's story time and time with Gloucester Township Mayor David Mayer.
Mayer will be at the market from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. to take the public’s questions. This is the first time the market has featured time with the town’s leader, farmers market organizer Dave Chew says, making this the perfect time to ask Mayer anything you want.
For your kids, check out story time under the big trees in the back of the Gloucester Township-Blackwood Rotary Public Library parking lot, also from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Township Councilwoman Michelle Gentek will read to the children.
“Making the farmers market a regular event was always a dream of mine. New events like 'Ask the Mayor' and book readings help draw crowds to the market and to downtown Blackwood,” said Chew, who also helps organize the annual Pumpkin Festival in Blackwood.
Chew is also the son of Norman Chew, who founded on Black Horse Pike 75 years ago.
And, of course, there will be lots of fresh food. Check out the baked goodies from Forget-Me-Not-Chocolates by Nancy, ice cream from Hilltop Creamery, honey and all the fresh fruits and vegetables you can eat. Peaches, tomatoes, eggplant and corn are all plentiful this time of year. Prices range from vendor to vendor.
This Saturday is also a Flea Market Day at the market. More than 15 vendors will have their yard sale and flea market goods—so you just might be able to grab a bargain on items ranging from household goods to toys, clothes and books.
If you have stuff to sell, the next Flea Market Day is Saturday, August 27. Spaces are $10. To reserve a space, send an email to farmersmarket@glotwp.com
The is held every Saturday from June through October in the library parking lot. It runs, rain or shine, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.
