{"id":14124,"date":"2016-05-05T09:15:41","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=14124"},"modified":"2016-05-18T17:52:23","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T21:52:23","slug":"market-musings-56","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/market-musings-56\/","title":{"rendered":"MARKET MUSINGS"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Jan Freedman<\/strong><\/p>\n

You can tell that spring has truly finally arrived. The forsythia bushes are glowing bright yellow, the blue bells cover some lawns, and the tulips and daffodils wave their pretty heads in many flower beds.
\nEach day brings more buds on the trees and the first leaves will be open in the next few days.
\nBy the weekend, some trees will be in full leaf just in time for the opening of the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market and Artisan Fair\u2019s outdoor season.
\nAs most of you have surmised, the Market will be configured slightly differently this year because the Schoolhouse Lofts are due to be occupied sometime this spring. For that reason, our farmers and some food vendors will be on the east side of Wells Street only, but from Mosely to Metcalfe, and the remainder of our vendors will be located in the Town Park along the pathways.
\nMost of your favourite vendors will be returning along with some exciting new people.
\nHere are the farmers you will find this season:
\nWillowtree Farm, the Abbott Family Farm with their beef, Nature\u2019s Rainbow and their heirloom tomato and pepper plants, plus wide assortment of seeds, Oakridges Finest with his chemical free vegetables and fruit plus some fruit pies this year, Pioneer Brand Honey, Coopers CSA Farm who add their artisanal chicken this year, Pefferlaw Creek Farms with their Ontario Maple Syrup, Summerside Farm with his beautiful greens, Kind Organics with their sprouts and salad blends, Highmark Farm, Howard\u2019s Farm with eggs, butter, cheese, meats and Hurst Bakery products, and our Chair, Andy\u2019s 19th Avenue Farm.
\nWe will have Pillitteri Estates Winery back this year as well.
\nNew farms will include Sylvester Martin with Ontario Maple Syrup for the month of May, a garlic farmer, Old Spokes Farm formerly known as Symbiosis Farm, and a dairy called Sheldon Creek Dairy which is very exciting.
\nOur food vendors will include Cosmos Smoked Meats, Catharina\u2019s Kitchen, Jan\u2019s Country Pantry, Nicolle\u2019s Cakes, Nutmeg Bakeshop, Green River Coffee, Primal Pizza, Sasha\u2019s Sweets, Gabriel\u2019s Caf\u00e9, The Family Kitchen, Speakeasy Fine Foods and La Brehandaise with their crepes and frites.
\nNew this year is a gluten free bakery called Guilt Free Goodness who joined us at the last Indoor Market to much acclaim.
\nAmong the artisans this year will be Cathy\u2019s Crawly Composters, Captain Ted\u2019s Knick-Knack-a Tory, Davis Pride Crafts, Eurasia Jewellery Design, Green Leaf Design, Kibo Natural Body Care, SDD Flags and Banners, Sweet Scrubs N\u2019Stuff, The Bear\u2019s Den, Heartsease Co., Limitless Jewels, and Eva Nagy. Returning to the Market are Carrie Eastwood\u2019s Carrie\u2019s Creations and David Heard with Hat Promotions\/ Creepy Tours.
\nNew to us will be Adrienne Quilts, Michelle Zikovitz with woven baskets and baby blankets, and Catherine DeVos Holistic Nutrition.
\nOur Community booths so far will be the Lucy Maud Montgomery Society of Ontario who will host tea in the park, the Aurora Cultural Centre, the Aurora Public Library, the Aurora Historical Society and the Optimist Club of Aurora. I will let you know when these groups will be having special events at the Market.
\n We have reduced the number of Special Events days this year in an attempt to make them more \u201cspecial\u201d and to bring you great entertainment. These are the Special Events dates for this season:<\/p>\n

May 7: Grand Opening, music by Jazz 2
\nJune 25: Strawberry Fest
\nJuly 23: Family Day
\nAugust 20: Community Corn Roast
\nSeptember 17: Apples and Honey Fest
\nOctober 1: Culture Days\/Culinary day
\nOctober 8: Customer Appreciation Day (last day of outdoor season)<\/p>\n

See you at the Market! <\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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