{"id":20539,"date":"2018-05-02T15:44:44","date_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:44:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/?p=20539"},"modified":"2018-05-02T15:44:44","modified_gmt":"2018-05-02T19:44:44","slug":"change-is-in-the-air-ahead-of-saturdays-farmers-market-opening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/change-is-in-the-air-ahead-of-saturdays-farmers-market-opening\/","title":{"rendered":"Change is in the air ahead of Saturday\u2019s Farmers\u2019 Market opening"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Brock Weir
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\nJared Simpson is no stranger to farmers\u2019 markets.
\nA seventh generation farmer based in Stouffville, they have been second homes to him since he was a kid. Now, as he works to move the produce grown at Simpson Family Farm, he and his family are returning to Town Park again this Saturday for the opening of the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market.
\nThe Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market opens at Town Park this Saturday, May 5 at 8 a.m.
\nOnce again, Simpson Family Farm will be on hand with their locally grown veggies and fruit, which have become a staple for market-going Aurorans over the years.
\n\u201cI have been to a lot of different markets over the years since I was a kid and there is a good family atmosphere here amongst the vendors and farmers,\u201d says Jared. \u201cIt is a good vibe and I think that is why we like this market and come back. We\u2019re very local to here and it is good for us to be able to connect with some local people from the community so they are able to know about us. We\u2019re a seventh generation farm and it is a great opportunity to connect.\u201d
\nAlso sharing in this sentiment is Gabriel Schacter.
\nThe local restaurateur\u2019s freshly made peameal on a bun sandwiches have been a Market favourite since it\u2019s the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market first took shape behind his eponymous Yonge Street caf\u00e9 during their early years on Temperance Street.
\nSome wondered whether Gabriel would be back this year after retiring at the end of 2017 and selling his restaurant, but the people at the Market will always keep him coming back for more, he says.
\n\u201cIt is fun to come here,\u201d he says. \u201cIt is a meeting place and that is it. It\u2019s about the people and I would never stop that! Come on!\u201d
\nCouncillor Sandra Humfryes, the Farmers\u2019 Market\u2019s Council liaison agrees that the Aurora Farmers\u2019 market is \u201cthe heart of our community.\u201d
\n\u201cIt has always been a meeting place and it continues to be,\u201d she says, noting the hard winter, which went strong through the early days of this Spring, have left people eager to get back to their traditional springtime activities, including meeting up at the Market. \u201cMay 5 is our opening day, but we\u2019re having an official Grand Opening on May 26. There will be many, many prizes and lots of surprises, some special guests, an amazing band and lots of enjoyable entertainment.\u201d
\nAn early surprise which will be evident at this weekend\u2019s opening day is a new configuration of vendors.
\nInstead of lining Wells Street, the Farmers\u2019 Market will now be largely contained within Town Park, and increasing the amount of on-street parking for Market patrons.
\nOn select days, the Market will also showcase a new partnership with Niagara College\u2019s Canadian Food & Wine Institute, which will soon call the adjacent historic Aurora Armoury home.
\nOn special event days, a chef from the College will be on site demonstrating how to cook certain dishes, complete with recipes to hand out, prepared specifically with fresh produce and other products available at the Market on any given Saturday.
\n\u201cIt will be very exciting,\u201d says Councillor Humfryes.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jared Simpson is no stranger to farmers\u2019 markets.
\nA seventh generation farmer based in Stouffville, they have been second homes to him since he was a kid. Now, as he works to move the produce grown at Simpson Family Farm, he and his family are returning to Town Park again this Saturday for the opening of the Aurora Farmers\u2019 Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":20510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general_news","category-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/2018-05-03-04.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3D2k4-5lh","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 10:21:51","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20539"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20539\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newspapers-online.com\/auroran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}