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Historic Lewes Farmers Market Announces 2017 Scholarship Recipients

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 For 10 years, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market has awarded scholarships to small-scale Delmarva farmers to attend sustainable farming conferences including these conferences in the Mid-Atlantic: the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Annual Farming for the Future Conference held February 1-4, 2017 in State College, PA; Future Harvest CASA Conference held January 12-14, 2017 in College Park, MD; and the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Conference held January 31-February 2,  2017 in Hershey, PA.

 This year, scholarships were awarded to … Continue Reading ...

Historic Lewes Farmers Market Awarded USDA Farmers Market Promotion Program Grant

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On October 2, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack helped to kick off the Nation’s harvest season by announcing nearly $35 million in new funding through four grant programs to support local and regional food systems, including farmers markets. The Historic Lewes Farmers Market received one of two Farmers Market Promotion Program grants awarded to Delaware entities.

The award amount of $99,229.99 was given to the HLFM to create a farmers market “Living Lab” for growth. The grant will be used … Continue Reading ...

Sautéed Cherry Tomatoes

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From Serving Up the Harvest by Andrea Chesman

Ingredients:

  • 2 tblsp. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 4 cups cherry tomato halves, stems removed
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tblsp.chopped fresh herbs (basil, cilantro, chervil, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, tarragon,
  • thyme, alone or in any combination)
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepperpic1

Directions:

Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the tomatoes and sauté until the tomatoes are heated through, about 3 minutes.Add the garlic and sauté until fragrant, … Continue Reading ...

Do Eggs from Pastured Hens Have a Greater Nutritional Value?

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A study conducted by researchers in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences has shown that eggs produced by chickens allowed to forage in pastures are higher in some beneficial nutrients than are eggs laid by caged hens. The research, titled “Vitamins A, E and fatty acid composition of the eggs of caged hens and pastured hens, ” was published online this year in the January issue of “Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems.”

The researchers examined how moving pastured hens to … Continue Reading ...

2015 the Historic Lewes Farmers Market Awarded Eight Scholarships to Local Farmers

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The Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) is very pleased to announce that it has awarded eight scholarships to Delmarva farmers in 2015.  This year, HLFM received more applications than ever before from farmers dedicated to sustainable farming methods for these important scholarships.  Each scholarship provides $500 to enable these farmers to attend conferences devoted to sustainable agriculture.

The HLFM provides these scholarships, as it has for the past eight years, to further its mission of promoting and strengthening sustainable farming … Continue Reading ...

Welcome To Your Market.

Where Fresh Food is Rooted in Community.
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) is a non-profit organization with a producer-only farmers market located in Lewes, Delaware. The HLFM provides a family-friendly, community gathering place where consumers may purchase the freshest local foods available. It also provides alternative educational and marketing opportunities for emerging farmers and others to help create local and sustainable food systems that are environmentally sound, economically viable and socially responsible and which improve the variety, freshness, nutritional value and distribution of fresh farmland foods to the community. Welcome To Your Market--Where Fresh Food is Rooted in Community.