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Historic Lewes Farmers Market Announces 2020 Scholarship Recipients

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For 13 years, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) has awarded scholarships to small-scale Delmarva farmers to attend sustainable farming conferences.

This year, five-$400 scholarships were awarded. Scholarships from the regular Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) scholarship fund went to: Zachary Dittmar of Dittmar Family Farms in Felton, Delaware and Henry Bennett of Bennett Orchards in Frankford, Delaware.

In 2016, the HLFM established an emerging women farmers’ scholarship fund in loving memory of Delaware farmer Debra Schaefer. This year, three … Continue Reading ...

Giving Tuesday 2019

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GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement that’s unleashing the power of people and organizations to transform their communities and the world. GivingTuesday gives us a chance to discuss the values of the Historic Lewes Farmers Market and our impact on local farmland, local farmers, and our community.

We are dedicated to preserving farmland in the Delmarva and bringing fresh local food to our community at our farmers market—the oldest and largest producer-only market in the Delmarva.

Your gift can help … Continue Reading ...

ANNUAL TOMATO FESTIVAL

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Have You Tasted A Real Tomato Lately?

Saturday, August 10, 2019
8am-12pm
George H.P. Smith Park
Johnson and Dupont Avenues, Lewes, DE.

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE TOMATOES!

Join the fun! Sample local chef’s tomato recipes at the Farmers’ Tent from 9:30am-11:30am.
There will also be face painting for kids from 9am-11am and much more fun!

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Don’t forget our Wednesday Market at Crooked Hammock!
Crooked Hammock Way and Kings Highway, Lewes, DE
Every Wednesday through
August 28, 8-11am… Continue Reading ...

Historic Lewes Farmers Market Announces 2019 Scholarship Recipients

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For 12 years, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) has awarded scholarships to small-scale Delmarva farmers to attend sustainable farming conferences including these conferences: the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) Annual Farming for the Future Conference held February 6-9, 2019 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Future Harvest CASA Conference held January 17-19, 2019 in College Park, Maryland; and the Southeast Fruit and Vegetable Conference held January 10-13, 2019 in Savannah, Georgia.

This year, three-$400 scholarships were awarded. Scholarships from their regular … 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.