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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 ...

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 ...

2014 Great Tomato Recipe Contest Winners

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Thanks to everyone who entered. Below are our winners.

First Place Overall | First Place Appetizers
Becky Hamill—Yellow Gazpacho
Second Place Overall | First Place Desserts
Harry Keyser—Tomato Jam Cookie
Third Place Overall | 1st Place Entrée
Richard Scalenghe—Triple Tomato Salad
Second Pace Appetizers/Soups
Kay Cumber—Tomato Bread
Second Place Entrée
Becky Hamill—Tomato Gruyere “Souffle” with Sausage
Second Place Desserts/Drinks
Laura Byrum—Jump Back Blueberry Bread Pudding with Feel Good Green Tomatoes

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(pictured: Harry Keyser, Laura Byrum, Kay Cumber, Richard Scalenghe)
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Real food, is that too much to ask?

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Robyn O’Brien’s book title is a mouthful in itself – The Unhealthy Truth: One Mother’s Shocking Investigation into the Dangers of America’s Food Supply – and What Every Family Can Do to Protect Itself. A former food industry analyst, Fulbright grant recipient, and mother of four, O’Brien brings insight and detailed analysis to her research into the impact that the global food system is having on our health. Watch this video of her speech at the TED Austin
http://www.wimp.com/realfood/… 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.