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2016 Hoedown Sponsors

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The Historic Lewes Farmers Market would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to the following for supporting our 2016 Hoedown and Market Season. It is because of your generosity that we are able to continue to provide fresh and local foods every Saturday from May 14 through November 19 at our new location, George H.P. Smith Park, on the corner of Johnson and Dupont Avenues.

Silver Queen Corn

Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales
Heirloom
Henlopen City Oyster House
Kindle/Half Full/Striper … Continue Reading ...

Historic Lewes Farmers Market Awards Five Scholarships to Local Farmers

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Historic Lewes Farmers Market Awards Five Scholarships to Local Farmers

The Historic Lewes Farmers Market (HLFM) is very pleased to announce that it has awarded five scholarships to Delmarva farmers.  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 nine years, to further its mission of promoting and strengthening sustainable farming through education and public outreach. Recognizing the importance of sustainable agriculture 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 ...

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.