Montclair Farmers’ Market Kicks Off 24th Season: 2016

Montclair, NJ - The Montclair Farmers’ Market kicked off its 24th season last week.

According to a town news release, the long-running market will be open from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walnut Street Train Station parking lot until Thanksgiving.

Vendors for 2016 include Tree-Licious Orchards, Sunden Farms, Vacchiano’s, Matarazzo’s and “Farmer John,” as well as 15 food artisans, including a local baker, a cheese maker, a seafood fishmonger, a beekeeper with honey (and wax candles), a specialty condiments purveyor, a pesto maker, a Garden State wine vintner and a pickler.

In addition to the Walnut Street Train Station market, the weekday farmers’ market on South Park Street (between Bloomfield Avenue and Church Street), opened on June 7. The market will be open Tuesday afternoons from 1 to 7 p.m.

For more information, contact Township Sustainability Officer Gray Russell at (973) 509-5721.

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