Montclair Farmers' Market Officially Opens on June 6

The Montclair Farmers’ Market will officially kick off its 23rd season on Saturday, June 6, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Walnut Train Station parking lot.

Five of last year’s regular attendees - Tree-Licious Orchards, Sunden Farms, Vacchiano’s, Matarazzo’s, and Farmer John – will return this season, according to a release.

This year’s market will include 15 additional 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.

The market runs until Thanksgiving.

WEEKDAY MARKET

In addition, the weekday Farmers’ Market on South Park Street between Bloomfield Avenue and Church Street will open on Tuesday, June 9, and then every Tuesday afternoon from 1 p.m. to 7 p.m.

FOOD ASSISTANCE BENEFITS NOW ACCEPTED

According to a release, beginning in June, vendors at both farmers’ markets will accept SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program), WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), and Senior FMNP (Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program) vouchers.

Participants in the above programs can get “double value” for their vouchers at the market, courtesy of a partnership with the Partners for Health Foundation and City Green, a local nonprofit working to improve access to fresh foods in underserved communities.

For more information, contact Montclair Farmers’ Market Steering Committee Chair Steve Schuckman at 973- 228-2466, or, the Township’s Sustainability Officer Gray Russell at 973-509-5721.

See photos from a previous Montclair Farmers’ Market here.

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