Historic Lewes Farmers Market
June 17, 2023, 8am - 12pm
George HP Smith Park
(Johnson and Dupont Aves)
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What's Fresh at the Saturday Market: |
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Summer means grilling. This Saturday, the Market features steaks, hamburgers, pork chops, chicken, portobello mushrooms, squash, zucchini, and more to put on the grill. Add a simple fresh mixed lettuce salad with carrots and radishes and it’s a perfect simple summer meal! Thirty-three farmers/producers will also bring snap peas, blueberries, strawberries, sour cherries (great for pies), kale, Swiss chard, cucumbers, turnips, spring onions, kohlrabi, stir-fry mixes, tilapia fish, oysters, hand-picked crabmeat, honey, jams, freshly-laid eggs, A-2 milk, yogurt, butter, kombucha, cold pressed juices, fresh-baked breads, pastries and cookies made with fruit from the Market, fresh coffee drinks, herb, veggie, and flower plants, beautiful cut-flower bouquets, and so much more!
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market is unique in that it is producer-only—at this Market customers buy directly from the farmer who grew the produce. Only vendors who grow, raise, or produce what they sell are allowed in this market. A true farmers market!
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10am Demonstration from Chef Ian Crandall of Kindle |
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At 10 am in the Demo Tent, Kindle Executive Chef Ian Crandall will be preparing an all-mushroom demo, in memory of Dale Langrehr's (Davidson’s Exotic Mushrooms) passing this year. He will be making seared shiitake caps filled with homemade ricotta (using Nice Farms milk), topped with Jackie Blues lump crab meat. This will be followed by Kindle’s ale battered hen of the woods mushrooms with gold aioli. |
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Enter the HLFM Summer Raffle
for your chance to win 3 stupendous prizes:
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- a $1,400 gift certificate to Seagreen Bicycle
- the Fabu-Lewes-Feast including 12 -- $100 restaurant gift cards
- a Private-in-Home 3-Course Chef Tasting with Wine Pairing for 10 by Chef Sean Corea from Lewes Oyster House
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Tickets are $5--or 6 for $25--on sale at the Market. The drawing will be September 2nd. |
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Pre-Order Your Own HLFM Retro Tomato T-Shirt Today! |
The Historic Lewes Farmers Market Retro Tomato T-Shirt is back! We are only producing a limited quantity--fill out the pre-order form by Friday, June 23 to reserve one (or more!). We will contact you when the shirts are ready to be paid for and picked up at the Saturday Market. |
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Juneteenth Event Next Saturday! |
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Visit us on Wednesdays too! |
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The bigger and even better HLFM Wednesday Market at Crooked Hammock Brewery has started its season: open from 8 to 11:30 am. This Market has really grown and now has fourteen vendors: 302 Aquaponics, Beachdog Farm, Bennett Orchards, Cosmic Dog Farm, Davidson’s Exotic Mushrooms, Dittmar Family Farms, Gaia Coffee Co, Hattie’s Garden, Kalmar Farm, Lucky Penny Flower Farm, Marsh Creek Cattle and Company, Stag Run Farm, Tout de Suite Patisserie, and Two Sweet Beaches Bakery.
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The Wednesday Market accepts SNAP/EBT as well as WIC and SFMNP benefits, and also matches SNAP benefits up to $20 per Market, per customer. Thank you Crooked Hammock Brewery for sponsoring the Wednesday Market!
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Children's Storytime at the Market |
Children’s Storytime at the Market, a partnership with the Lewes Public Library, is back! Library volunteers read books about farming, gardening, and nature starting at 10am at the Yellow Tent. Thank you Heirloom for sponsoring the Children's Storytime at the Market! |
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HLFM's Food Pantry Purchase Program—
Help Your Favorite Farmers
and Local Food Pantries
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HLFM customers who want to help feed the local community with fresh local food may purchase produce, meats, milk, and other food from growers at the Market to donate to the local Food Pantries, including Epworth and Casa San Francisco Food Pantries, every Saturday. It’s so easy--all you have to do is let the vendor know what you want to donate or give $5, $10, $25 to the grower and ask them to put together a selection for the food pantries. The farmer gets your sale, and the food pantry gets the local food. We thank you for your generosity! |
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SNAP, WIC, SFMNP—
HLFM Matches up to $20 of SNAP
Per Market
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The Market will continue to match SNAP benefits up to $20 per market, per customer. You can find the SNAP tent inside the Market with volunteers to process your SNAP/EBT and give you the HLFM tokens that can be used at market all season long. WIC and SFMNP benefits are also welcome at the Market. |
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Looking to join in on the HLFM fun? Volunteer! |
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Do you come to the Market all the time and wonder what those folks in green HLFM aprons do? Well, you can find out by volunteering for the non-profit Historic Lewes Farmers Market, almost totally run by volunteers. Join in on the fun this season!
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Pick up our green HLFM Tote! |
Our green Therm-O-Tote Bag keeps all your market purchases–from dairy to eggs to veggies–cool this season! The bag’s design includes a plastic bottom insert and an inside pocket to hold a water, or even kombucha, bottle. Measuring 13W x 10D x 15H, this earth-friendly market tote contains 20% recycled materials and is reusable. Stop by the HLFM INFO tent and purchase yours for $10. Now accepting cash and credit card!
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PARKING:
We strongly encourage you to bike or walk to the Market if you are able. Parking is very limited. The circle in front of the Fred Thomas Building at the foot of Dupont will be open for accessible drop-off and pick-up. Beebe Hospital is generously allowing Market customers to park in its outside parking lot (far rear near entrance to the park.) If you park there, follow the path to the right around the pond and you will reach the Market area. There is also parking in the Lewes Elementary School parking lot, right next to George H.P. Smith Park.
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Coming later this season...
Frozen Farmer Ice Cream!
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The Historic Lewes Farmers Market will have the Frozen Farmer Ice Cream Truck at the Saturday Market starting July 1st! |
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Note for dog-owners: Please keep dogs under control on a tightly held, non-retractable leash inside the Market to ensure the safety of all customers at the Market. Please also ensure that your dog does not urinate on any signs, trash cans, tents, tables, or safety cones inside and around the Market. Thank you for your help.
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BAD WEATHER LOCATION:
Lewes Elementary School Parking Lot
820 Savannah Rd, Lewes, DE 19958
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Entrance for walkers and bikers will be off of Savannah Rd. Limited parking will be available in the school's bus loop parking lot off of Sussex Drive–with priority given to handicapped customers–and street parking will be available as usual along Sussex Drive.
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You Can Now Ride the Lewes Line to Market! |
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Lewes Line buses run 9am to 9pm daily. Each bus has 14 seats, including two wheelchair accesible spaces. At least two of the five Lewes Line buses will run from 9am to 9pm daily, with approximately 30 minutes between circuits. You can find us at Stop 6: George HP Smith Park. Click here for more information.
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