Great Barrington Farmers Market Linda R. Campos photography
About
Stories Events
A ctors have been known to drop by and break into spontaneous performances here. Songwriters and storytellers perform for families who stroll and taste and talk with the people who grow the food and make it, and sometimes both.
This summer the market is adapting to Covid-19, but it is still running outdoors, just off Main Street on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. from May to October, with fruits and greens, herbs and oils, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — with safeguards.
Local farmers bring newly laid eggs, blue cheese and aged cheddar. An artisanal charcuterie offers hand-crafted sausages. Hosta Hill sources local ingredients for crimson sauerkraut, and the Happy Belly brightenes chocolate almond tarts with edible flowers and infuses gluten free breads with herbs from their own garden.
Local farmers also bring cut flowers for bouquets and young plants early in summer for gardens and windowsills, and the fruits and vegetables and prepared foods change with the seasons.
Farm fresh eggs fry for breakfast sandwiches at the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Press photo courtesy of the market.
A tumble of fresh peaches from Squamscott Orchards waits at the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Press photo courtesy of the market.
A shower of golden petals brightens the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Press photo courtesy of the market.
Morningstar Farm brings a bright array of vegetables to the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Press photo courtesy of the market.
Cream marbles a cup of No. 6 Depot coffee at the Great Barrington Farmers Market. Press photo courtesy of the market.
Photo by Kate Abbott
The barn is different on a spring night. Calves lie in the hay like deer in the undergrowth. Lambs sleep on their mother’s backs, and sometimes a chicken will join them for the warmth. …
Read article
Photo by Kate Abbott
I’ve never cracked a hard-boiled egg on my dashboard before … The whole day has been like this, zany and surprising. We’re picnicking in my car in unexpected sun, eating with our fingers, in the middle of an expedition.
Read article
Photo by Kate Abbott
The berries make a vivid streak along the road, and there’s something buoyant about that wash of color now against a grey sky.
Read article
Photo by Kate Abbott
Kristen Tool and her husband, Chris Wheeler, keep six hives near a massive apple tree that has lived here, like his family, for a hundred years. They are building contemporary ways to support their family farm — and food systems and food security in the Berkshires at the same time.
Read article
Photo by Kate Abbott
The earth felt cool and damp, and the sun was warm on the church steps, and I was holding a clump of bergamot in my arms. Last Saturday, the Hilltown Seed Savers held a plant swap and exchange …
Read article
Photo by Kate Abbott
Bill Mangiardi holds a lamb a few days old. She has a twin brother, and their mother has not been feeding them equally, so Mangiardi offers her a bottle of warm milk from a generous nanny goat. …
Read article
Hancock Shaker Village
A child licks the dasher from a hand-crank ice cream maker. A young couple bake bread in a brick oven. Greens sprout in a warehouse in Oakland, and a cheesemonger opens a stall at a green market in Manhattan. ... From Northeast hills to bay-area sprawl, they all belong to a new generation of farmers.
This content is for BTW Basic members only.
Login Join Now Read article
Hancock Shaker Village
They are awake in the dark, washing last week’s milk bottles. They are kneeling in the birthing pen, holding a newborn kid goat. They are setting out seedlings in trays and tuning up the 1940s tractor.
Read article
Syrup and sugared nuts and fudge-like cream … the sap is boiling, and maple growers are expanding in the Berkshires with web shops. You can stop in for a quart or order one from home.
Read article
Photo by Andrea Myklebust
Sculptor, weaver and fiber artist Andrea Myklebust has come a long way from urban centers and metro lines to a farmyard where she cares for the goats and sheep who grow the wool she will weave by hand.
Read article
Post navigation
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Linda R. Campos photography
The market returns with fruits and greens and cheeses, locally roasted coffee and brewed cider — popsicles, mushrooms, Berkshire Mountain Bakery sourdough bread, fresh berries …
SEE EVENT
Bookmarks require login
LOG IN
Bookmarks let someone who is logged in to the website save events from the calendar, to remember their favorites and create their own itineraries. You have to log in for the website to know who you are and remember your bookmarks. Login accounts are available to people who
join BTW Berkshires .
Account does not have bookmarking
Your current account does not have bookmarking privileges. If you feel this is an oversight, please contact
Kate Abbott .