Farmers Market returns with new vendors

The Bethlehem Farmers’ Marketplace in Farrington Sq. opened for the season on April 21 and will remain open just about every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until eventually Nov. 10. 

The sector hosts a wide range of new and returning suppliers, advertising products this sort of as smoothies, natural doggy treats, pickles and kombucha. The party also attributes stay songs from local artists from noon to 2 p.m.

The Bethlehem Farmers’ Market place is hosted by Lehigh’s Office environment of Sustainability and has helped carry sustainable meals and consume possibilities to Lehigh learners and the South Bethlehem neighborhood for 15 seasons. 

The Bethlehem Farmers’ Market place weekly publication mentioned the current market opened a week before this 12 months to celebrate Earth Working day on April 22 and encourages the public to shop with reusable luggage to practice sustainability. In accordance to the Office environment of Sustainability, the sector focuses on earning fresh new community create and foods available to the neighborhood and is also a member of the non-financial gain Purchase Refreshing, Get Neighborhood – Higher Lehigh Valley. 

Isabel Koval ’24 sits at a desk staying away from the rain on Sep. 23 all through the Bethlehem Farmer’s Market place in Farrington Square. The Farmer’s Marketplace normally takes spot together the greenway each and every Thursday from 10a.m.-2p.m. (Frances Mack/BW Team)

There have been 11 distributors at the industry on its opening working day which include Untamed Ferments, providing locally brewed kombucha, switchel (a drink made from water, vinegar and a sweetener), root beer and nitro tea. 

Untamed Ferments proprietor Erik Sink mentioned he founded the business enterprise very last March and this is his very first year at the farmers’ market place.

Lehigh learners find out about the kinds and selling prices of distinctive crops at the Wicked Botanist booth at the Bethlehem Farmer’s Marketplace on Farrington Square. The Wicked Botanist is his spouse Dawn Ash’s plant organization that she runs locally in Bethlehem. (Frances Mack/BW Personnel)

“There’s a lot of other fantastic suppliers and we’re just fired up to be part of in such an amazing sector,” Sink said.

Sink claimed to make his small business as sustainable as attainable, he has established a reusable bottle process to give back again to the Lehigh Valley. He claimed a single p.c of all product sales at Untamed Ferments is specified to 1% for Mother nature, an environmentally-focused initiative supporting conservation of wildlife habitat, trails, streams and parks. 

“People have been pretty receptive when they’ve tried using the merchandise and we’re enthusiastic to locate prospects and folks that are as excited about this product as we are,” Sink stated. 

An additional vendor, Joanna Ruocchio, co-owner of Pip & Pop’s Pickles, stated she is also excited to be a aspect of the Bethlehem Farmers’ Marketplace for the first time. 

“Everything’s performing out and most people looks to be making the most of it,” Ruocchio said.

Both equally Sink and Ruocchio reported they were glad to see these types of a big neighborhood turnout on opening working day.

Malia Wolf, ‘21G, said she was glad to see the market place reopen immediately after a chilly winter time. 

“I missed it,” Wolf said. “I missed having the sandwiches here. And I like the vibe that it provides and everybody comes out.”

Denise Filo will work the Bechdolt Orchard tents at the Bethlehem Farmer’s Marketplace in Farrington Sq. on Thursday morning. As the rain intensified they rushed to pack up their clean fruit. (Frances Mack/BW Staff)

Bizzle’s Bites, marketing pet dog snacks Lathers & Lotions, providing soap and Peanut Butter “N” Far more, marketing home made peanut butter, are some of the returning sellers this yr, with new vendors being added in coming months.