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Ithaca Farmer's Market

Being that we start the outdoor market season in Ithaca Tomorrow, I found it only fitting that we do today's post on the history of Ithaca Market and how we decided to sell there.

Ithaca Market first began in 1973 and was located in a space near Agway. They then moved near the hangar theater, Ithaca west end, Ithaca commons and then again to Dewitt Park.  In 1988 it found the site it is at now and began to build the pavilion that is currently there. 

All of the market was built, groomed and planted by Ithaca Market volunteers. It has become a place of diversity and tourism. With the dock being there it gives a chance for  boat tours on the lake. It offers a beautiful picnic spot and outdoor gathering for families. Music can be heard on Saturdays when local artists come to play.

You can find all kinds of vendors in their specialties. All the produce, cheese, wine, fruits and meat come from within a 30 mile radius of the market. Making it a very local market! From wine, cheese and breads to produce, fruit and herbs. Beef, buffalo, chicken, rabbit and pork. You can also get something to eat with the many different cultures of food vendors. Gyros, chinese, cambodian and burritos! Crafts: necklaces, pictures, woodworking, and hammocks! There is something for everyone, this is just a small list!


Visit Ithaca Farmers market website for a complete list of vendors and their specialties. 

Now how did we decide to start at Ithaca market? We started Ithaca market in 2008 and have been going ever since. We started as a EZ entry vendor and then became a full member in 2009. We just got our own booth last year. We are booth #75. We will always be in that booth when you come to the market. We did mostly Saturday's last year and plan to do Saturday's and Sunday's this year as long as we have the product!

We hope that you will come experience the ambiance of the Ithaca Market. It is definitely a market worth visiting. 

Weekend in Review and Week ahead

Farm Days- March 2010

Where to begin? Friday night we were at the Oakdale Mall helping set up the Otsiningo Farmers Market table. Saturday we had market at the Cornell Cooperative Extension building on Upper Front St. in Binghamton. We came home and worked in the greenhouse seeding more herbs.Then worked on our lists of what needs to be done this year, what order and who's doing what! Sunday we were planning on being in the greenhouse all day seeding and transplanting, but it was freezing. We took the kids out for a little bit and Eric Jr got soaking wet from playing with his trucks in the water that was sitting on the ground from all the rain and snow melting. So we decided to take them in so that he wouldn't get sick.

All in all it was a pretty good weekend. Realization is that it is the beginning of the season and like I told my mom, "Let the games begin." This is the time of us not having time to do anything outside of working on the farm.

Week ahead:
Seed, transplant, build shelves, work on refinishing the building that is going to be our new "Store/stand," start working on stuff for market (tents, signage, recipe cards), and package some more of the dried herb shakers.

We have the stall auction and Ithaca Market Clean up on Saturday.

The start of Ithaca Market is coming up, Saturday April 2nd is the first market there. Make sure you mark your calenders!

Ithaca Farmers Market- April 2010

Last year it was packed. It took some people almost 2 hours of waiting in line in their cars before they could get in to the market. Although it was really nice out, 70 degrees according to my records. This year hopefully we won't have a foot of snow on the ground.