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Farmers Market Debuting During June Third Thursday - June 13, 2008
PITTSFIELD – Mayor James M. Ruberto announced today the return of the Berkshire Harvest Market in Pittsfield. On Thursday, June 19 from 4 to 7 during the Third Thursday festivities the market will debut in front of St. Joseph’s Church, and will continue each Thursday until November in that same location.
“The success of Third Thursday’s has been great, not just for the downtown businesses, but for the visitors as well that come to experience the food, stores, and free entertainment,” said Mayor Ruberto. “The addition of the Berkshire Harvest Market to North Street on Thursday nights will give people a place they can go each week to purchase locally grown food and plants to help support the Berkshire County economy.”
Jeff Winslow, owner of Wild Sage, has been working for over two years trying to create a farmers market in Pittsfield after the farmers market group moved to the Sears parking lot in Lanesboro. “My personal goal has been to generate enough magnetism into North Street so everyone becomes aware that North Street is the social place to be every Thursday night by the summer of 2009,” said Jeff. “We are planning to add music and entertainment to our repertoire after we get the market underway.”
At the June 19 market Jaeschke Fruit & Flowers Center, River Valley Farm, Noble's Farmstand, Fallon Farm, Holiday Farm, Woven Roots Farm, Marvin's Gardens, Cricket Creek Farm, A W Confections Master Pastry Chef, and That's A Wrap will have stands set up. According to Jeff, “I have an additional list of 21 other farmers and related vendors with whom I have been communicating for the past two years and am still working with them in hopes many of them will also be able to participate.”
According to research by Jeff, Elkanah Watson led the way as Pittsfield's own pioneer by exhibiting two Merino sheep in Pittsfield’s “town square” in 1807. He subsequently organized the Berkshire Agricultural Society in 1811 and began the first Berkshire County Fair on September 24, 1811. This was the first such event in our new country. Pittsfield Harvest will celebrate the 100 year anniversary in three years to honor his accomplishments. |
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