Williamstown Farmers' Market Opens Saturday

WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass. — The Williamstown Farmers Market returns to the Spring Street parking lot on Saturday, May 28. The new hours of the market are Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

There will be a wide variety of locally grown produce and cheeses, organic meats, homemade baked goods, and original handcrafted items.

Some of the vendors include:

Cricket Creek Farm – Artisan Cheeses and Baked Goods
Raw milk cheeses, Tobasi and Maggie’s Round as well as newly added fresh, pasteurized cheese in a number of flavors. Also bread, cookies, muffins, scones and granola made in the in-farm bakery. 
Contact: Lesley Graham, 413-458-5888 or  www.cricketcreekfarm.com.

BabyCakes
Williamstown’s favorite little cakes in chocolate, chocolate raspberry, lemon, almond. Grandma-style crumbcake, too.  Six-inch diameter cake serves six to eight. Baked in a certified kitchen in Williamstown using King Arthur flour, butter, local eggs and fruit in season. They often sell out early so an email or phone call to reserve your favorite flavor is encouraged.
Contact: Judy Turbin, 413-458-9930, Helene Armet, 413-458-8778, or BabyCakes2468@gmail.com.

Peace Valley Farm
Small family farm in South Williamstown supplying fresh produce to local restaurants, Williams College, and the Farmers’ Market. They will join the market starting around the third week in June when they have available a variety of greens and sugar snap peas. As the season progresses, more and more vegetables become available. Note that they do not sell directly from the farm.
Contact: Bill and Susie Stinson, 413-458-4866 or peacevalleyfarm@gmail.com.

Memphremagog Studios
Born on the Vermont lake that bears her studio’s name, award-winning artist Emily Beth Errion creates a distinctive line of original, handcrafted jewelry, embossed glass, and specialty gift designs in the Green Mountain State.

Crow Hill Farm
The Pownal, Vt., farmstand offers art kits for kids, watercolor note cards, fingerless texting gloves, tiny baby organic wool dolls and hand carved birds. 
Contact: Merry Anderson and Craig Lawrence, 802-823-7807

Sweet Brook Farm
This South Williamstown farm offers maple syrup, maple candy and cream, maple-roasted nuts, alpaca roving and yarns, and fresh seasonal vegetables. Farm store is also open to the public from Memorial Day through Labor Day, seven days a week, 10 to 6.
Contact: Pete and Beth Phelps, 413-884-4246, 877-45-SYRUP, www.sweetbrookfarm.mybigcommerce.com.

Peterman Boards and Bowls
The handcrafted  wooden bowls and boards by Spencer Peterman of Turners Falls that made Oprah's "O" list in January come in cherry, black walnut and spalted maple. These museum store and gallery seconds are half off his regular retail prices.
Contact: Andree Clearwater, 413-834-0833.

jennydewjewels
Original designs in silver, gold, as well as original takes and twists on beading. The artist creates pieces during the market as well and custom designs on the spot as well.
Contact: Jenny Dewar, jennydewjewels@aol.com. www.jennydew.com.

Quimby’s Farm
The Hancock farm offers brown eggs, maple syrup, bedding plants and fresh-picked vegetables. Contact: 413-458-5402

Black Queen Angus Farm
100 percent grass-fed, antibiotic-free, hormone free, Animal Welfare Approved beef, pastured pork and meadow veal. Pre-orders are suggested with delivery at the Farmers’ Market. Contact: Morgan Hartman, 413-358-8435. www.blackqueenangus.com.

Apple Tree Hill Organic Farm
This Hancock farmstand and antique/collectible shop brings potted organic herbs, jams and jellies, maple cream, organic vegetables and fruits, honey and artwork by Kelly. Newly added baked goods, such as whoopie pies and breads. Farmstand and shop also open on weekends 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Contact: Roger and Nancy Johnson, 413-458-3933 or appletreehill@mindspring.com

Berkshire Mountain Pottery
From her studio in South Williamstown, local potter Anne Hogeland offers hand-thrown stoneware including coffee mugs, latte bowls, plates, dishes, pitchers, platters, canisters and fruit bowls. All pieces are lead-free and oven-, microwave-, and dishwasher-safe.  Contact: 413-441-4811.