PRINCETON, NJ Stores and Shopping Guide Announcement
West Windsor Community Farmers Market Opens Ninth Season on May 5th
The West Windsor Community Farmers Market is pleased to announce the opening of its 2012 farmers market season. Beginning May 5th and continuing through to October 28th (rain or shine!), the Market will be open on Saturdays from 9:00am-1:00pm.
The Market now hosts 15 farms and 13 artisan food and natural product vendors in their 2012 line up. Visitwww.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org for up to date weekly event listings at the Market.
New vendors to the Market this year include Joss and Jules Catering, a Princeton-based catering company that will alternate weeks with Jammin’ Crepes to provide locally sourced offerings for breakfast and lunch; two cupcake vendors who will also alternate weeks—Sweetly Spirited Cupcakes of Princeton Junction and Trenton’s Stace of Cakes; First Field Ketchup based in Princeton makes handmade, artisan ketchups and condiments from locally grown tomatoes; Tumbleweed and Eddie’s Natural Pet Treats; Hopewell Valley Vineyards wine, Trenton’s Happy Wanderer Bakery and for May and June only, Kendall Park’s Pitspone Farm, offering hard to find bushes and herbs. For a complete list of vendors, visit the Vendors link at www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org.
The Market is within walking distance of the southbound side of the Princeton Junction Train Station for both Amtrak and NJ Transit trains. See our map online for more information.
Events at the Market in May include:
MAY 5: OPENING DAY!!
· MUSIC: Ed Goldberg and The Odessa Klezmer Band
· WWBPA (West Windsor Bike and Pedestrian Alliance):
· YES, WE CAN: Food Drive to benefit Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton
· UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AT PRINCETON: Blood pressure screenings
· ROTATING VENDORS: Jammin’ Crepes and Sweetly Spirited Cupcakes
MAY 12:
· MUSIC: Don Lee
· ROTATING VENDORS: Joss and Jules Catering, Stace of Cakes Cupcakes
· MASSAGE AT THE MARKET: The Touch That Heals
MAY 19:
· MUSIC: The Billies
· WWBPA (West Windsor Bike and Pedestrian Alliance):
· YES, WE CAN: Food Drive to benefit Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton
· UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER AT PRINCETON: Blood pressure screenings
· ROTATING VENDORS: Jammin’ Crepes and Sweetly Spirited Cupcakes
· SPECIAL EVENTS: 10am-12pm-West Windsor Library Story Time and Kids Crafts. On May 19th,the childrens’ librarian from the West Windsor branch, Dragana Drobnjack, will be presenting a story time for children ages 3-8 at 10:15am and 11:15am. She will be reading the book, Growing Vegetable Soup by Lois Ehlert. There will also be a craft for children to do, using oil pastels on paper, drawing vegetables they have seen at the market that morning. We ask that parents please bring a small blanket for your child to sit on while listening and enjoying the story.
MAY 26:
· MUSIC: Hot Foot Powder
· ROTATING VENDORS: Joss and Jules Catering, Stace of Cakes Cupcakes
· MASSAGE AT THE MARKET: The Touch That Heals
The Market is located in the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the southbound side of the Princeton Junction Train Station, one mile from the Alexander Road and Route 1 intersection. Parking is free. For directions to the market, visit the website atwww.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. For more information, call 609-933-4452 or email wwcfm@yahoo.com.
