Acton Boxborough Farmers MarketThis Week at the Market
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Sundays: 10am–2pm, July 11–October 31 • Pearl Street, West Acton, MA

 
 

AUGUST 1, 2010

REDUCE • REUSE • RECYCLE

Our education topic and kids' activity theme for this week are the three Rs. We often think most about recycling; the ABFM wants to remind us all that the most important of these is the first: REDUCING consumption. What have we purchased recently that we don't really need? Are there ways to meet needs without creating demand for more stuff? All three Rs are important, and at market we'll learn why and some ideas for how!

Now food that we need. Come to market this Sunday for a huge variety of the real thing!

New Market Hours: 10am – 2pm
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ABFM Highlighted SPONSOR of the week

Acton Barn Cooperative Nursery School

Learning through play

The Barn offers two-, three-, and four-day programs for children from 2 years 9 months to 5 years of age. The educational program at the Barn is designed to foster the social, emotional, cognitive, and physical growth of young children.

www.ActonBarn.com

32 Nagog Park
Acton, MA
P 978.263.0486
Email: janaschmitt@hotmail.com OR farmer.frazier@gmail.com
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CONTEST: AMERICA'S FAVORITE FARMERS MARKETS

This project of American Farmland Trust is raising national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers. Can the ABFM become a favorite MA market? Vote for the ABFM as your favorite farmers market here!
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ACTION ALERT: LOCALLY MADE WINE AND BEER AT FARMERS MARKETS

The MA House of Representatives has passed an Economic Development bill that includes language permitting the sale of locally produced wine and beer at MA farmers markets. Please call your State Representative and State Senator to urge them to preserve the farm wineries language in the bill (currently in Conference Committee). If enacted, this bill would help local wineries and expand the options for MA farmers market–goers. For contact info on state Reps and Senators, visit http://www.wheredoivotema.com.
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To learn more about our vendors, performers, artisans, or community table organizations, please visit ABFarmersMarket.org.

PER-DIEM VENDOR

ROB'S GARDENS Littleton, MA
Rob's Gardens sells a great variety of locally field-grown, hard-to-find perennials and New England wildflowers, all guaranteed hardy in our region.

PERFORMERS

SCOTT & RUSSELL • Groton, MA
Two guys with guitars. Really good guitars.
Scott Card and Russell Kniffin fuse acoustic fingerstyle and electric harmonization to create a fresh, unclassifiable sound. 11:15am–1pm

www.ScottandRussell.com

ARTISAN

JA ARTS • Clinton, MA
Janet Armstrong delights with her oil and watercolor paintings.

www.JArmstrongArts.com

kids' activity

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE!
Ever wonder why these are always in this order? Why is REDUCE first? Which one yields the greatest environmental and economic savings? Which plastics are the "bad boys" of recycling? Kids will learn their way around these ideas and re-use household materials to make a bird feeder!

Come on down — for Real Food from Real People!

AT ABFM:
BAGS & APRONS & BUMPER STICKERS —
OH MY!

SPECIAL THANKS

The ABFM Leadership Board thanks the following for their generous help with market logistics and/or parking:

ABFM Abutters (Spero, Watt, and Friedrichs/Lenichek families)
Acton Police and Fire departments
Carquest Auto Parts
Christian Science Society
Middlesex Savings Bank, West Acton Branch
Savoury Lane
Town of Acton
West Acton Citizens' Library

The ABFM Operates on People Power

Love the market? Get more involved! Volunteer to help on market days (just a 2-hour shift to help with set-up, clean-up, staffing or a kids' activity). Or join a committee to help behind the scenes. Contact hpwatt@gmail.com to sign up.

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Please support our partners
Acton Real Estate Co.
The Birdhouse
Handworks
Kitchen Outfitters
OMR Architects
Graphic Connections