The weekly season is here!
Plan to shop every Friday 3–6pm as the season naturally grows.
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We will welcome new and returning producers gradually over the coming weeks, so newsletters will have a bit more info than usual this month.
Some producers are not starting just yet, and some are bi-weekly or monthly. Find more details in this recent article, and head over to our website to check your favorite producers' schedules.
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New & Returning Producers for 5/7:
Some old favorites return: Swallow Hill Farm, Family Tree Plants, Little Goat Coffee, and Brandywine Bee Co.
Welcoming one new producer this week — Hilltop Flower Design. Stop by to say hello, and enjoy Dannie's beautiful hand-tied, freshly cut flower bouquets!
More details in the full lineup below.
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Other notes for 5/7:
- As always, we'll be there RAIN–or–SHINE!
- Please note: As a retail environment, masks are still required to enter and shop the market until further notice. Your producers will also continue to wear masks. Thank you for the cooperation & consideration!
- Happy Cat Farm, known for growing a wide variety of heirloom tomatoes & peppers, is popping up this week only with plants!
- Flying Plow now has walk-up sales of their own fresh, seasonal produce, plants, etc. But preorders are still welcomed & recommended if you need something in particular.
- Lots of Mother's Day gifts you can source at market!
- Fresh field-to-table flower bouquets
- The best local ingredients for breakfast in bed: eggs, sourdough bread, mushrooms, sausage, bacon
- And don't forget the freshly roasted coffee beans!
- Local-grain baking mixes & flours
- Pasta & sauce for a simple but elegant meal, with a seasonal salad on the side
- Honey, candles & salves
- A variety of farmstead cheeses
- Handcrafted chocolates
- Lots of healthy plants to fill her pots and beds!
Remember: If you're planning to shop then enjoy the The Creamery (open at 5pm on Fridays), pack a cooler with ice to keep your haul fresh!
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Birchrun Hills Farm |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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BI-WEEKLY
Jesse Miller brings a variety of cheeses made on his family's small dairy farm in Chester Co. Try their famous Birchrun Blue, cheddars, and a range of cave-aged wedges and rounds. Also cheese curds, fromage blanc fresh spreads, feta & créme fraîche.
Habanero cheddar + curds are back!
Payment: Card, Cash, Check, Apple Pay, tap-to-pay
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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Brandywine Bee Co. |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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BI-WEEKLY
Michael Langer is back for the season with pure, raw wildflower honey, sourced directly from his own local hives. Also, beeswax-based products like clean-burning candles, hand salves, soaps, leather dressing and wood preservative.
Payment: Card, Cash or Check
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Family Tree Plants |
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Walk-Up Sales Only |
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EVERY FRIDAY
Nick Castelli returns this week with a beautiful variety of well-tended annuals for your beds & containers, succulents + cacti, vegetable + herb plants grown in his Oxford greenhouse. He will be at market each week mid-August.
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Flying Plow Farm |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Rachel brings seasonal greens & vegetables from Flying Plow's certified organic farm in Rising Sun. Also their own eggs as available.
Lots of healthy herb & vegetable starts for your garden available this week!
Preorders not required but welcomed & recommended if you need something in particular. Preorder grass-fed beef, organic chicken & Mangalitsa pork! You'll only find their own products at market, but you can preorder anything on their site.
Payment: Card (necessary for preorders), Cash or Check
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market Fridays" as your pickup location.
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Happy Cat Farm |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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GUEST 5/7 ONLY
Kennett's own seed saving expert, Tim Mountz, is visiting this week with tomato & pepper plants for your gardens. Check out the amazing variety on their website.
Plants are available for walk-up sales only — no preorders — and varieties are subject to what is ready to bring this Friday.
Pick up something new to plant...or rediscover an old family favorite!
Payment: Card, Cash, Apple Pay, PayPal
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Hilltop Flower Design |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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BI-WEEKLY
New Producer for 2021! Hilltop Flower Design grows seasonal cut flowers on their intensively managed three acre plot in Oxford. Look for Dannie's sustainable hand tied bouquets comprising heirloom and newly bred annuals, perennials, woodies, and bulbs — every other Friday!
Payment: Card, Cash, PayPal
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Medina Mushrooms |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Medina Mushrooms brings a variety of fresh, nutritious mushrooms every week from their own Honeymoon Farm in Oxford.
Take home some white button, crimini, shiitake, oyster, king oyster, maitake, lions mane, portobellos, and honey mushrooms. Or choose a bag of mixed varieties. Bulk boxes also available by preorder.
Learn more about the different varieties on their website.
Payment: Card, Cash, Apple & Google Pay
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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My Greens |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
David Arias & Mariela Sandoval grow their microgreens right here in Kennett Square. Despite being small in size, microgreens are loaded with nutrients & flavor!
Micro harvest may include: Sunflower shoots, Broccoli, Kale, Beet, Arugula, Basil, Cilantro & Rainbow Chard
Payment: Card, Venmo, Cash or Check
Preorder Note: Preorder details in link below. Email mygreenslocallygrown@gmail.com or text 302.766.3453 and provide name, contact info, selection & note Farmers Market pickup.
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Swallow Hill Farms |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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EVERY FRIDAY
Elizabeth & Douglas use organic and regenerative practices on their farm in Cochranville, bringing incredibly "fine produce home grown with love" to KSQ every week!
This week's harvest:
Early Spring favorites RHUBARB + asparagus (with more to come!)
Salanova red butter lettuce, green garlic, Swiss chard, and 'Dazzling Blue' Tuscan kale.
Payment: Cash or Check (no cards), S/FMNP
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Aunt Mamie's |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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BI-WEEKLY
Mike & Theresa Vaccaro use all-natural ingredients in crafting their fresh pastas & other Italian specialties from scratch. Preorders are recommended!
- Fresh pasta: cavatelli, spaghetti, bucatini, rigatoni, fettuccine & pappardelle. Plus fresh wheat fettucine & spaghetti.
- PLUS a variety of Gncocchi & Ravioli, Heat + Eat meals (including Italian Wedding Soup), Stromboli, and SIX different sauces to top it all off. Find all the options here.
Payment: Card, Cash or Check
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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Brandywine Valley Bread |
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PREORDERS* + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Fran bakes naturally leavened sourdough breads using all local & organic grains milled in-house, crafting flavorful & more easily digestible breads. He always has a selection of Baguettes, Boules (unsliced and sliced), Bagels, and Pastries (morning buns, croissants).
*Preorder Note: CALL the bakery during business hours on Thursday 8-2 to reserve items for market pickup on Friday / 484.698.8172 (Online ordering not available.)
Payment: Card, Cash or Check
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Deer Creek Malthouse |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Deer Creek offers baking ingredients, a variety of grains (whole kernel, coarse or stone ground), home-brewing ingredients and kits, craft foods and beer - all made from 100% locally grown grain.
- Is Mom a baker? Gift her a Baking Bundle of local-grain mixes & flours!
- Red Red Rye IPA + Dark Lager are perfect pairs for a transition into warmer weather. Pre-order for pick up before they run out!
Payment: Cards or Cash
Preorder Note: Select "Local Pickup" + "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location. Save when you make
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Little Goat Coffee |
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Walk-Up Sales + Limited Preorders*
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BI-WEEKLY
Little Goat brings freshly roasted, organically grown, and ethically sourced coffee beans from their coffee shop and micro-roaster in Newark DE. They have a variety of pre-packed whole beans*.
And for tea lovers, loose leaf "Immuni-tea" + tulsi rose chai!
*If you prefer to preorder–OR–if you need your beans freshly ground, email Olivia by Thursday @ 12 noon: littlegoatcoffeeroasting@gmail.com
Payment options: Venmo or PayPal, Cash, Check
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Taste of Puebla |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Fill up on Friday night favorites! Corn chips, guacamole & salsas, tamales (to reheat), pozole verde soup, chicken tortilla soup, burrito packs, Mexican lentils, pulled pork, Mexican rice, black beans, etc. They also have Taco Kits & Nacho Kits. All freshly made with care in their commercial kitchen here in Kennett Square.
Payment: Card, Cash or Check
Preorder Note: Select "Taste of Puebla @ 401 Birch St" as your pickup location.
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Valentine Chocolate Co. |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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BI-WEEKLY
Sandy Valentine handcrafts small batches of unique chocolates using the highest quality ingredients in her chocolate kitchen located at the Malvern Train Station.
Try a variety with her milk or dark chocolate collections. Also mendiants, chocolate covered caramels, peanut butter truffles, plus peppermint, coffee & chai chocolates!
Payment: Card, Cash or Venmo
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location in checkout.
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Rain or Shine!
We're committed to being a rain or shine market! We will pause operations for safety in passing electrical storms. If there are any changes due to extreme conditions, we will provide updates via email and social media. Check Facebook & Instagram if you're uncertain on market day.
Location & Parking
Find us in the parking area of The Creamery of Kennett Square @ 401 Birch St. The Creamery is open starting at 5pm on Fridays. FREE PARKING is available on the WEST side of 226 East Birch St (across the street from Braeloch Brewing) or at the office adjacent to The Creamery. We encourage you to use the lots versus the street to be respectful to residents on Birch.
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We greatly appreciate our market community's continued cooperation with distancing as much as possible while shopping and wearing a mask. Our producers also appreciate your respect as you interact with them! Let's continue to work together to keep each other healthy. Thank you!
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- The market is a retail environment serving a wide range of people, so we will continue to require masks to enter & shop the market.
- Please ENTER at the EAST end of The Creamery lot near the vintage pickup truck.
- PLEASE only handle product you are purchasing.
- Of course, stay home if you have any signs of illness.
- THANK YOU for your continued support & cooperation!
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Thank you to our generous 2021 sponsors for their support of the KSQ Farmers Market!
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Learn how your business can support the Farmers Market and other community programs of Historic Kennett Square!
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