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Let's celebrate our independence by supporting our independent farmers & producers for the holiday weekend!
The first of Troy's early season peaches will be ready for this Friday's market, and red & blue are in full glory to make a 100% local, festive fruit salad — black raspberries, blueberries, cherries & strawberries!
Pick up a variety of vegetables for easy grilling — cabbage, onions, summer squash, zucchini & fennel. And don't forget the mushrooms! Grab some grass-fed beef for burgers, tomatoes for slicing, local cheddar or cheese spreads to top it off, and cucumbers for a cool salad on the side.
Keep reading for a new farm intro + the full lineup detailing ALL the local goodness you'll find this Friday! (We will be there rain-or-shine but may have to pause for safety in storms.)
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Join us in welcoming Dave & Kathy King of King’s Sweet Corn & Produce to our market community this Friday! Their small family farm in Parkesburg is well-known for delicious sweet corn, which they will bring to market soon (it's not quite ready!) along with a variety of other homegrown produce.
A bit more about the Kings...
When Dave was in junior high in the early 1970's, his family started growing half an acre of sweet corn that he & his siblings sold from the back of a pick up truck by the side of the road. The old truck at the entrance to The Creamery was their first corn picking truck! The money they made was used to buy back-to-school supplies & new school shoes.
The Kings now grow 22 acres of fresh produce, selling most of it at their roadside stand on the farm. They pick their corn & other vegetables daily in order to provide customers with the freshest produce possible. They utilize IPM (Integrated Pest Managment) farming methods, concentrating on soil health, using cover crops, soil builders, and mulches, along with beneficial insects & plants in high tunnels for pest management.
This week’s harvest:
Slicing tomatoes + heirlooms for holiday cookouts! Plus mini cabbage, zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers, onions, garlic, green beans (limited), and new potatoes (limited).
The sweet corn is coming soon but not this week!
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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.
Add some local flavor to your burger toppings with cheddar, fresh spreads and Birchrun Blue. Or let Jesse help you select a variety of cave-edged cheeses for an easy cheese board! They also have grillable haloumi, fresh fromage blanc, feta & créme fraîche.
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 has pure, raw wildflower honey, sourced directly from his own local hives. Also, beeswax-based products like clean-burning candles, hand salves, soaps, and wood preservative.
Spring Honey 2021 is here! Extracted from the hives after the bees make honey from the spring bloom, this light colored, beautifully flavored honey is truly a seasonal treat from the bees!
Payment: Card, Cash or Check
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| Canter Hill Farm |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Pasture-raised poultry & eggs, pork, and grass-fed beef & lamb. A wide variety of cuts along with an assortment of sausages made from pork, chicken, lamb & turkey.
ON SALE: Fire up the grill for some T-bone steaks! Regularly $22/lb, on sale for $19/lb this Friday.
Payment options: Card, Venmo, Cash, Check
Preorder note: Email order form or list with name & pickup location as KSQ for date of market to canterhillfarm@yahoo.com.
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| Family Tree Plants |
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| Walk-Up Sales Only |
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EVERY FRIDAY
Nick Castelli always has a beautiful variety of well-tended plants + flowers for your beds and containers, succulents + cacti, vegetable + herb plants grown in his Oxford greenhouse. He will be at market each week through the end of July.
Payment: Cash or Check
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| Flying Plow Farm |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Rachel brings seasonal produce from Flying Plow's certified organic farm in Rising Sun — right now find lots of greens (kale, bok choy, chard, etc), lettuces, cabbage, Napa cabbage, carrots, kohlrabi, summer squash & zucchini, cucumbers, scallions, herbs (basil, parsley, dill), etc.
Also their own grass-fed beef plus pasture-raised pork & chicken as available. Chicken is fully restocked!
Preorders are still greatly appreciated! You'll only find their own products at market, but you can preorder anything on their site and take advantage of more options for their meats, etc.
Payment: Card, Cash, Check
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market Fridays" as your pickup location.
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| Hilltop Flower Design |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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BI-WEEKLY
Hilltop Flower Design grows seasonal cut flowers on their intensively managed three acre plot in Oxford. Dannie creates beautiful hand tied bouquets mixing heirloom and newly bred annuals, perennials, woodies, and bulbs.
Every other Friday, treat yourself or someone you love to these locally-grown beauties!
Payment: Card, Cash, PayPal
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| Medina Mushrooms – Honeymoon Farm |
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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.
Also pasture-raised CHICKEN (non-GMO feed)—boneless/skinless breasts, stock parts. More in stock soon!
Payment: Card, Cash, Apple & Google Pay
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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| Rex Farms Orchard / Big Hill Ciderworks |
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Walk-Up Sales Only
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EVERY FRIDAY
Troy & Maria bring a variety of fruit in season, direct from their family farm & orchards in Adams County PA.
This week's harvest:
Black raspberries are here! Plus the first of the PEACHES (an early clingstone variety called Rich May).
Also, Montmorency sour cherries, sweet cherries, blueberries, and strawberries.
As always, they also have their award-winning farm-to-bottle hard ciders—grown, pressed, fermented, bottled & distributed right from the orchards.
Hard cider selection may include: Standard, Little Round Hop, Summer Scrumpy, Michaux Mule, Barrel Aged, Newtown Wickson, Kingston Black, Golden Russet, Manchurian, Farmhouse. (Flavor profiles here.)
Payment: Cash or Card, S/FMNP
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| Swallow Hill |
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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! Read more about their farming methods here.
Continuing to harvest: Tendersweet cabbage, Swiss chard, fresh sweet onions,Tuscan kale, fennel, rhubarb, blueberries
NEW this week: green zucchini, yellow Tempest squash
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!
- Grab some homemade Italian pasta salad for holiday gatherings! Preorder recommended but also available at market (16- or 32-oz)
- Fresh pasta: cavatelli, spaghetti, bucatini, rigatoni, fettuccine. Plus fresh wheat fettucine & spaghetti.
- PLUS a variety of Gncocchi, Ravioli, Heat + Eat meals, 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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| 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.
On Sale this week: Oat Waffle Mix! Pale oat flour lends loft & tenderness to these waffles otherwise rich with earthy whole wheat flour. Meringue contributes additional lift to this breakfast staple. Full of fiber & protein, complex yet delicate in flavor!
Shop a larger variety online for pickup at market. Save 10% when you preorder! (20% off your first order.)
Payment: Card or Cash
Preorder Note: Select "Local Pickup" + "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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| Green Lion / Heart Stone |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Based in Phoenixville, Green Lion Breads & Heart Stone operate under the umbrella of Partners Creating Community, a non-profit with an integrated commercial and social mission. PCC creates inclusive, therapeutic, and real employment opportunities for adults of all abilities.
- Green Lion breads are naturally leavened using a slow-fermentation process and freshly-milled local grains to provide delicious, nutritious, and digestible breads.
- Heart Stone uses local ingredients as much as possible plus Green Lion’s flavorful stone-milled flour for their rustic pastries like croissants, seasonal scones & galettes, plus savory babkas & hand pies.
Stop by see what they have this Friday, or preorder in advance!
Payment: Cash, Card, PayPal, Venmo
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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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*.
*If you prefer to preorder–OR–if you need your beans freshly ground, email Olivia by Thursday @ 12 noon: littlegoatcoffeeroasting@gmail.com
Payment options: Cash, Card, Check, PayPal, Venmo
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| Cocky Gourmet Confections |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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ONCE A MONTH
Celebrate the 4th of July with a Blast of Flavor! Set off an explosion of flavor in your mouth with our Brittle and Toffee!
Cocky Gourmet proudly brings you their addictively scrumptious toffee & brittle! Their butter toffee comes with milk or dark chocolate, with or without crushed almonds. The decadent Salted Caramel Deluxe Peanut Brittle features old fashioned peanut brittle topped with milk chocolate, pretzel pieces & salted caramel drizzle.
Choose from 11 varieties of brittle with a wide array of nuts & even pumpkin seeds, with flavor profiles from salty to sweet to spicy! (Most flavors are gluten free.)
Payment: Cash, Card
Preorder Note: Select "Kennett Square Farmers Market" as your pickup location.
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| Tat's Yummies |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Melina is back this week! She is an expert baker specializing in European patisseries that reflect her heritage and family traditions. Every week she has a wide variety of sweet delicacies, including macaron, pastries, cupcakes, cookies, cakes, and pies—made with simple, natural ingredients. Try her tender, savory foccacia, too!
Preorder by Thurs @ 12 NOON
- Email or call: tatsyummies@aol.com / 302.480.0444
- Provide name, contact info & note pickup @ KSQ Farmers Market.
She also creates custom cakes for special occasions, so reach out in advance for your needs.
Payment: PayPal or Cash
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| Taste of Puebla |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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EVERY FRIDAY
Fresh Mexican fare made in Kennett Square! Corn chips, guacamole & salsas, tamales (to reheat), pozole verde soup, chicken tortilla soup, burrito packs, Mexican lentils, pulled pork, mole poblano, 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.
New! Al Pastor – marinated pork in a Guajillo pepper sauce, topped with fresh-cut pineapple for a perfect hint of sweetness.
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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| Botanical Bubbles |
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PREORDERS + Walk-Up Sales
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BI-WEEKLY
Sherri's all-natural Sunscreen & Bug Spray is a must for your holiday gathering or outings!
Pick up a fabulously scented room spray, or a limited edition Seaside Escape Bar soap.
Botanical Bubbles will also have a variety of salves to treat everything from bumps and scrapes to sore muscles and more.
Payment: Venmo, Cash App, Cash or Check
Preorder Note: Her site will send up to checkout through PayPal. Be sure to click on "Pickup $0.00". Look for email confirmation.
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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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Safe Shopping Etiquette
- The market is a retail environment serving a wide range of people. Please wear a mask according to the current State of PA / CDC guidelines.
- 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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