Farmers Market to Open Rain or Shine

The long wait is over—the will open for business today at the municipal parking lot on 74 North Main St. from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. 

The market will include spring produce, vegetables and other items from Peasley's Breezy Knoll Farm, Langwater Farm, Trolley Crossing Farm, A Summer Place Farm, Hickory Hill Farms, Perennial flowering plants from Rick Oliver, Level Acres, Razzo Coffee, Lawton's Farm Cheese, Be Sweet Bakery, , Dufort Farm with USDA grass-fed beef, pastured pork, jams and jellies, Nason Family Honey, Products of the Hive with honey, honey based soaps, balms and lotions, Fresh Catch Seafood, Scorpio's with fresh bread and bruschetta, Del's Lemonade, Edgewater Farm, Wetu Farm, Proofed Bakery, Eagle Mountain Maple Products, Butter Café and Bakery, Karen Kullas with composting, John Atkinson's Recycled Silverware (jewelry), Nature's Intentions, Unique Pottery by Sara Silva, Roca's Woodworking, Foxboro Cheese Company, Next Step Living Solar and Ugly Dog Books.

Local musician Gay Barboza will perform from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Jacquie O'Brien from the city's Health Department will conduct blood pressure screenings.

Free packets of sunflower seeds will be available while supplies last. Discount coupons for and Speedee Oil Change will be provided. Authentic Attleboro Farmers Market T-shirts and shopping bags can be purchased.

Market visitors are encouraged to bring healthy non-perishable and not-out-of-date food products. The items will be donated to the Attleboro Area Council of Churches, which helps those in need. If you bring an item, you will be entered into a contest to win a Kindle.

On-site parking will be limited, so it would be a good idea to get to the market by walking, riding a bike or through any other creative method. If you must drive, parking is available at the Sanford Street Parking Garage, the Sanford Street Municipal Parking lot, the Bank Street Municipal Parking lot, Bank Street, Hayward Street, Court House lot and the parking lot adjacent to the Community Garden on Riverbank Road. 

The National Weather Service claims there is a 100 percent of rain today (no wiggle room for these guys), but most of it might not arrive until the afternoon. Either way, the market vendors will not be deterred. They will be open for business rain or shine.