It’s Officially Market Season

After a long winter of quiet fields and cold mornings, we couldn't be more excited to say: the Amherst Farmers' Market is back — and so are we. Opening day is Saturday, April 18, and we can’t wait to get back to the common.

Opening weekend is everything we love about this time of year: hope, happiness, and new beginnings. Vendors and customers reunite after months apart, tables are filled with the colors and flavors of spring, the smell of fresh baked goods wafts through the air, kids run from tent to tent, dogs bark and wag their tails at one another as they say hello. Its a beautiful show of community and a reminder of exactly why we love doing what we do.

So what can you expect this weekend at the market? A little bit of everything! It’s still early in the season for New England farms, so while we won’t have tomatoes or cucumbers quite yet, we will have plenty of lettuce and greens mixes, our signature microgreens (this year, we’re offering live trays), pasture-raised eggs, frozen whole chickens, and every cut of pork you can imagine. We even made sure to produce more sausage, because we know how many of you love it! Plus, our value added offerings like garlic scape pesto and crushed whole tomatoes are always in season.

We are continually grateful for this community. The Amherst Farmers' Market has long been one of the Pioneer Valley's great gathering places, and the opening weekend is a meaningful reminder of just how many people want to shop local, eat local, and support local farms like ours. We can’t wait to see our regulars who have been supporting us for years, but we’re equally excited to meet new customers and introduce our little farm to new families.

As spring deepens into summer, our table will grow right along with it — more varieties, more colors, more of the fresh, local food you now and love, and plenty of new offerings too.

We hope to see you soon. Look for the Quabbin Hill Farms sign, say hello, and ask us what's looking good that week. We love talking about our farm and our food — and we'd love to talk with you. We'll be at the Amherst Farmers' Market every Saturday throughout the season, with a few exceptions that we’ll announce here and on our social media accounts.

See you on the common!