Winter Farmers Market - in Somerville!

The Davis Square Farmers Market

We subscribe to the Somerville Journal, which keeps us up-to-date on all our local news. This week, the paper's front cover featured an article on the success of farmers markets here in Somerville and the push to create a winter market! The author writes, "[t]here is incredible interest in Somerville for local food...[f]armers say that it's the most profitable market they participate in." Given the love for our Davis and Union Square markets, it looks like the Center for Arts at the Armory may be the home of a newly formed winter market and there are several farms already interested in participating. This is wonderful news for people who frequent the Davis Market (more than 2000 people per week!) because the Armory is just up Highland Avenue outside the square. Now, those of you from California or other warm climes may wonder why this is a big deal, and I invite you to visit here in January! Fresh food is hard to come by. Sure, our grocery stores provide us with produce from around the world, but we are hungry for foods that we can source and those that are in season.

Happy Somervillians buy fresh produce at the market.

The best part of this article was the quote from Mimi Graney, who said that "[b]efore the June opening day [of the Union Square Farmers Market], people are literally shaking with anticipation, they're so excited." I hope Somerville can keep this feelin' all year round!