So many beautiful shots from last week's visit from Santa. A special thank you to our volunteer photographer Paul Puleo. Paul will be back tomorrow to capture more magical moments with Santa!

Check out the link to his album below and see if you’re in it. You can download your image for free! https://solidvoyager.smugmug.com/20221210-Santa-Goats/

South Sixth Jewelry did so well last week that they've decided to join us again tomorrow! This Easton based business features handmade sterling silver jewelry created by owner and artist, Meredith Kilgannon. In addition to unique adornments, South Sixth has curated a beautiful collection of accessories, small housewares, and perfect gifts for everyone on your list this holiday season.

Mediterra is back with their rich aromatic extra virgin olive oil, crafted from the ripest ancient Chemlali & Chetoui olives, hand picked in central Tunisia. Organically grown, the olives are cold-pressed to preserve the natural antioxidants. You'll also find gorgeous 100% natural, handmade, non-porous olive wood bowls, platters and serveware.

Check out Mayamam's beautifully woven home goods like placemats, aprons and tablecloths. They have adorable baby bibs, tug toys for dogs, scarves, ornaments and more! 

The Bubbly Goat has loads of holiday-themed scents in lotions, soaps, and gift sets, and candles to cozy up the chilly nights and make your house smell delightful! Stop by and get your Christmas shopping done! Remember, all products are made with the skin nourishing milk from their very own goats.

Their 3rd annual "Christmas with the Goats" event is up on their website and open for bookings. Visit the farm, snuggle with the goats under Christmas lights, enjoy a hot cup of cocoa, candy canes and roast marshmallows over an open fire. There's still time to reserve a time: https://www.thebubblygoat.com/farm-events

HOMESTEAD of Easton strives to connect the community with the opportunity to shop consciously for all their gift, home and lifestyle good needs from makers around the country that are doing good with their businesses. All items are carefully picked to meet standards of responsibility and transparency, starting with not being on Amazon, being small batch and handmade. You’ll also find shops that include vegan items, eco-conscious items, and/or may be women and LGBTQ-owned businesses.

Psst... We discovered some fabulous organic soy tea lights in wonderful natural fragrances (made in Vermont)!

Spring Garden Street Herbals is an Easton-based herbal company that specializes in small batch, hand-crafted skin and body care. Each item is carefully formulated and made by owner and operator Dana Marion. Dana carefully selects the best ingredients to use in every product, choosing only organic, homegrown, wildcrafted, or sustainably sourced materials for her formulations. Stop by and check out Dana's holiday specials!

House with Heart is a charity that provides a home for abandoned children, an education center for impoverished women and children, and an outreach program for needy families in Kathmandu, Nepal. Formed in 2001, the organization continues to uplift children and families by providing educational services. With an extensive array of handmade felted ornaments and beautiful mohair scarves, every gift supports their mission!

You'll find Napa Cabbage at Cabbage Throw Farm, Salvaterra's Gardens and Phillips Farm.

Cabbage Throw Farm celebrates the end of the 2022 market season with a very green harvest. Head lettuce, bok choy, rosie, tatsoi, winter mix and spring mix along with broccoli and radish microgreens will all be available this weekend. Additional produce includes carrots, beets, kohlrabi, specialty radishes, turnips, rutabaga, napa cabbage, yellow onions, garlic, winter squash, and Comeback Farm's potatoes and sweet potatoes. 

Phillips Farms sends a warm thank you to all of the amazing customers who shop at the market. This Saturday will be their last day until next May. Happy Holidays and Happy Winter!! Stock up on all your favorite items this week: Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, broccoli, leeks, kale, bok choy, scallions, fennel, beets, carrots, cabbage, fresh herbs, potatoes, onions, winter squash and much more. Apple varieties include: Honeycrisp, Fuji, Gala, Mutzu, Macoun, Granny Smith, and Pink Lady, and don’t forget the freshly pressed apple cider. Oh, and this is your last chance for fresh eucalyptus bunches!

'Tis the season for growing mushrooms! And Primordia has a fun and funky gift for the fungi lover on your list. Shiitake grow kits! Each kit comes with an inoculated grow block and instructions. This is a great gift for adult and kids. First come, first serve $25 each.

Matt's full line-up for this week includes lots of salad and cooking greens including lettuce mix, arugula, kale (green curly, tuscan), Swiss chard, spinach and collards. Get back to your roots with sweet crunchy carrots, beets, radishes, and Hakurei turnips. Plus butternut squash, pak choy, fennel, green cabbage, Napa cabbage, red cabbage, cilantro and parsley.

Stock up on fresh greens this week! Salvaterra's winter lettuce mix has baby red and green leaf lettuces; it's fresh, crisp and delicious! 

You won't see Scholl's in Easton again until January 14th so be sure to stock up on apples for cooking and eating! And of course potatoes, onions and veggies for soups and stews, and winter squash for the holidays and beyond.

Scholl Orchards apple, pear and pumpkin butter make great stocking stuffers and little holiday thank you gifts. And Dads love their hot sauces! Check out all their jarred items for making fresh and local holiday gift baskets. Oh, and don't forget to grab some cider for mulling on these chilly winter eves.

Due to a supply chain issue, Zekraft is running dangerously low on their signature reusable jars. Do you have any Zekraft jars hanging around your kitchen? Turn Zeke's frown upside down and return them this weekend!

Check facebook for this week's market menu.

Check out Zekraft's home meal delivery service - a Zekraft gift card would make an awesome gift for the busy foodie on your list! https://zekraft-home-meal-delivery-lv.square.site/ 

Breakaway has amazing gifts for the meat-lover on your list, like their famous '12 Days of Bacon' Gift Box, or their Chocolate Covered Bacon Jerky.

Their Alsatian Christmas sausage is back for a limited time. This delightful Christmas sausage features Breakaway's pasture-raised pork finely ground and made in the style of a bratwurst but strongly flavored with gin-soaked red currents, candied ginger, orange zest, and Christmas mulling spices of allspice, cloves, nutmeg & cinnamon.

You'll find gorgeous holidays hams, roasts and briskets, and since Breakaway won't be back in Easton until January 14th, don't forget to shop for pork for New Years! And stock up on broth for winter soups and stews!

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Join us this weekend as we help wrap up the 2022 Easton Farmer's Market season. As a thank you for all of your support this season we will continue our sale of "Buy any savory strudel and get an apple or cabbage strudel for 25% off." We will also be offering $2 off Buffalo Chicken, Southwestern Mac and Cheese, and Potato Chive strudels. Grab these just in time for New Year's Eve! They make GREAT appetizers! 

Don't forget to come see us at our shop in Bath or schedule a delivery! You will also be able to see us at the Easton Winter Market!

Roastwell Coffee Roasters has so many gifts for the coffee lover you're sure to find something that fits perfectly. From chocolate covered espresso beans to an assortment of coffee gifts all packaged and ready to go! They'll have a full assortment of drinks as well, served up from their super cool mobile Coffee trailer. 

Festively wrapped Hot Chocolate Bombs and Holiday Cake Pops blew off the shelves last week so Eileen and her elves have been busy making and baking for tomorrow! They have gorgeous Christmas cookies and... special order 'Take and Bake Cinnamon Roll Trays!" Want fresh cinnamon rolls on Christmas Morning? Step aside, Pillsbury doughboy! This is like having Mia & Maddie's baking in your kitchen on Christmas morning. Just bring these babies come to room temp until fluffy and 2X the size, then bake them, pour on your icing and enjoy! Contact Mia and Maddies for orders.They are going fast!

What a wonderful, replete, affirming year this has been! It’s been a lot of other things, too, of course, but are these not also valuable and important?

To the last market of 2022, we bring Lisa’s phenomenal Lamb and Mashed Potato Pies, Quiches, Apple Brown Butter Tarts, Mint Chocolate Truffle Pie, Pie+Tart Torrone, Mince Pies, Hand Pies, among others.  

We thank and appreciate each and every customer for their curiosity and dedication, and each and every vendor for their integrity, grit, and the tremendous skills they share with the world; we count ourselves very lucky indeed to be in such good company. See you in May of 2023, down by the river.  - Anne

Funny Farms is buzzing with more than honey this December... check out all their great handmade gifts including beeswax candles and wax melts, wooden honey dippers, beard balm and more. They're the bee's knees - and perfect for combining with a few jars of honey to create a sweet little gift basket. Oh, and don't forget to stock up on immune building Elderberry syrup!

Cans, cans, and more cans of kombucha this week. Stock up for the holidays!

Do you have someone on your list that loves lavender or patchouli? Susan has lovely scent collections to choose from - like lavender, desert night, patchouli, tranquility and rose geranium. You'll find lots of great stocking stuffers. And there are still soap bundles (a bar of soap and hand knit dish cloth) available. For those wise women in your life, pick up a Wise Woman Facial Bar. And for the green thumb on your list there's Gardener's Hand soap or a tin of Gardener's Hand Soother. And let's not forget the kids! Pick up a soap pop (creamsicle or cocoa fudge) for their stockings. Have someone on your list that likes wine or beer? Yep, Susan has a soap for them - a bar of Sangria soap or 'Zack's Beer' soap.

NOTE: Look for Teel's Hill Next to the EFM Merchandise Tent again this week.

Spread your love of EFM this holiday season! A little pouch stuffed with market tokens makes a perfect gift for those special people in your life. And they're a great way to say 'thank you' to your child's teacher, your hair stylist, yoga instructor or the mail carrier. Wooden Market tokens come in $5 increments, spend like cash, and are good all year round!

We also have a fresh new batch of cozy BEE hoodies. Here's fun gift idea - buy a hoodie and tuck some tokens in the pocket for an extra surprise!