at the market
WELCOME...Eat Fresh, Eat Local at the Upper Valley's premier fresh food market! We're open year round, located at 468 Woodstock Rd., Route 4, just outside the village of Woodstock. Click here for map.
Call us...802-457-3658 for more information. We serve sandwiches till 4 PM.
Our STORE HOURS: TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 7:30 AM-7 PM. SUNDAY 9AM till 6 PM. We are closed on Mondays.
Important Farmers' Market Dates and Events in July:
SUMMER SALAD DAYS AT WFM!
JULY SPECIALS!!!
--15% off WFM Homemade Signature Salad Dressings all month long! (in-store special only)
Bleu Cheese, Italian, Balsamic, Parmesan Peppercorn & Ranch. Look for these tasty dressings in the open cooler next to the Dairy Section!
--Terre Rosse Italian Olive Oil 500 ml - Reg. $39.99, NOW $34.99!
Heads of Lettuce ON SALE!(in-store special only)
2 Heads are Better than 1! Buy 2+ heads of lettuce and get 20% OFF
--Staff Pick Special! Italian Sodas at the Deli Counter! Reg. $2.45 - NOW $1.99! They are all the rave with WFM employees!
Sneak Peak at August Specials...
DOG DAYS OF SUMMER AT WFM!
**20% OFF Local Potatoes…many types to choose from!
**Dog of the Week! Stop by to see what Hot Dog creation gets “Best in Show” each week.
**August brings Burgers to WFM!
**Select Condiments & WFM BBQ Sauce on Sale!
**Features: Pennsylvania Peaches and Local Melons!
JULY FEATURES!!!
We have launched our Summer Seaside SHRIMP SALAD with LOCAL GREENS, as well as a brand spankin' new LOW-FAT LEMON DILL SALAD DRESSING! Let us know how you like it!
B-I-G G-U-Y famous, local TOMATOES from Tim Taylor at Crossroad Farm
SALAD GREENS! Local Head Lettuces, mustard greens, arugula and much more. Arriving daily from local farms.
JULY DEMOS!
Friday, July 30th! 11-3! Joe from Galumpia Salad Dressings will be at WFM! Sample one of our local favorites!
JULY HAPPENINGS!
--Meet the Producers! Saturday, July 31st & Sunday, August 1st: 11 am - 5 pm
OUR 2ND ANNUAL EVENT! Local food producers will sample their amazing products outside in the big WFM Tent! Get a chance to discuss the local food chain with our neighbor vendors. We have great, long-lasting relationships with these folks and are proud to carry their products. Meet and support the people behind our local food. Long Trail Brewery, Blue Moon Sorbet, Walpole Creamery, Vermont Smoke & Cure, Fat Toad Farm, Fior D'Italia Pasta, Crossroad Farm, Red Hen Bakery, Rick's Picks & many more....
Be sure to stop by. Brandon and Lisa will be grilling...expect to sample some amazing local meat and flatbread pizza created with local veggies and cheese! Pies, melons & peaches will be all the rage!
THE EVENT OF THE SEASON!
-JULY IS HIGH PRODUCE SEASON! We have absolutely everything. Check out our Local Food Report. SEE DETAILS...
-GARDEN CENTER UPDATE: Fill in your garden now! Great looking annuals on sale! Great deals on perennials! Fall mums arriving soon! Garden Staff Hours are 9 a.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday - Sunday
-WFM is Hiring! Download an application and drop it off at the Market. See details...
SAVE THE DATE!
Mark your calendars...
--Taste of Woodstock! Saturday, August 14th! All day long!
Come join us downtown for a spectacular celebration of Woodstock food! We are planning an outstanding lunch and will have some of the freshest produce from local Upper Valley farms for sale. For more information on the taste of Woodstock, check out the WACC website at www.woodstockvt.com.
Lisa's Thoughts on Cheese:
Halloumi or Haloumi…stellar no matter how you spell it
With grilling season here, it’s time to re-introduce Halloumi cheese, a traditional cheese from Cyprus. Halloumi is produced by first heating the cheese curds prior to pressing which practically speaking, produces a cheese with a high melting point.
Halloumi is semi-firm cheese similar in texture to Mozzarella, with a taste reminiscent of Feta. It is often lightly flavored with mint to add to the taste. Traditionally, Halloumi was wrapped in mint leaves to keep it fresh and ended up with some of the mint flavor. Hence, if you look closely, many packaged Halloumi will have bits of mint leaf on the surface of the cheese.
Easily cut into neat rectangles or cubes, Halloumi may be placed in a lightly oiled frying pan and fried until golden or grilled on a gas or charcoal BBQ grill. Crispy golden on the outside with a soft center, Halloumi is a cheese which compliments a variety of flavors. Try it with grilled vegetables or cubed and grilled on skewers with tomatoes.
Lisa Battilana is our Executive Chef & Retail Representative of the Vermont Cheese Council Executive Board.
News from our kitchen !!
Check out our prepared foods MENUS online!
--Remember to call us to order all holidays meats now!
--We are now serving the best breakfast sandwiches in the Upper Valley! See breakfast menu and pricing.
-- Box Lunch Menu is available any time! Great for meetings and gatherings--and picnics in the summer. Please call the kitchen, 802-457-3658, press number 1 for the deli, for more information.
--Our Celebration Cake Menu is perfect for graduations, birthdays or celebrations of any kind. Please call our bakery at 457-3658 (and press number one for the deli) and we will walk you through the form. Don't feel you have to fill it out--feel free to call and we can fill it out together.
We are humbly honored...last June, Woodstock Farmers' Market got named RETAILER OF THE YEAR along with four other specialty foods businesses around the country by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT). We recieved our "food oscar" at the annual NASFT Fancy Food Show in NYC. Pretty cool stuff. Read more....
To get an idea of the importance of the award, check out a clip produced by the folks at NASFT...it's pretty cool... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7JyjWcXZRE )
WHAT IN THE WORLD IS THE FARMERS' MARKET??
We are a unique fresh food market, OPEN ALL YEAR, located one mile west of the historic village of Woodstock. Here at WFM, our entire staff is relentless in the pursuit of great service, value and quality. Plus, WE LOVE FOOD! Our mission is to focus on artisan food and products; we believe that small batch food produced both locally and globally often tastes better and helps support local economies both here in Vermont and around the world.
We also pride ourselves on our work place and atmosphere...just one step in our front door and you'll feel it for yourself...the music is cranking, the produce is piled high, the cases are full of great food, the store is clean and, most importantly, we are happy and ready to serve you.
Nothing has really changed since our start in 1992, except the size of our building and staff. Now at 30 to 40 part and full time staffers, we are local food junkies who serve our community award winning food: our prepared foods and deli department serve outstanding breakfast, lunch, fabulous sandwiches, deli salads as well as hot entrees for dinner; our deli serves incredible local and world famous farmhouse cheeses, olives, sliced meats and other gourmet provisions, plus plenty of strong coffee and espresso beverages.
Our seafood and meat departments in our deli are the place to find the freshest seafood north of Boston and the best hand cut meats and all natural poultry in the Upper Valley. We also search for local or all natural meat suppliers whenever possible.
Our produce department serves the absolute freshest conventional, organic and local produce available while our garden center is home to zone hardy locally grown perennials and unique annuals including plenty of local pumpkins mums in the fall and holiday greenery and Christmas trees in the late fall.
And our grocery department keeps a wide array of specialty and everyday groceries on our shelves and speeds our guests through our checkout with the latest technology and pleasant, speedy service. We specialize in hard to find unique food products like olive oils, marinades, chocolates and jams from Vermont and the world all over. And we ship most of our food stuffs all over the world.
And our latest venture is the virtual world of shopping, WoodstockFarmersMarket.com, where we hope to duplicate our great service and great food on the world-wide web.
