May/June 2013; Specialty Food Magazine

What’s New in Hard, Gummy and Chewy Candies

Label-reading has infiltrated the candy aisle, with more consumers wanting cleaner ingredients even in their indulgences. But flavor punches still draw the masses, as candies get creative with salt, sour and downright surprising flavors. Here’s what you need to know. Read More

 

May 14, 2013; Boston Globe

Quaint meets contemporary in village of Woodstock, Vt.

Confession: We’d drive to east-central Vermont if only for the fabulous sandwiches at the Woodstock Farmers’ Market... Read More

Late Fall/Holiday 2012; Edible Green Mountains

Last Bite: What's Your 'Local'

At the Woodstock Farmers' Market we embrace two almost opposing definitions of "local."
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Winter 2012; Martha Stewart

A Winter Getaway to Woodstock

Farm to Table
Shop the Woodstock Farmer's Market year-round. Detailed signage ensures you know the exact source of your food.
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September 17, 2012; Just Luxe

Woodstock Farmers’ Market featured in “Vermont Offers First Bites of 2012 Harvest”

Thanks to its widespread support of artisanal farms and “cottage” food producers, Vermont is a delicious destination at any time of year...but fall brings particular bounty. No wonder locals, neighboring New Englanders and even Tri-State residents look forward to it.... Read More

Specialty Food Magazine
Annual Report: Specialty Food Consumers 2012

Where they shop, what they buy and why...

Buyers' Pick: Amelia Rappaport, WFM
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September 11, 2012

Lisa Battilana of Woodstock Farmers’ Market receives the American Cheese Society’s Certified Cheese Professional credential

WOODSTOCK, VT (September, 2012) – Woodstock Farmers’ Market is proud to announce that employee Lisa Battilana is among the first class of American Cheese Society Certified Cheese Professionals™ (ACS CCPs™). Lisa is part of an elite group of 121 individuals who passed the inaugural Certified Cheese Professional™ Exam, which was held on August 1 in Raleigh, N.C. This prestigious group consists of cheese professionals from across the United States and Canada. For a full list of ACS CCPs™, please visit www.cheesesociety.org.

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Summer 2012, Issue 70; Franklin & Marshall Magazine

Brother, can you lend a hand?

During the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 28, 2011, rain
from Tropical Storm Irene agitated the normally polite
Ottauquechee River, causing it to erupt beyond its banks,
destroying roads, leveling businesses and disrupting lives across Vermont’s Upper Valley...


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August 27, 2012

Woodstock remembers Irene under covered bridge

WOODSTOCK, Vt. — Images of locally made furniture and Tropical Storm Irene came together Sunday for a day of remembrance and Mother Nature. One year ago, Irene tore through Woodstock, taking out roads, bridges, businesses and homes.

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August 27, 2012

Irene’s scars linger for those along the Ottauquechee
by Andrew Nemethy

Driving along Route 4 from Bridgewater through Woodstock to Quechee and Hartford a year after Tropical Storm Irene, a tourist could easily miss that this river valley was hammered by the flooding Ottauquechee River.

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August 29, 2012

Photo Gallery: Naked Table Event, ShackletonThomas
The Vermont Standard

Local Timbers and Tastes
ShackeltonThomas teamed up with sustainable Woodstock to present a project where participants build a table from local wood, under the instruction of ShackeltonThomas, a furniture maker out of Bridgewater. In the days following a dinner is held on the Middle Bridge in Woodstock where each table is setup down the center of the bridge. Lunch is served by Woodstock Farmers’ Market with local products. Photos by Charles Kahn.

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August 15, 2012

Woodstock Farmers’ Market Shares Lessons On Disaster Recovery

How do you prepare for disaster? As a businessman who woke up last August with a natural disaster on his doorstep, Patrick Crowl, owner of Woodstock Farmers’ Market in Woodstock, Vt., knows you can’t.

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May 29, 2012

 

A Small Vermont Business Struggles to Make a Comeback and
Learns to Prepare for the Future


Editor’s Note: Last year, hurricane Irene caused significant flooding in several states along the East Coast well after it made landfall. Since last week was Small Business Administration week and this week is National Hurricane Preparedness Week, we wanted to share this perspective from a small business owner in Vermont. Mr. Crowl experienced first-hand how natural disasters can impact business owners, and has some lessons to share…

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May 2012

Woodstock Farmers' Market celebrates 20 years

The 20-year history of the Woodstock Farmers' Market is like a James Taylor song -- they've seen fire and they've seen rain.

After battling the flames and flood waters, the market - famous for its fresh produce, meats and prepared food -- is celebrating two decades in the Upper Valley - and they're partying alongside a special offer for customers.

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March 2012

A Market Resurrected

“Everything happens as it does because the universe is as it is.”

Twelve years ago, the owners of the Woodstock Farmers’ Market began printing their signature T-shirts with that sentence, its letters encircling a yin-yang symbol formed by a fish and eggplant. Back then, they had no way of knowing how prescient those words were. On Saturday, August 27, 2011, the year-round grocery was a bustling business on track to eclipse the previous year’s record of $4.5 million in sales. By dusk the next day, the building was trashed and seemingly ruined, covered in muck from the five feet of river water that had coursed through its rooms — courtesy of Tropical Storm Irene.

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March 2012

Woodstock Businesses Hurt By Irene Look To SBA For Help

"(Host) In the six months since Tropical Storm Irene ripped through Vermont, many small businesses have cleaned up debris and reopened their doors.

But the economic damage is still being tallied-and repaired-by owners trying to get back on their feet.

Some have turned to the federal Small Business Administration for loans. But as VPR's Charlotte Albright reports, many have been rejected." Read More...

February 2012

Woodstock Farmers’ Market mentioned in Forbes.com Blog

"Many small local brands like Woodstock Farmers Market (Woodstock, VT) that provide a unique customer experience were mentioned. The Woodstock promise: "Our vision for the Market has always been to make great food accessible to everyone. We all love food and love to cook but we're not snobby about it. In fact, we don't consider ourselves 'gourmet,' because it implies exclusivity, and we believe that anyone can create great food. Most of the time one just needs a little help. . . a recipe perhaps; the best, freshest ingredients you can find; or just an outgoing and friendly staffer to help out with an idea." Read More...

January 2012

Woodstock Farmers’ Market Gets Back In Swing After Irene

"On the Friday before the New Year's weekend, almost four months after Tropical Storm Irene caused the Ottauquechee River to rise and deluge the Woodstock Farmers Market, the place was full of customers who were in town to ski at Killington and Suicide Six and local patrons stocking up on crab artichoke dip, crackers and champagne with which to ring in 2012..." Read More...


May 13, 2011

Woodstock Farmers' Market Recognized as a 2011 "Editors' Choice" Best of New England winner in Yankee Magazine's Travel Guide.

"A creative sandwich and salad menu and specials such as chicken cordon bleu make this indoor market a picnicker’s paradise."


March 16, 2011

http://tastingtable.com/entry_detail/nyc/3083/an_improptu_maple-drenches_weekend

"Bolster a day of hiking or skiing with one of the market’s justifiably famous sandwiches and a caramel-chocolate-oat Carmelita Bar."

June 2009

Woodstock Farmers' Market Named 2009 Retailer of the Year by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT).

"Locally grown produce, international flavors and creative prepared foods help distinguish this ever-evolving Woodstock, Vermont retailer."


Blast from the Past!

Our very own Tom Hopewell was featured in Yankee Magazine in 1989! A good read...

Press Releases

 
 

May 12, 2011 - Woodstock Farmers’ Market Named a 2011 “Best of New England – “Editors’ Choice” Winner by Yankee Magazine


 

March 15, 2011 - Woodstock Farmers' Market Expanding its Specialty Food Market


  September 15, 2010 - Cheese Tasting Held by Woodstock Farmers' Market and The Jackson House
 

June 25, 2010 - Owner of Woodstock Farmers' Market Invited to Judge the NASFT 2010 Silver SOFI Awards in New York City!


 

May 8, 2009 - Woodstock Farmers' Market Selected as 2009 Retailer of the Year by the National Association for the Specialty Food Trade (NASFT)