The Farmers' Market is a very busy, crazy, year round market of fantastic food. We're really hard to describe—we serve our local community great food that ranges from take-out prepared dinners and lunches to regular stuff like milk and eggs to fresh organic produce to fresh meats and everything in between. 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 made a conscious decision early on never to use the word "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.
I think what sets us apart is that we really take this job of "bringing the food to the people" very seriously. We're concerned about the process: what we charge for our products, what ingredients we use in our food, how clean we are, who our vendors and farmers are, where our fruits, vegetables and ingredients come from and how we treat each other and our guests.
And what's really cool about the Market is that each and every person in a decision- making capacity lives and breathes food and service. From Luke, our produce leader, who has been in the restraurant business for most of his professional life, to Melanie in our Grocery Department who is our Tex-Mex expert, growing up in a food-loving family in El Paso.
It's a simple passion for food and you can feel it every time you step into the store.
We're food fanatical—so much so that we've survived over 15 crazy years of service and great food, and yet it seems like yesterday that I was in the kitchen making sandwiches with Amelia and fighting about how far to spread the mayo on the bread of a turkey sandwich. What a ride!
We're proud to bring a bit of the Woodstock Farmers' Market and the Republic of Vermont to the rest of the world through our newest venture, WoodstockFarmersMarket.com. Let us know what you think.
