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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

August 15 & 17 Featured Vendors at the York Farmers’ Market

On Thursday, August 15, the York Gateway Farmers’ Market will be highlighting two full-season vendors: Audrey Gottlieb Photography & LMB Outdoors.

Audrey Gottlieb is an internationally renowned photographer who lives and works in York. Her evocative photographs span three continents plus Maine. Audrey began photographing in the 1970s and then joined the United Nations, traveling and making pictures for the UN and for herself for the next 30 years. Her postings abroad included Kenya, Somalia, Cyprus and Switzerland. She maintains a large archive of photographs on France, Japan and her beloved Greece. Her current photographs depict local landscapes, seascapes and wildlife. They make delightful, inexpensive small gifts for family and friends. Come to her booth, talk about your travels and sort through many different boxes of attractive greeting cards and small prints. Her website is www.audrey-gottlieb.com.

LMB Outdoors makes all-natural, herbal products designed to help you play outside. Funk spray, Beach hair, Surfers’ ear and our Sea to Summit cold cream are just a few of our offerings. We use the highest quality ingredients and organic herbs to ensure a fresh and clean product line-up. Enjoy the elements, naturally!

On Saturday, August 17, the York Gateway Farmers’ Market will be highlighting two vendors: Carter Hill Orchard, a part-time vendor & Ellie May’s Candy, a full-season vendor

Carter Hill Orchard is open July 26th – Dec 21st in Concord, NH. Their season starts with pick your own blueberries in July. Apple picking is Sept 2nd until the end of October. They have apples, peaches, vegetables, pumpkins and a bakery with cookies, pies, chocolate & pumpkin whoopee pies. They make their own apple cider donuts as well! Cider is mid-September until December with a gift shop and tractor rides on weekends. Carter Hill attends the market five Saturdays a season. There are only two left to catch them: August 17 & 24!

Ellie Stevens, owner of Ellie May’s Candy, LLC has been making a traditional butter crunch candy that she calls Ellie May’s Sweet Toffee Crunch for over 25 years. It is truly the best you will taste. It comes covered in a choice of dark chocolate, milk chocolate and white chocolate. She sells it in 4 oz bags and has available an assorted bag of chocolates for those who can’t make up their mind. She offers a frequent buyer card. Also offered are Spiced Walnuts and therapeutic heating pads.

Don’t forget: We’re collecting food donations for the York Food Pantry on Saturdays! The food pantry is able to accept perishable items from our market on those days, which means you can donate produce!

The market runs every Saturday from June 1 through October 12 from 9:00am - 1:00pm and every Thursday from July 4 through August 29 from 9:00am - 1:00pm. Thank you to our sponsor, When Pigs Fly! The market takes place in the lot behind the Greater York Region Chamber of Commerce off Route 1 in York, Maine. For details about all vendors and when you can expect to see their products, go to www.gatewayfarmersmarket.com.


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