New Vendors Joining Vibrant Cooperstown Farmers’ Market
[May 22, 2025 Cooperstown, NY] The year-round Cooperstown Farmers’ Market has added vendors and is now open from 9 am to 2 pm on Saturdays through December. The Market’s 43 farmers, food producers, makers, and artisans are located within 50 miles of Cooperstown. A core group of 27 vendors are at the Market every week, others come every other week or on an occasional basis.
“We invite all to check out our new vendors and our wonderful selection of foods, crafts, and artisan products,” said Alex Webster, Otsego 2000’s Farmers’ Market Manager. “Come be a part of the community that is the Farmers’ Market.” Otsego 2000 founded the Farmers’ Market in 1991.
New vendors joining the Market are Andy’s Edible Gardens (microgreens and herbs), The Horned Dorset Inn (appetizers, main dishes, and desserts), Lost Valley Farmhouse (quilts, handspun yarn, bags, handwoven items, clothing, hops), and MKO Creations (handmade bags, reed diffusers, home sprays).
The Market’s year-round and returning vendors include: Alex’s World Picnic, Arabeth Farm, Ariginal Art, ARK Floral, Art Farm Flowers, Baskets by SusanDee, Bison Island Ranch, Black Willow Pond Farm, Chatty Wren Coffee Roasters, Chloe’s Bakeshop, Crystal’s Customs, Empire Natural Foods, Gaia’s Breath Farm, Girasole Farm, Heller’s Farm, Italian Cookie Home, L’ouvriere Candle Studio, Laura’s Chocolates, Leatherstocking Exotics, Middlefield Orchard, Mill Hollow Maple, Mimikis, Mountain View Dairy, Nectar Hills Farm, Pail Shop Vineyards, Painted Goat Farm, RevSpirits, Rock Hill Farm, Sasha Glinski Studio, SkinBiome, Straight from the Hive, Tech Tamer Woodworks, Terracotta Republic, Traveling Herb Farmer, Weinert’s Elk Creek Farm, Wildwoods Woodturning, and Windfall Designs.
The Market offers fresh local produce, meat, poultry, cheese, spirits, cider, home goods, eggs, maple syrup, honey, baked goods, made-to-order breakfast sandwiches and paninis, prepared foods, gifts, art, jewelry, ceramics, handblown glass, plants, flowers, herbs, skincare, candles, toys, CBD products, décor, baskets, and more.
Food Access Initiatives
SNAP is welcome at every Market. A match of up to $20 for SNAP-eligible food is provided by the Cooperstown Lions Club SNAP Match program, and the Double Up Food Bucks program offers an additional match of up to $20 to buy fruit and vegetables. So, a $20 SNAP spend results in $60 of local food. The Market also welcomes vouchers from the Cooperstown Food Pantry. In 2024, $22,934 in local food went to food insecure neighbors through the Market’s food access initiatives.
Live Music and Free Kids’ Activities
Live music is featured at the Market every Saturday, from 10 am to noon. On the first Saturday of the month, Miss Jen offers a free kids’ craft. Local nonprofits can sign up to have a table at the Market. For more information, and to sign up for a weekly email with vendor lists and special events, go to www.cooperstownfarmersmarket.org.
The market is located at 101 Main Street in Pioneer Alley in Cooperstown, near Doubleday Field. From July 1 through September 30, the Market also offers Summer Tuesdays Markets from 12 pm to 4 pm. The Saturday Market operates year-round.
Otsego 2000 is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1981 to ensure the Otsego Lake region remains a masterpiece of nature by protecting and supporting its environmental, scenic, cultural, historic, and agricultural resources and its economic well-being. Otsego 2000 accomplishes its mission through programs like the Cooperstown Farmers’ Market, Otsego Outdoors, Glimmerglass Film Days, historic preservation initiatives, and environmental stewardship. Find out more about its programs at otsego2000.org.
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