 Spring has sprung and the Sackville Farmers Market is on the move back to the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park! Find us at 70 Main Street in Sackville, New Brunswick from May until November.
Thanks to everyone who helped us colour our moving poster last weekend at the market! We're blown away by everyone's designs- there's so much talent and creativity in our community! Only 2 more weeks indoors at 18 Lorne Street! Come find us there on Saturday Mornings, 9am-12pm, until we're back outdoors.
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Thanks to all who attended our Annual General Meeting! We had a record-breaking turnout and we're so glad so many vendors and community members could make it out on a rainy Sunday.
Congratulations to our new board members! Harold Jarche (Community Member) Carla VanBesalaere (Community Member) Jason Pennoyer (East Meats West Butchers) Logan Lush (Lush Acres Heritage) Continuing their terms and renewing board members: Gregory Burton (Secretary, Willow Farm) Matthew Hol (Holstead Farm) Phillip Samek (The Dainty Pickle Bakery) Special thanks to our outgoing board members for their dedication to the market over the years! Anthony Maddalena (Chair, Community Member) Crow Robichaud (Vice-chair, Red Roof Ranch) Judith Cane (Treasurer & Interim Chair, Community Member) Peter Stephenson (Cafe Tintamarre) Looking forward to an exciting season at the Sackville Farmers Market with our 2025-2026 Board of Directors!  The Annual General Meeting of the Sackville Farmers Market will be held Sunday, April 6th at 1pm in the Bill Johnstone Memorial Park Fieldhouse. Annual reports will be delivered and the 2025 - 2026 Board of Directors will be elected. There are 4 board positions open to be filled by community members and vendors. Nominations will be taken from the floor during the meeting or can be submitted through email. For more information on becoming a member or renewing your membership, email [email protected].
Reports and AGM documents will be emailed to members before the meeting. Our bylaws, other documents and more information can be found on our website: sackvillefarmersmarket.ca Hope to see you on April 6th! The Sackville Farmers' Market is hiring an Events and Promotions Coordinator through the SEED (Student Employment Experience Development) Program through Working NB.
 Thank you to our amazing panelists and everyone who attended our Depth of Field screening!
Thank you so much to our incredible panelists: Bob Osborne - Cornhill Nursery Bernadette Goguen - Ferme Marcel Goguen Jessy Wysmyk - Wysmykal Farm Kent Coates - Nature's Route Farm Thank you for taking the time during a busy week to be with us and share your perspectives! Missed the event or want to enjoy the films again? Here are the links to the farms featured in our screening: Ferme Marcel Goguen, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9u_wleWHE70 The Toasa Cooperative, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjyNnIknHlI Ga Gitigemi Gamik (We Will Plant Lodge), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6mjNMp_FBc&t=469s Gitigaanes Anishinaabe Urban Micro-Farm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im2K1CdJzt4&t=3s Spring Tide Farm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJb1DFLEzWE Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaiabyPQ8CQ Corn Hill Nursery, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gyr-eVidW74 La Coopérative Ferme Terre Partagée, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aoc6CBQX09I There are 40 films in this incredible series, visit nfu.ca/filmsaboutfarming to watch them for free and learn more! Please keep supporting your local farms and keep talking about local farming!  Meet the 8 Farms being Featured!
Ferme Marcel Goguen, Cocagne, New Brunswick The Toasa Cooperative, Nauwigewauk, New Brunswick Ga Gitigemi Gamik (We Will Plant Lodge), Manitoulin Island, Ontario Gitigaanes Anishinaabe Urban Micro-Farm, Flemingdon Park, Ontario Spring Tide Farm, Kespukwitk, Mi’kma’ki (Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia) Tourne-Sol Co-operative Farm, Les Cèdres, Quebec Corn Hill Nursery, Sussex, New Brunswick La Coopérative Ferme Terre Partagée, Rogersville, New Brunswick The loveliest way to start your weekend is at the Farmers Market! What could be more romantic than a dozen oysters from Little Shemogue Oyster Company or 24 Carrots from Nature's Route? Grab your sweethearts this Saturday morning and pick up your local grocies and goodies from the Sackville Farmers Market .
This weekend we're joined once again by Sweet Comfort Designs with hand knit socks and sewn accessories. Be sure to stock up on Maple products from Davison Lakeview Newville Farms as it's their last market before they're back in the woods for sugar season! Congratulations to the Sackville Rotary Club celebrating 10 years of their Gold Mine Fundraiser! Also big round of applause for Marshlight Theatre on the debut of Dirty Blonde! Marshlight and Rotary will both be at the market this weekend along with our crew of amazing weekly vendors.  We've got a lovely line-up of vendors for the market before Valentine's Day!
Shop local and pick up the perfect Valentine's gift for your sweetheart! This weekend and next we're joined by The Rotary Club of Sackville as they celebrate the 10 year anniversary of their Goldmine fundraiser! Marshlight Theatre will also be joining us to promote their production of Dirty Blonde, the story of Mae West (Feb 14-23)! We're also joined by late addition Sweet Comfort Designs with knitwear and sewn accessories! Click "Read More" for our full list of vendors January might be giving us a snowy send-off, but February is heating up at the Sackville Farmers Market! We've got an amazing lineup of vendors as we prepare for Valentine's Day around the corner! This week at the market we welcome back Center Village Candles who make beautiful soy candles in hand-crafted wooden bowls. We're also joined this week by Eos Eco-Energy who are promoting events for NB Care Week and The Foundry MTA selling Valentine's baskets to support their upcoming student entrepreneur fair.  Read More for our full lineup for this Saturday, Feb.1st
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