So we took a ride out to Princeton today to check out the farmers market at D&R Greenway Trust held in conjunction with Slow Food NJ.
The market was held at D&R’s Johnson Educational Center, a beautiful restored farm that once served as a working barn on the Robert Wood Johnson Estate. It’s a great building surrounded by a playground and lots of open fields and open spaces. I’d forgotten how beautiful the countryside around Princeton is. I used to run the Princeton Half Marathon and have done a few bike rides in the area.
The market itself was small with only a handful of vendors but that’s to be expected in the middle of winter. Friendly vendors. I was hoping to be able to pick up some potatoes and beets and perhaps even some brussel sprouts, but it was not to be.
We were able to pick up some honey (only four jars remained) from WoodsEdge Wools Farm in Stockton. WoodsEdge specializes in breeding Llamas and Alpacas and does some sustainable niche agriculture. They had some awesome Alpaca wool socks that I forgot to circle back around and pick-up on the way out. My smart wools have all disintegrated and disappeared.
Breads from Village Bakery, some brie from Cherry Grove Farm and apples from Terhune Orchards all purchased for a nice Saturday night meal. Plenty of apples to make some apple cinnamon oatmeal for next week too.
Pure Indian Foods is a locally-owned family business founded in 1889 in India. They make organic ghee using grassfed butter. We picked up some garlic ghee which was quite tasty.
We sampled Hopewell Valley Vineyard’s Wines and some amazing vegan walnut/raisin/pecan cookies from Catherine’s Vegan Sweets which are baked at a commercial kitchen in Trenton where Catherine, the owner of Catherine’s Vegan Sweets leases some kitchen space in a commercial kitchen.
Slow Food Central NJ’s next Winter Farmers Market is on February 28th at Tre Piani Restaurant in Plainsboro from 11am to 3pm.
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