Our Vendors
Farmers
Applecheek Farm
John and Rocio Clark – Hyde Park, VT
Applecheek Farm is a multi-generational sustainable organic diversified family farm. Offering certified organic meats and milk, agri-tourism, sleigh/wagon rides, farm tours, school field trips, and hall rental with catering services . The Clark family has owned and operated Applecheek Farm since 1965. O, T, W
Products at market — certified organic grass fed beef and all natural beef sausages, certified organic grass fed-milk fed Veal. Certified organic poultry: chickens, ducks, turkeys, and eggs. Homemade chicken pot pies and all natural pure Emu Oil.
Ark of Safety, LLC d/b/a Green Mountain Yogurt
Diane Wyatt, brother Thomas Wyatt and sister Sharon Jones– West Newbury, VT
We are a 3 generation family who has a passion for farming and self-sufficiency. We grow and raise both plants and animals for sustenance with our main focus on micro-dairying and manufacturing yogurt for sale at local farmers’ markets including Montpelier, Norwich, and Hanover. We milk 2 Jersey cows who are grass fed and give us an average of 120 lbs of milk per day which is made into our Green Mountain Yogurt. We also grow 90% of the various fruits which we hand pick and process into fruit preserves used in our assorted varieties of yogurt along with the maple syrup we produce that is used in our maple variety.
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Products at market — Green Mountain Yogurt, Black walnuts shelled and in the shell and Jerusalem artichokes.
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Bee Haven Honey Farm
Richard and Genevieve Drutchas – Putnamville, VT
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Products at market — Bulk Honey. Honey Jars and Bears. Beeswax Candles. Natural Body Products. Seasonal Vermont Honeys. Herb-Steeped Honeys.
Berry Creek Farm
Gerard & Rosemary Croizet – Westfield, VT
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Products at market — strawberries
Blackwell Roots Farm
Lee Blackwell and Ruth Richards– Cabot, VT
Lee and Ruth have been busy figuring out how to store every imaginable winter storage vegetable in their extensive system of root cellars. They offer them to you at the Montpelier Winter Farmers Market! W
Products at market- Certified Organic winter storage vegetables, frozen strawberries, yogurt, and kimchi
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www.blackwellroots.com
Cate Farm
Richard Wiswall & Sally Colman – Plainfield, VT
A part of the market for over 25 years, Cate Farm is a certified organic family farm cultivating 10 of their 150 beautiful acres bordering the Winooski River. In an effort to lessen their carbon footprint (and yours!) their home and seven greenhouses are heated with biodiesel , and their tractors run on it too (except for one that is electric!). O
Products at market — mixed vegetables, seedlings (vegetable, flower, culinary and medicinal herbs), salsa, flowers.
Dog River Farm
George Gross and Julie O’Keefe – Berlin, VT
Dog River Farm is an organic vegetable and berry farm growing on 30 acres just outside of Montpelier. O
Products at market — certified organic mixed vegetables, berries, hay and straw.
Ellie’s Farm Market
Billy & Karen Moynihan – West Berlin, VT
A founding member of the market, the Moynihan’s till 50 of their 200 acre family farm. Offering excellent quality at a fair price is their goal. O, T
Products at market — bedding plants, mixed vegetables, small fruits, apples, cider.
802-485-7968
Fool’s Farm Flowers
Anne Tondu – Hardwick, VT
Growing specialty cut flowers organically at 1500 ft in the mountains of north central Vermont. Over 200 varieties of cut flowers including over 20 different sunflowers. O, T, W
Products at market — first year perennial plants, cut flowers, dried flowers, and wreaths.
Garden of Seven Gables Flower FarmJoAnn Darling– Barre, VT
I’ve been in business since 1994, growing and selling perennials, fresh and dried cut flowers. I also sell dried arrangements, hand-made soaps, herbal incense, and fresh brown eggs. I offer workshops and classes and hold several special annual summer events. We are a member of the Capital City Farmers Market and Barre Farmers Market. O, T, W
Products at market — cut flowers, dried flowers and wreaths, handmade soap, and eggs.
Gaylord Farm
Hadley Gaylord & Debra White– Waitsfield, VT
Gaylord Farm offers high quality grass fed beef, pork and chickens. We use all organic practices, we do not use hormones, antibiotics or steroids. Our animals are born on the farm. From conception to consumption, you know where you food comes from. You may purchase many varieties of cuts, or you can order 1/4, 1/2 or a whole beef. Come visit the farm. We also offer a full complement of vegetables on the farm. O, T, W
Products at market — Beef, Pork, Eggs.
The Green Reaper
Boots Wardinski & Chris Esten – South Ryegate, VT
Growing hardy and unusual perennials organically since 1986. They maintain lavish display gardens. Most plants they sell are field grown or trialed, so they can pass the knowledge on to their customers. O, T
Products at market — perennials, mums, garlic, blueberries, pumpkins, maple syrup, cut flowers, and botanically inspired note cards.
Greenfield Highland Beef
Janet Steward and Ray Shatney – Plainfield, VT
All Natural Grass Fed/Grass Finished Highland Beef. No Hormones or Antibiotics, Humanely Raised in Greensboro Bend and Plainfield, Vermont. O, T, W
Products at market — grass-fed, grass-finished Highland beef, VT photo greeting cards and prints.
www.greenfieldhighlandbeef.com
High Ledge Farm
Paul Betz & Cate Camilletti – East Calais, VT
We are a small family farm located in South Woodbury, VT. We have been coming to the market since 2000, and look forward to seeing our friends each week. We have a passion for fresh food, and we bring only the very best our farm has to offer. O, T
Products at market — seedlings, flower plants, mixed vegetables, herbs, fermented produce, salsa.
Highland Gardens
Kevin Thompson & Jane Tucker – Middlesex, Vermont
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Products at market — annuals, perennials, vegetable starts, herbs, hanging baskets, planters, shrubs, fruit plants, fall ornamentals, mixed vegetables, brook trout, chicken, pickles, garden crafts.
Lazy Lady Farm
Laini Fondiller – Westfield, Vermont
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Products at market — Cheese, kid, pork, beef, chicken.
LePage Farm
Alan LePage – Barre, Vermont
LePage Farm has been growing and marketing organic fruits and vegetables locally year ’round for 3 decades. We are located in Barre Town near the top of Beckley Hill and has been farmed continuously by the LePages since the Civil War. Although our clay loam soils are not considered ideal for a
vegetable farm, we have always amazed customers by the flavor of our produce. This has much to do with re-mineralization of our soils, and the organic matter produced by the use of many sources of composted animal manures. We grow over 110 varieties of vegetables, the production of which we pioneered in central Vermont. Globe artichokes, honeydew melons, okra, lima beans, romanesco broccoli, sweet potatoes, peanuts, tomatilloes and many other varieties were first grown in Vermont here on this farm. And we still are working on new introductions to the brief Vermont growing season. Whether you want a golden turnip in January, or a Sharlyn melon in August, you will find professionally grown produce, worth what you pay for it from us. E-mail us with your questions or comments – lepagefarm@yahoo.com, or join in our radio talk show, The Curse of the Golden Turnip, Sunday 6 to 9 AM on WGDR-FM 91.1. O, T, W
Products at market — mixed vegetables, flowers, pickles, salsa, lacto-fermented veggies.
Little Leaf GreenhouseLaura Weikert– Morrisville, VT
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Products at market — a wide selection of indoor plants.
Jaiel Pulskamp – Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — mixed vegetables, salad greens, herbs.
McGurran Bee Farm
Ileen McGurran – Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — Honey: the farm sells crème and flavored honeys that are fairly unique, as few beekeepers make flavored honey. Comb honey (only available in the fall), beeswax candles, natural body products (lotions, soaps, salves), honey lemonade.
Honeybee12honey@myfairpoint.net
Mont Eden Farm
Carrie Kessler – Corinth, Vermont
A remote hill farm, steeped in over 200 years of farm history. All products are grown chemical-free with a focus on quality and unique varieties. O, T
Products at market — Blueberries, apple, pears, shiitake mushrooms, cut flowers, plants, honey, beeswax candles, honey-glycerin soaps.
802-439-6171
Moonlight LlamasJan Stuart– Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — Llama fiber hats and crafts.
North Branch VineyardsJohn and Katherine McCann – Montpelier, VT
Family owned and operated, established in 2007, North Branch Vineyards is a small winery, which lies beside the North Branch River, a branch on the winooski River in Montpelier’s pituresque valley. O, W
Products at market — Vermont grown wine.
Pete’s Greens
Pete Johnson – Craftsbury, Vermont
A certified organic vegetable farm in Craftsbury Village with a goal of providing the greatest vegetable diversity for as much of the year as possible. Greenhouses, root cellars, and an array of season extension methods are used to achieve this goal. O, T
Products at market — mixed vegetables, strawberries, tomatoes, eggs, chicken.
Ploughgate Creamery
Marisa Mauro & Princess MacLean – Craftsbury Common, VT
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Products at market — cow and sheep milk cheese.
Screamin’ Ridge FarmJoe Buley – East Montpelier, VT
I was a Chef and Restaurant Owner for over 20 years. I now farm in East Montplier producing Eggs, Poultry, and Vegetables all grown naturally and locally. Just 3 miles from Montpelier above the North Branch Nature Center. O, T, W
Products at market — mixed vegetables, salad greens, herbs, eggs, poultry.
Sugar Ridge Farm
Stephen & Diane Jones – North Danville, VT
A family run business started by Stephen and Diane in 1972. The mission of Sugar Ridge Farm is to provide top quality products at a reasonable price using sustainable forestry management practices. The Jones family has been producing maple products since 1866.
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Products at market — pure Vermont maple syrup, maple sugar, maple cream, maple candy.
Lila Bennett and David Robb – Middlesex, VT
We are a small family farm, raising free-range and pasture based livestock. Pending organic certification. Beginning in July we will be feeding grains grown here, in Vermont. Our animals are raised with care, attention and optimal nutrition. We are committed to making the local food movement successful by making local food accessible to everyone. We sell our beef to local schools and senior centers and are part of The Vermont Farm to School Educational Program. We offer a variety of CSA packages to meet every families financial and nutritional needs.
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Products at market — Pastured, organic ethically raised meat and eggs. Rabbit, chicken, duck, guinea hen, pheasant, turkey, goose, pork and beef. Half and whole orders for goat and lamb.
Prepared Foods/Baked Goods
Amai Bijoux
Solenne Thompson – Cabot, VT
Whole foods sweet treats with a commitment to local products. O, W
Products at market- raw and vegan artisan treats, including raw berry pies, breakfast bites, and herbal chocolates.
Mark Simakaski and Nichole Wolfgang – Groton, VT
Artesano produces hand-crafted mead, a wine made from honey, using only local and natural ingredients. We begin with pure, raw and unfiltered honey and ferment one of nature’s sweetest gifts into a delicious wine with hints of pear, citrus and figs. We also offer spiced mead and seasonal fruit mead with blueberries, plums or raspberries. Produced and bottled in the northeast kingdom, our mead reflects the special terroir of Vermont. W
Ben Maniscalco – Hyde Park, VT
Benito’s Hot Sauce is a small all natural/organic hot sauce company based in Hyde Park, VT. Benito’s Original Naranja sauce is made with fresh bell peppers, fresh organic habanero peppers (grown at Lehoullier Farms in Johnson, VT), organic lime juice, organic carrots, fresh onions, and fresh garlic. All of Benito’s Hot Sauces are salt-free and made with fresh vegetables, organic chile peppers, and organic lime juice.
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Products at market — Products include six different hot sauces: A mild sweet cinnamon cayenne sauce, a medium jalapeno cilantro lime sauce, a medium carrot based orange bell pepper habanero sauce, a hot organic mango nectar habanero sauce, a hot onion,garlic and organic ginger blend, and a hot red bell pepper,habanero and ghost pepper sauce. Two varieties of dried chile peppers will also be for sale as well as a 100% organic maple chipotle dry rub for roasting and barbecuing.
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Butterfly Bakery
Claire Fitts – Montpelier, VT
Products at market— maple syrup and naturally sweetened cookies, bars, granola, scones, chocolate spread, and other baked goods as well as tea and truffles. O, T, W
Cook’s Farm & Bakery
Simeon Cook – Newbury, VT
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Products at market — homemade baked goods, including pies, sweet breads, cookies, coffeecake, granola, low sugar jam, apple sauce.
Delna’s Kitchen
Delna Boyce – Berlin, VT
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Products at market — Indian/Parsi pre-prepared foods. Parsi curry is a typical example of the combination of the influences of Iran(nuts) and maharashtra (coconut and spices). Trade ties with the British introduced them to western cuisine from which they have adopted many dishes and made them typically their own like the stews and the roasts. The Iranian influence is seen in the meet and chicken dishes cooked with vegetables like okra and spinach and the use of nuts and rose water in the preparation of pulaos,biryani and mughlai dishes. The most popular Dhan-sakh meaning rice- vegetable has evolved from the Iranian ‘khoreste esfannaj’ a dish cooked with meat lentils and spinach.
Jing Ji’s Foods
Jing Ji Liang – Waterbury, VT
Products at market — Chinese homemade foods, including egg rolls, dumplings, and specialty dishes.
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Pakistani Foods
Afghani Ayoubi – Barre, VT
We serve all kinds of Pakistani Foods. Dopayazas, Bolanees, Curry Rice etc… O, T, W
Products at market — Dopyaza, Bolanee, Veggie Mantu, Curry Rice and Palow Meal all served with spicy veggie sauce; Chutney.
Red Hen Baking Company
Randy George & Eliza Cain – Middlesex, Vermont
At Red Hen Baking Company, we specialize in long-fermented, handmade, hearth baked breads. Most of our breads are naturally leavened. This process involves maintaining starters that have support a population of wild yeasts and beneficial bacteria. The breads made in this manner are chewier and more flavorful than breads leavened with commercial yeast. Our breads are Certified Organic and many of them make use of local ingredients. After eight and a half years of running the business in Duxbury, Randy George and Eliza Cain, co-owners, moved the bakery to a new home in Middlesex in November 2007. The new location operates as the wholesale bread bakery and also offers a café serving espresso drinks, pastries and our breads. We have been selling our certified organic, naturally-leavened, hearth-baked bread every summer at The Montpelier Farmer’s Market since 2000. We use locally grown whole wheat flour from Gleason Grains (Bridport), Yukon gold potatoes from Foote Brook Farm (Johnson), local maple syrup in our sticky buns and we shop at the farmer’s market weekly during the season to select toppings for our seasonal brioche tarts. O, T, W
Products at market — 12 varieties of certified organic, naturally leavened breads and rolls, sticky buns, and brioche tarts, panettone in season.
Samosaman
Fuad Ndibalema & Fatu Kankolongo – Barre, VT
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Products at market — several varieties of samosas.
Syp brand Pierogies
Miranda Stewart – Barre, VT
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Products at market — handmade pierogies made from scratch with local ingredients. Pierogies are also available frozen in packs of 6. At the market, potato and cheese pierogies are made to order – sauteed with onions and sauerkraut and garnished with sour cream. Miranda Syp Stewart also sells her framed prints and originals with acrylics on canvass.
Woodbelly Pizza
Jeremiah Church and Jonah Bourne– Cabot, VT
We bake artisan pizza on-site in a mobile oven using ingredients from local farms. Each day brings a different selection of toppings depending on the season and what’s fresh at market that morning. We use a wild-yeasted whole grain dough as our base and build up from there with our homemade sauces, pestos, and local meats, vegetables, and cheeses. We are also available for catering.
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Products at market — pizzas using local ingredients, cooked on site in wood fired oven
Art/Crafts
Art Tiles
Janice Walrafen – East Montpelier, VT
Art Tiles Studio is located at AllTogetherNow! a place for creative learning for people of all ages. Janice’s art is inspired by her great love of and great joy from nature and a recognition of our interconnectedness and interdependence. O, T, W
Products at market — handmade decorative relief tiles, field tile, and custom design tile and murals, tile tabletops, wall sculptures, vases, and planters
Bazis Studios
Amy Bazis – Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — flame-worked glass, including pendants, ornaments, and sculptures.
Eat More Kale.comBo Muller-Moore – Montpelier, VT
Vermont’s One-At-A-Time Original Design T-Shirts. O
Products at market — 100% cotton T-shirts hand-printed using homemande stencils and a water-based ink.
Euphorium
Robin L. Clements – West Danville, VT
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Products at market — hand painted and inked functional art, frames, flower pots, vases, boxes, mirrors, candle sticks, magnets, and jewelry.
French Metal Works
Jesse French – Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — handmade sterling silver jewelry with gold and stones.
Gabriel’s Glass
Gabriel Cole – Williamstown, VT
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Products at market — blown glass bowls, vases, wine glasses, ornaments.
Maiden Vermont T’s/Phyllis Chase Fine ArtPhyllis Chase – Calais, VT
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Products at market — Hand Silkscreened T Shirts; Limited Edition Giclee Prints; Notecards
Mink Hill Studios
Deborah Reger & Salvador Amador – Corinth, VT
Two artists sharing a space to create one-of-a-kind drums and clothing. Salvador steam bends native Vermont hardwoods into drums, finishing with steel he shapes himself, and rawhide like elk, deer, or moose. Deborah creates designs on cloth and clothes with thickened dyes and techniques like batik to make each piece an original. O, T, W
Products at market — handmade conga drums, bongos, and other hand drums, hand painted banners, t-shirts, and other clothing.
Pottery Corner
Susan Bradt & Linda Schutz – Calais, VT
Products at market — functional and decorative pottery, including vases, mugs, bowls, trays, leaf plates, garden sculpture, jars, canisters, boxes, earth pockets, soap dishes. O, W
Shining Seeds Soap
Ryan Perryman – Craftsbury, VT
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Products at market — many varieties of herbal soaps.
Singing Spindle SpinneryCarol Johnson Collins – So Duxbury, VT
I spin local fibers (wool, llama, alpaca, mohair and more) and make many craft products from these local fibers. I teach spinning, knitting, crocheting, felting, dyeing, wool-washing, carding, multi-color blending, gardening and composting. I sell new and used spinning and carding equipment, and all the related tools of the trade. I also sell Jerusalem Artichokes, rhubarb, cut flowers and perennial potted plants. Many of these products are available at my roadside stand which is open May-October each year. I provide flowers for weddings and other special occasions, with enough advance notice. T, W
Products at market — wooden knitting needles, hand-dyed yarns, felted balls, baby booties, hand-crocheted hats, scarves, felting + spinning + weaving craft kits, felted soaps, wool buns for felting projects, photo greeting cards, perennial flower seeds in season.
Stencil and Stone
Larry Fafard & Darlene Chatot – Morrisville, VT
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Products at market — slate garden markers, trivets, coasters, welcome signs.
Trudy’s Fancy Handweaving
Trudy Otis – Montpelier, VT
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Products at market — hand woven scarves using tencel, wool, and silk fibers.
www.trudysfancy.com
Twisted Sisters Pottery
Bonnie Seidman & Enid Angstreich – Plainfield and Berlin, VT
Functional and sculptural ceramics inspired by and created in the Green Mountains.
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Products at market — mugs, bowls, platters, vases and tiles, both thrown and hand built in porcelain and stoneware clays. Also featuring sculptural and whimsical art ceramics and bonsai planters.
Wayfarer Baskets
Kathy & Tom Couture – Barre, VT
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Products at market — baskets, wood bowls and cutting boards, ornaments, antler items, books.
The Wool Shed at Frostbite Falls Farm
Barbara & Ken Tonnissen – Worcester, VT
In business since June, 2001 with a mission to offer all yarns that directly come from Vermont producers and farms. The fiber farm consists of cormo, merino, and cormo x sheep, alpaca, llama, and angora rabbits. O, T, W
Products at market — handspun yarns from the Frostbite Falls Farm flock; 100% VT wool yarns, dyed and hand painted; spinning & felting fibers; hand knitted hats, socks, scarves, sweaters and shawls.
