Check out the videos below for behind the scenes videos with each of our vendors.  We’ll add a new vendor video each week!

Bechdolt Orchards

Around the World in 80 Cakes

Backdoor Bakeshop

Easton Salsa Company

Lettuce Alone Farms

Despite the threat of rain, Opening Day of the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market was bright, sunny and bustling!  Market-goers were thrilled with the reusable grocery bag giveaways and the great “Local Foods Guide” provided by Buy Fresh Buy Local of the Greater Lehigh Valley.

Twelve vendors were present at the Opening Day, including new vendors Key Ingredient Market (spreads and dips), York Moor Farms (fresh eggs and produce), Casa Vieja (lunch items including tacos and guacamole) and Around the World in 80 Cakes (cupcakes and brownies).  Returning vendors were Easton Salsa Co. (salsa and hot sauce), The Popcorn Pit (fresh popped corn and nuts), A Natural Alternative (soaps and toiletries), Back Door Bakeshop (baked goods), Hum-dinger Alpapcas (wool products), Tasty Pastry (kiffles and nut rolls), Quetzal Bakery (Guatemalan baked goods) and Bechdolt Orchards (produce and flowers).  Next week two more returning vendors will join, Lettuce Alone Farm (produce) and The Flour Shop (breads, lunch items).

Dave Fry entertained the crowd from 12-2pm with an eclectic mix of music, including a special children’s set for the students of Holy Infancy in South Bethlehem, who walked to the market as a fieldtrip. The Bethlehem Farmers’ Market runs Thursdays from 11am to 3pm through October 27, 2011 at Campus Square (New & Morton Streets in South Bethlehem).  For photos from the day, please visit www.facebook.com/campussquare.

Beginning May 19, the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market will be back at Campus Square to offer fresh produce, prepared meals, baked goods and more to Bethlehem residents. The 2011 Bethlehem Farmers’ Market will run Thursdays, starting May 19, from 11am to 3pm at Campus Square at New and Morton Streets in South Bethlehem.

This year’s market will offer something for everyone amongst our usual wide variety of products, as well as new vendors York Moor Farm (fresh eggs and produce) and Around the World in 80 Cakes.  Our returning vendors are Easton Salsa Co., The Popcorn Pit, A Natural Alternative (soaps and toiletries), Back Door Bakeshop, Humdinger Alpacas (wool products), Tasty Pastry, Lettuce Alone Farm (produce), Bechdolt Orchards (produce) and The Flour Shop Bakery.

The market, which will run until October 27, 2011, provides a unique shopping opportunity unequal to what customers typically find at a grocery store. At the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market, customers can sample the goods, develop relationships with the vendors, learn about unique food varieties and cooking tips and also greet their neighbors. The market also supports farming and business in the Lehigh Valley and brings together the Southside Bethlehem and Lehigh University communities.

The 2010 Bethlehem Farmers’ Market, which supports local farms and businesses, will run from noon to 4 p.m. Thursdays at Campus Square.

For the eighth year in a row, the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market will have goods available to Bethlehem residents at Campus Square. The market will run at the intersection of New and Morton Streets on Thursdays, June 17 through September 23, from noon to 4 p.m.

The market provides a shopping opportunity that differs from what customers typically find at a grocery store. At the Bethlehem Farmers’ Market, customers can sample the goods, develop relationships with the vendors, learn about unique food varieties and cooking tips, and greet their neighbors.

The market supports local farming and businesses in the Lehigh Valley and is part of the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture’s Buy Fresh Buy Local program.

Market information and vendor applications are available at www.campussquare.net.

Farmers’ Market Manager

This is a great opportunity to gain management, leadership, interpersonal, and event-planning skills, while also interacting with the greater Lehigh and Bethlehem communities.

Job Details:

$10/hour

5-15 hours per week

Pre-planning begins in March; market runs June-October

Responsibilities may include:

• Investigating new marketing opportunities in an effort to bring more patrons to the market
• Actively participating in Social Media Marketing
• Distribution of posters and promotional materials to area businesses and around campus
• Organizing and/or hiring entertainment for the market and brainstorming new types of entertainment
• Assisting in the development and execution of special events and promotions
• Assisting in drafting press releases related to the market’s events
• Presence at weekly market, including set-up and break-down
• Assisting in design and distribution of the market’s newsletter, FreshFacts

• Executing a survey at the end of the market, compiling data, and including the data in a formal report
• Any other miscellaneous tasks that present themselves throughout the length of the market

Please provide:

A resume

Contact information for a reference

To:

Brynn Buskirk

Assistant Director, Marketing

Lehigh University Business Services

516 Brodhead Ave

Bethlehem PA 18015

Brb207@lehigh.edu

610.758.4652

The Lehigh Microfinance Club Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale will support the efforts of artisans around the world by selling their handmade gifts, home decor, jewelry and personal accessories. The event, which will be held on December 1^st through the 4^th from 9:00am until 6:00 pm at the Lehigh University Bookstore, offers a unique opportunity for people in the Bethlehem community to invest in their world by shopping fair trade.  Shoppers will also learn more about skilled artisans in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East.

“For more than 60 years Ten Thousand Villages has worked with talented artisans around the world providing vital, fair income in exchange for their beautiful handcrafted items,” sale organizer Mary Popp said.  “By holding this sale of handpainted ceramics, intricately woven basketry and handmade jewelry, we give people in Bethlehem, PA community a chance to help create employment opportunities for people around the world.”

The Lehigh Microfinance Club has hosted a festival this past year, showcasing an exquisite collection of handcrafted items from Ten Thousand Villages.

Ten Thousand Villages is a fair trade retailer of artisan-crafted home decor, personal accessories and gift items from across the globe. Featuring products from more than 130 artisan groups in some 38 countries, we are part of a network of more than 155 retail outlets throughout the United States selling Ten Thousand Villages products. For more than 60 years, Ten Thousand Villages has been establishing long-term buying relationships in places where skilled artisans lack opportunities for stable income. All artisans are fairly paid for their products.  Ten Thousand Villages is a nonprofit program of Mennonite Central Committee (MCC). 

For information regarding the Lehigh University Ten Thousand Villages Festival Sale gift festival, please contact Mary Popp at mkp211@lehigh.edu. For more information about Ten Thousand Villages, please contact Kristen Jenkins, Media Relations, at 717.859.8150 or visit www.tenthousandvillages.com . 

The Bethlehem Farmers’ Market located in Campus Square at the intersection of New and Morton Streets will extend its market into October.

The market, which runs weekly on Thursdays from 12 – 4 PM, originally was planned to end the last Thursday in September. Due to demand from its vendors and a positive response from the community to continue, the market will run an additional two weeks until October 8^th.

As usual, the market has scheduled live entertainment from 12 – 2 PM, weather permitting. Come out and support our extension of the market and enjoy live music, new fall produce, and yummy treats!

Bethlehem Farmers’ Market is a proud partner of the Greater Lehigh Valley Buy Fresh Buy Local. www.buylocalpa.org/lehighvalley

Here’s a list of events occuring during the 2009 Market season!

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In a continued effort to celebrate the abundant local talent, The Community Artists of Bethlehem are excited to showcase more than twenty local artists at the “5 Alarm Arts Fair” at Campus Square on April 25th.
 

Over twenty up-and-coming local artists will be featured at the “5 Alarm Arts Fair” located in and around Campus Square on April 25^th from 11am to 4pm. The fair will coincide with the “Spring on 4th, What’s on 3rd Chili Festival”.

The artists and their artistic mediums will include photography, jewelry, ceramics, and acrylic/oil painting. Included in the festivities are children’s activities such as face painting, coloring contests and hula hooping.

Whether you enjoy a flair for the spicy or like to keep it cool, there is sure to be excitement to suit everyone’s tastes! While at Campus Square, stop by the CAB table to find out more about an exciting monthly children’s workshop.

Campus Square was one of the participating venues for New Bethany Ministries’ Luminaria Night on December 13, 2008. For the eleventh year in a row, Luminaries lined the streets throughout Bethlehem’s neighborhoods and shopping districts.

All proceeds from the event benefited New Bethany Ministries, a Faith-Based Agency that provides care and services to poor, homeless, hungry and mentally ill people in the Lehigh Valley. Last year, the project raised $34,000 by lighting almost 2,300 homes and businesses.

Thank you to Lehigh’s Office of Community and Regional Affairs, and several student volunteers for creating the lovely display at Campus Square!