Customer Appreciation Day at Lewes farmers market set Nov. 2

The  Historic Lewes Farmers Market will celebrate Customer Appreciation Day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Shields Elementary School parking lot just off the corner of Savannah Road and Sussex Drive in Lewes, rain or shine.

To help celebrate the thousands of customers that came to the market this year, market volunteers will be pouring cider donated by Fifer Orchards and handing out freshly baked date-nut treats donated by Nancy’s Cafe to patrons.

Farmers and producers will offer all the bounties of a fall harvest: carrots, sweet potatoes, garlic, collard greens, cauliflower, broccoli, cabbage, beets, radishes, winter squash, lettuce, apples, mushrooms, peppers, onions, fennel, oysters, cider, chicken, pork, eggs, jams and jellies, milk, yogurt, baked goods, fresh cut flowers for the table and fall-themed wreaths for the door.

The market continues its SNAP (EBT Food Stamps) program. To help lower economic barriers to local, healthy food, the HLFM matches up to $20 each participant each week with HLFM Bonus Bucks. SNAP participants can come to the SNAP tent at the market to pick up the bonus $20 in tokens to use at the market. In addition to SNAP, the Historic Lewes Farmers Market allows participants in Delaware's Women, Infants and Children program  to purchase fresh fruits and vegetables using their WIC coupons. Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program coupons are also welcome. WIC and SFMNP coupons must be redeemed at market by the end of October.

There’s lots of parking at the Lewes School parking lot, just off the corner of Savannah Road and Sussex Drive, directly across from the market.

Customers can subscribe to the free HLFM newsletter for timely updates; it’s sent out Thursdays. To be included, email info@historiclewesfarmersmarket.org.

More information about the market is available at www.historiclewesfarmersmarket.org.