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Making Food Fun at The Farmers Market at Forest Park
Calling all kids! Come out to Forest Park for a summertime farmers’ market with all sorts of special activities! Kids can make a smoothie by pedaling a bike, check out a summer cooking demo, and taste a rainbow of locally grown fruits and veggies! Parents and caregivers welcome!
Community Involved in Sustaining Agriculture (CISA) is partnering with The Farmers Market at Forest Park and Homegrown Springfield for a summer celebration of local food, local farms, and local families on Tuesday, July 9th, from 12:30-2:30pm. This free event will be held at Forest Park in Springfield in the Cyr Arena parking lot, close to the pool and splash pad. We will be in the Monkey House in the event of rain.
Highlights include:
- Make a bike smoothie with Homegrown Springfield
- Summer cooking demonstration with local ingredients by Homegrown Springfield
- Summer Eats open lunch site, distributing free nutritious meals to youth under 18
- Blueberry samples from Red Fire Farm
- Urban Farming with Gardening the Community
- WIC Mass Farmers Market Coupon Distribution
- UMass Nutrition Education Program
- SNAP, Mass Health, and Health Connector information for parents from Caring Health Center
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This event will be held rain or shine. Both event and park admission are free for farmers’ market visitors. Enter the park using the main entrance, 299 Sumner Avenue or the side entrance at 200 Trafton Road. The Farmers Market at Forest Park is open every Tuesday from 12:30-6pm.
Questions? Contact Lisa Goodrich at lisa@buylocalfood.org or 413-665-7100, ext. 29. We hope to see you there!