Suzanne Johannet and Heli Tomford, two members of the market manager volunteer group, guide a tour of some of the market’s anchor vendors: The Farm School, Dick’s Market Garden, Sergi Farms, Stillman’s at the Turkey Farm, and Hutchins Farm. Johannet and Tomford explain how the Belmont Farmers’ Market started and became an integral part of the burgeoning “buy local” movement in which farmers sell directly to consumers. The Belmont Farmers’ Market received the first ever farmers’ market award “Best of Boston” given by Boston Magazine in 2009.
Market managers Heli Tomford and Suzanne Johannet, guide a tour of some of the market’s anchor vendors: The Farm School, Dick’s Market Gardens, Sergi Farm, Stillman’s Farm, and Hutchins Farm, and thereby show and explain how the Belmont Farmer’s Market started and became, awarded “Best of Boston” in 2009, an integral part of the growing movement of farmers to produce and sell locally.