Popular Hillsborough Duke Farms Farmers Market Rebranded & Transplanted to Somerville, Opens Sunday, May 5

SOMERVILLE, NJ - The Somerset County Regional Farmers Market has a new name and will be set up at a new location after eight years at Duke Farms in Hillsborough.

Many of the same vendors who were regulars at the Duke Farms Farmers' Market will be making the move to the new location at the Somerville Middle School. The Grand Opening is Sunday, May 5, rain or shone. The season will run every Sunday through Nov. 29, according to Jamie Kraska, chairman of the Somerville Alliance for Food Education.

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SAFE is operating the farmers' market in conjunction with the Somerville Board of Education and the borough's Environmental Commission.

The SAFE Vendor Selection Committee has finalized the list of 32 farmers and other fresh food vendors; most are committed to selling each week, with a few coming every other week, according to Kraska. Hours are 10 a.m.-1 p.m. every Sunday. Several of the vendors made the move from Hillsborough to Somerville.

All products to be sold at the market are from New Jersey, from vegetables, fruit and maple sugar to fresh meat, flowers and goat milk ane wine from local vineyards. Other products include pickles, olives, soups, butters, jams and jelly, vinegar, pies and more.

The farmers market will be located at the rear of the school, at the corner of West High Street and Davenport Street.

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SAFE, which advocates healthy eating habits and nutrition, plans to feature theme weeks, focusing on those vegetables and fruits that are in season, including blueberries, strawberries, peaches, apples, corn, beans, pumpkins and others.

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