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Westford Farmers Market  Happenings!
Join Sustainable Westford’s We-Cycle Team! We’re looking for riders or pledges for the upcoming Greater Lowell Community Foundation’s  Bike-a-Thon on Sept 26th.  Please visit Team We-Cycle’s Bike-a-thon fundraising page. To make a pledge, please click:  http://glcf.dojiggy.com/wecycle  Deadline to ride or pledge is Sept. 26!
Sustainable Westford is partnering with Cradles to Crayons to provide a recycling resource for local families who wish to put their children’s gently used items to good use.   Cradles to Crayons will be at the Westford Farmers Market collecting gently used clothes, shoes, books, and toys. The organization is especially in need of new hats and gloves to prepare for the winter season. They will be at every market until the end of the season!
Cradles to Crayons is a Boston nonprofit organization that provides children from birth through age 12, living in homeless or low-income situations, with the essential items such as clothes, school supplies, books, and shoes.  •  Remember to clean out your basement and closets and bring it to the market!
Boy Scout Troop 159 will also have a table on Tuesday looking for seeds so they can start a seed library.
A seed library is a place where community members may donate seeds (storage-ready) harvested from plants which they have grown themselves. Community members may also “borrow” the seeds which have been donated. The expectation is that they will give back some seeds from the plants grown from “borrowed” seeds at the end of the growing season to ensure the sustainability of the program.
This week’s vendor list
Shady Pine Farm – New Braintree (beef and pork)
Valicenti Pasta Farm – Hollis (pasta)
NU3Kidz – Barnstable (pancakes for children)
Aaronap Cellars – Westford (wines)
Fire Cider Pittsfield (cider vinegar drinks)
Red’s Best Fish – Boston (seafood)
Hawaiian Shaved Ice Irvine, CA (shaved ice)
Nissitissit Apiaries – Pepperell (honey)
Ben’s Sugar Shack Temple, NH (maple syrup, maple sugar products)
Bagel Alley – Nashua, NH (bagels)
La Bella Dolce Bakery – Westford (Italian pastries)
Swiss Bakers Reading/Allston (cookies/breads/cakes/quiche/pretzels/sandwiches)
Birch Tree Bread Company Worcester (baked goods, coffee)
Carlson Orchards – Harvard (apples, pears, etc.)
Flats Mentor Farm – Lancaster (Asian greens)
Dragonfly Farms  – Pepperell (general produce)
Gaouette Farm – North Andover (vegetables)
Farmer Dave’s – Dracut (vegetables)
Revelry Coffee – Worcester (coffee)
Jubali Juice Cambridge (juices)
Kabob House – Somerville (Mediterranean food)
Zounds Hearing of Westford – Westford (hearing tests)
Great Karma – Kalispell, MT (beauty products)
Corrective Care Chiropractic – Westford (chiropractor)
Boy Scout Troop 159 – Westford (non-profit)
Fruit-infused water also available at Farmers’ Market coordination tent (free for members)
