City Farmers' Markets
2004: CitySeed launched City Farmers' Market Wooster Square in July. The market ran every Saturday from July through October and again for two Saturdays in December.
2005: Following the success of its first season, CitySeed collaborated with community groups and the City of New Haven to open three additional markets in July 2005, each on a different day of the week. Wooster Square ran on Saturdays from May - December, with Fair Haven on Thursdays (in collaboration with Junta and GAVA), Downtown on Wednesdays (in collaboration with Town Green Special Services District) and Edgewood Park on Sundays (in collaboration with the Westville Village Renaissance Alliance and Friends of Edgewood Park) from July - October.
In June of that year, Wooster Square became the first farmers' market in the state to accept Food Stamps/EBT. Vendor sales at the markets contributed over $1.0 million to job creation and the local economy and farmers redeemed over $41,434 in WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Coupons (FMNP), Senior FMNP and Food Stamps. (Local economic impact calculated using SEED, the Sticky Economic Evaluation Device, developed by the Economics Institute, Loyola University New Orleans).
2006: CitySeed held City Farmers' Markets, for the second consecutive year, in four different neighborhoods on four different days of the week from July - October. Additionally, the market in Wooster Square ran from May - December.
In 2006, vendor sales at the markets contributed over $1.3 million to job creation and the local economy. Farmers redeemed over $51,600 in FMNP coupons and Food Stamps from local families and community members in need, ensuring the markets are accessible to everyone.
2007: CitySeed launched the first year-round, open-air farmers' market in Connecticut in 2007. Held monthly in January, February, March and April, it then ran weekly from May - December. The markets in Downtown and Edgewood Park were open from June - October, while Fair Haven operated from July - October.
In 2007, vendor sales at the markets contributed over $1.6 million to job creation and the local economy. Farmers redeemed over $64,460 in FMNP coupons and Food Stamps from local families and community members in need, ensuring the markets are accessible to everyone.
2008: CitySeed continues to operate the Saturday market monthly from January - April and prepares for the 2008 market season in all four neighborhoods.
Click here for the 2008 market schedule!
