By Janelle Feliciano
Jacob D’lamater is the owner of Jacob’s Fresh Farm Shares, located north of Chelsea.
He sells natural produce, eggs, and honey, using no herbicide, pesticide, or any other chemicals. As a child, he grew up in a farm, but his parent’s used chemicals and at the time, he didn’t know how harmful they could be.
So when Jacob bought his own property to start farming, a friend of his asked, “why the heck are you going to spray roundup on the food you’re going to plant?” That struck a nerve with him and after that, Jacob has done everything all natural. He proudly admits, “I believe in doing everything the old fashioned way…. I put a lot of time and sweat into my farming.” A method he uses is to plant seeds at different times so that he constantly has a variety of produce available for his customers. Doing his work for five years, he has been selling at his own farm, the Bushel Basket Market in Chelsea, and doing farm shares through Facebook and Craigslist.
The biggest challenge he faces is working the farm by himself along with working a full-time job and owning a business outside of the farm. Finding time to balance the work he does is difficult, however, knowing he is providing produce that is healthy and natural for people, and has no chemicals, or is store bought is what makes the farming business worth it.
The Wednesday Bushel Basket Farmers Market offers folks a mid-week opportunity to shop for fresh and local products at the Palmer parking lot from 2-6 p.m.
Please keep in mind that sometimes the vendors are unable to make the market or the products they plan to have are not available.
Mark’s Farm: maple syrup, cabbage, kale, Swiss chard, kohlrabi, broccoli, beets, sweet onions, cauliflower, shallots, garlic, potatoes, salad cucumbers, green and yellow beans, hot and sweet peppers, eggplant, zucchini, summer squash, sun-riped tomatoes.
Golden Fleece Farm: Grass fed beef, patties, ground round, beef patties, beef bones, eggs, steaks, sirloin, ribeye, porterhouse, T-bone.
Kapnick Orchards: Baked goods, produce, fudge, nut butters, bread, donuts, sweet cherries, raspberries, blueberries, transparent apples, peaches, plums.
Stone Hearth Bakery: assorted artisan breads all baked from scratch with no preservatives, hot dog buns, cookies – check out the new sugar cookies, triple chocolate chunk brownies, fruit breads, including red raspberry, strawberry, wild blueberry, apple, cinnamon raison, 4-cheese pepperoni rolls, 4-cheese habanero pepperoni rolls (both two to a pack).
Lutchka Angus: honey, kale, herbs, cabbage, zucchini, summer squash, sweet onions, maybe broccoli, eggplant, redskin potatoes, cukes – large and small, basil, Yukon gold potatoes, corn, hot and sweet peppers, patti-pan squash, sunflowers, zinnias, dahlias.
(Maybe) Kapp Bakery: baked goods, pretzels, zucchini, cukes, green beans, kale, dried herbs.
Family Circle Centennial Farm: honey, microgreens, basil, rosemary and thyme, garlic, gift certificates, T-shirts and bags, carrots, radishes, maybe beets, summer squash, tomatoes, onions.
Needle Lane Farm: kale, chard, lettuce, herbs, (maybe) beets, cucumbers, kohlrabi, green onions, zucchini, peas, carrots, broccoli, basil, sweet peppers, tomatoes, honey, pole beans, yellow squash, fennel.
Pregitzer Farm Market. Herbs, maybe lilies, annuals, combination planters, hanging baskets, veggies, zucchini, cherry tomatoes, summer squash, cucumbers, beans.
Bordine Farms: cut flowers
Janet’s LLC: cards, jams, nuts, pretzels, dolls, sweets, dried fruit and nuts, Dammit dolls, caramel corn, lemon eucalyptus lotion, herb rub.
HumusFalafil: hummus, falafel and baklava
Country Home Bakery: assorted fruit pies, breads, specialty breads, assorted cookies, cinnamon rolls, fruit coffee cake, jam, crafts, strawberry cobbler, garden signs, muffins (stop by and discover the flavor of the week).
Jacob’s Fresh Farm Shares: eggs
Hanover Craft Meats: pasture-raised, non-GMO pork.
Good Times Kettle Corn: kennel corn
(Maybe) Smith’s Daylillies: day lilies
(Maybe) Elysium Soap: soap
Special Event: Market basket giveaway
