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Revamped Milton Farmers Market opens for business

Located next to Milton Historical Society; Cape Community Foundation operating this year
The Milton Farmers Market opened June 2 in downtown. Shown at the ribbon-cutting ceremony are (l-r) Irish Eyes owner Tom Jones; Mayor Jon Collier; Milton Historical Society Development Director DeeDee Wood; Sen. Russ Huxtable, D-Lewes; Milton Historical Society board member Sharon Borton; Vice Mayor Lee Revis-Plank; Milton Councilman Scotty Edler; Cape Community Fund board member Threasa Brittingham; Milton Councilman Fred Harvey; Milton Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Karen Falk; Milton Chamber of Commerce board member Laura Bartus; Cape Community Fund board member Butch Archer; and Cape Community Fund board member Tommy Engel. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
Chris Flood
June 7, 2023

Story Location:
Milton Historical Society
210 Union Street
Milton, DE 19958
United States

After a brief delay, the Milton Farmers Market opened for the season June 2. The market is open 3:30 to 6 p.m., every Friday.

Now located on the empty lot next to the Milton Historical Society, the market is operated this year by the Cape Community Fund. 

Town officials, members of the Cape Community Fund and Milton Chamber members held a ribbon cutting to celebrate the opening of the market.

Vice Mayor Lee Revis-Plank said it was a good thing to have the market back open. It gets the weekend started off right, she said.

The Milton Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary had operated the Broadkill Farmers Market on Front Street for the past couple of years, but organizers decided to step away from operations this year.

Proceeds from market sales will go to support the Cape Community Fund, which provides critically needed resources to families in the Cape Henlopen School District who have suffered from accident, illness or unexpected catastrophe.

For more information on the Cape Community Fund, go to capecommunityfund.org.

 

Making the opening of the market official, Threasa Brittingham rings the cowbell.
It’s tough to miss Jessica Williams and the bright green of her Coastal Key Lime Pie stand.
Envy Organics owner Donielle Boyd offers her handmade products.
Bites of Delight owner Kristen Abbott had a bunch of her tasty morsels for sale.
A.J. and Janece Pipon took over Backyard Jams and Jellies earlier this year. A.J. chats with a shopper at the market.
Michael Miller’s Proper Bird Feeders.
Just a bit of the fine French offerings at Epicurean Provisions.
The Milton Farmers Market is open 3:30 to 6 p.m., Fridays, in the empty lot next to the Milton Historical Society.
To get in the mood, Threasa Brittingham put on her cow-themed earrings.

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Chris Flood has been working for the Cape Gazette since early 2014. He currently covers Rehoboth Beach and Henlopen Acres, but has also covered Dewey Beach and the state government. He covers environmental stories, business stories and random stories on subjects he finds interesting, and he also writes a column called Choppin’ Wood that runs every other week. He’s a graduate of the University of Maine and the Landing School of Boat Building & Design.

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