By David Matthau
The West Windsor Community Farmers Market has been a community fixture for almost two decades. Vendors here sell a wide array of fruits and vegetables. Some have stands that sell everything from baked goods, cheeses, grains, and seafood, to items from wood workers and an alpaca farm.
Market manager Chris Cirkus, also known as the “Market Mama,” says the market has become a community hub, and it allows people to connect and reconnect with old friends and community members.
“It’s a gathering space for the community, it’s a downtown in a town that doesn’t have a downtown,”she said.“It is that space where you run into the old coaches, you run into former teachers. I saw a very beloved kindergarten teacher from town that has recently retired stroll through this morning.”
Eleven-year-old Isabel was there Saturday morning hanging out with her friends. “We can just walk around, shop, and just generally eat yummy foods,” she said.
Cirkus said the market expanded during the COVID-19 pandemic when people were hungry for community as well as food, and were looking for safe places outdoors.
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