La Ferme Springbrook Farm

La Ferme Springbrook Farm is a family enterprise specializing in quality meats and meat products. Located at 444 Springbrook Road in South Branch, NB, their “Fresh from the Farm” items can be found weekly at area farmers markets. At the Dieppe Farmers Market their wonderful booth is filled with all the fixin’s for a memorable meal – low fat buffalo meat, pasture grazed chicken, apple fed pork, maple wood smoked ham and bacon, succulent ribs as well as farm fresh omega quality eggs. Want a quick Saturday meal? Pick up their BBQ chickens roasted onsite at the market for a tasty and tempting treat.

Springbrook Farm is owned and operated by the Gagnon family. A 400-acre spread “where the air is sweeter, the folks are friendlier, and time is measured by the seasons,” Springbrook Farm is run by the ‘all natural’ philosophy. Harkening back to the time when all food came from your local farmer, the Gagnon family believes that their customers deserve the security of a hands-on approach to selling their products, ensuring quality, a safe food source, and benefits to the community since all profits stay in the region. With a commitment to freshness and quality in their products, Springbrook Farm uses no steroids, hormones, tenderizers, pesticides, drugs, chemicals, vaccines, or medications in raising their animals and no animal byproducts in the feeds their animals consume. As Jean-Pierre Gagnon says, “We pride ourselves on our excellent product. It’s a fresh, local product and with a licensed abattoir onsite, our farm can oversee quality control from beginning to end in the meat preparation process.” Also wholesale dealers, Springbrook Farm provides many area businesses with their quality meats.

Springbrook Farm’s fresh and delicious products are also available at the Marché Moncton Market, Bathurst Farmers Market, Tracadie Farmers Market, and Bouctouche Farmers Market on Saturdays and at the Dieppe Farmers Market’s Mini Market held from 1 PM to 6 PM every Wednesday and Thursday. This summer, take advantage of their tasty and healthy buffalo burgers for your grill or try a roast or a ham for that summer family get-together. Springbrook Farm offers various price packages of a selection of meats. For more information, contact them at (506) 523-6432, e-mail them at springbrook@nb.sympatico.ca or visit them at a market near you. You’ll be pleased at the difference freshness and quality makes to you meals.

Northern Arrow Farm

In the summer, area markets expand their boundaries through open doors spilling into paved courtyards where seasonal vendors showcase their wares. One of the most beautiful summer booths at the Marché Moncton Market is from Northern Arrow Farm of Anagance, NB. Dealers in organically grown plants, this wonderful vendor has a colourful variety of 2nd-year perennial plants just perfect for your garden. Choose from an array of lovely lilies of all kinds, hardy and beautiful daisies, decorative grasses and flowering shrubs at a fraction of the cost of plants of the same size and species at other nurseries. In fact, Northern Arrow Farm sells wholesale to many other seasonal outlets and they have developed a solid reputation over the years for healthy and beautiful flowering plants. Northern Arrow Farm also carries an assortment of fresh and aromatic herbs perfect for planting in the ground or in container gardens.

Northern Arrow Farm is operated by Rei Egbers who has been a vendor at the market since 1982. "Back in 1982 we began at the market with market garden produce but over the years we’ve moved on to flowers," says Rei, "and our beautiful flowers are well received, especially at the beginning of the growing season." Indeed, perennials can be planted throughout the summer and well into the fall, providing beauty to any landscaped area. Looking for that special accent for your garden? Visit Northern Arrow Farm’s wonderful display and take advantage of their special offerings. Maritime summers are short. Brighten your corner of the world with a flowering plant from the market. Happy gardening!

Basket Blessings

One of the newest booths at the Marché Moncton Market is the lovely Basket Blessings brought to you by the talented and enterprising mother and daughter team of Rita Babineau and Lisa Deveau. Specializing in handmade and homemade products which are sold individually or done up as wonderful components in gift baskets, Rita and Lisa have put together attractively packaged soup mixes, muffin mixes, a tempting brownie mix, a delicious chocolate chip cookie mix, and a variety of tasty dip mixes. All dry ingredients, these unique mixes come complete with gift tags that do double duty as recipe cards. Ingredients are creatively layered in glass jars topped with brightly coloured, colour coordinated cloth toppers that present a great gift idea on their own. Rita and Lisa also sell some of their own cooking. Choose from a selection of mini loaves and cookies whipped up in their very own kitchens.

These wonderful items can be presented in personalized gift baskets filled with an assortment for any occasion including weddings, wedding and baby showers, baptisms, spa, birthdays, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, get well, graduation, or just a "Thank You!" Affordably priced and beautifully designed, these distinctive gift baskets are extraordinary. Got a special request? Rita and Lisa can fill custom orders for personal occasions as well as corporate events.

Visit Rita and Lisa at the market on Saturdays or contact Rita through the week at (506) 877-0815, call (506) 850-4898, e-mail at ritababineau@hotmail.com, or you can contact Lisa at (506) 854-0613. Looking for a unique gift idea? Send a basket of blessings from "Basket Blessings."

Harry's Pizza

Harry’s Pizza at the Marché Moncton Market is one of the busiest spots at the market on Saturdays and – no surprise! The sumptuous smell hits you first. Then you notice the engaging Chef Harry Stam whose infectious smile and upbeat personality instantly attracts you. Next, you’ll notice the work table filled with fresh ingredients with Harry’s nimble fingers chopping up crisp green peppers, luscious tomatoes, tender mushrooms, juicy onions, and even apples – all great toppers for his lavishly spread pizza cooked on the spot in a huge pizza oven.

Harry’s special pizzas start out on 12-grain par-baked dough prepared with no preservatives or additives. Harry then adds unique combinations of toppers all purchased at the market from other vendors for a 100% market creation. Ground beef, pepperoni, peppers, tomatoes, onions, apples, and cheeses are all supplied from market vendors in a wonderful spirit of mutual support which is great for the vendors and for the customers alike. The result is a pizza that’s delicious, fresh, and healthy. Customers line up for a chance to purchase this special item weekly.

Speaking of weekly – Harry promotes a special pizza each week. Usually the result of Harry’s own creativity, the weekly special is certainly one that’s most looked forward to by regular customers, so much so that it’s often sold out. This past week, Harry created a superb pizza – the Curry + Apple + Beef Pizza with the following tempting ingredients: curry ground beef (Madras curry in a tomato and ginger sauce), onions, mushrooms, green peppers, sweet apple, mozzarella cheese, medium cheddar cheese, smoky Gouda cheese, and Swiss cheese. Harry also uses basic pizza sauce to which he adds fresh herbs and spices and a dash of Frank’s Hot Pepper Sauce to taste.

Love pizza? When you visit the market, order one of Harry’s Specials or any other of his delicious offerings. Want a custom order? Just let Harry know your favourite toppings. Harry’s Pizza – it’s great to eat on the spot or to take home to enjoy later!