Belmont Farmers’ Market in the Media

Thanks to many local and regional news outlets for covering the great community event we put on each week! There are stories about POP Club for kids, food assistance, our Food Assistance Information Fair, National Farmers Market Week, and more.

A newspaper story with two photos. On the left, a woman speaks into a microphone. On the right, she and a man in sunglasses ring a bell.

The Belmont Voice covered our 2024 National Farmers Market Week celebration, published a summary of the 2024 season, and reported on on food insecurity in Belmont.

A scanned image of a Boston Globe article, including a photo of a young boy holding POP Bucks

The Boston Globe had an article about the educational (and fun!) benefits of POP Club in July, 2024. Other Globe stories (subscription required):

Belmont Media Center covered National Farmers Market Week in 2024, featuring State Agriculture Commissioner Ashley Randle.

The Belmontonian had a story about our great Market Manager in August 2024 (with video).

Belmont Media Center covered our Food Assistance Information Fair in 2023, featuring Congresswoman Katherine Clark. (She starts speaking at the 11:00 mark.) They have covered other BFM stories, too.

WBZ NewsRadio had a story about POP Club in Aug, 2024.

Belmont Citizens Forum and WickedLocal.com covered our Covid-19 preparations in 2020

We won Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston for Best Farmers’ Market in 2009, (they loved our events tent!) and tied for second place in 2010 (those were the only years for that category).They included us in 2014’s 15 Farmers’ Markets To Try This Summer.

We won Boston Magazine’s Best of Boston for Best Farmers’ Market in 2009, and tied for second place in 2010. And then they stopped rating farmers' markets!