nutritious...delicious...the best!
New Jersey Peach Promotion
Council
www.jerseypeaches.com
CONTACT: Pegi Adam, 973-744-6090
[email protected]
Jerry Frecon, 856-207-7123
[email protected]
facebook.com/newjerseypeaches
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
‘PEACH’ & ‘PERFECT PEACH PIE’ EVENTS
By county
DATE
2014
July 17
Atlantic County
August 2
Atlantic County
August 2
Atlantic County
Aug 10
Bergen County
August 2
Burlington
County
July 27
Camden County
August 2
Camden County
August 5, 6, 7
CamdenCounty
MARKET
ACTIVITIES
Margate Farmers Market
9700 Amherst Ave (Steve & Cookies by the Bay)
http://www.steveandcookies.com/index.php?
option=com_content&view=article&id=196:peach
-pie-contest-71714&catid=37:events&Itemid=171
Peach Party…
Perfect Peach Pie amateur baking competition
Hammonton Downtown Market
209 Vine St parking Lot (across from Eagle
Theatre)
www.downtownmarket.org
Peach Party, “Perfect Peach Pie” Contest
Newly crowned Peach Queen will join vintage Peach Queens of
50s and 60s, with members of their courts.
Peach Pie Contest; Games; Music; lots of Peach Vendors and
Peaches from Pastore Orchard Farms, a 100-year-old Peach Farm.
Brigantine Farmers Market
Haneman Park/15 St & Revere Blvd
https://www.facebook.com/Brigantinefarmersmar
ket
Peach Party, "Perfect Peach Pie" Amateur Baking Contest
Plenty of peaches, produce and activities
Ramsey Farmers Market
73 Elbert Court, Ramsey
www.ramseyfarmersmarket.org
“Perfect Peach Pie (Cobbler)” competition
Free give-a-ways, music and special appearance from Angela's
Mortgage Cake, with a scrumptious peach based cake. Vendors
here "peach it up"! with their offerings.
Moorestown/Burlington Co Farmers Market
500 Centerton Rd
www.burlcoagcenter.com/farmers-market
Just Peachy Party “Hot Chef Fred Kellerman” demos cooking with
peaches, music by Anthony Friedlander, samplings of assorted
peachy treats
Haddonfield Farmers Market
Kings Court, 230 W. Redman Ave
www.haddonfieldfarmersmarket.org
Peach Party -- live music, children's activity & of course peaches!!!
Collingswood Farmers Market
713 N Atlantic Ave
Along Patco Speedline
www.Collingswoodfarmersmarket.com
Peach Party, Just Peachy Restaurant Kick-Off
Chef's demos, special peach offerings at Schober Orchards stand,
entertainment and more. at the Collingswood Farmers Market;
then we'll have 3 days following (8/5, 6, 7) where we celebrate the
peach with our "Just Peachy" menu - a multi course meal where
every course spotlights the use of Jersey peaches. We'll also be
handing out recipes and inviting John Hurff of Schober orchards to
come and speak to our guests about being a peach farmer in NJ/
Collingswood Area Restaurants
www.sjculinaryevents.com
Just Peachy 3-course all-peach dinners
Participating restaurants: Tortilla Press, Blue Plate, El Sitio,
Collingswood Blackbird/West Side Gravy. Reservations
recommended. via website
August 13
CamdenCounty
Aug 3
Essex County
Aug 18
Essex County
July 24-27
Gloucester
County
Aug 5-9
Gloucester
County
Aug 3
Hudson County
August 2
Hunterdon
County
July23-August
30
Every
Wednesday
Westmont Farmers Market
43 Haddon Ave@ Stratford, Haddon Twp.
www.westmontfarmersmarket.com
Nutley Farmers Market
William Street, east side of Franklin Avenue
www.nutleynj.org
Maplewood Farmers Market
Indiana Street Municipal parking lot adjacent to
Springfield Ave
http://www.twp.maplewood.nj.us
Township of Maplewood, 574 Valley Street
NJ Peach Festival @ Gloucester Co 4-H Fair
275 Bridgeton Pike (Route 77), Mullica Hill,
http://gloucester.njaes.rutgers.edu/fairfest
www.gc4hfair.com
Peach Party
“Peachy" activities, tastings, and more
Peaches from Alstede Farms, Stony Hill Gardens
blue plate Restaurant & Holtzhauser
Orchards, Mullica Hill
7 S Main St Mullica Hill
www.blueplatenj.com
“Just Peachy” Week Celebrating Peaches
3-course meal featuring Holtzhauser peaches @$25.00. Learn
many uses of Jersey peaches, from the trees to the stove.
reservations recommended 856-478-2112 or via website
Riverview Farmers Market,
Jersey City Heights
Riverview-Fisk Park, Ogden Ave (Between
Griffith & Bowers Street)
http://riverviewfarmersmarket.org
Peach Party and
"Perfect Peach Pie" Amateur Baking Contest Peach Piñata and
Country Fair Games activities for children, Live Bluegrass Music in
the Park with Benson Ridge Project and Twiddlin' Thumbs and the
Third Annual Peach Pie Contest (Attendees get to sample pies after
the contest!). Plus you can make room for peach pie later in the
afternoon by attending Yoga in the Heights' donation-based yoga
class in the park at 11 am.
Community Presbyterian Church
220 Main St, Chester
www.cpcchester.org
Peach Festival & Country Auction
Peach pies, peach kuchens, peach cobbler, homemade peach ice
cream, more peach homemade goodies, jams, jellies, and relishes
Country Auction begins @ 10 am. Call 908-879-5091 for further
information.
The Brothers Moon Restaurant
7 W. Broad St., Hopewell
www.brothersmoon.com
Peach Time at The Brothers Moon
Chef Will is passionate about the beauty and taste of Jersey
peaches and will celebrate them with 3 & 4-course menus priced
from $33-$47, featuring a variety of appetizers, soups, main
courses, salads and desserts—all with peaches. Recipes will be
available, by emailing [email protected]
Reservations recommended 609-333-1330 or via website
Everything peachy, everything local, everything delicious!
Festival &
"Perfect Peach Pie" amateur bake-off contest
Peach food tent with peach muffins, peach pie, peach ice cream,
peach tea, and more. Farm store offers peachy treats, baskets of
with peaches and nectarines, peach cobblers, peach salsa,
nectarine salsa. Noted chefs from New Jersey and beyond l
demonstrate their peach and seasonal recipes and offer samples of
their foods. Pam Mount's popular free canning class will be held
during the festival at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2. Live country
music each day, tractor-drawn wagon rides, barnyard animals. The
Barn Cats will be playing on Saturday and Past Times will perform
on Sunday. Families can take a tractor drawn wagon ride through
our orchards and children can visit our barnyard animals
Mercer County
August 2&3
Mercer County
Peach Party
Live music by Monko; Peach Glitter Tattoos; Peach Face Painting
Bobbing for peaches; Peach cooking contest ;
Guess how many peaches in the bushel-- win the bushel;
Peachey Free Balloons
Peach Party
tastings, give-aways, entertainment, recipe & handling brochures,
and more
Terhune Orchards
330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton
www.terhuneorchards.com
"Best Peaches" competition, submitted by growers
Crowning of five "Peach Queens," 5 in competition categories from
age 5-18, Fri July 26
Perfect Peach Pie amateur baking competition. Judging July 26
Enter your peach creation in the New Jersey Peach Promotion
Council’s “Perfect Peach Pie” bake-off contest during the
festival. The contest is open to any amateur baker and must be
either a pie or cobbler. Entries will be judged at Terhune Orchards
at 1 p.m. Sunday during the festival. The winner will receive a
Terhune Orchards gift card. Finalists from across the state will go
on to compete for grand prizes -- $300 for winner from South
Jersey; $300 for winner from North Jersey Register for the contest
at the Terhune Orchards Farm Store or at terhuneorchards.com,
then show up with your pie entry on Aug. 3.
Aug 9
Mercer County
July 24
Morris County
August
2&3
West Windsor Community Farmers Market
Southbound Vaughn Drive parking lot, Princeton
Junction train station off Alexander Rd
www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org
Peach Party
Cooking demonstrations, entertainment, lots of peaches
Long Valley Green Market
20 Schooley’s Mountain Rd, off Rte 513
longvalleygreenmarket.com
Summer Peaches Peach Party- games, stories for kids, peach
products Peachy Keen, peach pie competition for amateur bakers
Alstede Farms
84 County Road 513, Chester
www.alstedefarms.com
Peach Festival and Peach- themed Pancake Breakfast Sunday
August 3rd featuring Pick Your Own Peaches, our own homemade
Peach Ice Cream, Slushies, Pies and other Peach desserts and a
Peach Breakfast Sunday morning
Chatham Borough Farmers Market
Chatham Train Station, Chatham
54 Fairmount Avenue
www.chathamboroughfarmersmarket.com
Peach Party
Peach Princess Melick Farms Granddaughter
Peach Costume character
Peach samplings 11 AM
Peach items tastings from vendors
Boonton Farmers Market
620 Main Street, Boonton
www.BoontonMainStreet.org
Peach Day
Peaches for sale, entertainment, more
Bernardsville Farmers Market
Route 202 &Claremont Rd
www.bernardsvilleboro.org
Gladstone Tavern
273 Main Street
Gladstone, NJ 07934
www.gladstonetavern.com
Peach Party Free peach ice cream and peach cake, and a chance
to win a basket of peaches, live music
Bernardsvile Farmer's Market is celebrating its 20th year!
Jersey Peach Week --peaches in this menu are from
Melick’s Farm, Oldwick, NJ
Montgomery Farmers Market
Village Shopper Parking Lot, 1340 Rt. 206
www.montgomeryfriends.org
Peach Party
"Pin the Stem on the Peach" game (winners get peaches-yum!),
other kids' games, stories, tastings &
Tree-Licious Orchards
135 Karrville Rd, Port Murray, NJ 07865
www.treeliciousorchards.com
Summer Peach Dinner on the Farm
A Farm‐to‐Fork Celebration
A celebration of Growing for the Future of the Farm!
Come out and join us for a 3--‐course prepared dinner (w
Vegetarian and gluten--‐free options) under and around the trees
that provide our sweet crops. Entertainment by Gerard and Diane
Barros. Early comers can take a walking tour of the farm
To reserve seats, see our website, or call 908‐852-7191
Morris County
Aug 2
Morris County
August 10
Morris County
July 19
SomersetCounty
Week of
July 29
Somerset
County
Date to come
Somerset
County
July 26
5-9 pm
Warren County
The New Jersey Peach Promotion Council is a non-profit voluntary organization of growers,
shippers, wholesalers and associated industries dedicated to maintaining a viable peach industry
in the Garden State for the purpose of preserving farmers and farmland; and to providing the
highest quality and best tasting fresh peaches for consumers. New Jersey is the fourth largest
peach producing state in the country,with approximately 80 orchards on 5,5000 acres.
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