Tomato Season has come a bit late to our area this year but it has been worth the wait! It’s going to be a busy and exciting week at the Downingtown Farmers Market with yours truly taking over their Instagram to bring you a taste of Tomato Fest at the market!

The Market is is open Saturdays 9am-1pm in Kerr Park and will have different varieties of heirloom, cherry, slicing, paste tomatoes and much more from some of our favorite area farms: Aldebaran Farm, Old Homestead Farm, and Alnwyck Farm. You can get a full vendor list from checking out the Downingtown Farm Market’s webpage.

Be sure to check out Optimistic Kitchen on Instagram before midnight 8/19/17 to enter the Tomato Fest Contest to win $25 in Market Bucks to spend at the Downingtown Farmers Market! To enter, simply:
1- Follow both @Optimistic_Kitchen AND @DowningingtownFM on Instagram, and…
2- Tag a friend in the comments of any of my Instagram posts! (To tag a friend, simply comment on the post with your friends Instagram handle—make sure it posts to the comments and not as a private message to your friend; otherwise the tag won’t register to enter the contest). The follows and tag could end up winning you some of your favorite goodies at the market! I will let you know if you won by DM on Instagram on 8/21/17! Good luck and I’ll see you at Tomato Fest!