BRICK – The Brick Farmers Market, which takes place at Windward Beach Park off of Princeton Avenue, is well underway for its summer season.
It will run on every Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. – rain or shine – until October 3.
The market features over 70 vendors, some of which are longtime favorites who have been showing up since the market’s founding in 2015, while others are new for this season, as the market always looks to add new small businesses to its lineup.
The farmers market, which offers free admission for shoppers, is run through Brick township’s local government, which allows it to operate at the size that it does.
One of the vendors for the market was Thomas Ascough, who runs a small business called Savvy Fit Soaps. For his business, Thomas is a soap maker/seller who makes products that are “really friggin natural” according to his slogan.
Ascough got into business making soaps alongside his other business – fitness training – because of the toxins that are found in everyday soaps. Customers and other people in his life were asking the best ways to take care of their bodies, and one of the best ways to do that, according to Ascough, is to have a skin care routine that is “really friggin natural” and does not include the toxins found in common store-bought soaps. Ascough’s soaps can be bought both online through his website, via his social media, or in person at the Brick Farmers Market, something he has been a regular at for years.
Another vendor at the market was Shore Sauce, a local hot sauce company ran by Neil Narcisse. Narcisse got inspiration for his hot sauce company from his Caribbean upbringing, and a lot of his sauces are inspired by or modeled after the cuisine he enjoyed in his youth.
Narcisse found his love for hot sauce making in a simple but relatable way because one day he ran out of sauce in his house and just started experimenting with what he had. Shore Sauce can be found online and on all social medias under his company name, and it can be found on Amazon as well.
Keeping up with the diverse products of the market, another small business, J. Josephine Creations, ran by Jess Jenkins, sold handmade candles.
Other vendors of the market included Black Forest Bakeshop, Farmer Al’s Flowers, Berserkergang Bones, Simply Sofrito, Kauffman Farms, Borgas Brewhouse specialty coffee, Jaker’s Pickles, Aunt Lullie’s Baked Goods, Garden State Distillery, and much more.
The farmers market itself has grown immensely over the years, starting as just one row of vendors near the park’s parking lot and growing to where it now features two rows of vendors that wraps around the entire grass portion of the park.
For those that needed a break from the shopping action, in the middle of the vendors is a small grass lot that had a few tables where attendees can rest and listen to the live music that was performed.
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