This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Borough Hall Greenmarket in Brooklyn’s Cadman Plaza.The market is marking the occasion with a day-long celebration on Saturday, June 27th. There will be, of course, lots of food (Long Island seafood and made-on-the-spot seasonal pizzas), along with talks and demos featuring green energy and slow food. You can play the Recycling Game and see videos and photos highlighting the market’s history, its farmers, and its customers. The party runs from 8am to 6pm. You can download a poster for the event here.

But first, in honor of father’s day, this coming Saturday, June 20, Fred Wilklow of Wilklow Orchards will be talking about his father and grandfather who farmed the land that Fred still farms.  The farm has been in their family since 1855, and Fred has been with the Borough Hall Greenmarket since its first season in 1984. If you were around the market today, you may have heard Fred’s son Albert giving a talk about how the Wilklow Orchards apples go from seed to tree to truck to greenmarket. You can read more about Fred Wilklow and Wilklow Orchards elsewhere on Dave’s Kitchen.

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