The Market Report

Tendercrop Farm Opened: 1995 Owner:  Matthew Kozazcki Previous Tenants:  none Cooperative:  none Location:  108 High Rd, Newbury, MA Photographed:  July 7, 2023 A quick look today at another Tendercrop Farm, whose Wenham location we recently took a look inside. The Newbury location is the original Tendercrop, opening in 1995. Like Wenham, this is part greengrocer, part farmstand, part butcher, part greenhouse/garden center, and part working farm. Unfortunately, I don't have any interior pictures of this store, but you can see inside the produce barn here . (I was only driving by, unfortunately, and it was after the store had closed for the day when I took the above picture.) We're a couple miles outside Newburyport here, which is the larger town in this area on the Merrimack River. That's where tomorrow's store will be, so come back to check it out!

Tendercrop Farm Opened: 2015 Owner:  Matthew Kozazcki Previous Tenants:  Canaan Farm Cooperative:  none Location:  93 Main St, Wenham, MA Photographed:  May 14, 2022 Ever heard of Wenham, MA? I'm sure most haven't -- it's a town of less than 5000 people over eight square miles, a bit over 20 miles northeast of Boston. I certainly wouldn't know about the town, save for a friend who grew up here. The town is home to Gordon College, a small school, and a small museum. It's also home to the Wenham Tea House , the only restaurant in town. This is where the suburbs start to give way to farmland and forests, and there are a number of nature preserves and other protected land around here. Tendercrop Farm , which opened here in 2015 (it was previously a different farm), has opened a farm market and food store in a building on the farm property, which as you can see is scenic and quaint. The main event is the produce, much of which is grown on-site (or at other farms own...