Shop for produce in the open air
Shop for produce in the open air ×
Hoboken s Upton Farmers Market takes place every Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Hoboken and Jersey City farmers markets are open, and more are on the way as residents embrace warmer weather and search for fresh produce and delicious baked goods.
According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, outdoor farmers markets provide a lower risk shopping option for shoppers and the community-at-large during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The COVID-19 pandemic has brought new challenges to food security in the United States,” states the CDC. “Access to healthy food options and nutrition are an important part of overall physical and mental health. Across the United States, farmers markets have been named an essential service because of their role in supporting local farms and providing communities access to fresh, healthy food during the pandemic.”
Joe Wesley knows turning points. He’s been through enough of them.
Left school in the seventh grade and became a classic American self-made man. Crane operator at 15. Married and a father at 16. A Marine at 17. And eventually, he built one of the country’s largest and most successful heavy-lift crane companies, AmQuip, based in Bensalem.
How does a city kid born in a rowhouse on Richmond Street in Bridesburg go from collecting glass bottles for income to hosting the President of the United States at his home in Upper Makefield, as he did last October?
He chuckled.
“It’s a long story,” he said, and glanced toward his wife, Marion, to whom he’s been married for nearly 70 years.