Iron Moon Farm’s Farm Stand To Be Back On Newbury Upper Green

August 14, 2008

Any day now, you should be able to buy vegetable and produce at Newbury’s Upper Green on High Road (Route 1A) from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm, seven days a week. Iron Moon’s selling season is about 17 weeks long and ends Oct. 31.

An article by Victor Tine in today’s Newburyport Daily News reports that Newbury Selectman voted unanimously to allow Iron Moon Farm owners Wendy and Colin Smith to set up their farm stand/wagon on the Upper Green for a second year. The Upper Green farm stand location is a temporary operation that would provide Iron Moon Farm with added visibility in the Newbury/Newburyport region until the Parker River bridge reconstruction work is completed.

Iron Moon Farm, located at 186 High Road, Newbury, is one of the businesses on scenic Route 1A in Newbury that has been impacted by the closure of the Route 1A bridge over the Parker River in Newbury due to bridge reconstruction. The farm which had depended on the traffic on Route 1A for a large portion of its sales, has been significantly impacted by the Parker River bridge work.

Iron Moon Farm also has established a second farm stand at Pearson Plaza in Byfield, which is also open 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., seven days a week. Both farm stands are being used to offset the loss of income at Iron Moon Farm’s High Road location due to the loss of traffic caused by bridge reconstruction.

For more information, visit Victor Tine’s article in the Newburyport Daily News.