How well do you know your Market? Answer this week’s question below, or scan the QR code on the banner at the Market. We’ll pick one right answer each week — the winner gets a great BFM mug! (You do have to pick it up in person this season.)

Need help? Find the answer hidden around the Market under our tomato image.

Play BFM Brain Busters every week!

The tomato from our logo, carved in wood
20th anniversary quiz banner - faded - w white box.png

BFM Brain Buster question

The answer to this week’s quiz is below

We’ll post the next one on Wednesday!

Meanwhile, subscribe to our great BFM newsletter so you always know what’s happening at the Market.

Previous Questions & Answers

October 9

Q: How many market days does a typical season have?

A: 22

A poster with the answer: 22 market days
A poster with the question and answers

October 2

Q: Who else is great to have in the Market Committee:

A: A lawyer & an engineer

The question and possible answers

September 25

Q: On average, how many performances take place at the market every season?

A: 40

A poster with the question and the answer
A poster with the question and answers

September 18

Q: How long has our Market Manager been with us?

A: Since 2017

Hint and more info

Hint: It’s not (b). We do have a Market Manager. And she’s amazing. How amazing? This amazing:

⭐️ “Mireia is a superstar!”

★ “Mireia is warm, welcoming, and the hardest worker! She can solve any crisis and basically make magic happen! We love you, Mireia!”

✶ “Mireia is an amazing person and market manager. She is extremely thoughtful in everything she does, and she comes up with of all the small details that make the market such special place. We are so lucky to have her!”

🌟 “Mireia is mom, manager, multitasker extraordinaire, whose toxic traits are being too nice and always saying yes! You can blame the extra hot temps at the market this year all on Mireia’s warm smile 😋🥰”

✴︎ “Mireia has a warm and welcoming presence, and she is the most thoughtful, organized, and detail-oriented market manager you could hope to work with. She’s the one who brings the magic to our market.”

✹ “Mireia is dedicated, incredibly organized, amazingly creative, welcoming, fun to work with, and a good friend. BFM would truly not be what it is without her.”

🎂🎉🎊
Also, Happy Birthday!

The answer with a photo of the manager smiling
A poster with the question and possible answers

September 11

Q: How much has the market attendance grown in 20 years?

A: More than 200%

A poster with the answers
A poster with the question and answers

September 4

Q: Which farmer has been with us the longest?

A: Nicewicz Family Farm and Dick’s Market Garden

A poster with the question and answers, plus a sketch of a farmer holding carrots

August 28

Q: How many BHS students do we have volunteering at the Market each season?

A: About 15

A poster with the question and possible answers.

August 21
Q: How does the market stay financially sustainable after 20 years?

A: All of the above

A poster with the answer to the question. All of the above.
A poster with the question and possible answers

August 14
Q: Who has earned the title of “Mom of the Market”?

A: Anne Lougée

A poster explaining why Anne Lougée is "Mom of the Market"
A poster with the questions in the form above, and images of each New England state

August 7
Q: How local is your farmers’ market?

A: Our vendors are from a 65 mile radius!

A poster describing how close our vendors are to the Market

July 31
Q: How much $$ did the market add to shoppers' food budgets last year??

A: $57,000

A poster with the question and possible answers

July 24
Q: Who was our Market Manager for years & moved on to be the President of the Belmont Food Collaborative (our parent organization)?

A: Suzanne Johannet

The question and possible answers on a poster
A poster with the answer: Suzanne Johannet

July 17
Q: Since we started, how many pounds of food have been donated to local food pantries by our vendors?

A: Almost 100,000 lbs

A poster with the question: Since we started, how many pounds of food have been donated to local food pantries by our vendors?
A poster with the answer to the question: Almost 100,000 pounds of food have been donated to local food pantries by our vendrs

July 10
Q: How many e-Newsletters do we send a year?
A: About 30

Answer to the question for July 10: about 30 newsletters
A poster with the questions and answers. Including a graphic of an envelope traveling from here to there

July 3
Q: Is there anything fun for kids at the Market?
A: POP Club and Storytime

Poster with the question and answer from the form, above. And sketches of three kids dancing.

June 26
Q: Who is the Chair of the Market Committee?
A: Hal Shubin

Who is the Chair of the Market Committee? A: Bob Rifkin, B: Hal Shubin, C: Ken Nicewicz

June 19
Q: How many members does the Market committee have?
A: 12 members

A poster w/question and answers: How many members does the Market Committee have?
Answer: 12 members

June 12
Q: The Farmers' Market is a project of which organization?
A: The
Belmont Food Collaborative

Who started the Market?

June 5
Q: Who started the Market?
A: Heli Tomford