• Harvest Market: 28 Years and Still Going Strong

    Summer 1995: Bill Clinton is president; Steffi Graf and Pete Sampras win Wimbledon; Jerry Garcia plays his last concert with the Grateful Dead; Bill Gates becomes the richest man on Earth with a net worth of “only” 12.9 billion dollars; and Harvest Market opens its doors for the first time in Hockessin, Delaware. Opening with…

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  • Harvest Market Recipient of one of Progressive Grocer Magazine’s Outstanding Independents Awards for 2023

      Harvest Market was recently notified that it is the recipient of one of Progressive Grocer Magazine’s Outstanding Independents Awards for 2023. Along with 24 other family-owned grocers, ranging in size from 1 to 114 stores, Harvest Market has been recognized as one of the 25 companies from around the country that, “Though they may not be able to compete with larger…

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  • Back to School Pizza Night!

    We’re proud to present some tasty new cheeses to enrich your pizza night routines… Introducing Fior di Pizza and Smoked Mozzarella from local Caputo Brothers Creamery in Spring Valley, PA. Both cheeses are made from pasteurized cow milk, and are ideal for melting, with a smooth, creamy, slightly tangy flavor. Another new cheese we’ve brought…

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  • New Products for September

  • BYOB Accountability

    Sure, I have a reusable bag. But I left it at home. Some Harvest Marketers (yes, that’s what we call each other) are so organized. These folks always have their money or card ready in the queue. They have unloaded their carts, separated dry from cold, and have their bags waiting to load by the…

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  • Summertime and the Living is Cheesy…

    Summertime, and the living is cheesy… Taste the full expression of summertime milk, in all its buttery, beta-carotene-rich glory! We are pleased to introduce a whole host of new local soft cheeses, coming to you fresh from local farms and cheesemakers, some of whom you may have met at our recent Cheese and Bees event….

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  • Saving the Planet—One Bag at a Time

    Delaware’s Revised Plastic Carry Out Bag Ban, effective July 1, 2022, has an additional provision concerning “exempt” plastic bags. This provision has caused us to no longer provide new, empty plastic bags for you to use in our produce aisle. Instead, three sizes of paper bags are available for you to use. You may also…

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  • Introducing Harvest Market’s Line of Nutritional Supplements

    As Harvest Market enters its 27th year as Hockessin’s Community Grocer, we are pleased to introduce you to our own line of high-quality nutritional supplements. After more than a year of groundwork and research we have decided to use Vitamer Labs as our manufacturing partner. Vitamer has been formulating and supplying natural supplements to health…

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  • Favorite Cheeses of 2021

    Survey says… Harvest Market loves cheese! Here are our top 10 cheeses of 2021 along with some pairing suggestions: Goat Rodeo’s cow/goat Bamboozle with Pure Indian Foods Tamarind Date Chutney Goat Rodeo’s cow/goat Wild Rosemary with Brami Rosemary Garlic Lupini Beans Cypress Grove’s fluffy, gooey Humboldt Fog with baked in-house sweet potato curry dinner rolls,…

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  • Q & A with PASA

    The goals of Harvest Market and PASA, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, are quite aligned. Even though we are located in Delaware, most of our local products come from the Commonwealth next door. In fact, PASA has a membership that goes well-beyond the Keystone State, and is a real organizational powerhouse when it comes…

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