The Tri-Lakes Regional Farmers Cooperative’s Bloomingdale market takes place every Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. through Sept. 14 at Teddy’s Ice Cream and Grill on state Route 3.

New market organizer Tim Green said he loves to grab a cone after a couple hours in the sun at the market, and people stopping for ice cream sometimes leave with fresh produce, a pound of meat or some local art.

Green said, even in an area with relatively local-based farmers markets, the Bloomingdale one is a “hyper-local” market. All its vendors live and work within a five-mile distance from where they sell their wares.

Andrea and Zach Smith from the Smith Park farm in Gabriels have chicken, pastries and bread. Andrea’s strawberry rhubarb hand pies are Green’s personal favorite.

Stephen Smith with Lyon Valley Farm at the Bloomingdale Farmers Market, which continues this Sunday, and runs every Sunday through Sept. 14. (Provided photo — Jennifer Green)

Stephen and Teresa Smith from Lyon Valley Farm in Vermontville bring eggs and bright, fresh greens and vegetables.

Rachelle Waters with AHA Mushrooms in Vermontville brings mouthwatering fungi.

Green’s wife Jennifer with Fletcher Farm Fiber Arts is working on a community art project, weaving a rug using a loom she built herself.

People can stop by, learn how to use the loom and even participate by weaving a bit themselves. Everyone who contributes will have their name added to Jennifer’s submission of the rug to the fiber arts show at the Saranac Lake Free Library in October and November.

Tim runs the community table, with a menagerie of products from local vendors which changes from week-to-week — pork from Kate Mountain Farm; beef from Norman Ridge Farmstead; lotion made from goat milk and bee honey from Gail Houston’s Rustic Cedar company; cookies, hand pies and cinnamon rolls from T-Marie’s Pies and Pastries; and prints of Tim’s photography.

The market has live music each week this year with local artists bringing their songs and sounds to give the market ambiance.

Sal Sarmiento kicked it off last week. This weekend’s artist is the Midnight Stargazers.

It’s a tight community of vendors, who spend four hours a week together from mid-June to mid-September, Green said.

The market has its fair share of regulars, Green said, with locals and summer home visitors stopping by to hang out and get groceries for the week’s meals.

He said the vendor slots are full currently, but they sometimes have openings on weekends when certain vendors cannot make it. To request an open slot, contact him at tim@boring.green or trilakesregionalfarmerscoop@gmail.com.