The second Partners Winter Market of the season opened from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the Veterans' Memorial Auditorium at 72 Bank Street on December 15, 2012. The market featured local vendors offering cheese, bread, and honey, in addition to a nice selection of greens and winter vegetables. "We're pleased to have vendors who are offering freshly-grown produce along with a good assortment of winter vegetables" commented Partners Community Health and Well-being manager Annemarie Sharkey. "Urban Acres, an indoor farm that uses hydroponics, solar panels, grow lights and chemical-free pesticides in the Durfee Mills complex, offered tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers grown this way," she added. The event also included vendors selling jewelry, crafts and photographs as well as a raffle drawing for a terrific basket full of winter food offerings. Click here for a 90-second video. Click here for a photos of last month's markets. Call Annemarie Sharkey at 508-679-0922 for more information.

(Top row, left) United Neighbors outreach and technology coordinator Brittany Bertone, executive director Wendy Garf-Lipp and their helpers, Aurora and Forrest Rees, get the registration table ready to open with the raffle gift baskets. (Top row, center) Alicia Blazer of Marvins-Miracles gets ready to sell dog biscuits that she made to raise money for families who cannot afford to feed their dogs. (Top row, right) Susan Wood of Apponagansett Farm carries her daughter in to set up her table. (Middle row, left and right) Elizabeth Forand and Paulette Prefontaine look over some holiday greens while Diane Forand prices carrots with Charlie Peixe of Paradise Hill Farm in Westport. (Middle row, center) Dale Furno of Douglas Honey in Douglas, MA answers questions about his products. (Bottom row, left) Customers look over the selection at the Mom's Earrings table. (Bottom row, center) Mark Zajac shows a worm culture to David Lawson at the Seeds of Sustainability table. (Bottom row, right) Mary Mehri of Quansett Gardens farm in Dartmouth, MA talks with Gail Hartnett Roderigues after she looks over the selection of rutabaga, squash and sweet potatoes.