Farmers Market Comes to and End, but the Online Market Keeps On…
01 Dec 2011 Leave a Comment
This past Tuesday the Mainstreet Statesboro Farmers Market closed out it’s season with one of the biggest turn outs all year. Shopping by Lantern Light saw it’s 4th annual celebration at the market, with the biggest crowd the market has ever seen. Bulloch County residents and surrounding counties were invited to shop at the market on Tuesday before Thanksgiving from the hours of 6pm-8pm in the regular location, behind Sea Island Bank. Prompting visitors to buy their Thanksgiving meal local and fresh. Here you could buy turkeys, cabbage, sweet potatoes, and much more. Most vendors were also selling food, so a majority of the visitors had dinner at the market. Debra Chester, the found of the Farmer’s Market, said she has never been so pleased with the turn out of this event. She thinks that shopping at night has something to do with the turn out, and she plans to make this event happen more than once a year. The Farmers Market will open up again downtown in April of 2012. However, the Market2Go, which is their online market, will be up all year round.
The online market is managed by Vikki Lee, who is a vendor herself. She says it has grown exponentially within this past season and she hopes that it will continue to grow, as the year progresses. You can buy everything that you could buy at the market and more with the Market2Go online. Vikki has very high expectations for the next few weeks. She hopes to be adding new members every week, she says. So, if you shop at the market on Saturdays, but haven’t checked out the online market, you should. Love your food, Love your farmers, and remember to shop local.
