Farmers Market-Day

Farmers Market of Cumberland County Local Food Initiative includes funding for enhancing the Market Day experience for both customers and vendors.  :

Objective 1:  The project will increase domestic consumption of locally produced fresh food by enhancing the existing Cumberland County Farmers Market with a better location and better service.

The work plan (to-do-list) includes the following items in red. The plan for using this website as a report on the grant includes: posting a photo of each of the following goals on this page to show how this aspect is working in the Farmers Market. 
Market Day improvements include:
  • Adjust the location of the Farmers Market to create more shade for vendor and customer comfort.
The big tent is our main improvement for shady comfort, and so far, the biggest  purchase.  The smaller tents are helpful too. Three set together, below.
  • Credit and debit card capability via iPad for any vendor who does not already have their own such service.   
The Market Coordinator, Kay Williams, can run financial transactions on a mobile device at Market, on behalf of any vendor.  The wooden tokens in the tray are part of the Credit / Debit card and SNAP capability. 

Right, the view from the coordinator's table.
  • SNAP ( food stamps ) ability for any vendor who does not already have their own ability.
  • Support for other food grant instruments such as WIC, Senior Vouchers.
  • Freezer and fridge for producers to use, to keep their meat and dairy products cold during Market Day.
The freezer / fridge combo also comes in handy at our Pig Roast fundraiser! 
  • Shaded picnic area for customers and a gas grill for producer use, to cook and sell hot sandwiches from their own farm products.
There is no food to look at in these pictures !  But the people are fun in these photos.  Pam and her granddaughter hang out at the picnic table booth, right next to where Roue cooks his breakfast burritos.
  • Tents, chairs, tables, fans, other vendor equipment,
  • A locking trailer to store the equipment between Market Days.
  • New adequate signage for the Farmers Market on location, around town, and at vacation resorts.
  • Musicians hired to play at Market monthly.
Picture
No, these beautiful chickens did not perform musically at the Market.  But this picture fits here in the space quite well.  These chickens are raised by Kim Muer at 4C Cattle Company, Burkesville KY.