Locally Grown Tomatoes now in Market

If you had to pick between getting some delicious fresh, locally grown tomatoes or staying out of the rain, which would you do? Apparently, quite a few of you would pick the tomatoes, along with all the other good food at the Franklin Farmers Market.

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Heirloom Tomatoes from Evans Produce

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Allenbrooke Farms fresh picked tomatoes

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Deb ringing in the start of market at 8am

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Organic grown tomatoes from Delvin Farms

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Beaverdam Creek Farm delicious tomatoes

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Delvin Farms CSA

This past Saturday, there was two or three rain showers that hit, but that didn’t stop anyone from visiting the market. After all, there were a lot of summer veggies and fruits at the FFM, ripe and ready to eat and enjoy. There were locally grown tomatoes that tasted like a tomato should and fresh green beans too. Cucumbers, squash and okra were plentiful, along with tender lettuce, peppers and potatoes – there was a really big selection of fresh vegetables to choose from.

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Kids loving veggies!

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Rainy day fun!

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Fresh picked Green Beans from Colvin Family Farm

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Rainbow Hill Farm Squash and Brocolli

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Beaverdam Creek Farm cucumbers, garlic and onions

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Sweet farm carrots from Pilgrims Produce

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French Heirloom Fingerling Potatoes from Allenbrooke Farms

And for berry lovers, there were lots of blackberries and blueberries. Plus sweet juicy peaches too! All of that good food put some big smiles on lots of faces. Check out the market’s photo gallery and see what we mean.

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Fresh picked Blackberries 

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Blueberries, blueberry syrup and jam from Blue Honey Farm

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Volunteers serving up chocolate bread french toast from Jones Mill Farm

A lot of you also enjoy getting a bite of the French toast samples at the FFM. The sweet treat was made from the “secret recipe” chocolate bread of Jones Mill Farms, Hatcher Dairy milk, Moonshadow Farm eggs and topped with honey from Johnson’s Honey Farm or blueberry syrup from Blue Honey Farm. It was a tasty example of what can be made with ingredients from the market. Several of you also picked up a copy of the FFM’s “Eating in Season” cookbook, which is packed with recipes made from the fresh food at the market. The “Eating in Season” cookbook is available every Saturday at the FFM Info booth at the front of the market for just $15 plus tax.

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Fresh veggies from Allenbrooke Farms

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Fresh cut sunflowers from Beaverdam Creek Farm

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Market Recipe Cookbook

Franklin Tomato FestWith all of the tomatoes that were flying out of the market this past Saturday, it was real easy to see that locally grown tomatoes are at the top of the list when it comes to summertime veggies. That’s why we celebrate with the FFM’s annual TomatoFest. Mark your calendars for July 26th and look for more details on TomatoFest later this week!

And don’t forget to check out the Franklin Farmers Market Photo Gallery to see if you see yourself, family or friends.  It was a wonderful day at the market with so many new fresh veggies coming to our farmers market.

Happy 4th of July everyone!!!

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