Sunshine brought happy smiles from everyone at the market on Saturday!
Sunshine, smiling faces and the best in farm fresh foods from local farms – there’s not a better way to start the day and that’s what type of day it was at the market this past Saturday. What a difference a week can make! No more nasty polar vortex weather to deal with and that brought lots of happy people out the FFM. Quite a few of our farmers sold out of their fresh winter produce.
Brussels sprouts and cabbage, colorful carrots and potatoes were going home with smiling customers as well as baskets of fresh apples.
Paradise Produce
Pilgrims Produce
Kirkview Farm
Farm Fresh Veggies for the week is a good thing
Kirkview Farm still has crisp sweet apples!
Fresh baked goods, grits, eggs, pecans and tender local beef, pork and chicken – it was all at the market Saturday. And we spotted some of you taking home fresh green kale for salads or maybe to make that crazy good kale fudge pops recipe we told you about last week.
Lucy of Lucy’s Kitchen enjoying the sun
Tennessee pecans from the Diggs Family Farm
Flying S Farm sweet treats
Homemade soups from Lucy’s Kitchen
Organic locally made baby food by Chubby Bunny
Speaking of recipes, some of you have been asking about the market’s Eating in Season cookbook and where you can get a copy of it. The cookbook booth is on winter break, but you can still pick up a copy of Eating in Season at the market. You’ll find the cookbooks at the Norton Family Farm booth. And while you are there, pick up some of the Norton’s famous fresh lettuce or delicious baked goods, like Karen Norton’s fantastic biscotti – perfect with a fresh cup of coffee!
And finally, we also spotted quite a few of you stopping by to ask the folks at Triple L Ranch about the name of their new four-legged family member. But they don’t know, because voting for the calf’s name isn’t over with yet. This Saturday, January 18th the polls will close, so you need to get your vote in now and pick the name for the little fellow. Should he be named Bartholomew or is Jasper a better name? What about Ollie or Buttermilk? You make the choice. Vote now!
The Franklin Farmers Market is community driven Saturday morning farmers market bringing together the best local farmers in the state of Tennessee. Visit our photo gallery and farmer profiles to learn more about Tennessee farm fresh produce and meats
An excited market customer buying her first Miniature by Phillip, hand crafted by a local artisan
Custom barn wood signs by Tom the Furniture Guy
Folk art on a sunny day
Muffns from Lucy’s Kitchen brings a smile
We’re just happy to be at the market!
Hatcher’s Chocolate Milk
Nothing sweeter than local honey from Johnson’s Honey Farm. Great for hot winter drinks!