Tremont Farmers' Market

Greetings, TFM Groupies! Spring has arrived once more, and with it the dreams and prospects of the perfect market season.  It’s a comfort to know that we remain in the cycle, afforded an opportunity to do it all again, able to check our lists from last year, make this one a better one.  Not to mention the pleasure and nourishment of sustainably grown, high-quality food that is sold at the market.  Oh, yeah!  That’s what it’s all about.

Opening Day:  May 4. A significant date for many reasons.

Election Day.  Do not forget to vote!

This May 4 marks the 40^th Anniversary of the Kent State Shootings.

For information on Commemoration activities, go to:  http://www.kent.edu/about/may4commemoration/index.cfm

*Note our slight time change:  2010 Market hours are 4-7PM

But let me step back, and take a moment to thank all of you who came out to the Winter Thaw Party and all the support you have offered.  We raised a total of $1700, which goes a long way for us.  Those dollars enabled us to hire Christian Santiago as our 2010 Market Assistant.  Christian spent three years gardening with TUFS (Tremont Urban Food System), and we are pleased to have him working with the market.  Our continuing gratitude goes out to Ricardo Sandoval and the folks who put together and worked to make the Winter Thaw Party such a success.  They made it very easy and a pleasure.

Furthermore, we continue to grow our community support through volunteers.  I’d like to announce four fantastic folks who have stepped forward to take on leadership roles with the market.  Sue Carrara and Katie Maurer are organizing and running the Market Chef Demonstrations this year.  Because of these two, I know the program is going to flourish, which is not only a thrill to me, but will strengthen the market in many ways.

Wendy Howell and John Briggs are now running the Music Program; their collective experiences and love of local music are a fantastic boon to the market.

I’d also like to give out a shout of thanks to the other volunteers:  Trent Boerner, who is assisting with organizing our marketing plan and more; Barb Sper who has helped with grant writing, and who plans to be at the market this year helping with various market activities; Camille George, who will be organizing activities for kidlets and more, as well as being our Raffle Queen; Suzanne Kohring Reich and Sarah Hurt will be vending at the market, but also helping with marketing and various and sundry other market activities.  These folks also help out at the drop of a hat when needed, and my gratitude immeasurable.

A special pre-season tip of the hat goes out to my Market Cohort, Kristen Trolio.  Kristen’s calm support and willingness to let me chase down some of my crazy ideas has been wonderful.  She also has the “pleasure” of wading through a considerable amount of bureaucracy that is required to run TFM.

If you have any interest in being further involved with the market, please contact me.  We always have room for more!

And now, for the stars of the show, the vendors! Our preliminary list includes:

Blaze Gourmet, Foodgazi Farms, Gaelic Imports, Hickory Acres Meats of Oberlin, Noon Sharpening, Loop Coffee, Lucky Penny Farm, No-Wey Chocolates, Ohio Farm Direct, Plant Kingdom Bakery, Por-Bar Farms, Pranzo Forno, Red Basket Farm, Suzannie Handknits, The Herban Pioneer, t by Sarah, TUFS, Wonder City Farm, Wood Ridge Farm and Woolf Farms.

Stay tuned as we continue to grow!

TFM proudly accepts WIC, Senior’s Coupons and EBT (Ohio Direction Card).

See you on the fourth!

Peace,

Jody Lathwell, Market Manager