Worthington Farmers Market: March 18

Can one market serve everyone?

"Sipping on their lattes, deep in conversation, they care more about the scene than the cilantro. They might purchase a breakfast taco, he observed, but no basil. Maybe a pint of strawberries, but no rhubarb. And in their unhurried schmoozing they clog up the aisles like arterial plaque, impeding the flow of serious shoppers looking for actual produce. But that’s if the serious shoppers can even get to the market in the first place, because parking stinks.

“It’s more of a social event than a shopping event,” says Stephen Paferi, a grower at the new market who jumped ship from the other one."

An opinion published in August of 2016 asks, "Have farmers markets been spoiled by their own success?"

While the article makes a few assumptions and generalizations, it does beg the question of whether or not a market can serve everyone? Can a market coexist in the space where buyers can buy and hipsters can be hip?

For the sake of our producers, let us coexist!

Our vendors for Saturday, March 18th include (in both alphabetical and numerical order):

1 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC 2 A Few Of My Favorite Things... 3 Clamlube Brand Hot Sauce 4 Native cold pressed 5 Stonefield Naturals 5.5 Tiger Mushroom Farms 6 Dan the Baker LLC 7 Charqui Jerky Co. 7.5 Colaizzi Brothers Pasta 8 Gourmet Candy by Karen 9 Blue Jacket Dairy 10 Franklinton Gardens 11 Secret Garden Bakery 12 SaraBee Pure Honey 13 bak 14 Organic GreenFix 15 North Country Charcuterie 16 Nom Nom Nom 17 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese 17.5 Kennedy Farms 18 The Market Sharpener 19 Wayward Seed Farm 20 Wayward Seed Farm 21 VanScoy Farms 22 GoldenLife Dog Food 23 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts 24 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC 25 Sadie Baby Sweets 26 Pleiades Maple Products 27 Patisserie Lallier 28 cedar cress farm 29 Krazy Kraut 30 Kombu Tea 30.5 Lucky Cat Bakery 32.5 Ohio City Pasta 33 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC 34 Fox Hollow Garden 34.5 Kalezees Kale Chips 35 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas 35.5 JNA BREAD BAKERY 36 Sweet thing gourmet 37 Gillogly Orchard 38 Gillogly Orchard 39 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC 40 Silver Bridge Coffee Company 41 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery 42 Jorgensen Farms 43 Kingdom Fish 44 Speckled Hen Farm 45 Toad Hill Farm 46 Miss Cristy's Bakery 47 Ohio Farm Direct 48 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop 49 Curly Tail Organic Farm 50 Swainway Urban Farm 51 Ohio Bison Farm 52 Honeyrun Farm

2 A Few Of My Favorite Things... 48 Allergy-free Bake Shop dba Soodles Bake Shop 23 Baileys Drive Inn Donuts 13 bak 9 Blue Jacket Dairy 1 Brown Bros. Farms, LLC 28 cedar cress farm 7 Charqui Jerky Co. 35 Chuck Evans' MONTEZUMA Brand Sauces & Salsas 3 Clamlube Brand Hot Sauce 7.5 Colaizzi Brothers Pasta 24 Colette & Frank's Gluten Free Goodness, LLC 49 Curly Tail Organic Farm 6 Dan the Baker LLC 41 Dana Lee's Bakery & Catery 34 Fox Hollow Garden 10 Franklinton Gardens 37 Gillogly Orchard 38 Gillogly Orchard 22 GoldenLife Dog Food 8 Gourmet Candy by Karen 52 Honeyrun Farm 35.5 JNA BREAD BAKERY 42 Jorgensen Farms 34.5 Kalezees Kale Chips 17.5 Kennedy Farms 43 Kingdom Fish 30 Kombu Tea 29 Krazy Kraut 30.5 Lucky Cat Bakery 46 Miss Cristy's Bakery 4 Native cold pressed 16 Nom Nom Nom 15.5 North Country Charcuterie 51 Ohio Bison Farm 32.5 Ohio City Pasta 47 Ohio Farm Direct 39 Oink Moo Cluck Farms LLC 14 Organic GreenFix 27 Patisserie Lallier 26 Pleiades Maple Products 25 Sadie Baby Sweets 12 SaraBee Pure Honey 11 Secret Garden Bakery 40 Silver Bridge Coffee Company 17 Sippel Family Farm/Kokoborrego Cheese 44 Speckled Hen Farm 33 Spotted Salamander Soap Company, LLC 5 Stonefield Naturals 50 Swainway Urban Farm 36 Sweet thing gourmet 18 The Market Sharpener 5.5 Tiger Mushroom Farms 45 Toad Hill Farm 21 VanScoy Farms 19 Wayward Seed Farm 20 Wayward Seed Farm

Our Musical Entertainment sponsored by The Market Sharpener: Columbus Folk Music Society and Gabo and Lucy Cassell-Ramirez Our Community Table: Market Sprouts Join us this Saturday, and every Saturday from 9:00am-12:00pm inside The Shops at Worthington Place! For more information, or questions related to any of our services, please contact us via email at worthingtonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. See you at the market! The Worthington Farmers Market is an event of the Old Worthington Partnership.