Growing greener: Farmers market sprouts up downtown
Claire Dykes
Issue date: 5/1/09 Section: Campus News
Living greener just got a little easier.
A farmer's market selling primarily Georgia-grown and Georgia-made items will be sprouting up at the end of downtown with entertainment to boot, May 19.
Milledgeville Marketplace, will open every Tuesday from 4 p.m., to 7 p.m., at 222 E. Hancock St. until October, will host licensed vendors selling fruits, vegetables, plants, bulbs, flowers, honey, eggs, baked goods and crafts and- weather permitting- various live entertainment will accompany the outdoor shopping.
Student artists painted colorful murals on the wall behind where the market will take place.
GCSU Art Department and Physical Plan are working with Milledgeville Main Street/Downtown Development Authority and a five-member committee to effectuate the market.
For the grand opening of the market, acoustic bluegrass will be strummed by T. P. and Sandra Holloman, followed the next Tuesday by creative story telling by Ruby Wertz.
"I'm excited about the new farmer's market," said Leigh Tankersley, junior living in the Doles Road neighborhood. "It's within walking distance from my house which will be really convenient."
The American "locavore movement" encourages the revival of small farms. The number of small farms has increased from 20 percent in the past six years to 1.2 million, according to an article in BusinessWeek.
"I think it is really great that Milledgeville is finally doing something to help support local farmers," Tankersley said. "A lot of people don't realize how far their fruits and vegetables travel before they get to the grocery store."
A farmer's market selling primarily Georgia-grown and Georgia-made items will be sprouting up at the end of downtown with entertainment to boot, May 19.
Milledgeville Marketplace, will open every Tuesday from 4 p.m., to 7 p.m., at 222 E. Hancock St. until October, will host licensed vendors selling fruits, vegetables, plants, bulbs, flowers, honey, eggs, baked goods and crafts and- weather permitting- various live entertainment will accompany the outdoor shopping.
Student artists painted colorful murals on the wall behind where the market will take place.
GCSU Art Department and Physical Plan are working with Milledgeville Main Street/Downtown Development Authority and a five-member committee to effectuate the market.
For the grand opening of the market, acoustic bluegrass will be strummed by T. P. and Sandra Holloman, followed the next Tuesday by creative story telling by Ruby Wertz.
"I'm excited about the new farmer's market," said Leigh Tankersley, junior living in the Doles Road neighborhood. "It's within walking distance from my house which will be really convenient."
The American "locavore movement" encourages the revival of small farms. The number of small farms has increased from 20 percent in the past six years to 1.2 million, according to an article in BusinessWeek.
"I think it is really great that Milledgeville is finally doing something to help support local farmers," Tankersley said. "A lot of people don't realize how far their fruits and vegetables travel before they get to the grocery store."
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