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Fresh From Our Farmers
Written By: Donna Rhodes | Issue: August 2024
Sun-ripened and plump, home-grown tomatoes are taking center stage at our local Farmers’ Markets.
Just one weekly trip to Locally Grown at The Village Green in Cashiers or Highlands Farmers’ Market (aw, heck, visit both) can provide nearly everything you need for your fully-stocked summer kitchen.
It’s that time of year when fruit and veggies are ripening gloriously. Dutifully, your taste buds are pulling you to the Plateau’s meccas of Yum.
You’ve been waiting a whole year for the tangy zip of a juicy, vine-ripened tomato. Slice one and slide it onto a wedge of fresh homemade bread with a slather of mayo and a dash of seasoned salt. That’s about as close to heaven as you can get on this mountaintop.
What else shall you drop into your grocery satchel? How about an array of squashes, melons, radishes, berries, and cheeses for a crudité worthy of a royal court. Corn, beans, field peas, peppers, okra, eggplant, and summer veggies of all types are so perfectly picked they need neither sniff nor squeeze. And don’t forget the home-crafted soaps, candles, and other hand-made, one-of-a-kind gifts.
If you live near these markets and have a small farm-based business that you think meets the markets’ missions, why not apply to be a regular vendor? They are always accepting applications for new and exciting products.
Locally Grown at The Village Green in Cashiers opens every Wednesday, though October 30, 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M. Exception: August 7 (Cashiers Annual Antique Show).
And, Village Green now has music to shop-by to round out your produce-buying pleasure on select Wednesdays.
Highlands Farmers Market is open on Saturdays from 8:00 A.M. to 12:30 P.M. in Kelsey-Hutchinson Founders Park on Pine Street in Highlands.
And if you tilt your ears toward the mountaintops, you can hear echoes of luscious, sweet tomatoes calling
your name.
