Time to Stock Up!

Atchison  Farmers’ MarketFresh, Friendly, LocalOpen through October 28Market E-Newsletter, Wednesday, October 18, 20172:30 – 5:30 p.m. There are four more Market days left this season.  It is time to stock up for your winter pantry!  So many vegetables have a long "shelf life" if stored properly:  butternut, spaghetti, and other winter squashes, sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, garlic, onions, and more.  Of course, there are always jams and jellies to enjoy over the winter.  Begin your fall purchases this Wednesday, 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Atchison Farmers' Market. If you have Kansas Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition coupons, you must use them before November 1.  See Debbie Genova, market manager at the green and white striped tent, to swipe your credit, debit, or SNAP cards.  We participate in the Double Up Program for SNAP users. You can support your Farmers' Market by buying a Plant a Carrot sign to put in your yard and/or "I love my Farmers Market" bumper sticker. Go "like" The Atchison Farmer's Market Facebook and follow us on atchisonfarmers.market Vendor Produce (Wednesday, October 18):Genova Farm (Debbie and Mark Genova and girls)  Green beans, Fall salad mix, baby kale, sweet candy onions, beets, okra, new potatoes, cucumber, bell peppers, squash, and carrots. L&R Farms (Monie Frakes) Broccoli, cabbage, pumpkins, ornamental squash, locally grown apples, delicata squash, acorn, spaghetti and butternut squash, kohlrabi, okra, tomatoes, grape tomatoes, Candy onions, cucumbers, zucchini, yellow squash, bell peppers, jalapenos, hot banana peppers, eggplant, new potatoes, beets, brussels sprouts, kale, sweet potatoes, fresh herbs, sweet banana peppers, Yummy snack peppers, and carrots. Lynn’s Tasty Treats  (Lynn Hoffman) Salsa, hot dog and hamburger relish, jams, jellies fruit breads and dog biscuits. Other vendors may be present.