Tired of Gray Skies, Think about the Summer Market

A belated Happy New Year!

We have been experiencing gray days, with a little bit of sunshine.  That hasn't stopped vendors from working in their gardens, however - cleaning out asparagus patches, planning crop rotation, and ordering seeds.  Seed catalogs have been arriving since before Christmas!  (Farmers dream of colorful vegetables - not sugar plum fairies!)

Do you know of anyone who would like to play (and have a tip jar) at the Market?  We need to find musicians.  Music makes the Market so much fun!

The Atchison Farmers' Market has been making plans for the season, not only for Market days, but with community events.  Here is what we have so far:

Saturday, April 29, AFM organization presence at Open Air Art Fair

Saturday, May 20, Opening Day of our 18th Season  (Sometimes vendors may come before opening day, if their crops begin early.)

Saturday, June 3, Juneteenth Committee and "Versatiles" jazz band at the Market

Saturday, June 10, "Rise and Shine with Eggs Festival" and recipe contest

Saturday, July 8, "Tortilla Grande Festival"  featuring Gilbert Gasper, the "Tortilla Man", recipes available

Saturday, August 12, "Tooty Fruity Pancake Festival" with favorite fruit topping contest

Saturday, September 9, "The Zucchini 500 Race" and recipe contest  (Kids will be able to buy wheels and design their own zucchini racer and enter it in a race)

Final market day - Saturday, October 28th

We are tentatively planning a pre-Thanksgiving indoor one-day market.  We'll keep you posted on how plans progress.