This Saturday the Webb City Farmers
Market will launch our 20th year. We will, from then on, be open 3 days
a week! Tuesdays 4-7pm, Thursdays 11am-2pm, Saturdays 9am-12pm
We
will have kids planting wildflower seeds in a bed located near the
entrance to the north parking area. WCFM and everyone one associated
with the market would like to honor the memory of Vi Green with this garden. Vi was a special friend to us and will be loved and
remembered through this garden.
In the spirit of planting things MidMissouri Bank
has sponsored a tree give away. Come see the selection of native bare
root trees available near the info table. Also, the Kids Gardening Club
has bare root blackberry bushes and almost as exciting, they may have a
taste of blackberry cobbler. These little tykes can taste what flavors
their new plant can produce.
This anniversary year is going to
be fun. I encourage you to follow our facebook page. Please, we want
you to get the information you need and welcome your questions. An
example of what you can learn if you follow us is when the Market WIC
Program starts or when a certain produce item is in, such as,
Asparagus... which is here by the way! Yum.
A line or so up I
mentioned the Market WIC Program. Many already know that during the
summer WCFM offers coupons once a week to households so they can
purchase a little more fresh food on a weekly basis. This is important
because fresh food expires and families should have a steady opportunity
to have fresh foods on the table. Thanks to the support of our
community we'll open the program strong once school is out and keep it
open as long as the private funding lasts. That is one reason we will
open the 2019 Cooking for a Cause Breakfast this year in benefit to the
Market WIC Program tomorrow. And, at the request of vendors, we'll start serving breakfast at 8:30 on Saturdays this year.
I will wrap this up, but first,
announcements. The Mayfields bring their welcoming music to the stage.
Fairhaven is coming with jams & jellies, fruit butters, plants and
more. Ask about espresso at Mama JoJo's Pasta stand. Soroptimist
International raises money in order to hold a summer camp for children
in foster care.
Now if you will remember I mentioned a book at
the beginning. I ran across a
line towards the end that struck me as what Webb City must feel about our farmers market: "I don't know how to describe it, but it went from
being here to being everywhere. It wasn't just a part of me anymore...
it was now a part of everything."
See you Saturday... and Tuesday (4 to 7 pm) ... and Thursday (11 to 2 pm).
