For the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market:
Food is our common ground, a universal experience. ~ James Beard
There is a very old, quite wonderful children’s story called Stone Soup where three war-weary soldiers, on their way home, stop by a poor village to rest. Hungry, with no rations, they work with what they have and begin to build an open fire in the village square. They place a pot over the fire, and add water to the pot, along with three smooth stones to make Stone Soup.
Cautiously watching the soldiers boiling only water for a meal, little by little, one villager at-a-time contributes the one ingredient they can spare to create a soup that not only feeds the soldiers and the villagers but brings a community together.
Just like the "recipe" for stone soup, farmers’ markets, locally and globally, provide an environment for local farmers and food artisans to earn their living and to provide a place residents can gather to buy locally-raised, locally-made produce and foods.
A farmers‘ market is "food-interactive" where market patrons can meet, chat with, and shake the hand of the person who raised or made their food. It’s a family-friendly place to meet old friends and new, to try new flavors, and buy fresh, nourishing foods, including produce nourished by Ohio rains, that grows under the Ohio sun, in rich, fertile local soils.
Located at the corner of N. State and E. Home Streets in Uptown Westerville since 2006, the Uptown Westerville Farmers’ Market opens for business each Wednesday afternoon from May through October.
Home-grown, Home-made, All Ohio. Market Wednesday is a labor of love ~ managed and supported by hometown volunteers who live, work, and own businesses in Westerville.
Special thanks go to Church of the Messiah, United Methodist, the City of Westerville, Krista Wagner, Doug Winbigler and the Staff at Amish Originals Furniture Co., Cindy and Mark Ramsey, Jen and Derek Noll, Gary Gardiner, Rose Morgan, Gene Hulbert, Mike Beekman, St. Paul the Apostle Parish, Westerville Public Library, Westerville Electric Division, Westerville Police Division, Westerville Senior Center, Westerville Area Resource Ministry (WARM), Tatjana and Jason Brown of Meza, and the people who live and work in our community: Westerville, Ohio.
Wednesdays, 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., beginning May 1st, at N. State and E. Home!
See you at the market!
With much appreciation and good thoughts.
Linda Foor
Manager
Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market
