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Farmers Market was fantastic - promises to get bigger and bigger

The Farmer's Market on the Square is open every Saturday from 8am-12pm noon CT, at the Adair Annex Parking Lot, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY
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By Barbara Armitage

The first Farmer's Market on the Square has been closed for nearly 6 hours Saturday evening, April 20, 2013, as this is written - and the adrenalin is still flowing!


The Farmer's Market on the Square is the realization of dreams. For nearly a year Darrell Bunnell, Cait and Jimmy Helm, Jeff Scott, Beth Rutherford, and Wayne and Barbara Armitage somehow made time between planting and picking and harvesting to bring their vision of the perfect Farmer's Market to life.

Saturday April 20, 2013 was our opening day and I want to say thank you to just about everyone. There's a whole support team working behind the scenes making this market happen. Special thanks to County Judge Executive Ann Melton for too, too many things to count. Thanks to all of the farmer's, gardeners, crafters, artisans, and everyone who braved the cold to make this market a special place to shop. And our biggest thanks of all go to our customers who came out bright and early on a Saturday morning to support something new. I hope that we see you all again next Saturday and the next Saturday...

And, if you didn't make it to the opening day of the Farmer's Market on the Square, don't panic - you'll get another chance.

The Farmer's Market on the Square is open every Saturday from 8am-12pm noon CT, at the Adair Annex Parking Lot, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY.

We met so many new friends at the market this morning. There was a very nice lady from South Africa who has missed the fresh produce that living in an area with a year round growing season has to offer. Our season is just beginning - I can promise you that soon the market will have tables laden with fresh locally grown produce.

For the customer who told us that she has been driving to Louisville, Bowling Green and all points in between to shop for Kentucky's finest vegetables, cheeses, meats and more don't despair. You'll find everything you're looking for at The Farmer's Market on the Square every Saturday morning. Are you a discriminating shopper? Are you looking for fresh locally grown produce? Unique hand crafted gifts? The Farmer's Market on the Square is the place for you. - Barbara Armitage.


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Farmers Market crowd built fast



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square - Photo by Ed Waggener. It's Underway now. The photo was taken 20-thirty minutes before the official opening, at 8amCT, Saturday, April 20, 2013, and the Square was filling up with people and cars. Only the famous "Barbara's Husband," who stands out on the corner, and is doing something important - not sure what - is identified.
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Farmer's Market on the Square: Adult Learning Center



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square - Photo By Ed Waggener.
Felicia Leishner, left, and Vivian McGaha with the Adult Learning Centers, are at the Farmers Market on the Square with "healthy food for healthy minds," at the first Farmer's Market on the Square. They are passing out information about GED diplomas. The phone numbers for the Adult Learning Centers are 270-384-7475. The market is open 8am-12pm noon CT today, Saturday, April 20, 2013. The market really picked up at around 9am this morning, as the sun burned off the frost, and it the temperature was long sleeve comfortable.
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Epicurean Kentuckian: Just what family needed - FM2



2013-04-20 - Adair County, KY - Photo by Kathy Powell .
Market on the Square, Columbia KY: What a fantastic morning to be in downtown Columbia. The Adair County Market on the Square is just what our family needs. Fresh local food, crafts, soaps. So excited!!!! - Kathy and Dennis Powell and family
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FM2: CJE came through for Farmers Market on the Square



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square - Photo By Ed Waggener.
Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton was pleased with the turnout this morning at the Farmers Market on the Square. She and Columbia Mayor Mark D. Harris gave every assistance to the market. The market was confined to the Adair County Annex Parking lot, but is expected to grow as more produce is available from local gardens. Judge Melton also made sure that the restrooms at the Annex were open for market goers. Wi-Fi is avalable at the site, also courtesy of the Judge and Adair Fiscal Court. As the market grows, Mayor Harris is assuring the producers and vendors that more stalls can be installed on Saturdays in the fourth quadrant of the square. The market will be open each Saturday through the growing center, 8am-12pm noon CT.
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Coview Farms Darrell Bunnell with tomato plants



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square - Photo by Ed Waggener. Darrell Bunnell of Coview Farm, Coburg, KY, had some beautiful tomato plants at the Farmers Market on the Square. He was more than pleased with business. "The traffic has been great," said. He is a vendor also at the original Farmers Market at the Adair Extension Office, 409 Fairground Street, and at the Downtown Market on Fridays in Campbellsville. Coview Farms has a very diverse production with everything from plants to almost every vegetable grown in the area, to fresh farm grown chickens and eggs, to blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, to fresh baked bread.
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FM2: Wendy Burt, the answers woman



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square - Photo by Ed Waggener. Wendy Burt the woman who is everybody's go-to person for answers to all things birds, plants, and all things Green, left her station at the Adair County Garden Club booth when she saw a dear friend, Mary Keltner of Gradyville, KY, entering the crosswalk to the Market area.
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The ACGC: With free Garlic Chives, the stall was a big hit



2013-04-20 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Linda Waggener, Columbia, KY visited the Adair County Garden Club's booth and left with some Garlic Chives plants and a head full more gardening knowledge. Lois Cunningham, is helping her with brochures and plants. That's Kathy Hunt on the left. There will be a few of the Garlic Chives at the next Farmer's Market on the Square (FM2), Barbara Armitage said. The club had a lot of them. Almost everything taken to the market sold. The crowd, over the course of about 5.5 hours, was estimated at over 500 people, which is expected to grow as more produce matures. FM2 had been scheduled for 4 hours, but Barbara Armitage said that failed to take into account the custom of Adair Countians to be "Fashionably Early." She said, "No matter what time a sale is to announced to start," she said, "There will always be eager buyers show up well ahead of time. Some were here when we began set up, at six."
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Farmers Market the Square booth draws smiles



2013-04-21 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. Adair County Judge Executive Ann Melton was among the hundreds of shoppers at the opening day of the Farmer's Market on the Square. Judge Melton stopped to shop at Pam's Primitives as well as several other local vendors. Over on the right, behind her, is Doug McCammish, past chair of the Columbia/Adair County Economic Development Authority.
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Early Birds Bobby & Lila Loy getting picking choice



2013-04-21 - Adair Annex, 424 Public Square, Columbia, KY - Photo by Barbara Armitage. Locally grown bedding plants were a huge hit for Columbia's many avid gardeners. Darrell Bunnell, right of Coview Farms Coburg, KY, helps Lila and Bobby Loy find the perfect tomato plants for their garden.
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