Batesville’s Main Street Farmers Market Opens May 7th

Batesville’s Main Street Farmers Market will be open Saturday, May 7 to start the 2016 season. The Market will begin at 8AM and run until noon in the Pocket Park on Main Street in Batesville with all local naturally grown vegetables, pasture raised eggs, jams and jellies, goat milk soaps and lotions, baked goods, art, handmade crafts, and live music.

The Market will be open on the first and third Saturdays of each month, May through November. There have been some great changes made to the Pocket Park over the winter. The market has more room and everyone will enjoy the new design. Many thanks to Danny Dozier and the Main Street Batesville’s Design Committee for all of the work that they are putting into the Pocket Park.

Six local farms will be selling their own vegetables at the Main Street Farmers Market this year. Clark Farm will have radishes, kale, collards, green onions, spinach, turnips, and mixed lettuce as well as heirloom tomato plants for sale.

Garden Girl Farm Fresh Produce and More will be at the Main Street Market days again this year, with her own vegetables, jams, jellies, baked goods and many other items. Garden Girl has a new shop in Batesville where you can find local vegetables and pasture raised local meats Monday through Saturday..

Mahan Farm is gearing up for the season and will have early season vegetables at the May 7th market day. Five Acre Farm will also be selling produce and the Morgan Family of Homemade Home will be selling produce this year in addition to hand carved spoons. And Price Farm will be returning this season with broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, spinach, lettuces, kale, and radishes for the May 7th market.

Brood Farm will sell their eggs from pasture raised chickens and farm made goat milk soaps. Downtown Pie Company will also be returning with many varieties of pies and other great food items. Rural Goods will sell breads, baked goods and lemonade on the 1st market day of each month.

Local artists, Katie Covington, In the Land of Wild Artists, will sell pottery, handcrafted jewelry and watercolors and Karen Barker will sell art work and hand made jewelry. Wood workers, candlemakers and more bakers will also be selling at the May 7th market day.

The Music at the Market Series is coming together and we will have artists such as Danny Dozier, The Russell Girls, and the Bona Fide String Band out of Mountain View playing at this season’s market days.

The Main Street Farmers Market will be open the first and third Saturdays of the month from May through November, 8am to noon in the Pocklet Park on Main Street. In high season with good weather and a good vegetable crop we hope to add market days and will notify through media and Main Street Facebook page. All through the 2016 season the market will schedule special events around food as well as activities for kids.

Main Street’s antique shops and restaurants, as well as Earth Station Nursery, The Batesville Area Arts Council Gallery and the new ice-cream shop, the Chill Factory, will all be open on Saturday, May 7th. There will also be a Flea market on the Barnett Building block Saturday, May 7th. Find the freshest foods, support your local farmers, and enjoy all the fun at the Main Street Farmers Market in Batesville.

Check the Main Street Batesville Facebook page to find out more about what vegetables will be in season and special events at the Market and the Flea Market.

For more information on Batesville’s Main Street Farmers Market or to receive a Vendor Application call Market Manager, Jean Larson, at 208-869-1445 or email at jeallo16@gmail.com.