The Main Street Farmers Market in Batesville is held the 1st and 3rd Saturdays of each month in the Pocket Park on Main Street in Batesville’s historic downtown district and runs from 8am ’til noon. The Saturday, July 16th, market day will feature produce from 2 Naturally Certified local farms: Price Farm in Pleasant Plains, and Clark Farm in Bethesda. Farmers from Batesville, Cave City, Cushman and Salado will also be selling at the market, most using sustainable practices as well. Heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes and slicers will fill the market along with peppers, cucumbers, new potatoes, eggplant, fresh herbs, summer squash, and honey. Brood Farm will have eggs from free ranging chickens as well as Cave City watermelons in addition to their full line of goat milk soaps and lotions.
The market also features many artists and craftspeople with artists demonstrating wood carving and jewelry making all market day. Hand crafted pottery and jewelry, paintings, handmade aprons, and woodcrafted items will be on sale. And Downtown Pie Company will sell handmade sweet and savory pies made at their commercial kitchen in downtown Newport.
The Music at the Market Series will feature live music from the Batesville band, “Love Holler” on June 18th. Music starts around 9 am. The Ozark Literacy Project will host a reading time and activities for kids starting around 9:30am
Find the freshest and healthiest foods, support your local farmers and artisans, and enjoy good fun at the Main Street Farmers Market in Batesville. Check the Main Street Batesville Facebook page to find out more about the upcoming 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.
