Farmers’ markets to open soon around the county

For many of us, the long-awaited day is draw­ing near…it’s farm­ers’ mar­ket sea­son and I couldn’t be more excited. Our local dirt, albeit a bit flooded lately, is yield­ing the very first fruits of the local harvest.

Here is look at the local mar­kets and their open­ing days and times. Get ready to buy local, buy fresh and even buy organic. Remem­ber to make these local mar­kets a shop­ping habit before you head out to the gro­cery store. Not only will your taste buds thank you, but your wal­let will, too. Plus, you get the added bonus of sup­port­ing our local farm­ers and bak­ers and mak­ers, which feels pretty darn good.

• Main Street Delaware: Opens for sea­son on May 21. Hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sat­ur­days on the east side of San­dusky Street and from 3 to 6 p.m. Wednes­days on the west side of the street. The mar­ket runs from May 21 through Oct. 29.
• The Orig­i­nal Delaware Farm­ers’ Mar­ket: From 9 a.m. to noon on Sat­ur­days at the Delaware County Fair­grounds in the Jugette Barn begin­ning May 21 through October.
• Down­town Pow­ell Farm­ers’ Mar­ket: The Pow­ell mar­ket is held in down­town Pow­ell at the City of Pow­ell Munic­i­pal Build­ing Park­ing Lot begin­ning June 2 and runs through Sept. 29. It is open from 3 to 6 p.m. Thursdays.
• Sun­bury Farm­ers’ Mar­ket on the Square: Begins May 28 and runs from 9 a.m. to noon on Sat­ur­days. The Sun­bury mar­ket is held right in down­town at the square until Oct. 15.

There are also mar­kets in sur­round­ing com­mu­ni­ties like Plain City, Mar­ion, Dublin, Wor­thing­ton and West­er­ville. Just look on-line for dates and times.

Enjoy this sea­son of har­vest and make a con­certed effort to get some local food into your diet. It really makes a dif­fer­ence in so many ways, but pri­mar­ily the taste and sat­is­fac­tion of good, home-grown food and know­ing exactly where that food comes from (which isn’t thou­sands of miles away). Bon appetit!

Tues­day Trip­pier lives in Delaware, is a writer and mother of three with a spe­cial inter­est in writ­ing about green living.

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