29 Jan Fri 2016
Back to where we started
When Daniel came to the farm we started a truck patch and the very first market we sold at was the South Bend Farmers Market. I remember at the end of the day holding all the sales cash in my hands while both Daniel and I starred in amazement how much we made($200.00). Now that was 14-15 years ago I have post a few pictures to our main page here-- check them out. At that market we sold there for two years give or take a few months and then started selling in Indianapolis and the suburbs of Chicago have--not been back to our home town market in 12 or 13 years, but that will change tomorrow we are going back to South Bend Farmers Market. Are CSA's' will be available along with all the certified organic vegetables we grow when in season.
After all these years not being there vendors still consider us friends and I am sure some of our customers will be surprised, can not wait to get set up!
Hadn't a clue what we were doing or for that matter what was going on--pricing, signs, displaying, etc.--completely lost(I was a hog farmer, mainly--selling live weight and taking what ever they gave me). But the market was so different, exciting/terrifying..NEW. Now we both are expert produce farmers and marketeers even speaking and training others wanting to do this stuff--who know!
I'll let you all know how it goes and remember check out the pictures on our page
God Bless