Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market (Orleans)

Orange County, Indiana has a beautiful, ALL-VOLUNTEER farmers market every Saturday morning on the town square in Orleans (population 2273). It's founders started it, in part, to show the community that environmental activists and organizers are FOR something. The market has grown to feature more than 75 vendors all of whom make, grow, or produce what they sell and venders include many old order Amish. In addition to the food for sale, the market offers a music jammers tent, cooking demos a buck-a-book trailer with a couple thousand used books each of which can be bought for a buck, proceeds from which help fund the market. There are also a great variety of activities and special events. Not only does the market provide nutritious, locally grown food, but a social resource for this rural area.