THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET:

The Ruston Farmers Market is open for the 2013 season! This Saturday, May 25, our vendors will feature:

Watts Produce - strawberries (pints or flats)

Wayne's Specialty Produce - snow peas, green beans, Cherokee wax beans, yellow crookneck squash, heirloom tomato plants (Cherokee Purple, Chocolate Cherry, Lemon Boy, Golden Gem Cherry, Volunteer Cherry)

Briarhill Farm - goat milk fudge: milk chocolate, dark chocolate, chocolate pecan, cookies-n-creme, white chocolate macadamia, s'mores, peanut butter, banana pudding; soap; bee balm; lotion bars; laundry powders; eggs; frozen blueberries; low carb Pectin-free honey-sweetened strawberry & blueberry jam, gluten-free and Paleo baked goods

Renner Gardens - snow peas, sugar snap peas, salad greens, steaming greens, arugula, kale, chard, collards, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, cauliflower, beets, turnips, leeks, squash, radishes, artichokes, dill, fresh cut flowers, herb/flower/vegetable plants

Mack's Tomatoes - yellow squash, zucchini, patty pan squash, red & white onions, broccoli, preserves & canned goods

Joywalk Daylilly Gardens & Produce - daylillies, Japanese irises, assorted flowers and herbs, fresh eggs, squash, new potatoes, kale, collards, turnip greens, peppers, radishes, onions, Romaine lettuce, sugar snap peas

Adams' Farm & Aunt Sandi's Kitchen - new potatoes, fresh mayhaw jelly, jams & preserves, Mallory's dog treats, Aunt Sandi's homemade bread

Jarrell's Specialty Foods - Frozen casseroles: Chicken Vermicelli, Ritzy Chicken, Chicken and Rice, King Ranch Chicken, Enchiladas in flour or corn tortillas, Beef Lasagna, Ground Beef Casserfole, and Veggie Lasagna; muffins and breads: carrot/walnut, Morning Glory, blueberry, lemon poppy seed, chocolate chip, banana/walnut, Splenda raisin bran, zuchinni; cakes: assorted large and small cakes; assorted pies; Jarrell's Famous Chicken Salad, and old-fashioned tea cakes

Special: 4 Paws Rescue pet adoption; Share International fundraiser (featuring Judy Roberts homemade breads & rolls)

Music by Rickey Pittman - storyteller, author, and folksinger was the Grand Prize Winner of the 1998 Ernest Hemingway Short Story Competition

Interested in becoming a vendor or volunteer for the 2013 season of the Ruston Farmers Market? Contact John Benschoter at 318 232-2535 or email us at info@rustonfarmersmarket.org

Please check out our sponsors listed at the bottom of this page.

courtesy of Bill Ross Photography

First Annual Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner

Join us on June 29 for the First Annual North Louisiana Farm Fresh/Ruston Farmers Market Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner. Come enjoy a dinner prepared by the chefs at Rosemary's Kitchen using fresh products from Ruston Farmers Market vendors. A truly local meal to benefit your local farmers market. Help us raise money to expand our mission of providing you the best produce and local food products in North Lousiana. Tickets are only $50 for this special event, and all the money goes to helping us fund new signage, promotional materials, and equipment for a demonstration kitchen at the market. Follow the link rfmdinner.eventbrite.com to buy tickets online or come by our Welcome tent at the market. For more information, email us at info@rustonfarmersmarket.org or call Maryanne at 318-243-7727.

As always we'll be open Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at our usual spot in the public parking lot at the corners of Monroe and Louisiana Aves. (see map below). Our desire is to always provide high quality, fresh, locally grown produce; plants; flowers; and value-added goods to Ruston and the North Louisiana region. Sign up for our newsletter below, or Like us on facebook (www.facebook.com/RustonFarmersMarket), follow us on Twitter, or keep in touch by email: info@rustonfarmersmarket.org.

We are always looking for new vendors and volunteers. Contact John Benschoter at 318-232-2535 if you're interested.

If you would like to sign up for the RFM Newsletter, please complete the form below:

North Louisiana Farm Fresh

North Louisiana Farm Fresh (NLFF) is the non-profit umbrella for the Ruston Farmers Market. For more information follow the link to our NLFF page, read about what we do and become a member.

Why Buy Local?

The food is delicious.
Spending your money where you live keeps your community thriving.
North Louisiana is particularly blessed with a booming community of small farms and food producers.
Locally-grown food obviously does not cause as much pollution due to less travel time.
Keeping family farms alive keeps rural landscape alive, supporting less sprawl.
As a tourist looking for local flavor makes your visit more authentic. Folks don't travel to Italy looking for a good burrito. If you come to Ruston, taste what we grow.

And if all of this is not reason enough, think of the health and safety of you and your family. Small, local farms are less likely to use hormones and more likely to raise grass fed or free-range animals and organically or naturally grown vegetables.

If you know your farmer, you know where to ask questions; the shorter the route from the farm to your table (at home or in a restaurant), the more knowledge you have at hand and the more flavor you have on your plate.

A very special thanks to our Friends of the Market. Please take a moment to go to our Contact page and note our sponsors.

Where We Are Located.

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THIS WEEK AT THE MARKET:

First Annual Farm to Table Fundraiser Dinner

North Louisiana Farm Fresh

Why Buy Local?

Where We Are Located.

Sponsors