Starting Monday, July 13th, Methodist South Hospital hosts the annual Whitehaven Farmers Market. Native and regional farmers shall be on-hand to supply recent vegetables and fruit to the neighborhood for buy.
“Our Farmers Market, now celebrating its 10th summer season in Whitehaven, brings in recent, regionally grown vegetables and fruit from quite a lot of native and close by farmers,” says MLH spokesperson Sarah Farley. “Our neighborhood mates admire the benefit, comfort, and choice, and our farmers take pleasure in sharing recommendations on finest cook dinner and put together their garden-fresh, straight-from-the-farm produce.
“It’s necessary for us to host the Farmers Market this 12 months, even throughout this pandemic — most likely extra necessary now than ever — and we’re implementing new measures to maintain everybody protected whereas purchasing.”
Attributable to COVID-19, new precautions to make sure social distancing and security shall be enforced. Face masks or coverings are required to be worn by everybody always whereas visiting the market.
This 12 months, Whitehaven Farmers Market distributors and farmers embody:
• Clark Fruits & Greens from Haywood County, TN
• Lockard Produce from Ripley, TN
• Jessie Harris Produce from Dyersburg, TN
• Peachworld from Memphis
• The Produce Tribe from Stanton, TN
Produce contains: cabbage, cantaloupe, corn, cucumbers, greens, inexperienced beans, nectarines, okra, onions, peaches, plums, potatoes, peas, squash, tomatoes, and watermelon.
The market shall be open each Monday, starting July 13th, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., by way of August 31st. The Whitehaven Farmers Market is situated at Methodist South Hospital in entrance of the Medical Workplace Complicated; 1300 Wesley Drive, simply off Elvis Presley. Parking is free.