Warsaw Farmer’s Market Opens During Quarantine Times
May 3, 2020 at 10:36 p.m.
By Jackie [email protected]
Items for sale included cut flowers, produce, baked goods and maple-based items.
Several vendors spoke about how long they’ve been selling at the farmer’s market and why.
Theresa Dawson of Kagin’s Korner said her venue has been at Warsaw’s Farmer’s Market for about four years. Dawson said she plans to be at the farmer’s market until October.
“We have found that we have a base of people who are looking for things like honey and plants. They generally like baked goods and we have lemonade that we usually put out, but because of the coronavirus, we’re really not doing that. But usually, people come for our lemonade,” said Dawson.
Dawson noted Kagin’s Korner usually has crafts they usually sell.
However, in an interview Thursday, Mark Vanlaningham, president of Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans’ Market, said there wouldn’t be arts and crafts Saturday due to the coronavirus.
Cris Lamb of Old World Fudge, who sells fudge and confections, said this is the first time she has been a vendor at the Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans’ Market.
“I usually do a lot of fairs and festivals and they’ve all be cancelled, so we’re doing all farmer’s markets now,” Lamb said. Lamb plans to be at the farmer’s market until October, unless the weather gets over 90 degrees, because then her products sometimes get “a little melty.”
“We’ll be here as often as we can,” Lamb said.
Lamoine Beachler of Beachler’s Sugar Bush said he was probably one of the oldest vendors at Saturday’s farmer’s market. He sells “anything with maple. Maple syrup, maple sugar, maple pancake mix, maple cotton candy, maple mustard, maple nuts. Maple, maple, maple.”
Mark Vanlaningham was also selling at Saturday’s farmer’s market with Creation Celebration. Mark said this is his and his wife’s, Melanie, third year at the farmer’s market, selling cut flowers and produce.
Creation Celebration has a store in Mentone, but the farmer’s market helps in selling produce.
“This really helps with volume sales,” Mark said, adding Creation Celebration will be a vendor until the end of October.
Some vendors spoke about the pros and cons of farmer’s markets.
Dawson said there are a variety of friends and family who comes and there’s a lot of social time at the farmer’s market “to explain to them how to grow plants and other things. I like the social time out here.”
The only downside Dawson cited was sometimes vendors have to fight the weather.
Farmer’s markets provides a one-on-one with people, Lamb said. People like fresh things. Farmer’s markets are also a way to support local businesses.
Beachler said he doesn’t know of any cons to farmer’s markets other than it does take a good portion of a Saturday to go to the farmer’s market to sell products. “If you want to do something else on Saturday, it ties alot up of Saturday,” he said.
On the other side, Beachler said the pros to the farmer’s market is he gets to meet a lot of people, has made a lot of friends at the market and he gets to sell his products.
Melanie Vanlaningham said she doesn’t see a lot of cons to the farmer’s market, only stating that it a con to not being able to include certain products or vendors that sell arts and crafts due to the coronavirus.
However, the benefits of the farmer’s market include seeing all the people in the community.
“We were given a beautiful day to get started, so that’s a pro,” Melanie said.
The Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans Market is on Center Street between Buffalo and Lake streets Saturdays from May to October.
Items for sale included cut flowers, produce, baked goods and maple-based items.
Several vendors spoke about how long they’ve been selling at the farmer’s market and why.
Theresa Dawson of Kagin’s Korner said her venue has been at Warsaw’s Farmer’s Market for about four years. Dawson said she plans to be at the farmer’s market until October.
“We have found that we have a base of people who are looking for things like honey and plants. They generally like baked goods and we have lemonade that we usually put out, but because of the coronavirus, we’re really not doing that. But usually, people come for our lemonade,” said Dawson.
Dawson noted Kagin’s Korner usually has crafts they usually sell.
However, in an interview Thursday, Mark Vanlaningham, president of Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans’ Market, said there wouldn’t be arts and crafts Saturday due to the coronavirus.
Cris Lamb of Old World Fudge, who sells fudge and confections, said this is the first time she has been a vendor at the Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans’ Market.
“I usually do a lot of fairs and festivals and they’ve all be cancelled, so we’re doing all farmer’s markets now,” Lamb said. Lamb plans to be at the farmer’s market until October, unless the weather gets over 90 degrees, because then her products sometimes get “a little melty.”
“We’ll be here as often as we can,” Lamb said.
Lamoine Beachler of Beachler’s Sugar Bush said he was probably one of the oldest vendors at Saturday’s farmer’s market. He sells “anything with maple. Maple syrup, maple sugar, maple pancake mix, maple cotton candy, maple mustard, maple nuts. Maple, maple, maple.”
Mark Vanlaningham was also selling at Saturday’s farmer’s market with Creation Celebration. Mark said this is his and his wife’s, Melanie, third year at the farmer’s market, selling cut flowers and produce.
Creation Celebration has a store in Mentone, but the farmer’s market helps in selling produce.
“This really helps with volume sales,” Mark said, adding Creation Celebration will be a vendor until the end of October.
Some vendors spoke about the pros and cons of farmer’s markets.
Dawson said there are a variety of friends and family who comes and there’s a lot of social time at the farmer’s market “to explain to them how to grow plants and other things. I like the social time out here.”
The only downside Dawson cited was sometimes vendors have to fight the weather.
Farmer’s markets provides a one-on-one with people, Lamb said. People like fresh things. Farmer’s markets are also a way to support local businesses.
Beachler said he doesn’t know of any cons to farmer’s markets other than it does take a good portion of a Saturday to go to the farmer’s market to sell products. “If you want to do something else on Saturday, it ties alot up of Saturday,” he said.
On the other side, Beachler said the pros to the farmer’s market is he gets to meet a lot of people, has made a lot of friends at the market and he gets to sell his products.
Melanie Vanlaningham said she doesn’t see a lot of cons to the farmer’s market, only stating that it a con to not being able to include certain products or vendors that sell arts and crafts due to the coronavirus.
However, the benefits of the farmer’s market include seeing all the people in the community.
“We were given a beautiful day to get started, so that’s a pro,” Melanie said.
The Kosciusko County Farmer’s and Artisans Market is on Center Street between Buffalo and Lake streets Saturdays from May to October.
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