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Selections at FM2, Sat 07 Jul 2018 - A festival of harvest today

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By Ed Waggener

Today looks to be the Biggest of the Season so far at Farmers Market on the Square, on the SW Corner Merchant & Campbellsville Streets, Columbia, KY open today, 8am-1pmCT, Saturday, July 7, 2018. Produce, particular TOMATOES (take it from Dr. Ben Arnold, who has grown them on both coasts, in Absher/Egypt and Columbia, nowhere else matches locally grown Tomatoes) and Sweet Corn, are being picked at perfection levels.

A huge festival market is expected for today. Lois Cunningham has delicious Hungry Kid's Cafe MENU, and Samantha Marcum-Blackaby is introducing the The Little Miss & Mr. Farmers Market Pageant. And more Kid's Bucks certificates will be given away today.

Vendor Selections, posted in order of receipt, are as follows
- Big Black Dog Farm - Donna & David Jones. 270-634-2125. Today we have Tomatoes. Potatoes. Okra. Eggplant. Lots of Blackberries. Onions. Your Local Columbia Honey. Hope to See You Here! and Remember, The Farmers Market on the Square will be handing out "Kid Bucks" today, starting at 8amCT, so if your children are from age 4 to 13, please stop by and get your bucks. Each child gets bucks worth $5.00 to spend on fresh fruit and vegetables.
- Coview Farms & Lonely Acre Farms - DARRELL BUNNELL has Tomatoes, Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Yellow Squash, Bell Peppers, Hot Peppers, Cherry Tomatoes, Fresh Cut Basil, Eggplant, Cabbage & Potatoes. CAITLIN HELM has Caitlin Helm: Honey What Bread, Zucchini Bread, Chocolate Zucchini Bread, Cranberry Carrot Cake, Blueberry Muffins, Eggplant & Artichoke Loaf, Dried Tomato & Basil Loaf.
- D & D Longview Farms. Gradyville, KY. Debbie, 270-250-1277. & Danny Burris, 270-250-3701, Gradyville, KY with LOTS of TOMATOES. (Red. Big Beef. Pink. Yellow, and Sun Sugar Gold) Lots of Cucumbers, Yellow Squash, and New Potatoes.
- Blackaby Hill Farm, Tim & Lisa Blackaby 270-535-5396: Tomatoes. Eggplant. Zucchini. Yellow Squash, Blackberries. Green Peppers. Fresh Frozen Pasture Raised Non GMO Chickens, Grassfed Beef.
- Junior Brown & David Burris, The Kings of Corn: of Portland pulled in at 6:09amCT, with a load of (we think) OBSESSION sweet corn, a bi-color variety with yellow and white kernels. Better come early. Sweet corn sells fast.
- Sandy Ridge Nursery, Breeding, KY. Darrell & Sandy Scott. Tomatoes, Bell peppers, Jalapeņo peopers, Cat Anna peppers, New potatoes, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Squash, Zucchini, Lavender plant, Cactus, and Coleus annuals plants,
- Campbell's Hollow Ranch, LLC. Kathy Campbell. Albany, KY. 270-585-4253. Sunflowers. Goats Milk Soap. Goats Milk Shampoo Bars. Products from the Farm.
- Goose Creek Bread, from Cumberland County. - Paul Sullivan, Baker. Phone 270-433-7355 to call for special orders. Today: Some or all of these items: Sour Dough Bread, French Bread, Miracle Bread (I like to say it saved my life) Old Fashioned White Bread. Good Morning Rolls. Cinnamon Rolls. And Multigrain Rolls. Happy to share a smile! - Missy Lemmon, Breeding, KY is here today with Vegetables, Fresh Duck Eggs, and more.
We'll be adding others as "Present" as we confirm, and adding their selections as they are 1) emailed to edwaggener@gmail.com, 2) Called in to 270-250-2730.




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Samantha Marcum-Blackaby with FM2 Pageant Trophies



2018-07-07 - FM2 at Municipal Parking Lot, Campbellsville & Merchant Streets, Columbia, KY - Photo by Emma Tompkins.
Samantha Marcum-Blackaby, above, with the trophies for the Farmers Market Pageant at FM2 today, Saturday, July 7, 2018. Registration deadline is 9:30amCT. The Pageant Starts at 10amCT, with the following categories: Miss and Mister FM2, Mini Miss (ages 2-6), Miss Pre-Teen (ages 7-11), and Miss Teen(12-18). (See related: The Little Miss & Mr. Farmers Market Pageant).

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