Please click on the link to fill out our online survey!

Its anonymous! Your tabulated answers will help shape the Farmers' Market in Collierville!


http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dEVDN215b2ZoZFNyZi1YWm5veEZ1Rmc6MA..

LADIES WATCH FOUND AT THE EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS MARKET

Was found mid-afternoon Thursday July 23.  Please contact Carl Hardeman at cwhardeman@yahoo.com with description and we will gladly get it back to you.

 

Please share this notice with anyone you know who came to the market.

 

Thank you!

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Come join us at the East Shelby County Farmers Market on Washington Street off of Collierville's Town Square in the public parking lot behind McGinnis Oil, across the street from Mensi's Ice Cream shop!  

The Farmers Market will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

 

See you there!  

Urgent message from the East Shelby County Farmers' Market 7/22

 THE EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS MARKET

 

 

NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!

 

We are very excited to be celebrating our one month (4 consecutive weeks) anniversary at the East Shelby County Farmers' Market (ESCOFM)!!  We have 14 vendor spaces that are at capacity and a waiting list of vendors hoping to come to Collierville on Thursdays!  And, starting August 1, the ESCOFM will be open from 11:30 until 5:00 on SATURDAYS!!

 

This is wonderful and incredible, and vendors, customers, and volunteers are very happy!  But (and a big BUT here!) we need more volunteers to keep the ESCOFM the success it has been and help it to develop into the Amazing Farmers' Market it has the potential to be.

 

Please, if you are interested in volunteering in any way, let us know.  There are many ways to volunteer your time and services!   A few are listed below:

 

Help out at the volunteer tent (take email addresses for the newsletter, answer questions, give directions).  Our hours are Thursday 11:30 a.m. -- 7:00 p.m and Saturday 11:30 a.m. -- 5:00 p.m.  We need volunteers there from 10:30 set up until close at 7:00 p.m.  We will be happy to have you volunteer for as many or as few hours as you are able to spare.  We have a canopy for our volunteers - iced water is available - it's lots of fun! We check with the vendors to make sure they are happy and we ask customers questions for our Market improvement surveys.

 

Fundraising - we are working on setting up as a nonprofit.  We need help writing grants and eventually soliciting donations. We make no money from the vendors - any monetary donations we receive goes directly into advertising for the market.  Which leads to our next category...

 

Marketing/P.R. - We need to spread the word to as many people in our area - Collierville, Byhalia, Piperton, Germantown - as possible about our Farmers' Market.  Getting people out to the market helps Collierville's economy, especially the businesses around the square.  

 

Are you part of a school club or civic organization that encourages volunteering?  We need your help!  Teenagers would be wonderful additions to the volunteer organization after school and on Saturday!

 

Eventually we hope to have cooking demonstrations, have information available about preserving the produce available at the ESCOFM, Farmers' market merchandise for sale, etc.

 

The Farmers' Market is truly one of the few opportunities to be involved in an activity that is win/win.  We offer local growers a venue to sell their produce.  Families from the East Shelby County area no longer have to drive across the county to buy locally-grown vegetables.  Families are introduced to businesses near the market and hopefully the increased traffic increases nearby businesses' revenue. Then businesses around the square refer customers to the farmers' market, bringing customers back to the square another day.  We would love to have you as a part of this endeavor!

 

If you would be willing to volunteer, please send an email to eshelbycofm@gmail.com with VOLUNTEER on the subject line.  Please include how you would like to volunteer and when and a phone number.  

 

Please consider helping.  The continued sucess of the EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS MARKET depends on YOU!  

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Come join us at the East Shelby County Farmers Market on Washington Street off of Collierville's Town Square in the public parking lot behind McGinnis Oil, across the street from Mensi's Ice Cream shop!  

The Farmers Market will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. AND STARTING AUGUST 1, SATURDAYS FROM 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.!!!

See you there!  

EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS' MARKET NEWSLETTER JULY 23

COME VISIT US AT THE EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS' MARKET

The Collierville (East Shelby County) Farmers' Market will be open from 11:30 until 7:00 this Thursday, July 23rd.

The first three farmers' markets have been a huge success for both the vendors and the customers! The first Thursday (July 2) most of the vendors sold out by 4:00! The second Thursday vendors were still selling strong at 6:00! Our third Thursday was hampered by rain but we still had a very large turn out. This Thursday (July 23) will hopefully be cool and sunny and gorgeous! Perfect weather to come buy from the Farmers' Market!

Please come and help us celebrate our one month anniversary!

We now have 14 vendors and our hours have been approved to be extended from 11:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Please note: vendors are not allowed to sell before 11:30 a.m.

OUR FARMERS' MARKET WILL BE OPEN ON SATURDAYS STARTING AUGUST 1!

SATURDAY HOURS WILL BE 11:30 A.M. UNTIL 5:00 P.M.

On days the farmers' market is open we will be operating rain or shine.

BUTTERBEANS ARE IN! As well as green beans, eggplant, yellow tomatoes, cucumbers...(the list goes on and on!) The honey vendor is at the market now and we hope to soon have flowers available!

Our volunteer organization's goal is to please both the vendors and the customers buying at the market. We have tried to do this by listening to vendors' requests for a more streamlined approval process and to the public's request for extended sale hours. Please remember, everyone involved in this endeavor is volunteering their time and effort, please be patient and forbearing! But any and all suggestions are always welcome!

Buyers have shown local farmers that there is a viable market and public demand for fresh, nutritious, locally grown produce. And the buyers get to talk directly with the farmers about their growing methods, produce and farms!

Come visit our blog (with many pictures from the past two farmers' markets - come check it out - you may find your picture there!) at

http://www.eshelbycofm.blogspot.com/ please show your support and sign up as a follower of the blog. (newsletters and updates will always be posted there.)

Please show your support by 'being our friend' on facebook. The url for our facebook page is http://www.facebook.com/pages/Collierville-TN/East-Shelby-County-Farmers-Market/96515308601#

Come take a look at our website: http://www.farmersmarketcollierville.com/default.html

Upcoming events:

National Farmers' Market Week is August 2-8, 2009. We will be celebrating by having a 'Best Tomato Contest' on August 6, 2009, at the Farmers' Market! Following is information about the ESCOFM 'Best Tomato Contest':

August 6, 2:30 pm, at the ESCOFM.
Tomatoes and entry form must be turned in by 12 noon for 2:30 pm judging.
Categories:
Biggest (circumference)
Heaviest
Prettiest
Ugliest/oddest
Best tasting
Best non red or pink tomato
No cost to enter.
1st, 2nd, 3rd prizes in each category will be awarded a ribbon.
Open to anyone except the judges.
Anyone can enter each category only once.
Entry must identify the variety (e.g. Big Boy) and
attest to having grown and known the tomato personally.
Decision of judges is final.
Tomatoes WILL NOT be returned.

If you are interested in submitting a tomato in any or every category, please send an email to eshelbycofm@gmail.com with TOMATO CONTEST on the subject line and an entry form will be sent to you!

Pass it on! If you are enjoying the Farmers' Market please let the city government officials know - they are the ones who allow us to have the market on city property. Taking the time to send a short email in appreciation goes a long way in ensuring our market continues. Our Mayor and Board of Alderman's emails are:

sjoyner@ci.collierville.tn.us Mayor, Stan Joyner, Jr
mfraser@ci.collierville.tn.us Alderman, Maureen Fraser
tsarwar@ci.collierville.tn.us Alderman, Tony Sarwar
tallen@ci.collierville.tn.us Alderman, Tom Allen
jlott@ci.collierville.tn.us Alderman, Jimmy Lott
mrussell@ci.collierville.tn.us Alderman, Mike Russell

Check out this great article in USA Today: http://usat.me/?35633864

Newsletter sign up:

We are always accepting email addresses for the ESCOFM newsletter. This email list will never be sold or shared. You can opt out at anytime. If interested, send an email to eshelbycofm@gmail.com - and enter NEWSLETTER in the subject line and we will get you on our e-newsletter list.

***If you received this e-newsletter by mistake, and do not wish to be on our mailing list, please send an email to eshelbycofm@gmail.com and put REMOVE in the subject line. Thank you!

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Come join us at the East Shelby County Farmers' Market on Washington Street off of Collierville's Town Square in the public parking lot behind McGinnis Oil, across the street from Mensi's Ice Cream shop!

The Farmers' Market will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Saturdays starting August 1 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

See you there!

RAIN OR SHINE

It is 10:25 and we just wanted you to know that the East Shelby County Farmers' Market will be open rain or shine!  The vendors have already started showing up and everyone knows rain doesn't hurt fresh produce! 

 

Bring your umbrellas and come on down to our location on Washington Street right off of the square! 

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Come join us at the East Shelby County Farmers Market on Washington Street off of Collierville's Town Square in the public parking lot behind McGinnis Oil, across the street from Mensi's Ice Cream shop!  

The Farmers Market will be held on Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.

See you there!  

More Pictures From the Farmers' Market

EAST SHELBY COUNTY FARMERS' MARKET WEBSITE

A huge thank you to Bridget Adams-Ely (shopcollierville.com) for all her work as a volunteer and for all her work creating our excellent, innovative ESCFM website!

Come take a look!


http://www.farmersmarketcollierville.com/default.html

Once again, thank you Bridget!