Howard County Farmers’ Market has a new Market Manager! If you were at the Market last season, you probably met Elias “Julio” Fuentes, who worked throughout the 2018 season performing day-to-day oversight during market hours along with Pearl Snell, Liz Coleman, and Sylvia Graham, NDOG Coordinator Gerry Wenta and Kidz Klub Coordinator Sherry Wenta. This year Julio will be taking over as the Market’s General Manager after Debra Bolding’s resignation was accepted by the Market’s Overseers Committee this month. By the way, Julio has also recently taken over as Librarian for the Tollette Branch Library, so he will be very busy this year! Be sure to drop by the Market anytime during Market hours to meet Julio and our other volunteers, offer any suggestions or inquire about activities at the Market and plans for the season! Julio Fuentes – Market Manager Pearl Snell – Farmers Market Pavilion Market Day Mgr Sylvia Graham – SNAP/DUFB Coordinator Liz Coleman – Farmers Market Pavilion Market Day Mgr Sherry Wenta – Kidz Klub Coordinator Gerry Wenta – NDOG Coordinator Jan Manly – Taste This! Coordinator
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Don’t miss NDOG’s annual seed swap coming up Saturday February 16 in Texarkana and Tuesday February 19 in Nashville! Don’t have seeds to swap? There will be FREE seeds, many left over from last year’s swap but still viable, for all attendees . . . And “token” seed packets are available for a small donation to cover costs – Use these to swap for seed you want! There will also be seed-saving demos – ALL FREE – Just bring your love of gardening and enjoy!
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Ever thought about selling at a farmers’ market? Don’t miss next week’s FREE training at Southwest Research and Extension Center in Hope on Wednesday, February 6, from 1 to 5 pm. Anyone who would like to sell at any farmers market this year, including those in other areas of the state, will benefit from this free training! There are reduced registration fees and other incentives for vendors who register during this event for the farmers markets in Hope, Washington and Nashville – These incentives will NOT be available later in the year! For more information contact Debra Bolding at (870) 557-2352, Jodi Coffee at (870) 703-8788 or Sheila Ballard at (870) 703-4154.
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Howard County Farmers’ Market Opening this for 2018 Season Howard County Farmers’ Market will be opening for the 2018 season this week on Friday, May 4, with local growers bringing onions, broccoli, brussel sprouts, kale, cabbage, new potatoes, fresh herbs, micro greens, eggs, fried pies, jellies and preserves, baked goods and more. As in the past, each week a drawing will be held for free produce and other market products and a local business, civic group or other entity will sponsor hospitality and share information about themselves with the community. This week Mine Creek Conservation District is sponsoring Hospitality. Also, the “Taste This” demonstrations started last year will continue each Friday featuring produce and other farm products available at market that week. Each Friday there will also be a “Vendor Spotlight”, with a different market vendor highlighted to acquaint customers with local market growers and vendors. The weekly free gardening demonstrations will continue this year in the market’s demonstration garden, Nashville Demonstration Organic Garden (NDOG): This week participants will learn about growing tomatillos and peppers and may pick up a free pepper and tomatillo for their home gardens. The NDOG Kidz Klub, which started last year to acquaint children with […]
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Healthier environments produce healthier people. And healthier people produce greater economic outputs, consume fewer healthcare resources and lead better, longer lives. Arkansas Coalition on Obesity Prevention (ArCOP) is focusing on making the healthy choice the easy choice. The coalition’s mission is to improve the health of all Arkansas communities by increasing access to physical activity and healthy eating to reduce and prevent obesity. Growing Healthy Communities (GHC), the Coalition’s primary project, brings together individuals, companies and organizations across sector lines to recognize that a healthy community is a better community on virtually every measure of success. On Thursday, November 30th the Arkansas Coalition for Obesity Prevention (ArCOP) hosted their 10-year anniversary event at the Governor’s Mansion in Little Rock. The celebration focused on the past decade of partnerships to build healthy communities in Arkansas. ArCOP’s work spans the state with an all-time high of 117 Growing Healthy Communities. This year, 132 project grants were awarded to communities for activities that support policy, system and environmental changes to improve health. In addition, ArCOP awarded 14 Farmers Markets and 4 grocery stores with grants to initiate Double Up Food Bucks (DUFB) program for SNAP beneficiaries, which included Howard County Farmers’ Market. During […]
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