Athens Farmers Market, LLC
Local and Sustainable
Athens, Georgia
Athens Farmers Market, LLC
Bishop Park
Athens, GA
Jerry
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THANK YOU FOR A SUCCESSFUL FIRST SEASON OF OPERATION!
We are proud to be a part of this community's sustainable growers, artisans, food purveyors and musicians.
Market Hours 8:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Bishop Park
Basketball Courts
705 Sunset Drive
Athens, GA
Athens Farmers Market will ended its 2008 season on
Saturday,November 15, 2008
"Sustainable agriculture doesn't start and stop with a commitment to allowable and non-allowable materials and practices. Certified Naturally Grown farmers reflect a commitment to work within the natural biological cycles that are necessary for a truly sustainable farming system - a system that works in harmony with micro-organisms, soil flora and fauna, plants and animals, to maintain and increase the long-term fertility of soil, leaving it even more vibrant and alive for the next generation of farmers."
No membership or special fees are required to shop at the Athens Farmers Market.
If you are a local farmer who grows food products in accordance with sustainable farming practices or a local craftsperson, AFM will offers a marketplace for your products beginning in the Spring of 2009.
If you are a local artisan or craftsperson, AFM offers a new marketplace for your work, with a special "CRAFT DAY" on the last Saturday of each month.
Revised policies and membership forms will be available in early 2009.
The Athens Farmers Market sells only products that are produced within 100 miles of Athens, Georgia.
- Growers adhere to "Naturally Grown" standards of chemical-free, organically fertilized produce.
- Meat products are from grass fed/free range livestock.
- Prepared food, prepared in certified kitchens and contains substantial organic ingredients in prepared juices, bread, chocolates and personal fruit pies.
- Coffee is locally roasted using beans acquired from "fair trade" markets.
- Crafts and objects of art are handmade or have very substantial value added by the craftsperson.
Important Notes to Our Patrons
We want to communicate with you better and are publishing a weekly newsletter to let you know of the "righteous food", arts, crafts, cooking and entertainment planned for each Saturday. To subscribe to our newsletter please click below:.
Athens Farmers Market is a not--for-profit organization of local farmers, craftspeople and volunteers working to make local naturally grown food, crafts and works or art available for the good of all.
Read article about AFM in the Athens Banner Herald.
Click here to download the Athens Farmers Market flyer. Send it to your friends! Hang it in your office!
Our Mission
The Athens Farmers Market [AFM] is a farmers’ market operated in accordance with state, county and local laws, for the benefit of farmers and consumers alike. The two fundamental purposes of AFM are:
- To foster improved business conditions for local farmers, gardeners, processors, artists and craftspeople
- To provide the community with a place to buy fresh produce direct from producers in a congenial atmosphere
The Objective of the market is to provide an environment to enhance the production and marketing of local sustainable farm products, local handmade arts and crafts and local artisan value-added products in the Athens Area and to stimulate public interest in the consumption of these products
Guidelines
1. The market will run every Saturday, from 8:00am to 1:00pm, at Bishop Park, Athens, beginning with the grand opening on May 17th and running through the last Saturday before Thanksgiving.
2. The growers will be required to use sustainable farming methods to be affirmed by signing an affidavit and agreeing to allow a farm inspection. The guidelines for the market’s requirements for sustainable farming are as described by “Certified Naturally Grown”, an alternative certification program that follows the rules set forth by the National Organics Program. Actual certification will be optional.
3. Producers will be from within a 100-mile radius of Athens.
4. Everything sold at the market will be homegrown and/or handmade.
5. The market will maintain a ratio of 75% farmers to 25% crafts people, except on the Crafts Day on the last Saturday of every month when additional crafts vendors will be allowed.
(Any space with greater than 50 percent non-agricultural products in member’s possession at the opening bell of a market session shall be a non-agricultural space. Non-agricultural spaces shall not number more than 5 spaces or 25 percent of the total vendor number.)
6. The Board of Directors will reflect the market make-up (75% farmers/25% non-farmers).
Athens Farmers Market, LLC
Bishop Park
Athens, GA
Jerry
