Great Falls Farmers Market Now Warm in the Grange
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Great Falls Farmers Market Now Warm in the Grange

The Stewart Sisters play Americana music while Alex Brudno explains the various Great Falls Historical Society gift possibilities, including gift baskets, publications, postcards, or our latest, Thelma’s Country Store, A Colvin Run Road Legacy, in its second printing.

The Stewart Sisters play Americana music while Alex Brudno explains the various Great Falls Historical Society gift possibilities, including gift baskets, publications, postcards, or our latest, Thelma’s Country Store, A Colvin Run Road Legacy, in its second printing. Photo by Christin Photography

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A variety of duck, chicken and quail eggs, thanks to DoctorSchar’s EcoFarm are in the forefront, as Lilia Dubynin checks out a Tuscarora Organic Growers Coop customer.

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Real Country Sausage (many kinds of sausages from 100-year-old recipes) and Panda Wokking (a cooking demonstration and catering – this week, sweet potatoes with a Korean sauce) do their cooking outside.

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The historic Great Falls Grange Hall, built in 1929, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Here, the farmers market banner marks the entrance. Vendors display their wares on the upper and lower levels.

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Jerry Fields, owner of Jerry’s Gourmet Berries, a certified organic grower, offers tastes of his various pickled products and aronia juice.

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Michael Sideris, owner of Vordonia Extra Virgin Olive Oil, completes a sale with Ruth Morine, a loyal and dedicated shopper at the Great Falls Farmers Market.

The Great Falls Farmers Market continues year round, meeting in the Great Falls Grange Hall from now through March 25, 2017. This used to be a time when farmers were dormant, whittling and knitting through the winter, but thanks to greenhouses, tunnels, and other innovations, certain farmers are able to produce certain produce all winter long. Winter is a "return to the roots" time of year, and there are root vegetables and storage crops that can be dug up or taken out of storage throughout the winter to keep the supply flowing. Every Saturday morning, 9 a.m.- 1 p.m. http://greatfallsfarmersmarket.org/