BLOOMINGTON – The Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market is in its 49th season. It is one of the area’s most beloved traditions. Every Saturday from April through November, local vendors sell a variety of foods and goods that are grown and/or made in Indiana.
You can shop for fresh fruits and vegetables, local dairy products like milk, yogurt, and cheese, eggs, as well as fresh and/or frozen meats including beef, pork, poultry, and lamb. You can also find locally made salsa, jam, jelly, honey, maple syrup, relish, and vinegar.
If you have a green thumb, be sure to explore the plant vendors — they offer a variety of non-invasive plants, flowers, and herbs, as well as non-food products like beeswax & bar soaps.
This weekend, look for these products from a sampling of our vendors:
- Serendipity Bakery will be offering salted caramel cupcakes, gluten-free peanut butter cookies, mini cakes, and many more goodies.
- Rising Moon Acres will be offering bagged spinach, arugula, lettuce mix, spicy mustard mix, carrots, beets, green onions, potatoes, kale, and collards.
- Wilderlove Farm will be offering radish, spinach, and dill.
- Hi-Acre Farms will be offering honey, lettuce, kale, bok choy, and radishes.
- Moon Valley Farm will be offering shiitake mushrooms, arugula, mixed green salad mix, spinach, tatsoi bunches, and homemade corn tortillas.
- Hunter’s Honey Farm will be offering honey, bee pollen, and honey teriyaki.
- Living Roots and Organic Farm School will be offering grass-fed beef, and pastured pork, free. range eggs, celery, bok choi, komatsuna, salad mix, green onions, garlic, rainbow chard, kale, mustard greens, spinach, radishes, cilantro, and potatoes.
Originally started as Indiana Creek Farm in 2004, and after lots of growth, they are now Living Roots Farm and Organic Farm School. Michael Hicks is the owner.
The farm is chemical free and uses many techniques of sustainable farming, including permaculture, mulching (no black plastic), water catchment (swales), and raised beds. There is a limited fossil fuel used in the growing of crops. The farm currently grows over 350 varieties of various annual vegetables, herbs, and fruits. Living Roots also sells grass-fed beef, grass-fed lamb, pastured pork, and free-range eggs.
This weekend, the Bloomington Community Farmers’ Market welcomes back Derrick Weidner & Olivia Doyle to our Circle Stage! Derrick and Olivia perform folk, country, pop, and alternative genres. Their performance begins this Saturday at 10:00 a.m.
Mayor at the Market is a community outreach program that invites Market-goers to interact with the mayor and various department heads from the City of Bloomington government. Most Saturday mornings, either Mayor Hamilton, Deputy Mayor Mary Catherine Carmichael, or one of nineteen department heads will be at the Farmers’ Market to answer resident questions and discuss issues of interest in the city. This week, Alex Crowley, director of Economic & Sustainable Development for the City of Bloomington will be greeting the public at the Market between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m.
The Farmers’ Market Advisory Council represents Market vendors, customers, and food and beverage artisans. The Council acts in an advisory capacity on policy matters relating to the Farmers’ Market. The next Meeting is Monday, April 17, from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m.
Meet your 2023 Farmers’ Market seasonal staff. They assist with the general coordination of the BCFM. This includes setting up sound gear, tents, signage, etc. They also distribute City program information and sell Market-related products.
The staff also issues and redeems vouchers for SNAP and WIC recipients and they handle purchases for our Farmers’ Market gift certificate program. They’re more than happy to assist you when you visit the Farmers’ Market.
