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                The Veggie Gazette
News from the Emporia Farmers Market

November 2015

Volume 9, Number 9
Thanks to the Emil Babinger Charitable Trust - Winter Market Sponsor 

 

  

November's news is short and sweet as I have a very busy week
Thank you, Jane McCoy, for the lovely music shared with our shoppers on Halloween. We finished the season in style.
 and there is soup to make! I do hope you are planning to join us for the market's annual Soup-A-Palooza fundraiser on Tuesday. We are serving 6 kinds of soup this year, and there will be dessert, too, of course! 

Thank you to everyone who braved the dropping temperatures and continued to join us for markets in the parking lot in October. We are looking forward to a slightly later start -- 10am -- and warmer shopping conditions for winter markets, which begin THIS Saturday! Remember that the market is moving back downtown to 701 Commercial this year.

I will be updating the market website with vendors and products for the winter season. 
 
See you at the market!
Tracy  

P.S. If you didn't get to come see the vendors in costume for Halloween, here is a peek at what you missed! 
Soup-A-Palooza
Tuesday, November 3, 2015 


11am to 7pm ~ Dine in or Carry Out
$3 Bowl - $6 Take-Home Pint - Dessert Extra
Lyon County Extension Office Meeting Room
2632 W. US Hwy 50, Emporia, KS

It's a homegrown dining opportunity!
Bring your co-workers and bring your family for delicious homemade soup by Friends of the Emporia Farmers Market. 

The menu isn't set in stone quite yet, but you can expect a few of your favorites--Beefy Vegetable Soup, Naomi's Creamy Tomato, Amy's Sausage Potato Soup--and more!

All proceeds of the Soup-A-Palooza fundraiser go to support the operations and educational programs of the Emporia Farmers Market.


Indoor Winter Markets

701 Commercial Street, Downtown Emporia
10am - Noon
1st and 3rd Saturdays

November 7 & 21         December 5 & 19



The 6th Season of Indoor Winter Markets begins on Saturday, November 7, and we will be returning to downtown Emporia. 

Please make note of the location change! It's at the corner of 7th and Commercial... just a few steps from our regular season location in the parking lot. 

 

               
     ESB Financial

lead sponsor

Registered Vendors ~ 2015

You can learn more about 2015 Registered Vendors on our website.

Joining us in November, Phylis Odgers will be at the market to help you with your fall decor. Kitchen towels, scrubbies, place mats, napkins, afghans, and more! Festive and seasonal, think of the market first for your original gift-giving needs!







Kay Church will be joining us at winter markets with wood products -- mirrors, wall hangers, more! Watch for images in future newsletters and on our website.




Thinking about becoming a market vendor? Registration for the 2016 season opens in December. For craft and holiday vendors, there will be the option to sell ONLY at December markets again this year. Please contact Tracy at 620-343-6555 or emporiaFM@gmail.com for details. 

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EFM Board Members

Janet Brassart - Treasurer
Harold Brenzikofer
Travis Carmichael
Jessica Hopkins - Secretary
Marcia Lawrence - Music Manager, 2015 
Ellen Hansen
Wanda Myers
Ruthann Resch - President
Becky Smith - Vice President
  
Contact Information
Market Manager
Tracy Simmons
620-343-6555
  
 

                 

  

Read what our Star Market Shoppers have to say about Emporia Farmers Market.

 

 

Every market shopper is a star. Do you want to share your Star Market Shopper status? Stop and visit with us at the market, or send us an image of you with your latest market shopping bag and tell us, what do you love about the Emporia Farmers Market! emporiaFM@gmail.com

 
 Market Sponsors

               

Winter Market & Vision Card Enhancement Sponsor:

The Emil Babinger Charitable Trust

 

Facilities Sponsors:

The City of Emporia

 

Lyon County K-State Research & Extension

 

Elbert Liquor Store

 

Mark II Lumber

 

Media Sponsors:

KVOE

 

The Emporia Gazette

 

The Flint Hills Shopper

 

Community Partner & Event Sponsors:

 

 Country Mart North

 

Community Connections

 

Dirty Kanza Promotions Team

 

  Emporia Subways

 

Emporia Area Local Food Network

 

Flint Hills Music

 

Murphy's Menu

 

Thurston's Plus

BeefFest

PraireLand Partners

  
Helpful Harvesters
               
Janet Brassart  

Emporia Realty Group

Scott & Rhonda Gordon

Ellen Hansen
  
Lyon County Master Gardeners
  

Don & Ruth Wise

 
  
  
  Friends of the Market
Updated! If you have been dropped from the list, it's been a couple of year's since we've seen you! Give me a call! We'd love to have you back!
               
Harold & Naomi Brenzikofer
Ele Browning renewed
Betty Campbell & Margaret
   Davidson renewed
Travis Carmichael
Coffelt Sign Company
Tyler Curtis
Carla R. Davis renewed
John Dougherty
Paul DuToit
Ek Real Estate
Emporia Gardeners of America
renewed
Nancy Garcia
Jon Geitz
Rachel Haag
Becky Hadicke 
Joyce Hanlin (Arizings)
Fannie Harrell
Millard Harrell
Dr. Stephen Haught
Roger Heineken
Brandon & Jessica Hopkins
June Hubert
Bill & Dianne Ihling
Janice Jaggard
Marcia Lawrence
Rachael LeClear
Logan Ave. 4-H Club
Mary McGaw
Regina Murphy
Wanda Myers
Ruthann Resch renewed
Gretchen Russell
Barb Say 
Carol Schoeck
 Mark Schondelmaier
Anna Sharenburg
Mark Sherman
Evie Simmons
Kaman Simmons
Maddie Simmons
Rand Simmons
Becky Smith
Brandi Smith
Rozita Smith
Karen Sommers
Ben & Jessie Stallings
Pam Thuma renewed
Cheryl Unruh
Jesse & Beth Wilson
Casey Woods
Jennifer Youngblood
Barbara Younger

 

and Market Musicians
The Basement Pickers: Tim Fry, Brent Hrabik & Melanie Pritchard
Kenji Bolden
Kendra Briggs
Savanna Chestnut
Sue Claridge
Bob Colladay
ESU College Day Musicians: Christian Luca, Christie Sidartawan, Shunkuan Chang, Kevin Kaiyuan Wu, Mike Atchinson, Luis Sanchez-Arrocha, Korean Student Association, Sage Thurston, and Christina Rabb
Lance Fahy
Tracy Freeze
Bob Haselhun
Matthew Hope 
Dr. Brent Hrabik
Bill Ihling
Matt Kosinski
Jane McCoy
Eric Martin 
Lee C. Muller
Eric Murphy
The Neighborly Brothers
Three Old Men: Ric Garcia, Nick Dikin & Sam Bland
Paige Rhoads
Brandi Smith
Ben Stallings
Fran Stallings
P.J. Stephenson
Glen Woolard
Tony Zouplna
Anton Zouplna, Sr.
Anton Zouplna, III

2 for 1 - Kansas Vision Cardholders     

 

  EBT

EFM is matching dollars again for EBT customers! Remember that you can shop at the market with your Vision card. Visit with a kiosk volunteer for details.

 

Gift of:

The Emil Babinger Charitable Trust

 

  

 

                 

The Emporia Farmers Market fulfills a central role in the community's grand equation, offering a place of fellowship throughout the year, moving produce, producer, and consumer closer to a kindred realm, bridging lives with local growth, local arts, local writers and musicians, creating rhythms of seasons and relationship so well maintained as to seem always new and continuing together.
 
~Wendy Crowley Devilbiss