Madison County Farmers Market Comes Alive!!

Last fall Al West, Executive Director of FORGE, approached the Huntsville City Council requesting permission to restart the then defunct farmers market. With the blessing of the city fathers, West began working with the City Clerk and the city's Revitalization committee. From that small beginning, a working group of growers emerged willing to begin this new market.

Fast forward a few months and you find that the Madison County Farmers Market is underway with three growers. Armed with a $2,000 grant, the producers begin advertising and passing the word out about the new market. A start-up board is organized and work begins on incorporating the farmers market.

Today, the market has signed on ten producers and/or craft makers from the surrounding countryside. Already a local group of buyers are frequenting the market every Tuesday morning enjoying meeting with friends and looking over and buying the fresh produce, plants and locally made handicrafts.

A farmers market is a good example of the community development work FORGE is doing in several Ozark communities.

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