Find fresh produce on Thursday nights soon
Fresh, ripe, locally grown produce will be available during the evening hours, beginning on May 28.
That is when the Aiken County Farmers Market will introduce Thursday Nights at the Farmers Market, during which the market will be open from 4 to 7 p.m.
Jeff Metz, an athletic supervisor with the City of Aiken, said the decision to open the market up on Thursday evenings was made to draw those customers who aren’t able to come out on Saturdays.
Coleen Reed, a member of the Farmers Market Committee, said many of the same local farmers who come out to the market each week will be present on Thursdays, along with their fresh fruits, vegetables and meats.
At the market, shoppers will find “small, local family farmers where the family does 100 percent of the work,” said Reed. “People can look forward to the same quality and the same freshness; many of the same faces will be there and a few extra faces.”
The Aiken County Farmers Market is one of the oldest county farmers’ markets in the state. It is also listed on the Aiken Historic Register.
The market is located on Williamsburg Street, between Park and Richland avenues. It is open Monday through Saturday, from 7 a.m. until the farmers sell out, which is typically around noon, said Metz.
For more information, call 642-7761.
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