With Thanksgiving fast approaching the Ferguson Farmers Market would like to thank our hardworking farmers for the bounty they harvest each week of the season.  We are grateful for the many loyal shoppers who frequent our market on a regular basis, and for the new customers who found us, in this our 9th season of the market.  We are greatly appreciate  the crew of  volunteers who give of their time on Saturday’s between 6am and 1pm, for six months of the year!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours from the Ferguson farmers market family.

The first winter market of the season is at St. Stephens Episcopal Church 33 North Clay Avenue  , at  the corner of Darst Road , Ferguson, Mo. 63135.  The winter market is just 4 blocks from the 27 week market.  The Corner Coffee House is on the corner! of Darst Road and  North Florissant Road, across from Shop n Save.

2 1/2 blocks up Darst is the homey brown shingle parish hall where you will find your favorite vendors from the Ferguson market. The  winter market is the 3rd Saturday of every month November – April and runs from 9:00am till 11:30 am.  Hope to see you on  Saturday, Tom and Jerry will be making their famous “made to order” omelettes!!  so come hungry..

The Ferguson Youth Initiative will be collecting new and gently used coats for local school kids, kindergarden through high school. Lets help these great teens collect lots of coats for the needy in our community,  bring your donations along with you to  St. Stephens  “The Vine Winter Market”  on Saturday 11-19.

You will find a link to the winter market on our  facebook page     ” ferguson farmers market”      as well as the flyer for the coat drive.  See you Saturday!!

We wrapped up the 2011 market season on Saturday October 29th, with 45 tents up, and hundreds and hundreds of customers enjoying the last day of our 27 week season.  We thank our local, friendly farmers for providing us with healthy, fresh produce and fruits all year.  The quality and variety of their products , along with their cooking tips, are the heart and soul of the farmers market.  Our market requires that all of the produce and fruits are grown by our vendors, within 120 miles of our market, and that they are picked within 24 hours of the market.  We encourage folks to Get Fresh. Shop Local.

We are grateful to our loyal customers, whose numbers continue to grow each year, and  for the support of our community, and the surrounding towns in the metro area. Customers come from far and wide  to the market, for the superior quality, as they become more and more  interested in healthy eating.  Our thanks to everyone who came regularly, and enjoyed the fun and festivites, along with the farmers!

Between 6am and 1pm each Saturday  a mighty crew of volunteers turns a parking lot  into a farmers market, and then  back into a parking lot again.  There could be no market without our loyal volunteer group, week after week, they are the reason the market runs smoothly.  We have gone from 3 volunteers the first year, to fifteen -  twenty in number this year, and as the market continues to grow, we would love the number of volunteers to grow, as well.

Thanks to everyone who supported the market this season, we’ll see you again  on opening day, May 5th, 2012.