Mike Shaughnessy, “Boiled Peanuts Man”
Shaughnessy got started in the peanut business after he retired. “A friend of mine had a road stand in Summerville so I decided to do the same and started frying them,” he said. For a while, Shaughnessy sold peanuts on the side of the road, but now he’s at the farmers market every Saturday and ships his peanuts all over the United States and Virgin Islands and to Canada.
Lisa Zayton, Normandy Farm and Bakery
A sign on the table of Normandy Farm and Bakery reads, “Good bread is good for you.” And as Zayton describes it, the bread is more than just good. They ground the flour for their breads on Thursday, mix the dough on Friday and bake the bread on Saturday morning at 3 a.m. to be sold in Marion Square. When asked why students should come to the farmers market, Zayton’s response was simply, “They wake and bake so you don’t have to.”
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