REGULAR MARKET RETURNS

Snellville Farmers’ Market Summer Farmers’ Market is just around the corner

For some Snellville residents, June 5 just cannot come quickly enough as that date marks the beginning of the 12th summer season of the Snellville Farmers Market!

“I am so excited for the opening of the summer market because the fresh veggies will be abundant, the flowers will be in bloom and the weather will hopefully be beautiful,” said Susan Jordon-Fell, a Snellville resident who rarely misses a market.

The summer market, as in years past, will be held every Saturday morning, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on the Towne Green, June through September. Almost all of the vendors from years past will be returning, including produce vendors TyCo B Farms, Sunshine Farm, Grayson Grown Farms and Georgia Proud Provisions, which sells Pearson Farm peaches and pecans. Richard Presley of Presley’s Farm in Maysville will be back with his locally raised beef, pork, eggs and vegetables. Dan Siegler of Dancin’ Salmon, who proved to be a very popular first-year vendor last year, will be back with smoked salmon and trout as well as Asian salmon cakes. Edward Sezenov of Snellville Honey has been with us since our very first year and will be returning. And our shrimp vendor, who comes from Darien on the Georgia coast, will be with us about once a month, depending on his catch.

A couple vendors will be returning after a year off due to the pandemic, including George High of Cedar Seeder, whose micro greens and smoothies were always a hit among customers. Michael Joseph of MJ’s Vegetables will also be returning after a year off to sell veggies that are common in the Caribbean. Another returning vendor who took some time off last year is Petersen’s Bakery, whose breads and pastries were very popular among customers.

A few new vendors will bring additional products to the market. Vanesa Garofalo of Soap Lily Bath Co. has been with us for the extended season markets and has decided to continue on for the summer season too. Vanesa’s pandemic hobby of creating beautiful handmade soaps has turned into a nice little business for her. Also new to us will be Jimmy Payne of Finkle’s Bake Shop, who will offer doughnuts and babka, both of which will be new baked goods items for the market. And our most unusual new vendor will be Madison Longchamp of Wimberly Farm in Norcross, who will be coming once a month with bagged rabbit manure fertilizer and compost, which should be something our gardening customers will want to check out.

In the meantime, as you wait for June 5 to arrive, don’t forget about our extended season markets on the first and third Saturdays of each month through May, 9 a.m. to noon in the City Hall parking lot. While these markets are smaller than our summer markets, they do offer a wonderful variety of local produce, meats, eggs, honey, baked goods and other products.

-Gretchen Schulz, Market Coordinator, Councilwoman ^^^ Veggies from Presley’s Farm.

^^^ Aldo Ramos of Sunshine Farm.

^^^ Honey gathered from Snellville hives.

^^^ Petersen’s Bakery’s fine offerings.