Alton Brown and the Marietta Square Farmers Market
Have you been to the Marietta Square Farmers Market yet? If you haven’t you’re missing out. Marietta’s own Alton Brown was featured in USA Today recently and talked about the treasure we have on the Marietta Square once a month. When asked by USA TODAY’s Jerry Shriver, ‘What are the best or most unusual aspects of your local farmers’ market?’
The top Food Network TV culinary star replied…”Mine is in Marietta, Ga., on the town square, and it’s held on Saturday mornings. It has folding tables, cash boxes — as homespun as it gets. I like to take my daughter there so that she can learn what seasonality looks like.”
“The Marietta Square Farmers Market features a massive array of heirloom tomatoes and a lot of squashes people may not have seen before,” Brown told the USA Today. “75 percent of the produce is grown from within 10 miles, and the rest within 50 miles.”
Marietta is home to many beekeepers, so the farmers market features many regional honeys, Brown told the USA Today.
“A lot of local bakeries are represented at the market,” Brown told the USA Today. “Bakeries are realizing that exposure at the farmers market is a great point of advertising for sales.”
About Alton Brown
As a result of a professional background that includes training at the New England Culinary Institute, Brown has become one of the most popular and informative hosts on the Food Network. His latest series, Feasting on Waves, makes its debut this month (Sundays, 10 p.m. ET/PT).
About the Marietta Square Farmers Market
The Marietta Square Farmers Market has an average of 48 vendors and hundreds of customers each week. Customers have lots of variety to choose from including heirloom tomatoes, fruits and vegetables that are rarely, if ever, available from the grocery store. The farmers Market has staples including potatoes, onions, tomatoes, squash, beans, flower arrangements, local honey, herbal soaps, whole grain breads, fudge, pies, jelly, jam and preserves. Customers can also take home many live garden, yard and culinary herb plants and fresh-squeezed lemonade.
“The offerings aren’t shocking, but nice — 75% of the produce is grown from within 10 miles, and the rest within 50 miles. Right now, our market features a massive array of heirloom tomatoes and a lot of squashes people may not have seen before. We have a lot of beekeepers here, so you find a lot of regional honeys. And we have a lot of local bakeries represented. Artisanal bakeries are realizing that exposure at the farmer’s market is a great point of advertising for sales.”
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