Yes, though I’m sad that my regular local food suppliers (Rolling Prairie Farmers Alliance and the Lawrence Farmers Market) are closed for the season, that doesn’t mean local food is at an end. You can catch multiple vendors at the following markets:
- Nov. 22-23, Holiday Open House at Pendleton’s Country Market. The Pendletons will be hosting more than a dozen producers 9 a.m.-5 p.m. at this market the weekend before Thanksgiving. If you’re there on Saturday, you can even get a local turkey from the Clark Family Farm for your holiday feast as well as chestnuts for your dressing (from Chestnut Charlie’s) and pecans for your pie (from River Field Farm). Lots of other good food and crafts will be available, too.
- Dec. 13, the Lawrence Farmers Market‘s holiday market. It’s 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall. So far, no list of vendors. If I come across one, I’ll let you know.
- Year-round. The Community Mercantile and the Casbah Market both make a point of offering local goods for sale.
In addition, you often can buy direct from producers at their farms. You can find some of them at Local Harvest and others on the vendor list of the farmers market. Orchardist Floyd Ott and his helper, for example, were telling customers yesterday that they would still have apples for a while, so give them a call.
Local Harvest, by the way, has listings nationwide. And look for pastured meat producers here and across the country at Eatwild.
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