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News ARCHIVES
- Oct 20, 2008
- MARKET KEEPS GOING
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Ranald MacFarlane
says the farmer's market has kept him
in the pig business.
MacFarlane and his wife Melanie
offer "Pleasant Pork" at the Spring
Street Farmer's Market in
Summerside Saturdays.
"I'm getting a little bit more markup
and I don't have to drive all over
creation to sell it," MacFarlane said
in a telephone interview.
The Fernwood dairy farmer, who sells
pork as a sideline, says the cost of
raising pork has gone through the
roof. But he's happy if he can sell a
pig or more each week at the market,
noting he can use what's left over in
boxed pork from his farm.
MacFarlane plans to keeping selling
at the market all winter.
"If we were to stop being there," he
said, "we'd have to start all over again
come springtime."
Market manager Gerry Reichheld
estimated close to 1,000 people
visited the market peak Saturdays this
past summer, adding it's likely half
that many now.
"I don't think there'll be any problem
at all going until Christmas,"
Reichheld said, explaining they'll
reevaluate after the holidays.
The market now has about 30 vendors
and a waiting list.
Reichheld said colder weather means
less produce, but the market will still
offer items like potatoes and carrots,
breakfast and lunch, baked goods,
meat and crafts.
Reichheld explained while there's a
waiting list, an aspiring vendor with
something unique to sell could
potentially jump the queue.
MacFarlane has found the market
attracts more customers from outside
than in the city, but he expects it to
grow.
"A lot of people in Summerside
haven't discovered it yet, or they
haven't been able to fit it into their
schedule."
Gail Curran, owner of Peeks and
Perks Café, operates her business at
the market Saturdays instead of
opening her own place downtown.
She sells espressos, lattes, lunch and
baked items at the market.
Curran also plans to stay the winter.
"It's going to depend on the local
support," she said. "That's your bread
and butter."
The market operates 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
in the basement of the Holman
Building. For more information, call
Reichheld at 854-2353.
Andrew and Janet Richardson of Déjà Brew serve organic fairly-traded coffee every week at the Spring Street
Farmer's Market in Summerside.
