It's Holiday Time at New Harvest Park

Knox County's New Harvest Park Farmers Market will transform into a Holiday Market beginning this week, moving inside the community building and adding new gift and craft items to the fresh produce and local gourmet foods. Hours for the Holiday Market have been extended; it will be open from 2 until 6 p.m. each Thursday through December 15, excluding Thanksgiving Day.

Several new vendors feature holiday gift and craft items including candles, bird feeders, jewelry, needlecrafts, wind chimes, pottery, and Christmas candies. These, in addition to the fresh produce provided by traditional vendors make the Holiday Market a great place for all your festive meals and gift needs.

In addition, the Holiday Market will be a drop off location for Blankets for the Homeless, a project for Water Angel Ministries. No-sew, fleece blankets will be accepted through December 1 and distributed throughout our community on December 4. The pattern for the tied blankets is available on the New Harvest website, www.knoxcounty.org/farmersmarket.

Local fall produce available this week includes sweet potatoes, several different varieties of squash, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, carrots, turnips, and eggplant. Always available are sweet treats and freshly baked breads, all natural beef products, salsa, and jams and jellies.

New Harvest Farmers Market vendors accept SNAP benefit cards. New Harvest Park is located at 4775 New Harvest Lane, just past the Target shopping center on Washington Pike.

No Sew Fleece Blanket

Last Farmers Market of 2011

Thurs. - Dec. 15
2 p.m. - 6 p.m.
INSIDE the Community Building at New Harvest Park

Register to win a basket of market goodies!
Purchase fresh produce and homemade foods!
Boost the local economy!
Surprise family and friends with unique gifts!

Vendors Include:
Snow Creek Home - Candles and Teas
Melanie Wheeler - Wind Chimes, Book Marks, Jewelry
Sherie's Garden Style Salsa - Salsas, Chow Chow, Jerky
Imagination Baby - Custom Embroidery and More
The Laughing Girl - Ornaments, Jewelry, Knitted and Crocheted Items
Gail Lowery - Essential Oil Soaps
Shirlee's Kitchen - Jams and Jellies
Holden's Nursery - Greens, Carrots, Onions
Kim's Kandies - Homemade Christmas Candies
Hampton Hollow Crafts - Quilted Items, Ornaments, Frames and more
Ann Freestone - Rice Blankets for Arthritis
Becky Hammer - Jewelry
Shalla Church - Cross Stitch
Cherry Lemonds - Knitted Scarves and Head Bands
Bruce Behre - Bird Houses, Bird Feeders, Squirrel Feeders, Walking Sticks
Victoria Nicely - Goat's Milk Soap, Knitted and Crocheted Items
Tanya Magness - Original Artwork

26 Vendors And Counting. . . .

Visit New Harvest Park Farmers Market tomorrow (Thursday) beginning at 2 p.m. and shop for all of your holiday needs! (Outside vendors leave at 5 p.m.; Inside vendors stay til 6 p.m.)

The farmers and food producers are still bringing plenty of fresh, locally-grown food including:

Tomatoes
Beans
Peppers (sweet and hot)
Eggplant
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Carrots
Beets
Sweet Turnips
Watermelon Radishes
Sweet Potatoes
Winter Squash
Lettuce
Kale
Mustard Greens
Bok Choy
Collards
Freshly Baked Goodies including pumpkin rolls, pumpkin bread, cranberry muffins
All Natural Beef (ground beef, steaks, etc.)
All Natural, No-Sugar-Added Salsa (several different kinds)
Beef Jerky
Plants
Jellies and Jams
Teas

The crafters have been working hard, and will offer:

Candles
Air Fresheners
Bath Teas
Jewelry (3 different jewelry vendors to choose from!)
Wind Chimes
Book Marks
On-site Embroidery (Cashmere Scarves with single letter embroidery for only $15.99)
Soaps (3 different vendors offering: All-natural; Essential Oil; Goat's Milk)
Pet Treats
Hand Knitted Items
Hand Crocheted Items
Bird Houses and Bird Feeders
Walking Sticks
Quilts
Cross Stitched Items
Rice Blankets (for arthritis, aching muscles)
Art
Ornaments
Pottery

At this time, our vendors include:

Ann Freestone
Becky Hammer
Bruce Behre
Debbie Reagan
Donna Riddle
Eileen Hampton
Gail Lowery
Grassy Creek Soap
Halford's Farm
Holden's Nursery
Imagination Baby
Jana Graziano
Katrina's Pottery
KB Pet Treats
Laughing Girl
Melanie Wheeler
Mitchell Family Farm
Mountain Meadows Farm
Nicely's Goat's Milk Soap and More
Shalla Church
Sherie's Salsa
Shirley Greenlee
Snow Creek Home Candles and Teas
Theresa West
VG's Bakery

Use Your SNAP/EBT Card at New Harvest Farmers Market

In an effort to make the local, healthy products sold at New Harvest Park Farmers Market available to more people in the community, Knox County will accept SNAP electronic benefit cards beginning Thursday, June 2.

Of the products allowed on the SNAP program, New Harvest Farmers Market carries many, and at least one type in each category. Those categories include breads and cereals; fruits and vegetables; meats, fish and poultry; dairy products; and seeds or plants which produce food for the household.

This week expect to see berries, cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, romaine lettuce, mixed lettuce, kale, mustard greens, Swiss chard, onions, turnips, salsa and bakery items. Other products available at the market include soaps, wind chimes, jewelry, and hand knitted and crocheted items.

The New Harvest Park Farmers Market is open every Thursday, from 3 to 6 p.m., and is located at 2447 New Harvest Boulevard, just past the Target shopping center on Washington Pike. The park features a splash pad, playground, and quarter mile walking trail.