Local Growers Guild
2009 Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market Archive
Come for Breakfast; Buy Lunch and Dinner!
Saturdays
9:00 to noon
January 24 through March 28, 2009
Harmony School Gymnasium
2nd and Woodlawn.
Click here for a map
The Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market is a great opportunity to buy directly from local growers during the winter months. Our cozy indoor market also features live music, chef demonstrations, and a wonderful community. Join us for breakfast and buy local produce, meats, baked goods, dairy, and more!
Frequently asked questions:
1. What products are available at the market? 
2. Who are the participating vendors? 
3. How did the market get started?
4. What is the schedule for live music?
5. Where can I park?
6. Who took these fabulous photos of the market?
1. What products are available at the market?
Produce: asian greens, beets, micro-greens, lettuce, chard, spinach, kale, winter squash, sweet potatoes, potatoes, mushrooms, radishes, scallions, cabbage, broccoli, pea shoots, carrots, arugula, onions, fresh & dried herbs, tomatoes, green garlic, garlic, apples, wheatgrass, mustard greens, rapini, baby turnips, collard greens, brussels sprouts and watercress
Meat & Fish: chicken, turkey, lamb, beef, pork, lardo, pepperoni, lox and salmon
Dairy: chicken & duck eggs, goat & cow cheese
Value-added products: pasta sauce, ketchup, barbeque sauce, hot sauce, salsa, jams & jellies, herb vinegars, locally-roasted fair trade coffee beans, whole wheat flour
Prepared foods: fruit bars, ravioli, mushroom patties, frozen soups, granola, hummus, lentil spread, granola bars, oven-roasted chickpeas, frozen tamales, artisan marshmallows
Hot foods: tamales, fresh baked goods, soup, hot coffee, expresso
Other farm products: honey, fresh & dried flowers, house plants, beeswax candles, beeswax skin products, bee pollen, herbal salves, medicinal herbs, heirloom seeds, wreaths, teas, soaps, luffa sponges, alpaca yarn and wool
2. Who are the participating vendors?
Bloomingfoods
Brown County Coffee/Bloomington Coffee Roasters
Capriole
DK Produce
Earth Drops
Feel Good Foods
Fiedler Family Farm
Fuller Hill Farm
Harvest Lodge Catering
Harvest Moon Flower Farm
Heartland Family Farm
Hobbit Gardens
Homestead Growers/Local Folks Foods
Hunter's Honey Farm
Lemley's Catering
Linnea's Greenhouse
Lost Pond Farm
Meadowlark Farm
Melvin Reeves
Olde Lane Orchard
Pumpkins & Poseys
Red Rosa Farm
Schacht Farm
Stout's Melody Acres
Sunset Acres
Traders Point Creamery
Wild Alaska Salmon
3. What is the schedule for live music at the market?
January 24: 9:30-10:30 am-- Hoosier Hotcakes: Roots guitar & ukelele
10:30-12 noon-- Pablo VanWoerkom, Helber Dussan, Geoff Chirgwin: Latin American
January 31: 9:30-10:30 am-- Eric Schedler & Thomas Smith: American, Irish & Canadian tunes on guitar & accordion
February 7: 9:30-12:00 noon-- Gan Ainm: Celtic
February 14: 9:30-10:00 am-- Hoosier Hotcakes: Roots guitar & ukelele 
11:00-12 noon-- Tom Yeiser & Cullen Strawn: Old-Time fiddle & banjo
February 21: 9:00-10:30 am-- Sam Bartlett & Claudio Buchwald: Old-Time fiddle & banjo
10:30 am-12 noon-- Pickin' Friends: Fiddle & banjo
February 28: 9:00-10:30 am-- Jason Fickel: Blues & Slide Guitar
10:30 am-12 noon-- Striking Pair: Hammer dulcimer, guitar & fiddle
4. How did the market get started?
The Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market was started by Slow Food Bloomington in 2004 and has been run by the Local Growers Guild since 2007. We are excited to be one of the only farmer-run markets in Indiana as well as one of only a few winter markets. It is now possible to attend a farmers' market in Bloomington from January through November! The Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market also features live music and chef demonstrations. It is a cozy place to be on a cold Saturday morning.
5. Where can I park?
The Harmony School parking lot is available (please use only designated spaces). Street parking is also legal and free on Saturdays. And just over a block away is the Atwater Parking Garage (entrance is off Woodlawn), which is also free on Saturdays.
For a look at last year's market, please see our BWFM archive.
6. Who took these fabulous photos of the market?
These photos were taken by David Snodgress of the Herald-Times and Mark Richardson. A special thank you to both of you and to the Herald-Times!
For more information, please contact Jessica Williams, Market Master at wintermarket@localgrowers.org.