Local Growers Guild
Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market
Come for Breakfast; Buy Lunch and Dinner!
Saturdays
9:00 to noon
January 26 - March 29, 2008
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!
The market is OVER for 2008. Thank you for attending!
Please check out the Bloomington Community Farmers' Market (Saturdays at Showers Plaza April-November).
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 events (music, chef demonstrations, etc.) are planned for the market?
5. Where can I park?
6. Who took these fabulous photos of the market?
1. What products are available at the market?
Apples, carrots, sweet onions, acorn squash, brussel sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, sweet potatoes, goat cheese, wheat flour, lavender bundles, sachets, bath & body lotions, creams, live lavender plants (in March),salad mix, mustard greens, arugula, radishes, kale, asian greens, collards, beets, turnips, scallions, alpaca yarn, alpaca wool, fruit pies, pecan pies, sweet breads, mead (honey wine), leaf lettuce, chard, garlic, white wine, red wine, fruit wine, sausages, Black Angus beef (steaks, roasts, burger), potatoes, herbs, carrots, celery, beets, houseplants, cacti, wheatgrass, perennial seed, flowering bulbs, barbecue sauce, honey, beeswax candles, bee pollen, honey sauces/dressings, mushrooms, pasta sauce, mushroom patties, ravioli, dried culinary herbs, tea, medicinal herb plants, salves, herb vinegars, dried wreaths, swags, micro-greens, fresh flowers, potted plants, tamales, baked goods, pastured heritage pork, grassfed beef, grassfed lamb, handcrafted chocolates, pastries, cakes, roasted fair trade coffee beans (ground or whole), hot coffee, beverages, baked goods, and more.
2. Who are the participating vendors (2008)?
Wild Alaska Salmon Company
Stout's Melody Acres
Red Rosa Farm
Olde Lane Orchard
New Day Meadery
Meadowlark Farm
Mallow Run Winery
Loveland Farms
Lost Pond Farm
Linnea's Greenhouse
Limstone Grille/Tad Delay
Hunter's Honey Farm
Homestead Growers
Hobbit Gardens/Erth Gatherings
Heartland Family Farm
Harvest Moon Flower Farm
Harvest Lodge Catering
Fiedler Family Farms
Ewenique Icelandic Sheep Farm
DK Produce
Capriole
BLU Boy Chocolate Cafe and Cakery
Bloomington Coffee Roasters
Bloomingfoods
Our vendors come from between five and one hundred miles away to sell at the market, with the exception of our guest vendor Wild Alaska Salmon Company. About two-thirds of of the vendors will be present every week. Most of the remaining vendors will be attending the market for 5 weeks. A few vendors will have cameo roles. Ask your favorite vendors for their schedules if you're curious.
3. 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 farmer's market in Bloomington from January through November! The Bloomington Winter Farmers' Market also features live music and chef's demonstrations. It's a cozy place to be on a cold Saturday morning.
4. What events (music, chef demonstrations, etc.) are planned for the market?
Chef Demonstrations:
February 16 - Chef Dave Tallent (Restaurant Tallent)
TBD - Chef Daniel Orr (FARM Bloomington)
TBD - Chef Jeff Finch (Trulli Flatbread) TBD - Chef "Rags" Raggo (Nick's English Hut)
Live Music:
January 26th- 9:15-11:30- Tom Sparks and Dan Willens: Irish fiddle and guitar
February 2nd- 9:15-11:30- Steve Sobiech: Jazz guitar and Chapman stick
February 9th- 9:15-10:15- Jason Fickel, folk blues and slide guitar
10:30-11:30- Sam Bartlett and Claudio Buchwald: Old Time Music
February 16th- 9:15-10:15 James Yang, traditional Chinese Erhu Music
10:30-11:30- Deborah Justice, hammer dulcimer February 23rd- 9:15-11:30- The Culchies: Celtic instrumentals
March 1st- 9:15-10:15- Malik McClosky: piano tunes
10:30-11:30- Jordan Enzinger- classical cello
March 8th- 9:15-11:30- Hoosier Hotcakes (Mitch and Eileen Rice): Roots guitar and ukulele music
March 15th- 9:15-11:30- The Unravelers: Irish music
March 22nd- 9:15-11:30- Curtis Cantwell Jackson: Singer/songwriter
March 29th- 9:15-11:30- Striking Pair (Torstrick and Williams): Dulcimer, guitar and fiddle
These musical activities are made possible through support from the Bloomington Community Arts Commission and the City of Bloomington.
5. Where can I park?
The Harmony School parking lot is available (please only use 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.
6. Who took these fabulous photos of the market?
Special thanks to Steve Wallace for his great photographs of last year's market! To see the complete collection, check out his online gallery. We are looking forward to seeing him in action again this year!