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VOL. 97 | ISSUE 154
Loc al | Fresh Foods
Farmer’s market to bring local produce to Square By Amanda Wilkinson @akaywilkinson Within an hour of the sun rising, as many as 25 vendors are setting up booths to sell their fresh fruits, vegetables, flowers and baked goods. The Charleston Farmer’s Market has been set around the Courthouse Square for more than 30 years, Mike Knoop said. Knoop, the owner of Roc’s Blackfront Restaurant and Lounge and the market’s manager, said he first got involved with the market because his business is near the Square. The market was started by a group of merchants, and it has become an institution in Charleston, Knoop said. “The market’s very special. It’s a gathering place for many in the community who come up here on Wednesday mornings to have a cup of coffee, do their shopping, sit down and tell some stories,” he said. The Charleston Farmer’s Market will start at 7 a.m. every Wednesday until October, weather permitting. Dano Reible, the owner of Jackson Avenue Coffee, also participates in the market by supplying free coffee. “The farmer’s market has a real strong community presence so we like to be there,” he said. “I’ll hang out there and talk to people a little bit and then try our coffee. They find out we have other things and come over to the JAC.” MARKET, page 5
Fae Wendle, an employee at Eddie Beck Farms in Oakland, transplants a small oriental cabbage plant into a larger planter Tuesday. Mike Beck, owner of Eddie Beck Farms, sells produce such as tomatoes, cucumbers and asparagus at the Charleston Farmer’s Market.
Fae Wendle, an employee at Eddie Beck Farms in Oakland, moves oriental cabbage plants into a planter.
Mike Beck said he sells many individual plants to students or community members with small apartments. Tomato and herbs are great inside plants and only need sunlight through a window, he said.
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Mike Beck, owner of Eddie Beck Farms, said not many people know that sweet potatoes start with a plant. Beck plants and sells three different kinds of sweet potato – Georgia Jet, Beauregard and Dianne.