Siblings get taste of business with summerlong lemonade stand
Armando and Julia Dunand’s first lemonade stand in June might have made a profit if it hadn’t been for all the overhead.
Their mom, Lisa Dunand, bought a crate of 75 lemons to fuel her children’s effort on Golden Triangle Lemonade Day. That proved too many for one day of sales.
To everything, there is a season: Changing seasons usher in flavors, textures
For those who keep up with what changing seasons mean in the garden and on our plates, the advent of fall can sometimes seem a little bittersweet.
Neighborly collaboration: Friends get creative in sweet and savory ways
Sometimes it’s all about putting your heads together. In this case, three of them. It happened last year when Michael Dodson, an instructor of biology at Mississippi University for Women since 2009, got to chatting with his apartment complex neighbors, Franco and Makie Lopes.
Columbus’ Farmers Market to hold grand opening Saturday
Fans of fresh homegrown produce, baked goods, local crafts and community camaraderie will celebrate the season grand opening of the Hitching Lot Farmers Market from 7-10 a.m. Saturday.
Outside the box: Local market boasts Filipino veggies and tasty treats
Farmers’ market fans are accustomed to seeking out fresh tomatoes, corn, cucumbers, peas and peaches, but community markets often offer our palates an adventure outside the proverbial box as well.
Outreach to orphans gets boost from local lemonade stand
Visitors to the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market in Columbus July 8 encountered some new vendors — 10 or 12 of them, all slight of size and eager to please.
Photos: Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market grand opening
Emma Lopes, 7, helps sell cupcakes she and her family made for the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market grand opening in Columbus on Saturday. Emma is the daughter of Franco and Makie Lopes of Columbus. Emma is from Japan and has been in Columbus for about a year.
Countdown on for Hitching Lot grand opening Saturday
Saturday morning will mark the season grand opening of the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market in Columbus.
Photo: Playing the Market
Marlee Ellinton, 2, comes prepared with her pretty pink princess ukulele and purse during her weekly visit to the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market on Monday.
Opening day: New ‘coffee cafe’ and Sizzling Second Saturdays highlight Farmers’ Market season
In three short days, Columbus’ Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market will be back in business for another prolific growing season.
Market Fresh: As the Hitching Lot prepares for Saturday’s grand opening, Freeze talks beets
Finally, we can all breathe a sign of relief and enjoy this glorious spring, with summer following soon. And, there is no better harbinger of the warm days ahead than the grand opening of the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market on Saturday.
Delta delicious: Tour the ‘Soul of the South’ when Table Talk hosts author of ‘Eat Drink Delta’
For more than three years, on and off, veteran food journalist and Jackson native Susan Puckett delved into the Delta, its history, its communities and, most of all, its food.
Munson, team of teachers design market mural
Visitors will see a new feature on the barn that serves as home base for the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market, which opens Saturday and will run through October.
Rushing returns to Farmers’ Market Saturday
“You can’t just sit around polishing your silverware. You got to get out and bring the kids, ’cause there’s so many cool things to see,” proclaimed Felder Rushing, urging folks to come out to the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market Saturday in Columbus.
Rushing returns to Farmers’ Market Saturday
“You can’t just sit around polishing your silverware. You got to get out and bring the kids, ’cause there’s so many cool things to see,” proclaimed Felder Rushing, urging folks to come out to the Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market Saturday in Columbus.
Table Talk tackles organic farming
Scott Enlow, USDA certified organic farmer and owner of Black Creek Farms, is the June 22 speaker at the Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library and Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market Table Talk series.
Hoping for rain: Crops struggling amid dry spell
Every day, local farmer Scott Enlow walks outside, looks at the sky and hopes to see a hint of gray. Some nights, he thinks he hears distant thunder, and he leaps from his bed to go outside and welcome the blessed rainfall that will nourish his crops. The rain never comes.
Table Talk serves up the buzz on bees
The Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library and Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market present Birney Imes, avid amateur beekeeper and editor/publisher of The Commercial Dispatch, as the featured speaker at the June 15 Table Talk series.
Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market officially opens with homegrown, homemade wares
Eager for the homegrown and homemade, deal-hunters prowled the booths of the freshly opened Hitching Lot Farmers’ Market Saturday in Columbus, picking up everything from pies to “redneck backscratchers.”
Veggie tales ‘n’ sales: Free workshops focus on growing your own, marketing
You’ve thought about it, but weren’t quite sure where to start. You know about the benefits — the freshness, higher nutrient levels, the money to be saved. But growing your own vegetables was always something you might try “someday.”