Farmers market returned for the first time this academic year with new vendors who sold treats and gave free samples on Wednesday.
Freshman child development major Brenda Cortes, said that she found out about the farmers market through advertisements posted around campus, and through the school’s newspaper.
“I think [the farmers market] is great,” Cortes said. “They didn’t have this at my community college, or at least I never seen one there. The best part is that [this farmer’s market] has free samples!”
Adriana Ramos, a junior pre-nursing major, said she saw some people holding fruit and other items near tented vendors, and then immediately realized that the farmers market was on campus.
front porch “The food in general is amazing, and the variety is good too,” Ramos said.
Ramos said that she bought a “dark chocolate sea salt ice cream” that she never saw during last year’s farmers market.
The dark chocolate sea salt ice cream was purchased through ice cream vendor Front Porch Pops. This is the first time that this vendor made an appearance at the event, said Front Porch Pops worker Dylan King.
Front Porch Pops was selling ice cream for the $3 each and offered different flavors such as vanilla, blueberry lemon creamsicle and coconut.
“The ice cream sold here is handmade,” King said. “We focus on all natural ingredients, like fresh fruits from farmers markets and vanilla beans that come from Madagascar. There is no ‘artificial’ anything and no preservatives.”
Bryan Lee, a junior chemical engineering major, said he liked a lot of things from the event, but one thing stood out to him.
“My favorite thing was the handmade ice cream,” Lee said. “It’s delicious.”
Besides ice cream, the farmers market had other items to offer, which includes fresh produce, jewelry, vegan cookies and honey.
Kristin Farrel, the Associated Students Inc. programming board member who is involved with planning the farmers market, said it will take place every other Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The last farmers market of the semester will be Dec. 3, she said.
“Students are encouraged to bring their own reusable bags in order to help the environment,” Farrel said.