FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE AND MORE! Peaches, Melons, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Blueberries, New Potatoes, Fresh Herbs, Fresh Cut Flowers, Squash, Peppers, Cucumber, Farm Eggs, Corn, Onions, Pasta Sauce, Salsa, Capanata, Fresh Pies, Cakes & Cookies, Hummus, Pimento Cheese, Fresh Baked Breads & Rolls, Cinnamon Rolls, Boiled Peanuts, & Other Specialty Foods, Woodwork, Deco Gourds, Birdhouses, Order Grass-Fed Beef & Lamb, Local Honey, Pine Needle Baskets, Painted Windows, Quilts, Textiles, Fishing Flies, Baby Items, Garden Plants, Jams, Pickles, Relishes, Peanut Brittle, Garden Art, Pottery, Handcrafted Jewelry, Fragrant Soaps, Candles, Art, and more! Bring the kids! Custom Roasted Market Coffee by the pound!  Live music this week by BABY JAN SMITH!

The Mississippi Farmers Market & The Greater Belhaven Market – Together have been chosen as the “Best Farmers Market in Mississippi” by Mississippi Magazine.  Stop by, check us out and see why!

CHARITABLE CONTRIBUTION OPPORTUNITY – Please help support our community music culture.  Live music has always been an important and popular element of our Market each week. Regular musicians all live in the Greater Belhaven Historic District and make their living primarily by performing locally and molding 'young' musicians by way of formal instruction. Guests enjoy shopping while listening to original blues tunes, bluegrass, strings, and folk medleys. You can help continue this tradition by making a CHARITABLE DONATION to the Greater Belhaven Neighborhood Foundation, designating your tax deductible gift to 'Market Music'. Donations may be mailed to 954 E. Fortification Street, Jackson, MS 39202.

MARKET LOCATION: The Mississippi Farmers Market is located at 929 High Street, adjacent to the Fairgrounds. Market hours are currently Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8am to 2pm. (See Market Notes below for more information.) MARKET GRILL – The Market Grill is open this and every Saturday (weekdays, too!) serving breakfast beginning at 7am. Also hot plate lunches, best hamburger in town, po-boys, assorted other sandwiches and all the trimmings.

COOPER VINEYARDS is back this season and offering squash,  peppers, melons, blueberries, tomatoes, cucumber, potatoes, corn, and other fresh vegetables!  Tim Cooper’s muscadine vineyard is one of the largest fresh market vineyards in the state. He steadily supplies the market with fresh veggies, berries and muscadines when in season.

RIC SHAFER OF DOLLY FARMS will be back at the Market this week with Ric’s famous fresh cut mixed flower bouquets!  Stop by early for cucumbers, okra and squash.  Check out his peacock feathers, too.

PARKER’S PRODUCE - Located in Smith County, Joe Parker and family bring a variety of mixed vegetables and local honey.

BOBKAT FARMS - Bob and Kathy will be at the Market this week and offering new fresh cucumber salad and salsa, along with their incredible pasta sauce!  Other offerings include fresh produce, farm fresh eggs, fresh herbs – oregano, thyme and mint.  Also pickled products and boiled peanuts.

FLOURS BY CHRIS will be featuring her luscious flavored pound cakes.  Pick one up to take home.  Yum!  Other offerings this week include a vast variety of her other fresh baked goodies!  Offerings vary from week to week and include: Fresh baked breads such as Cheese, Jalapeno and Herb.  Dessert rolls such as Cinnamon and Cream Cheese.  Try her Crispy Breads for dips and spreads! Christine is happy to take custom orders, too!

BETTY'S GOURMET DELIGHTS – Ms. Betty is back! Stop by for a sample of her wide variety of goodies.  She will be bringing her Eggplant & Artichoke Capanota, Sicilian Tomato Sauce with Anise & Mushrooms, Apple Cider BBQ Sauce, and many other specialty items. Get there early before she sells out! For a list of items and prices, visit www.bettysgourmetdelights.com.

MARY ANN GALLE will be bringing pottery, plants, paintings, cards, bookmarks and assorted crafts that vary with the seasons. Check out her new Yard Art and ask about private art lessons.  Each week Mary Anne designates an area in her space for art demos and hands-on participation for children and adults too. She enjoys promoting local farmers, artists and crafts people by encouraging the young folk to explore items for sale at our Market.  She also enjoys snapping fun Market photos, which appear from time to time in What’s Fresh and on the Market Photo Gallery website (link found below).

CLAUDE JONES - Known for his pickled squash, Claude and family work tirelessly to provide an assortment of jams, jellies, cakes, pies, cookies, breads, pickles and more. He takes special orders too!

MS BEES will be at the Market this week with their local honey and a wonderful selection of products using this sweet local delicacy.  Offerings include candles, lip balm, creamed honey and flavored honey for your favorite cup of tea.

APRIL SHOWERS SOAPS offers handmade natural soaps, full of nature's goodness, for your cleansing, comfort and pleasure.

PEARSON CERAMICS returns this week and Ineke will be offering silk pillows made from vintage Japanese obis. Ineke will also have other handcrafted items, including her ceramic creations. Roger, a member of The Craftsmen’s Guild of Mississippi, will have a large assortment hand tied fishing flies.  Check out the ones he has arranged in shadow box frames.  Pick up this month’s edition of Portico and read more about Rogers and his passion for fishing flies.  He was also featured in the April 2010 edition of Today in Mississippi.

COOK’S BASKETS – Mr. and Mrs. Cook have recently won two blue ribbons for their Pine Needle Baskets. Watch as Mr. Cook weaves the foliage of our states most recognizable tree into beautiful pieces of art.

THE BIRDHOUSE MAN will be back Saturday with awesome bird houses of all types and sizes ready to be hung.  These houses make great gifts and a wonderful addition to your summer gardens.

COVERINGS FOR BABY will be at the market this week with unique and adorable bibs, burps, taggie blankets, pacie holders, “taggie pillows” and baby pillows.  Come join us!

BARTRAN FARM - The Bartran’s farm is in Smith County. They grow a great variety of vegetables and work hard to provide you with a safe and healthy product.

GIFTS FROM THE HIVE will be at the Market this week bringing local honey from their hives and an assortment of beeswax products. Stop by to see their beeswax candles, lotion bars, body cream and lip balm. Gift sets available, too.

CAROL THRASHER will be on hand this week with her handcrafted quilts in various themes, sizes and colors.

DR. BENET’ LUCHION - Always at the Market. Look for Dr. Luchion to be dressed sharp and always wearing a smile. He brings herbs and various plants to the Market.

VICKIE GILBERT has been busy and has all new paintings this spring.  Flowers, New Orleans, horses, old west themes, teddy bears and roosters!  All are unique and different with bright, shiny colors.

HUMMUS QUEEN - Ms. Pattie is known for her hummus varieties. She will bring a smile to your face and hug around your neck. Her hummus is quite the treat. Her pimento cheese is unbelievably low fat and tasty, too. Don’t forget about her other goodies: kumback dressing, trail mixes and vegan soups. Also available are delicious basil pesto and salsa verde. All of her offerings are Gluten-Free!

BK2NATUR will be bringing a variety of Homemade & Handcrafted Luxury Bar Soaps - from an old recipe, which has been handed down in her family for generations. Created without preservatives or additives. Luxurious, enchanting, decadent soaps made with skin - loving ingredients ... totally from scratch! No short-cuts! No pre-manufactured bases! The scents are divine; you will want several!

LIVINGSTON SPRINGS FARM will be on hand to share how to place orders for shares of free range and grass fed beef and lamb.  Lisa will have a limited supply of fresh eggs from free range, pasture fedchickens. Their Belted Galloway Cattle and Katahdin Sheep are rotationally grazed on pastures throughout the year to ensure fresh nutritional grasses, which are free from herbicides and pesticides. Animals are never given hormonesor antibiotics and are treatedwith gentleness and respect.  Visit their website at www.livingstonspringsfarm.com

GOODMAN FARM - Mr. Jerry, known to many as “HONEY BEAR” will make your taste buds tingle when you try his local honey. A Rankin County native, Jerry provides the market patrons with great veggies as well.

HOPE FRUIT AND BERRY FARM will be at the Market this Saturday with fresh blueberries and jams in assorted flavors – strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, peach.

NICE GLASS BY LIZZ - Unique & affordable, these hand-made glass pendants come in a variety of bright modern graphics. New designs are premiered weekly and make great little "happys" perfect for any occasion.  Can't get to the market?  Go to her etsy shop at: www.etsy.com/shop/NiceGlassbyLizz andcheck out new designs on the "Nice Glass by Lizz" facebook page too!

SUZANNA MCMAHAN makes jewelry from many materials, specializing in wire and vintage objects.  She is also well known for taking costume jewelry from an older generation and making it into contemporary jewelry for the current generation.  She accepts custom orders for any occasion, repairs and gift certificates are also available.  You can see her work at suzannamcmahan.com.

DENT FARM - Farming Cooperative. This group of farmers work together to bring the very best produce they have to bring to the Market. Ms. Brown will greet you with a smile and charm you while you shop.

WINDHAM’S WOODWORKS will have items handcrafted from a variety of wood species. Incredible large salad bowls, huge new selection of peppermills, sets for grinding salt and pepper, salad servers along with wooden cooking spoons, cutting boards (small and large), bread knives and other woodturnings. Steve has a newly designed website and online store. For more information, visit www.windhamswoodworks.com.

THOMPSON FARMS will return with their handcrafted gourd art. Get ready for the fall season with their gourd Jack O' Lanterns!  They will also have gourd bowls, baskets, bird houses, and unique gourd pendants.

slm CREATIONS will be at the Market this week with artisan handcrafted jewelry made of sterling silver with precious and semi-precious gemstone. Sherice will also have a new collection of children’s jewelry.

DUPREE FARM – is back this season with a wide variety of MS produce.

ABBOTT JEWELRY - The Abbott family offers handcrafted jewelry including necklaces, earrings, cell phone charms, Nintendo DS charms, wine glass charms, wine bottle toppers and children’s jewelry including the popular bottle cap chokers for girls. They incorporate semi-precious stones also such as jasper, turquoise, coral and mother of pearl.  Each piece comes with a special organza bag to make that gift giving easier for you.  Hilda and her family would be happy to take your custom order to make something special for any occasion.

DCZ BEADS & DESIGNS - Marek & Shelagh invite you to enjoy their lovely jewelry collection at the Market. This is a great opportunity for you to find exquisite, handmade personal gifts for you and your loved ones. Choose from earrings, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, hair combs and more all made out of unique, authentic hand-blown Czech glass beads. They will have all their beads on site to create one of a kind personal designs just for you. www.dczbeads.com

CLEO ROGERS will be on hand this week with her famous caramel cakes, pies, cupcakes and her unique salsa. Stop by for a chat with Cleo – she loves to share samples of her delicious baked goods and salsa!

CATHY PARISI will be back this week with a fun selection her artwork.  This talented artist produces a wide variety of pieces, including chair art, custom frames and metal work.  Mediums include acrylic, watercolor and metal.  She also incorporates photography into her creations.

ERIC ATES - Melons Melons Melons! The Ates are hard at work growing the sweetest watermelons and cantaloupes. Swing by and chat with this family operation.

CLA, INC. will be back at the Market this Saturday with lovely painted vases.  They are perfect for Market fresh cut flowers.  Check out their whimsical handcrafted jewelry, too.

PENDANTS BY AMY is a new vendor this year.  Stop by and check out her colorful and fun alphabet pendants.  All are cleverly handcrafted and make great gifts for all ages.  Sharing space with Molly Kyzar.

MOLLY KYZAR - will be back this week with new colorful, whimsical art. Her summer creations include ceiling fan pulls, wind-chimes, copper flowers and garden art.  Brand new are sun catchers - “Sunny Threads” and “Guppies on a Log”. If you would like to contact Molly for questions or commission inquiries, you can email her at moozart1@yahoo.com.  Sharing space with Pendants by Amy.

DEBI COX will be back at the market this week with lots of beautiful new jewelry, including the popular silicon watches (like Sandra Bullock wore in "The Blind Side") in lots of colors and styles.  Be sure to stop by for that perfect gift or maybe just something special just for you.

DEAF MAMA DESIGNS & QUILTS BY ANN will have her quilts of many colors - Wall hangings, folk art, and different sized bed quilts, including baby quilts.  Kristy is the daughter of our much loved vendor, Barbara Ann Johnson.  Kristy will have a selection of her mother’s lovely quilts, as well as creations of her own.

RACHEL MATTHEWS will be at the Market this Saturday with creative and fun purses crafted from old blue jeans.

See You at The Market!