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4A I DAWSON COUNTY NEWS I dawsonnews.com
Wednesday, May 9,2018
Amicalola Regional Farmers Market now open
Photos by Jessica Brown Dawson County News
Left, brothers Bennett Clark, 13, and Franklin Clark,
10, of Ridgeview Farm in Dawsonville were excited
to bring their organic and pesticide-free produce to
the farmers market May 4. Above, Gary Johnson,
who has been farming for 15 years, was selling var
ious herbs, tomato plants, peppers and eggs at the
first farmers market of 2018.
By Jessica Brown
jbrown@dawsonnews.com
The Amicalola
Regional Farmers Market
opened for its second sea
son May 4, offering
locals a chance to buy
fresh produce, honey and
handmade products.
Many familiar faces
made their way to
Veterans Memorial Park
to set up shop, displaying
richly colored cabbages
and tomato plants.
Gary Johnson, who has
been farming for 15
years, was excited to be
back for the second year.
He had several different
tomato plants, peppers
and herbs ready to go
home to be planted in
someone’s gardens. He
even had fresh eggs from
his chickens.
Tim Evans sat back in
the shade and offered
samples of his homemade
honey.
“I wish I had more. I’m
almost out,” said Evans,
who had a rough honey
bee season this year.
Evans, who normally
has somewhere in the
ballpark of 225 bee hives,
only had 50 this year
because of the cold
weather and windy days
keeping the bees away.
Evans Farm has two
selection of honey to
enjoy: Tim’s and his wife,
Cindy’s.
“I’m trying to get her
more involved but she’s
gone to making soaps and
lotions,” said Evans.
At another booth were
the young entrepreneurial
Clark brothers Bennett,
13, and Franklin, 10, who
have been selling their
organic produce for two
years.
Bennett began helping
out around his family’s
Ridgeview Farm when he
was five years old and
quickly started taking an
interest in cultivating his
own garden.
Now with 80 plants and
his own natural pesticide,
Bennett and his brother
Franklin can sell toma
toes, peppers, cucumbers,
squash, lettuce and broc
coli.
Also in the produce
game were market ven
dors from Presley’s Farm,
a family operated farm in
Maysville that is run by
brothers Lamar, Richard
and Larry.
Richard Presley came
out to the annual farmers
market last year, but this
year his brother Lamar
took the reins. The
Presleys have been oper
ating the family farm for
50 years, most of Lamar
Presley’s life.
“We got onions, broc
coli, cabbage, lettuce,
potatoes and kale,” said
Lamar Presley. “I do beef
and pork also.”
A newcomer to the
farmers market was
Caitlyn Shelby of Dog
Mom Studios, a Georgia
Southern student selling
her artwork during the
summer while she’s home
from college.
“I’ve always been into
arts since I was little,”
Shelby said.
Shelby has been paint
ing animals for a year and
started her side business
as a way to get out and
about during her time off.
She paints farm animals
and pets, and those inter
ested in pet portraits can
commission her to paint
their four-legged family
members.
Tracy Barrett of
Speckled Red Farm was
selling goats milk soap,
an all-natural handmade
soap that is perfect for
sensitive skin.
“I have a special needs
daughter so I’m real care
ful with what I use
around her,” Barrett said.
Barrett has been mak
ing goat’s milk soap for
the past four years after
she began looking for all
natural products to use in
her household. She also
has four dairy goats and
needed a way to use up
some of their milk.
More farmers will be
making their way to the
market throughout the
summer until the market
closes in the fall. Visitors
can expect to find fresh
organic produce, tomato
plants, handmade soaps
and lotions and much
more.
The Amicalola
Regional Farmers Market
is open Fridays from 3:30
p.m. to 7 p.m. at Veterans
Memorial Park.
DAWSON COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
MAY MEETING NOTICE
Our regularly scheduled meeting will be
held Tuesday, May 15, at Bowen Center for
The Arts, 334 Hwy 9, Dawsonville, located
next to Dawson County Junior High. With
the primary election only days out and early voting now under
way, it is important for you to get the latest information on
candidates this year. Buzz Brockway, candidate for Secretary of
State, will be speaking and with the late flurry of campaigning
there may be others who want to meet you. Doors open at 6:30
with light snacks provided and the meeting will begin at 7:00.
We will proudly recognize some of our Dawson County High
School seniors, including our Dawson County Republican Party
Scholarship winners, so this will be a very special meeting.
Make your plans now to attend and, of course, remember that
we need to continue doing our best to...
KEEP MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN
For any questions or further information please contact Dawson County Republican Party
Chairman, Bill Minor, at williamminorl945(S>gmail.com
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