{"id":107,"date":"2007-09-25T13:46:31","date_gmt":"2007-09-25T18:46:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/?p=107"},"modified":"2007-09-25T13:46:31","modified_gmt":"2007-09-25T18:46:31","slug":"carlisle-farmers-markets-boasts-rich-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/2007\/09\/25\/carlisle-farmers-markets-boasts-rich-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Carlisle Farmers Markets Boasts Rich History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/files\/farm-market.gif\" title=\"farm-market.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/files\/farm-market.gif\" alt=\"farm-market.gif\" \/><\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/files\/farm-market.gif\" alt=\"farm-market.gif\" align=\"right\" \/>One of the joys of living in Carlisle has always been the ability to buy fresh produce from local farmers markets.\u00a0\u00a0 The markets date back\u00a0earlier then the 1900&#8217;s\u00a0and have been providing fresh produce to\u00a0the Carlisle community and others nearby for many years.\u00a0 A\u00a0Dickinson student in\u00a01901, Edwin F. Hann, in a paper for Sociology class [Housed at the Special Collections Library, Dickinson College] discussed the local markets in Carlisle: &#8220;The good natured farmer man, the jolly farmer wife, the bashful farmer boy, and others are all merchants at this famous Carlisle market; rich man, poor man, doctor, lawyer, merchant, chief, are all buyers at this famous Carlisle market.&#8221;\u00a0 Over one hundred years after the writing of this paper, the markets continue to make strides and grow.<\/p>\n<p>The Carlisle Central Farmers Market recently opened in mid-September with a potential for further growth.\u00a0 &#8220;We&#8217;d like to improve downtown Carlisle and provide organic food in walking distance,&#8221; said Jason Fortney, who sold organic produce with CCFM board member Nancy Grim.\u00a0 The need for local fresh produce is still highyl apparent in the community.\u00a0 &#8220;I want it to succeed.\u00a0 I dont have my garden anymore, and\u00a0I still want fresh things,&#8221; said\u00a0local\u00a0Carlisle resident Mary Harter.\u00a0\u00a0In an era of &#8220;big box&#8221; companies, the local farmers markets of Carlisle continue to support the economy of the town\u00a0and provide the community with fresh produce.<\/p>\n<p>-G.M.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Special Collections library at Dickinson College<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <em>The Sentinel, Carlisle, PA, Sunday, September 16, 2007\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.downtowncarlisle.org\/FarmersMarket\/tabid\/61\/Default.aspx\" title=\"Linking disabled in editor\"><strong><font>www.downtowncarlisle.org\/&#8230;\/61\/Default.aspx<\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the joys of living in Carlisle has always been the ability to buy fresh produce from local farmers markets.\u00a0\u00a0 The markets date back\u00a0earlier then the 1900&#8217;s\u00a0and have been providing fresh produce to\u00a0the Carlisle community and others nearby for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/2007\/09\/25\/carlisle-farmers-markets-boasts-rich-history\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/carlislehistory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}