A new farmer’s market, Fresh Fridays Market, recently opened in Charlotte, a welcome addition to those looking for fresh, local food.
“It’s really important to help get the word out in regards to being healthy, eating healthy and using our local producers,” says Heather Keenan who helped found the market. Keenan worked with Charlotte doctor Lisa Knowles to open the market.
The market first opened in July and will run through October.
“We had a great turnout and a lot of people are interested,” she says about the early success of the market. “We have a lot of good vendors and I think we can’t help but expand.”
The Fresh Fridays Market has vegetable and fruit vendors, flower vendors and vendors selling homemade goods such as soaps, baked goods and furniture.
“We just wanted to add another option to the people who couldn’t make it to the Saturday market, and now there are two options,” she says.
The market is open from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. every Friday and is located at 2024 Lansing Rd. in the parking lot of Knowles’ office. Charlotte also has another farmer’s market that runs on Saturdays.
Source: Heather Keenan, Fresh Fridays Market
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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