Farmer’s Market Fresh Program Coming to Greene County

UT Extension Greene County is participating in a new program called Farmers’ Market Fresh. The Family and Consumer Sciences Agent and Program Assistant will have a booth at the Greeneville Farmer’s Market at the fairgrounds starting Saturday August 22nd running through end of September where they will be offering food demonstrations, recipes, and research-based advice on the best ways to select and store some of our favorite summertime items. The best part of the program – each person who stops by the booth will receive a recipe card for the food being demonstrated that day. At the end of the season, consumers could have an entire collection of recipes all featuring items fresh from the farmers’ market. Recipes to be featured include: apple salad, a refreshing blueberry smoothie, broccoli salad, corn relish salad, cucumber relish perfect for the summer-time hot dogs, green bean salad, a yummy yogurt peach parfait, a tri-pepper salad that will make you want seconds, summer squash with pasta, sweet potato pancakes, fresh tomato bruschetta, and cantaloupe salad. There will be giveaways for the adults and kids. So get ready to have some fun this summer!

If you would like more information about this program please contact Lamanda Weston, FCS Agent, at 798-1710 or lweston@utk.edu.