Goin’ to market
Dixie Lee Farmers Market brings farmers to Farragut Community Center for winter event
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From left, vendors Shelly Morgan of Mountain Medicine and David Davis of Davis Farms chat with Jeff Cannon, co-owner/founder of Dixie Lee Farmers Market, during DLFM’s winter market in Farragut Community Center, 239 Jamestowne Blvd., Saturday, Jan. 4. - Tammy Cheek
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Jodie Moore, co-owner of Rebel Hollow Farm in Hancock County, sold farm-raised frozen beef and pork products during the Winter Farmers Market. The farm, located at 1104 Rebel Hollow Road in Tazewell, also raises and sells lamb, blackberries and strawberries and sells goat milk soap. Jodie operates the family farm with her three sons, C.J., John and Hunter. - Tammy Cheek
About 250 people came to Farragut Community Center to check out Dixie Lee Farmers Market’s indoor winter market, which took place Saturday morning, Jan. 4.
This was the second indoor market for Dixie Lee Farmers Market. From fresh meat to handmade soaps, the market drew vendors as far as Middle Tennessee.
With 28 vendors, “we’re pretty much to capacity,” said Jeff Cannon, co-owner/founder of DLFM. “This has gone over very well. The demand has grown for year-round local produce and products, and we were lucky we were able to procure this space to do it.
“We’ll be here almost every Saturday (from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.), through May 12,” he added.
Cannon, however, said the market will not be at the community center on the following Saturdays: Jan. 11, March 8, March 22 and April 5.
“We will go back to Renaissance | Farragut on April 19,” he said.
