Why Colonial Trades?

I have been blessed by our Creator with an abundance of nutrient dense, naturally grown produce using organic inputs from the land which has been in my care for more than twenty-years’ time. Sharing my vegetables at local markets helps sustain my neighbors, the land on which I live, and my community.

The Rogers County Farmers Market gives me the opportunity to put high quality vegetables onto the tables of dozens of families through programs like the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Senior Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), Cherokee Women Infants and Children (WIC), and more. Each Saturday throughout the season I get to meet people from throughout the county and around the globe to share recipes, gardening advice, and a good general chin wag. The Market brings together regular customers, and first time visitors with a good number of growers and farmers who offer the highest quality local products to the community every week.

Growing for market has been a journey that started in the Mid-Hudson Valley in New York as a child, continued over a few decades in Virginia, and kicked into high gear as I had the opportunity to see how different agricultural practices were used all around the world since the turn of the century. I decided, as our community saw the massive disruption of supply chains just a few years ago, to bring together some of the sustainable practices from the colonial period of North American history with organic and heirloom vegetables for a hyper-local market .

I’m looking forward to seeing all of the visitors to the Rogers County Farmers Market as we begin the new season in May!