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Thursday a Market Day: the Women's Group Farmer's Market in Old Wharf

By Robert Cooke ·

Nerrian's Farm to Table at TBWG Old Wharf, Treasure Beach, Thursday Farmer's Market: a price list on a wooden sign by the sea. Cantaloupe $200, honeydew $200, watermelon $200, lettuce $1000, callaloo $300, Irish potatoes $400, tomatoes $400, bok choy $200, yellow squash $150, Scotch bonnets $150 a bag, scallion $300. Fresh produce, local farmers, healthy living

Nerrian's Farm to Table price list for the Thursday Farmer's Market at the Treasure Beach Women's Group, Old Wharf.

Treasure Beach is a fishing village first and foremost. But turn your back to the sea and you are looking at some of the most fertile soil known to man. We're in south-west St Elizabeth, after all, the parish everybody calls the Bread Basket of Jamaica. Food grow here, and it grow good.

Long time, Friday was market day. Ask any of the older heads and dem will tell you about the market days in Calabash Bay and Great Bay, when people would come out with what dem grow, buy a likkle something, and catch up on all the news.

Well, market day back. Just on a different day. Every Thursday from 9 am till 1 pm, the Treasure Beach Women's Group keeps a Farmer's Market in Old Wharf, and you can feel the community coming together round it again.

What yuh will find

Who comes out changes from week to week, but on any given Thursday look out for:

  • fresh produce, straight from the ground
  • baked goods and cooked food
  • vegan food
  • smoothies and fresh juices
  • plants and trees
  • crafts
  • and the items of need that make a proper Market Day

A taste of tomorrow

The vendors have their flyers out already, so here's a sampling of what's coming tomorrow, Thursday 29 October. Prices are as the vendors posted them. When it done, it done, so come early.

Karesha has answered! Members have been asking for yellow yam, and she has a limited quantity at $500 a pound. She's bringing tomatoes, cucumber, sweet peppers, onion, string beans, garlic, dried pimento, round red peas and ginger too. Call her on 876-532-9430.

Flyer: Members have been asking for yellow yam. Karesha has answered! She has limited quantity of yellow yam for sale, $500 per pound. TBWG Thursday Farmer's Market, Old Wharf. A pile of yellow yams, one cut open Flyer: Karesha's Fresh Produce at the Farmer's Market, this Thursday at 9 am. Baskets of tomatoes, cucumber, sweet peppers, onion, string beans, garlic, dried pimento, round red peas, ginger and yellow yam. Contact me at 8765329430. Support local, eat fresh, live well

Joan's Offerings: breadfruit from $400 to $500, beets at $250 a pound, and red escallion and thyme bundles at $500. Her flyer says send her a message to place your order.

Nerrian's Farm to Table has the long price list you see at the top: cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon at $200 each, lettuce at $1,000, callaloo at $300, Irish potatoes and tomatoes at $400, bok choy at $200, yellow squash at $150, Scotch bonnet at $150 a bag and scallion at $300.

Sasha's Fresh Farm Produce is there from 9 am until 12 noon with sorrel, kale, pumpkin, orange, tangerine, lemon, avocado, papaya, ripe banana, naseberry, red onion, ripe plantain, pineapple, beetroot and green banana. Sorrel a come in, so Christmas cyaan too far.

And long eggplants are on sale at $300 a pound. Preorders are welcome.

Flyer: Joan's Offerings. Breadfruit $400 to $500, beets $250 per lb, red escallion and thyme bundle $500. Ready to order? Send me a message to place your order today! Flyer: Sasha's Fresh Farm Produce at TBWG Farmers Market, Old Wharf, 9 am until 12 noon. A chalkboard lists sorrel, kale, pumpkin, orange, tangerine, lemon, avocado, papaya, ripe banana, naseberry, red onions, ripe plantain, pineapple, beetroot and green banana, among piles of the fruit and vegetables. Fresh produce, great quality, support local Flyer: Long eggplants for sale, $300 per pound. Location: TBWG Market Place, Old Wharf, Treasure Beach. This Thursday, approximately 9 am to 1 pm. Preorders are welcomed here

When and where

  • What: the Treasure Beach Women's Group Farmer's Market
  • When: every Thursday, 9 am till 1 pm
  • Where: the Treasure Beach Women's Group, Old Wharf

So come down, walk good, and support your own. See yuh a market!