LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Danny Weiss, local saxophonist and clarinetist, will be performing on Saturday, July 11 from 7:30a to 9:30a at the Lafayette Farmers Market in Downtown Lafayette, Indiana. Emily Sledge will also be performing from 10:00a to 12:00 noon.

Danny Weiss plays under the view of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse at the Riverfront Jazz & Blues Festival Saturday, August 21, 2004 in Lafayette. (Photo courtesy DannyWeissJazz.com)

In addition to the live musical entertainment, the Farmers Market is currently featuring a variety of fresh, locally grown products including blueberries, green beans, kettle corn, meats, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, and honey. Local vendors offering dried herbs, baked goods, arts and crafts are also available at selected times during the 2009 Market season which runs through the end of October.

The Lafayette Farmers Market, managed by the Downtown Development Council of Greater Lafayette Commerce, will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30a – 12:30p in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia Streets. The market will also be open on Thursdays from 3:00p – 6:30p from June 4 through August 13 in the Dauch Alumni Center Parking Lot, 403 W. Wood Street on Purdue University campus. On Thursdays, the market will move back to Downtown Lafayette from August 20 through the end of October with hours of 4:00p-7:00p.

In addition, the Sagamore West Farmers Market will be in operation on Wednesdays from May 6 through October 28.

For more information or to become a vendor at the Lafayette Farmers market, contact Jane Ness at Greater Lafayette Commerce at 765-742-4044

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Joe Peters will perform at the Lafayette Farmers Market Saturday, June 13 from 7:30a-9:30a. Joe, a native of West Central Indiana, plays guitar and writes contemporary folk songs with both international and domestic themes of current and historical events, social concerns and well as relationships.

The Dulcimer Gathering will also be performing at the market from 10:00a–12 noon.

The following master gardeners will be providing presentations throughout the morning:

• 8:30a - Dave Lahr will speak on heirloom plants
• 9:30a - Jeff Phillips, co-coordinator for the Purdue University Extension Office, will introduce visitors to the master gardener program
• 10:00a – Melissa Evens will give a demonstration on how to prepare bread using fresh vegetables
• 11:00a – Adam Cooper will speak on turf grasses

Strawberries, vegetables, kettle corn, meats, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, honey, dried herbs, baked goods, arts and crafts are all examples of items available at selected times during the 2009 Market season which runs through the end of October.

The Lafayette Farmers Market, managed by the Downtown Development Council of Greater Lafayette Commerce, will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30a–12:30pm in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia Streets. The market is also open on Thursdays from 3:00 – 6:30 pm through August 13 in the Dauch Alumni Center Parking Lot, 403 W. Wood Street on Purdue University campus. On Thursdays, the market will move back to Downtown Lafayette from August 20 through the end of October with hours of 4:00-7:00 pm.

In addition, the Sagamore West Farmers Market will be in operation from 3:00p–6:30p on Wednesdays through October 28. Information regarding this market can be obtained at www.westlafayette.in.gov/departments/parksandrec/.

For more information or to become a vendor at the Lafayette Farmers market, contact Jane Ness at Greater Lafayette Commerce at 765/742-4044.

LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Two Indiana musicians will provide entertainment at the Lafayette Farmers’ Market this Saturday, June 6th, between 7:30a and noon. Danny Weiss, a Greater Lafayette-based saxophonist and clarinetist, will be performing from 7:30a–9:00a. Indiana-based New Age musician, Jeff Pearce, will be performing from 10:00a until 12:00p.

Danny Weiss plays under the view of the Tippecanoe County Courthouse at the Riverfront Jazz & Blues Festival Saturday, August 21, 2004 in Lafayette. (Photo courtesy DannyWeissJazz.com)

Danny Weiss leads several groups performing regularly in West Lafayette, Indiana, his home for the past 10 years. He is interested in all forms of music and has performed in many Latin and Caribbean bands (merengue, cumbia, salsa, and ska) as well as Motown (with the Temptations) and Jewish folk music (with Yid Vicious).

Jeff Pearce is well known to the ambient/new age music community for his unique approach to the guitar and Chapman Stick. Whether playing intimate acoustic music or crafting deep-space drifts, he composes music which uniquely combines melody and mystery.

In addition to the entertainment available at the Farmers’ Market, there will also be fresh fruits, vegetables, kettle corn, lamb, beef, pork, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, honey, dried herbs, baked goods, and arts and crafts available at selected times during the 2009 Market season (which runs through the end of October.)

The Lafayette Farmers Market, managed by the Downtown Development Council of Greater Lafayette Commerce, will be open on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30a–12:30p in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia Streets. The market will also be open on Thursdays from 3:00p–6:30p from June 4 through August 13 in the Dauch Alumni Center Parking Lot, 403 W. Wood Street on Purdue University campus. On Thursdays, the market will move back to Downtown Lafayette from August 20 through the end of October with hours of 4:00p-7:00p.

In addition, the Sagamore West Farmers Market will be in operation on Wednesdays from May 6 through October 28. Information regarding this market can be obtained at www.westlafayette.in.gov/departments/parksandrec/.

For more information or to become a vendor at the Lafayette Farmers market, contact Jane Ness at Greater Lafayette Commerce at 765/742-4044.

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LAFAYETTE, Ind. — The historic Lafayette Farmers Market opens its 2009 season on Saturday, May 2. The Market operates in Downtown Lafayette on Fifth Street between Main and Columbia, and will also operate a new location in West Lafayette on the campus of Purdue University.

Fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, kettle corn, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies, dried herbs, baked goods, soy candles, Traders Point certified organic whole milk, Fair Oaks cheeses, perennial flowering transplants, arts/crafts, roasted coffee beans are all examples of items available at selected times during the 2009 Market.

The Farmers Market season is May 1 through October 31, and is open in its Downtown Lafayette location on Tuesdays and Saturdays from 7:30a–12:30pm. The new West Lafayette vending location will be open Thursdays from 3:00p–6:30p from June 4 through August 13 in the Dauch Alumni Center Parking Lot at 403 W. Wood Street on Purdue University campus. From August 20 through October 29, the Market will move back downtown on Thursday evenings from 4:00-7:00 pm.

In addition, the Sagamore West Farmers Market will be in operation on Wednesdays from May 6 through October 28. Information regarding this market can be obtained at www.westlafayette.in.gov/departments/parksandrec/.

Fresh fruits, vegetables, meats, kettle corn, free range farm fresh eggs, flowers, honey, maple syrup, jams and jellies, dried herbs, baked goods, soy candles, Traders Point certified organic whole milk, Fair Oaks cheeses, perennial flowering transplants, arts/crafts, roasted coffee beans are all examples of items available at selected times during the 2009 Market.

The number of growers and the amount of produce on a given day is dictated by the natural progression of the growing season. An early arrival will assures the best selection.

For more information or to become a vendor at the Lafayette Farmers Market, contact Jane Ness at Greater Lafayette Commerce, 765/742-4044

INDIANAPOLIS, Inc. — Hoosier consumers could soon use debit, credit and food stamp cards to purchase locally-grown produce and other goods at farmers’ markets.

A Senate panel on Commerce, Public Policy and Interstate Cooperation – chaired by State Sen. Ron Alting (R-Lafayette) – unanimously approved a measure today that would provide wireless point-of-sale terminals to vendors at farmers’ markets.

Terminals would allow for consumers at farmers’ markets to use debit, credit and Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) cards – an identification card used by food stamp recipients who transfer government benefits from a Federal account to a retailer account to pay for products.

Indiana’s Division of Family Resources (DFR) – a state administration overseeing financial and child care assistance, food stamps, employment and training services for low-income clients – would provide the terminals to the more than 120 markets throughout the state.

Alting said he sees the measure benefiting food stamp recipients, consumers and vendors selling goods at markets.

“Providing various payment options at farmer’s markets could increase the number of patrons frequenting the market, therefore making it more profitable for vendors,” Alting said. “In addition to making it more convenient to purchase items, low-income Hoosiers using food stamps to feed their family could also participate in the markets, support the local economy and purchase healthy foods.”

According to Alting, a large market in Bloomington where consumers can purchase items with food stamp, credit and debit cards is thriving in-part because of the convenience provided by the wireless point-of-sale terminals. In its second year of using terminals, market vendors sold more than $2,100 in card transactions during just eight months.

Alting said in other states like Iowa, vendors purchased and rented equipment or used terminals provided by a contractor. Through the Iowa Wireless Project, farmers were initially reimbursed for a portion of the monthly fees associated with equipment. Iowa vendors made such a large profit due to increased traffic that reimbursements for equipment were discontinued.

“Hopefully the convenience offered at high-tech farmers’ markets will provoke more Hoosiers to purchase healthy, fresh and locally-grown products,” Alting said.

Alting expects House Bill 1535 will now be considered by the full Senate.