Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 9th Market Report

Northridge Organic Farm

The rain of this past weekend has given way to a series of beautiful, autumn days, and late season produce, including apples, is plentiful. Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. each Wednesday @ N. State and E. Home through October 30th.

This week's vendor line-up: Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organic Farm, Pleiades Maple Products, Dan the Baker, Blue Jacket Dairy, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces, Sugar B Bakery, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, Dana Lee's, Hartzler Family Dairy, Honey Health Farms, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Fox Hollow Farm.

This week, we also welcome community partner, Westerville Police Division. Stop by to visit Crime Prevention Specialists Pierre La Rose and Preston Tartt.

Annabelle's Blooms will be out this week. We are waiting to hear from Bridgman Farm and Ohio Farm Direct.

Angela Bowman's Sugar B Bakery - market favorite - Spinach Loaf.

Apples from Branstool Orchards

Muffins from Dan the Baker.

Raw chestnuts from Northridge Organic Farm.

Hot peppers from Flying J Farm

Fruit Salsas from Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces

Bell peppers from Northridge Organic

Bird's Haven Farms' tomatoes

Potatoes from Flying J Farm

Sweet Thing Gourmet jams

Pumpkins from Bird's Haven Farms

Sweet potato varieties from Northridge Organic Farm

Organic sourdough bread from Dan the Baker

Garlic from Northridge Organic Farm

Savory breads from Dana Lee's

Shopping at Pleiades Maple Products

See you at the market!

Saturday, October 5, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Fox Hollow Farm's Farmer's Table

Update 10.6: We just found out that the October 12th Farmer's Table Evening is fully booked. Look for future announcements from Fox Hollow Farm for the next Farmer's Table.

Fox Hollow Farm, near Fredericktown, presents a Farmer's Table Evening.

The inaugural Farmer's Table will be Saturday, October 12, 2013. The evening begins on Fox Hollow Farm at 4 p.m. and includes a canopied dining experience featuring a three-course, family-style feast made with local, fresh ingredents as well as apple picking for fresh-pressed apple cider (that you can help make), after-dinner tea, candlelight, and a view of the autumn sunset.

What's for dinner? Seasonal Salad, Slow-roasted Pork, and a farm-fresh vegetable side-dish (to be determined based on the freshest, in-season available vegetables).

(If you do not eat pork, future Farmers' Table dinners will uniquely feature lamb, chicken, and beef. Dates will be announced.)

Tickets are $45 and can be purchased online via Fox Hollow Farm's Square Up store, or when you shop @ Fox Hollow Farm at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market or Mount Vernon Farmers' Market. Space is limited to accommodate 15 diners and "party-of" reservations are limited to four.

Fox Hollow Farm's 411: 20060 Gilmore Rd., Fredericktown, Ohio 43019; Phone: 740.694.8528; e-mail: foxhollowfarmerstable@gmail.com

Purchase Tickets Online:

Fox Hollow Farm Square Up Store

Learn more about Fox Hollow Farm online:

Fox Hollow Farm on facebook

Fox Hollow Farm's website

FAQs:

If you have a food allergy, let Fox Hollow Farm know ahead of time. Contact Chelsea at the foxhollowfarmerstable@gmail.com

If it rains, bring a rain coat if you want to help harvest apples, otherwise, dinner is served undercover. And, the cider will be served mulled.

You'll receive a confirmation email with directions and details after you sign up, then final details about a week before dinner.

Tickets are non-refundable, but if you can't make it, you can transfer you ticket to another Fox Hollow Farmer's Table event.

You can also pick up a meat order at the Farmers' Table event - place an order in advance by phone or online.

Friday, October 4, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: A Mane and Tail Welcome

Welcome All American Quarter Horse Congress

@ the Ohio State Fairgrounds

October 4th through 27th

Attending Congress and looking for some Central Ohio Farm Fresh?

Click here for Columbus Underground's 2013 Farmers' Market Directory.

All American Quarter Horse Congress official site.

Discover Ohio All American Quarter Horse Congress Page

Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: October 2nd Market Report

Peppers from Bird's Haven Farms

Welcome October! The 2013 Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market season has just five weeks left!

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. Market Wednesday is open for business each Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home Streets through October 30th.

This week's line up: Fox Hollow Farm, Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organic Farm, Pleiades Maple Products, Dan the Baker, Blue Jacket Dairy, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces, Sugar B Bakery, ~~Annabelle's Blooms~~, Bridgman Farm, Hartzler Family Dairy, Honey Health Farms, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms..

Update 1: Dana Lee's Bakery is coming to market today.

Update 2: Annabelle's Blooms will not be at market today - Anna had car trouble.

We are waiting to hear from ~~Dana Lee's and~~ Ohio Farm Direct.

Doran's Family Farm's season is now over. Thanks so much to Michele, Jim, Glen, Megan, and Renee for a great season. We'll see you in 2014.

Malabar Peach and Apple will be out this week.

Apples from Branstool Orchards

Potatoes from Flying J Farm

Organic sourdough breads from Dan the Baker

Hot peppers from Flying J Farm

Raw chestnuts from Pleiades Maple

Like little sculptures - gnarly, textured gourds from Bridgman Farm.

Peppers from Northridge Organic Farm

Kyla Touris' Signature jams at Sweet Thing Gourmet

Eggplant from Bridgman Farm

Sweet potatoes from Northridge Organic Farm

Tomatoes from Bird's Haven Farms

Fresh garlic from Northridge Organic Farm

Salsa from Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces

Fresh-baked Peasant Bread from Sugar B Bakery

Annabelle's Blooms

Squash from Northridge Organic Farm

Pumpkins from Bird's Haven Farms

See you at the market!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: In the News

Hey, Market Wednesday and Bird's Haven Farms made the Metro Section in the Sunday Dispatch.

Photo by Fred Squillante of the Columbus Dispatch.

Saturday, September 28, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Thru October 30th

The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is open for business each Wednesday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. at N. State and E. Home through October 30th.

What can you find on Market Wednesday in October?

▪ Pepper varieties that are hot or sweet, crisp, colorful, flavorful.
▪ Potatoes dug fresh from rich Licking County soil
▪ Eggplant varieties including the petite fairytale.
▪ Sweet potato varieties all gnarly and full of flavor, ready to roast
▪ Delicata, Spaghetti, Butternut, and Acorn Squash
▪ Pumpkins for recipes and for carving or decoration
▪ Ingredients like leeks, onions, and garlic
▪ The last of the season's tomatoes from cherry to heirloom to beefsteak
▪ Sweet melons
▪ Curly, versatile kale
▪ Crisp fresh-picked apple varieties
▪ Gourds and baby pumpkins for decorative autumn color and textures
▪ Cuts of naturally-raised pork, chicken, beef, lamb
▪ Fresh eggs from naturally-raised chickens
▪ Artisan cheeses from cow's milk and goat's milk from cheddar to quark
▪ Fresh breads and sweet and savory baked goods
▪ Raw honey
▪ Maple syrup
▪ Salsa, sauces, marinades, rubs, and dressings
▪ Jams
▪ Milk, roll butter, packaged ice cream
▪ Beautiful cut flowers and bouquets

Who will you see on Market Wednesdays in October?

▪ Annabelle's Blooms (Clark County)
▪ Bird's Haven Farms (Licking County)
▪ Blue Jacket Dairy (Logan County)
▪ Branstool Orchards (Licking County)
▪ Bridgman Farm (Fayette County)
▪ Dan the Baker (Franklin County)
▪ Dana Lee's Bakery (Licking County)
▪ Doran's Family Farm (Licking County)
▪ Flying J Farm (Licking County)
▪ Fox Hollow Farm (Knox County)
▪ Hartzler Family Dairy (Wayne County)
▪ Honey Health Farms (Union County)
▪ Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard (Ashland County)
▪ Chuck Evan's Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces (Franklin County)
▪ Northridge Organic Farm (Licking County)
▪ Ohio Farm Direct (Knox County)
▪ Pleiades Maple Products (Morrow County)
▪ Sugar B Bakery (Delaware County)
▪ Sweet Thing Gourmet (Franklin County)

To learn more about our vendors, visit our directory - just click here.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop.

See you at the market!

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Shucks

The goldenrod is yellow,

The corn is turning brown,

The trees in apple orchards

With fruit are bending down.
Helen Hunt Jackson

Sweet corn season is now over. Farewell sweet corn, farewell, until next year....

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: Hartzler Family Dairy Out N About

Wake the kids! Phone the neighbors! Call the cows home! Check out WSYX's Out N About Columbus this Sunday, September 29th, at 11:30 am. Hartzler Family Dairy & Ice Cream Shoppe (Wooster) will be featured along with other area attractions.

Photo courtesy of Hartzler Family Dairy.

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: September 25th Market Report

Tart from Dan the Baker

It's a beautiful Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville. A perfect day to shop farm fresh!

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. Each Wednesday 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home through October 30th.

Peach season is now in the rear-view mirror (ahhh, good times), and we have awesome cantaloupe, watermelon, and apples. Market vegetables include winter squash varieties - from butternut to spaghetti to pumpkins - eggplant, tomatoes, sweet corn, chestnuts, sweet potatoes, potatoes, sweet and hot peppers, onions, garlic, okra, fresh cut basil, and kale.

You'll also find some gnarly, colorful decorative squash and mini pumpkins as well as cut flowers from Annabelle's Blooms for your fall arrangements.

What can you find on Market Wednesday?

Proteins: Pork, beef, lamb, chicken and fresh eggs (Fox Hollow Farm) and grass-fed beef (Flying J Farm).

Market tip: Talk to the folks at Fox Hollow Farm about pre-ordering.

Dairy: Cheese varieties (Blue Jacket Dairy) and milk, roll butter, and ice cream (Hartzler Family Dairy).

Artisan Foods: Sourdough breads and pastries (Dan the Baker); Jams and biscotti (Sweet Thing Gourmet); Breads, bagels, and scones (Angela Bowman's Sugar B Bakery); Salsa, sauces, rubs, marinades, and tortilla chips (Chuck Evans' Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces); Sweet and savory baked goods (Dana Lee's Bakery); Raw honey, bee pollen, royal jelly, and propolis from Honey Health Farms; Maple syrup, maple-coated puffed spelt, maple sugar, and maple confections from Pleiades Maple Products.

Cut Flowers and Bouquets: Annabelle's Blooms

Fresh-picked: Branstool Orchards, Northridge Organics Farm, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, Bridgman Farm, Doran's Family Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Flying J Farm.

As of this post, we are waiting to hear from Dana Lee's and Ohio Farm Direct.

This week's community partner is our favorite library - Westerville Public Library.

Have a great week!

Pleiades Maple's delicious Maple Barbeque Sayce.

Apples from Branstool Orchards.

Tomatoes and fresh cut basil from Bird's Haven Farms.

Delicious fresh-baked bread from Sugar B Bakery.

Seasonal favorite apple cider jelly from Sweet Thing Gourmet.

Fresh-dug potatoes from Flying J Farm.

Personal-size watermelons from Bird's Haven Farms.

Sweet corn from Doran's Family Farm.

Fairytale eggplant from Bird's Haven Farms.

Sourdough bread from Dan the Baker.

Gourds from Bird's Haven Farms.

Tortilla chips from Chuck Evan's Montezuma Brand Salsas and Sauces.

Autumn produce from Bridgman Farm.

Sweet potatoes from Northridge Organic Farm.

Shopping at Hartzler Family Dairy.

See you at the market!

What makes a farmers' market
such a special place, is that
you're actually creating
community around food.

- Chef Bryant Terry

Home-made. Home-grown. All Ohio.
The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market

Beginning in May, Pre-Order/Pre-Pay

Drive-Thru Pick-Up, Wednesdays

from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

in the parking lot behind

64 E. Walnut*

*Eventually, Market Wednesdsay

will open in a traditional

market format, Wednesdays,

3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

at 17 E. Home Street (the

southeast corner of N. State and

E. Home Streets

in Uptown Westerville

Date To Be Announced

Check It When You Arrive

The market is a safe place.

There are times and places for everything and the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is not a place for commercial outreach, causes, campaigns, or candidates. No unapproved solicitation of market patrons or vendors permitted.

We want our market patrons to feel they can enter and leave the market unencumbered, be undistracted from their children, and just completely enjoy their trip to the market.

Please note that the market takes place on private property. Sidewalks are public spaces, and with that, we expect common courtesy, common sense, and a knowledge-of and respect-for applicable laws.

Discretion is the better part of valor and in the end will win you more friends.

Thank you for being so understanding.

Traffic and Safety

Click here for Westerville construction information.

Put It Down: Westerville has a no texting activity while driving law.

September is Distracted Driving Prevention Month in Ohio.

Stop Distracted Driving: Maria's Message.

The traffic light at N. State and E. Home operates during market hours, including the crosswalk signs.

There are bike racks in Rotary Park on the southeast corner of N. State and E. Home.

Market Space Parking Lot:

The market space is a parking lot, but on Wednesdays from May through October, it becomes a marketplace - a center of commerce - and it not a place for public parking.

The lot closes off in early Wednesday morning (if you need a time, go with 6:00 a.m.) until 6:30 p.m.

The market space is available for drop-off and pick-up for parents and caregivers for kids going to Our Day, a daycare center located at Messiah. So, you will see cars in that lot in the mornings and at lunchtime.

Please help the market by staying out of that lot on Wednesdays, May through October. (There is parking directly east of that space.)

Truly appreciated!

When it comes to parking:

Parking is free and readily available on-street, in adjacent lots directly to the east and south of the market, and in public spaces and lots throughout Uptown Westerville.

The farmers' market space is open only to vendor vehicles from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. for market set-up, and then pedestrians from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. There is no patron parking directly north of the market lot - that's where the vendors pull in.

When you see an orange cone and a Do Not Enter or No Parking sign - don't go there!

Park in actual striped parking places - do not make your own space. Please do not block throughways or double-park behind vendor vehicles. Always prepared - we make sure there is access for emergency vehicles; should someone's life depend on it, we want to be ready. We guarantee you won't be stopping by for just a minute, so please do not double-park or park perpendicular to another vehicle.

There is no such thing as a sweet corn, honey, or peach emergency!

No kind action ever stops with itself. - Amelia Earhart

Take a beat. Be courteous. Be safe.

Everyone who touches the market, fuels its success, and we appreciate your help!

We wish we didn't have to mention this, but we do: Make sure your parked vehicles are locked; please secure any valuables out-of-sight.

When school is in session in Westerville, including Emerson School at N. Vine and E. Home in the Market Wednesday neighborhood, be aware of school zone speed limits, traffic light turn-right-on-red restrictions, and school bus, bike, and crosswalk activity.

Click here to visit Paving the Way for traffic alerts and updates throughout Central Ohio.

Click here to visit OhGo.

Be Safe.

Forms of Payment and Uptown ATMs

With the exception of Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, Market Wednesday vendors accept major debit and credit cards, cash, and checks.

ATMs:

Middlefield Bank, 17 N. State, near W. Main, ATM at the drive-thru behind the bank

Union Savings Bank, 44 S. State, @ Winter St., across from City Hall

Westerville Public Library, 126 S. State St., Kemba ATM inside library entry way

Bope Sunoco, 150 S. State @ the corner of E. Walnut and S. State

Food Programs

Franklin County LifeCare Alliance Senior Farmers' Market coupons (fresh fruits, vegetables, and honey) are currently accepted at Bird's Haven Farms and Doran's Family Farm.

In 2018, select Market Wednesday vendors are participating in the Delaware County Senior Market Program (through SourcePoint). Participating Vendors: Hinton Apiaries and Bird's Haven Farms.

WIC Farmers' Market Program coupons are accepted (fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh-cut herbs) at Doran's Family Farm and Bird's Haven Farms.

The market does not currently accept EBT or SNAP cards.

The WARM Fresh Green Program has been retired. (WARM can now accommodate fresh produce on-site, including an on-site garden.) To read more, scroll to About the UWFM below for details.

Market Wednesday FAQ's

So, I can't make it to the market between 3 and 6 - anyway you can stay open until 7?

We appreciate the question.

First, our farm-based vendors drive as long as 2 hours to arrive in Westerville on Wednesday afternoons (and have sometimes been in the fields since as early as 2 a.m.), that also means up to 2 hours to head home. And, they all have working farms and must return to their farms and complete the work they have to do to end the day as they prepare for the next. It really is fresh-baked, and often, food artisans need to go home to prepare their foods for the next market on the next day.

Additionally, some vendors - to make best use of the trip to Greater Columbus - have deliveries to make before and after Market Wednesday.

The market sets up in a space graciously provided by Church of the Messiah and we need to work within their schedule - they vacate the space on our behalf on Wednesdays and have lots of activities Wednesday evenings - and in classic Uptown Westerville fashion, one event winds down and cars begin arriving for the next activity as we finish up our load-out at the end of the day.

We have considered and tested extended hours - market management has twice (2006 and 2009) publicized and tested longer hours and market hours correspond to actual market activity and interest - 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Can't get to the market until 5:30 or 6? Talk to your favorite vendor - most vendors are happy to save back fresh produce and artisan goods for 'on your way home from work' pick up.

Thank you for your interest in buying fresh and buying local. Central Ohio has the good fortune of an abundance of farmers' markets almost every day of the week, including weekends.

So, check out Ohio Proud's Farmers' Market Directory.

It's 2:54 p.m. and I want my peaches and sweet corn now! What's up with the no sales before 3 p.m???

The market is a place of business that opens at 3 p.m.

Our vendors know that market set up is from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. Vendors arrive from all points of the compass for market and need to set up shop - parking their vehicles, putting up their tents, setting up tables, and preparing their samples and merchandise for sale. (Were that we were all Samantha Stevens of Bewitched and we could wiggle our noses and voila! a vendor space is ready for business.)

There is no such thing as a peach, sweet corn, or pie emergency.

Opening sales are not up to the vendor. As a policy, the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market management wants each vendor to start on a level playing field, which includes the opportunity for vendors to be able to safely access their market space (and not worry about pedestrian traffic). Market Wednesday doesn't open for business until each vendor is set up and ready to go. And, that's at 3 p.m. Not 2:59, 3 p.m.

Even though you may arrive before 3 p.m., feel free to walk about, bring something to read, talk with friends, or just sit and take a moment, but let the vendors continue their set up and prep - there really are no sales until 3 p.m.

In our world of 24/7 shopping, farmers' markets operate at a different pace - a slower one! So, manage your expectations - arrive after 3 p.m., or if you arrive ahead of time, take a moment for yourself - take a deep breath and enjoy the day.

When can I buy sweet corn?

All Market Wednesday produce is grown locally.

Life happens, nature happens, farming happens, so no good produce before its time. Availability of market produce moves with the seasons in Central Ohio.

Roughly, May into June we see asparagus, rhubarb, leaf lettuces, greens, swiss chard, kale, radishes, turnips, kohlrabi, green onions, strawberries, herbs, broccoli, garlic scapes, and garden plants.

(Short season - we may see strawberries, just two or three weeks, by the way.)

In June, peas, and snap peas, but just for a few weeks.

Then, in mid-July we see peaches, sweet corn, potatoes, summer squashes, and in late July and early August, we start seeing the rich colors of summer crops like beets, tomatoes, tomatilloes, eggplant, summer squashes, peas, garlic, beans, melons, cabbage, cucumbers, and peppers, moving onto late August, September, and October with root vegetables like sweet potatoes, along with apples, squashes, and pumpkins.

All product availability is subject to Ohio weather over time.

Eating locally-grown vegetables and fruits that are planted in Central Ohio soil to thrive and ripen in the warm, bright Ohio sun is a flavor-rich experience!

For an Ohio produce availability chart - click or tap here. (PDF)

Are prices negotiable?

In a word: No.

Just like the grocery store, prices are as marked.

A farmers' market as a rule is not a place to haggle over prices.

What about quality and standards?

The Ohio Department of Agriculture inspected the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market in 2010, 2012, and 2017. The market and its vendors passed all inspections.

In 2011, the market worked with Franklin County Public Health via an informal review, where vendors could ask questions and talk with the area FCPH inspector.

Produce, meat & poultry, egg, dairy, bakery, and cottage food vendors are held to a standard by federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations. To participate in the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market, vendors must agree to respect and meet those standards.

Meat & poultry, egg, and dairy are inspected by Franklin County Public Health. Produce, bakery, and cottage foods are inspected by the State of Ohio Department of Agriculture. The State of Ohio and Franklin County comply with all current federal laws and regulations.

Market Wednesday vendors will feature produce that can be conventionally-grown, chemical-free, certified organic, naturally-raised, or organic. Ask your vendor; they are happy to answer any questions you may have.

A farmer can only be certified organic to claim the term 'organic.' A certified organic farm must be certified by the USDA as organic, which means that the farm (including even beehives) goes through an inspection process by certified government officials to insure that an organic farm meets USDA standards (including organic farming methods and no impact on the environment such as contamination from pesticides, synthetic fertilizers, and other non-organic compounds).

New artisan vendors cannot do business at Market Wednesday until the Ohio Department of Agriculture has reviewed their labels.

The first day of each market season, Franklin County Weights and Measures visits the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market to certify vendor scales.

The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market must register annually with the State of Ohio, Department of Agriculture. The market voluntarily registers annually with the USDA. Additionally, this market must file for an annual conditional use permit with the City of Westerville, Planning and Development Division.

At this market, by our standards, produce must be fresh-picked, raised by the vendor selling it, and raised in Ohio. Plants and flowers must be raised in Ohio by the vendor as well. Animals raised to provide food must be raised by the vendor. Artisan foods and products must be made by the vendor.

Vendors selling frozen and refrigerated items must comply with state and county regulations. By Ohio law, meats and poultry must be processed by a state approved plant and sold frozen. Eggs and dairy products are sold refrigerated.

If we have questions, we ask, and you should, too. Get to know your favorite vendors. If you have questions about any product at the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market, please don't hesitate to ask the vendor.

For more information:

Franklin County Public Health

State of Ohio, Department of Agriculture

USDA, AMS, Farmers Markets

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market Vendor Information

Westerville Heritage Depot

To celebrate our historic sense of community, the Westerville Legacy Depot facility pays homage to the old Westerville train depot and features restrooms, a water fountain (with dog waterer), open-air picnic dining, bike parking, a fireplace, an info kiosk, and bench seating. Located on the Bike/Hike trail near E. Park Street and Summit Street in Hanby Park, the depot also features hallmark panel images of Westerville's history and info for a walking tour of Westerville landmarks. The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market proudly contributed to this community project by purchasing a brick for the station. For more information, click on the depot image.

About the UWFM

Food is our common ground, our universal experience. - James Beard

Located in Central Ohio, just minutes from Columbus, the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market is located in historic Uptown Westerville. The Uptown Westerville neighborhood is the home of city government, commerce, and community. Uptown Westerville features an eclectic mix of residences and buildings dating back to the 1800s, tree-lined brick streets, parks, Otterbein University, Westerville Public Library, activities, traditions, and culture. A marketplace destination, Uptown Westerville is a great place for people to live, work, shop, meet, eat, and play.

Home-grown. Home-made. All Ohio. The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market has been open for business at N. State and E. Home since 2006 with 5 market vendors.

The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market management team is entirely volunteer and market vendor fees are all invested back into the market focusing on market logistics, community outreach, and market promotion.

The Uptown Westerville Farmers Market supports W.A.R.M. ~ the Westerville Area Resource Ministry.

For several years, WARM and Market Wednesday teamed up so farm fresh, healthy foods could be available to everyone in the Westerville City School District, no matter the need, creating the WARM Fresh Green Program.

Now, thanks to the generosity of the community, WARM has commercial-grade refrigeration, so plentiful supplies of fresh produce and foods are available to clients at WARM and the Fresh Green Program can be retired.

It's not always necessary to be strong, but to feel strong. - Jon Krakauer

No one makes reaching out to a help organization a life goal. And, Westerville Area Resource Ministry is an outreach and empowerment resource that steps up to the plate every day to help people in a respectful and dignified way to help themselves. As they say, "WARM is a hand up, not a hand out."

To learn more about WARM's programs and services, click here.

If you would like to contribute to WARM, thank you ~ make checks payable to WARM, 150 Heatherdown Drive, Westerville, Ohio, 43081 or visit the WARM website to donate via bank card. Contributions to WARM are tax deductible.

The Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market (Market Wednesday) is not affiliated with any other markets or events.

© 2008 - 2020 Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. All rights reserved. Images used with permission.

About Our Logo

We chose a ginkgo leaf to represent the Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market. The City of Westerville planted ginkgo trees along State Street in Uptown Westerville and as they grow and mature they will become a distinctive presence along State St. Ginkgo trees are among the oldest trees on the planet (millions of years) and have survived untold earthly disasters. The ginkgo represents simplicity, endurance, prosperity, hope, resilience, peace, and longevity, and not only does it represent Uptown Westerville, it represents the farmers' market. The ginkgo leaf color reflects the color of the ginkgo leaf in our 3 market seasons: spring (pale green), summer (rich green), and fall (golden yellow).