TEXARKANA MAGAZINE
Gateway Farmers Market is always ready to welcome new vendors to add more variety. If you are interested in becoming a vendor, visit their website at thefarmersmarket.com to fill out an application. Because the market is privately owned, a few rules apply to guarantee vendors continue offering the freshest produce. For example, you must live within a 75-mile radius of Texarkana, Arkansas. They must inspect your farm to ensure your produce is locally grown if you are selling produce. “If you don’t grow it, you cannot sell it.” The same rules apply to crafts and baked goods. Gladden expressed what she loves most about managing the market is “getting to know the farmers who work hard to provide the community with local, fresh vegetables, fruits and much more.” She also enjoys “meeting and interacting with people who come out and support the market year after year.” Gladden’s mother, Mary
Littleton, has been a vendor at Gateway Farmers Market for 20 years. She said she thoroughly enjoys being a vendor because she “enjoys people and loves being around them.” Her booth is full of handmade crafts, homemade soaps, jelly and baked goods. If you are a Texas side resident, you can show your local farmers’ market some support on Saturdays from 7:00 am-12:00 pm at 500 North Stateline Avenue, across from the United States Federal Court House and Post Office. Their season begins in April and ends the first week of August. You will find individual tents set up side by side, with a wide variety of produce, baked goods, crafts, pottery and other local items. Something unique that Texarkana Farmers’ Market offers is a night market hosted every third Saturday from 5:00 pm-8:00 pm and includes a cultural food demonstration.
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