Shop for fresh, local produce and
visit with neighbors at Pilot Knob Farm
Saturdays & Sundays
Clean local produce
Homemade baked goods
Eggs
Plants
Edible mushrooms & starter logs
Crafts (Baskets, soaps, jewelry, etc.)
ALSO… Kid’s
activities! Learn about joining the Foothills Bulk Food Co-op!
(859) 228-0062
For more information about vending or products
offered,
call Donna Wellman at (859) 985-5386 or Timi
Reedy at (606) 256-5551.
You can also download the MERJ
farmers’ market guidelines.
Directions: MERJ is located in Big Hill, Kentucky in the southeastern end of Madison
County where it joins Estill, Rockcastle, and Jackson
Counties. Big Hill is just 2 miles past Indian Fort Theatre on HWY 21/HWY
421. At the HWY T-intersection, there is a coffeeshop
on the left and a gas station on the right. Turn left, and MERJ Market is
just a half mile on the right. Visit MapQuest for a map.
“Clean” means using agricultural practices that do not include chemical
fertilizers, pesticides, etc. “Green” refers
to local production in the MERJ counties, as well as other Kentucky Counties
within about a 50-mile radius of MERJ.
For vendor information about who may sell, membership, typical market
items, and pricing guidelines, please see the MERJ Clean & Green Farmers’ Market
Guidelines.
v Berea College Local Food
Initiative
v
Cooperative
Extension Service, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture
v
Kentucky Department of Agriculture Farm to Schools Program
v
Kentucky
Department of Parks’ KY Proud Purchasing Program
v
Kentucky Sustainable
Agriculture Community
v Local Harvest
(Local produce directory)
v
Sustainable Mountain
Agriculture Center
Foothills Co-op
– Buy bulk food & save (money & the
environment!)
MERJ Market – Merge for activities,
networking, and exchange of goods and skills
Last revised: 10/15/2005