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Beaver Island farmers market opens for the 2015 season

Also Beaver Island Farmers Market 2015 opening · Beaver Island farmers market season begins 2015

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TypeEvent
Dates2015-06-18 – 2015-09-03
WithinBeaver Island
ErasModern era
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Summary

The Beaver Island farmers market opened its 2015 season on June 18 at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop, with notice of new vendors and products. A September 2 notice announced the final market of the season for September 3.

Evidence limits

The vendor announcements document the planned opening and announced closing date, but not the full vendor roster, attendance, or sales.

Sources

  1. The vendor described a September market near the school zone with fall vegetables, baked goods, preserved foods, and at least four vendors. This is a contemporaneous offering and schedule notice, not an attendance or sales count.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009394
  2. Vendors announced a September 24 market near the phone building by Daddy Frank’s and listed tomatoes, squash, cucumbers, breads, candles, and other goods. This documents advertised offerings, not attendance or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009453
  3. A participant reported seeing fresh greens, breads, baked goods, bedding plants, and other products at the Thursday market and invited readers to attend weekly. This is an eyewitness/vendor-adjacent report, not an attendance or sales count.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008944
  4. The notice announced the season opening on June 18 at Paradise Bay Coffee Shop from 9–11 a.m., with new vendors and products. It does not enumerate vendors or report attendance.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t008899
  5. A vendor announced the final market of the season for September 3 and listed produce, baked goods, and preserved foods. The notice documents the announced season endpoint, not total market attendance or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 08 · t009344
  6. A vendor announced radishes, onions, rhubarb, lettuce, spinach, kale, breads, and jams for the July 9 market; replies corrected the hours to 9–11 a.m. The notice documents a vendor offering and contemporaneous hours, not market attendance or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009037
  7. A vendor announced a July 23 market with cherry pies, zucchini salsa, hummus, bread, and other vendors’ offerings. This documents advertised products and hours, not market attendance or sales.
    forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 09 · t009119

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Beaver Island Archive, “Beaver Island farmers market opens for the 2015 season”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-farmers-market-season-opens-2015/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Island Gardens, “Brain Food at the after school Farmers Market,” Beaver Island Forum, September 8–10, 2015. (and 6 further sources listed on the page).

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