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Farmers markets deliver fresh goods
Customers may select food from Georgia farms
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Flowery Branch farmer Bob Bradley talks with Deedee Forrester of Gainesville on Tuesday at the Hall County Farmers Market off Jesse Jewell Parkway. - photo by NAT GURLEY
Despite the cool weather, cloudy days and deluge of rain in recent weeks, local farmers markets are opening to consumers this month. The Hall County Farmers Market opened Tuesday for the season which runs through September. Farmers start selling their goods at 6 a.m. Tuesday and close when they sell out, which is usually about 10 a.m. in the early season and noon during the summer, said David White, president of the Hall County Farmers Market Inc.