"While fresh produce - primarily fruits and vegetables - is still the staple, vendors have diversified, selling anything from handmade soaps to homemade dog treats.
A stroll through the tents scattered across a grassy area near Snellville's City Hall on Saturday revealed vendors selling locally harvested honey, homemade jams and jellies, fresh flower bouquets, granola and homemade breads, cookies, cakes, pies and fudge.
...These markets are still a source for locally and regionally grown produce, with an emphasis placed on freshness, whether it's watermelons just pulled from their vines or blueberries plucked from their shrubs. But the list of foods available at local farmers markets has expanded to include baked goods, meats, milk, fresh pasta, seafood, dips, salad dressings, salsas and more, and the emphasis on freshness doesn't only apply to the produce.
Loganville residents Andrew Reed and Gail Zorn bake up fresh, sourdough-based breads for the weekly Snellville Farmers' Market, including brown sugar pecan loaves and a sourdough white bread. Zorn said fresh bread is common at many farmers markets."
From: www.Macon.com/AP Wire News Report/via Gwinnett Daily Post
