If you have been searching for a place that sells beautifully fresh, local produce, then look no further than the UAMS campus. We have a quaint little farmer’s market that opens every Thursday from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. They offer a wide variety of fruits, vegetables, and legumes. Located on level B of Parking Garage 2, the mobile market sits to the right of the Central Building entrance/exit. Culinary Medicine had the opportunity to visit in May, and we have the full scoop.
Danny Carpenter and his associate, Bruce, are incredibly helpful and informative while you shop. They offered shopping bags, prices, and locations of where produce was grown. A whopping eighty-five percent of the produce is locally sourced. Danny has been in the farmer’s market business for over 50 years; his mom started their market from the back of her station wagon when Danny was a young child, and the rest is history.
The produce at Carpenter Farmer’s Market is so irresistibly delicious that we decided to handpick a couple of recipes to go along with their offerings. We chose to feature a Watermelon Feta Salad as well as a Tomato Cucumber Salad. There is no better time than summer for fresh salads and the tomatoes, watermelon, and cucumber can all be purchased from the market. Click the links below for these tempting salad recipes and be sure to visit the Farmer’s Market!
