Bolivar Farmers Market: selling more than fresh vegetables
The Bolivar Farmers Market opened Saturday with an eclectic lot of vendors selling heirloom tomato plants, greenhouse vegetables, organic beef, and flowers.
The first “barter day” in the history of Bolivar was the first Monday in March 1933. Vendors set up around the courthouse square peddling seed, wagons, mules, horses, plows, sorghum and other items. Livestock was sold in a lot to the south west of the square and nearly 80 years later the architecturally bold Bolivar Farmers Market was constructed on that very site from Douglas fir timbers and corrugated metal roofing.
Gerald Sykes, the director of the market, has been growing and selling peaches since long before the scenic pavilion was built. He recalls “I got involved with the market as a vendor growing peaches and a board member.” Last year, Sykes took over as the director of the market, but he still sells his peaches.
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