2010 Vendors

800 West Farms

Owners: Clinton and Nicole Mackey
Products: Eggs, home-grown produce, home-canned fruits, vegetables, and jams, live plants, hand-made crafts, baked goods, frozen vegetables

“At 800 West Farms, we have a passion for producing high quality vegetables, eggs, baked goods, and crafts for our family and yours. Our healthy chickens produce delicious, protein-rich white and brown eggs in two sizes. We grow a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, fruits, berries, and ornamentals. All of the items we sell are produced or grown on our small, four-acre farm south of Mulberry that has been in our family since 1972. We appreciate your business, and we hope you appreciate our locally-grown products.”

Botanica Farm, Gardens, Greenhouse

Owners: Judi D. Thomas-Sheerer
Products: Annual & perrenial plants, vegetables

Flour Mill Bakery

Owners: Sandra Hufford
Products: Angel food cakes, pies, breads, noodles, cookies, and other assorted baked goods

Frankfort Covenant Academy (Frankfort Bible Holiness Church)

Owners: Ronald Coleman
Products: Desserts, produce, crafts

“This is our first time participating with the Clinton Co. Farmers Market. We, Frankfort Covenant Academy, will be using the funds from this endeavor to help pay our expenses for our student conventions, both at the state and international level. All of our products will be made or grown in Clinton County and donated by our school parents or church family and friends. We will have a variety of: homemade baked goods and crafts, as well as home-grown vegetables and fruit.”

Grandpa Jay’s Pork

Owners: Jay and Sue Hawley
Products: Frozen ground pork and sausage

“We are third generation farmers and have been farming and raising hogs for 40 years near Kirklin in Clinton County. Four years ago we realized others might enjoy eating our pork as much as we do. We now sell frozen ground pork and sausage (in bulk or in patties) from pigs born and raised on our farm. If lean, flavorful pork sounds good to you, look for us at the Clinton County Farmers Market in Frankfort. You’ll be glad you did, and we look forward to serving you!”

Hillbilly BBQ

Owner: Scott Phillips
Products: Hickory smoked meats (beef, pork), hickory grilled meats (pork loin, pork burgers, chicken, beef)

McWhirt Family Product

Owners: Rick & Colleen McWhirt
Products: Asparagus, green beans, lima beans, corn, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, heirloom vegetables, peppers, turnips, cucumbers, onions, radishes, beets, squash, lettuce, zucchini, okra, wild raspberries, rhubarb, noodles, some canned goods, eggs

“Rick, Colleen, Mackenzie, and Erica started in 2001 with Rick selling pumpkins and vegetables on State Road 28 in Tipton County. The money went into a college fund for Mackenzie. In 2004, Erica came along. In 2005, we moved back to Clinton County. We joined the Farmers Market at the end of the first season in 2007 selling gourds. The next year, we sold our vegetables. Each year since, we have brought new items to the market. This year is no exception, and we are trying new products. In 2009, we had gourds that weighed over 50 lbs. We bring to the market a wide variety of products (listed above). We planted rhubarb and new asparagus two years ago, with the hope that it will be ready this year. We also bring noodles and some canned goods, along with free roaming, cage-free eggs. We have four goats and a pony. They graze over the garden in the winter, which is our fertilizer. Our garden are is just under one acre.”

MCF Farm & Hardware

Owners: Terris & Amanda Ayres
Products: Locally grown vegetables and flowers, pumpkins, gourds, straw

New Hope Church

Owner: Susan Rhine
Products: Ham loaf, miscellaneous crafts, cookbook, baked goods, cookies in jar, soups in jar

Rule’s Golden Honey

Owners: Mike & Cathy Rule
Products: Local honey and honey products, fresh vegetables, baked goods, pumpkins & gourds (fall season), flower arrangements (late summer)

“We produce local honey and honey products. This venture started as a hobby and developed into a small business. We sell honey from our home, as well as at the Clinton County Farmers Market. We also sell our products through local retail stores such as Flavor’s and Shoups in Frankfort and Main Street Cheese in Lafayette. As time permits, Cathy sells various home baked goods, including her “prize winning” pies. Through the summer, we sell various “home grown” fresh vegetables that are in season. In the fall, we sell large pumpkins and assorted gourds.”

Stillhaven Farms

Owners: Jim & Liz Stitzel
Products: Fruit and vegetables, cut flowers, photography

Twelve Mile Prairie Farm

Owner: Steven Miller
Products: Pastured poultry, chicken crates