Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
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Dane County Farmers’ Market images
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Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
September 20, 2008
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Dane County Farmers’ Market images
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My newest gallery of images is from two weekend visits to the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square in Madison, Wisconsin, on September 13 and 20, 2008.
Both visits provided a wide variety of opportunities for photography.
The first weekend visit was on a rainy Saturday. A number of the gallery images include people with umbrellas while others are of the vendors and their products. There are also several photos that include the Wisconsin Capitol building.
The second Saturday visit was a sunny day. Along with the product vendors, there were also musicians and street artists.
The Saturday farmers’ market is huge. We made it all the way around the square on the first visit in about 2 hours.
The Farmers’ Market is held on Saturdays, rain or shine, from the middle of April through the beginning of November around the state Capitol Square. It is also held on Wednesdays during the same period in the 200 block of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., rain or shine. During the winter, it can be found at other locations — indoors, of course.
The market is a producer-only farmers’ market. All products in the market are produced by the vendor doing the selling. No resale is allowed.
The Dane County Farmers’ Market (DCFM), operating continuously since 1972, is an outlet for Wisconsin-produced homegrown fruits, vegetables, meats, cheese, eggs, bakery products, cider, maple syrup, honey, sorghum, fresh and dried flowers, herbs, houseplants, jams and jellies, pickles and other prepared food products.
… intended to give growers and producers of goods and consumers an opportunity to deal directly with each other, rather than through third parties.
… intended to enhance the Capitol-Concourse area of the City of Madison.
More information on the farmers’ market can be found on the Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square website.
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Haw Creek’s Dane County Farmers’ Market on the Square photo gallery
day 41
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This rose is published in the new location only.
Olbrich Botanical Gardens, Madison, Wsconsin, September 22, 2008
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This year is a very different political year.
I’m still not going to talk about my own politics here — that’s personal.
The politics of our grandchildren — that’s interesting.
When Obama made his speech in Madison, Wisconsin, on the evening that he won the Potomac primaries, our grandchildren were in the audience.
Emily Mills, the lady who took this photo, observed, from her vantage point in the press area:
When Obama himself finally made his grand entrance, the handful of young college girls standing in front of me (on the other side of the fence) started screaming and jumping up and down like there was a dreamy movie star in the vicinity. That sort of reaction is fascinating to me, and, I think, somewhat unique to the Obama candidacy. I don’t suppose McCain or Clinton elicit similar reactions from their supporters. My blogger friend leaned over to me at one point and asked, “Since when did politics become cool?”
The following week, our grandson was so interested in the process that he asked his dad to take him to the polls when he went to vote — before school.
My earliest memories of politics are from when I was the same age, seven years old. It was during the campaign of another very charismatic president. All I really remember is kids playacting the Kennedy vs. Nixon contest in the playground.
The campaigns this year have been far more interesting than most in the past. I think turnout has been extraordinary for a large percentage of primaries. My wife and I voted in primaries for the first time ever.
Maybe it’s because of the the writer’s strike and — now that it’s over — politics will go back to norrmal.
naaa. – I don’t think so.
(photo by Emily Mills – There is a Creative Commons license attached to this image. Attribution, No Derivative Works)
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