Vendor Highlights at DLFM

We have local food producers old and new, large and small here at Dexter Lake Farmers' Market. Read on to meet a few of them, and come sample their products at the market every Sunday through September!

Gail Gould of Cheviot Hill Sheep Farm

Gail Gould, of Cheviot Hill Sheep Farm in Pleasant Hill has sold her varied products at Dexter Lake Farmers Market for several years.  Her husband's dad bought their farm in the 1970's, and Gail and the family have lived there for 20 years. They have extensive apple and pear orchards, and initially sold the fruit and used the sheep to brush out the orchard. As time went on, they started to sell meat, wool, and other products as well as the fruit and vegetables from the farm.  Her lamb, which is sold frozen, is a her major product. Gail is a holder of an Oregon Department of Agriculture certified meat production license.
"We really like being able to come sell at Dexter Lake Farmers Market," says Gail.  It's a very sweet and friendly place."

Sherry Reyna of Ferns Edge Goat Dairy

Sherry Reyna has owned and managed Ferns Edge Dairy since 1970.  Other vendors at the market have traded for her goat manure to fertilize their fields.
Sherry makes many varieties of award winning artisan goat cheese, and also sells two varieties of locally made cheeses from cows' milk.
"Community is everything to me" says Sherry. "Almost everything we eat at the farm is local, including many of our own products."
Ferns Edge goat milk and cheeses are sold at many local food outlets in Eugene, Corvallis, Salem and Portland, as well as at the Lane County Farmers Market.
We are lucky to have her at a small farmers market like ours; it helps that she lives just across the road from us.

Kathi with her plants and herbs

Kathi Jaschek sells at the market as "Kathi's Plants and Herbs".
"I've been growing indoor and outdoor plants for a long time," she says. " I like to propagate what I have and share my extras with others. With the trend of Farmers Markets becoming more popular all the time, I figured that it was time to join in the fun!"
Offerings include hen & chick starts, spider plants, and various herbs, plant starts or dried, such as rosemary, lemon thyme, and catnip."
We have enjoyed Kathi's presence at the market this past few weeks.  We think you may find something on her table to take home with you!

We continue to offer pizza baked on-site in a wood-fired oven; fruit smoothies; a wide variety of vegetables, fruits and berries; baked goods include Annette Pershern's ever popular cookies; and many other tasty and tantalizing treats.

Please join us at Dexter Lake Farmers Market!  We will be there at the lake from noon until three on Sunday for four more markets this year.  September 8, 15, 22, and 29. Don't miss this pleasant venue.  Meet your neighbors and have lunch while you listen to music and enjoy a fresh breeze blowing off Dexter Lake.