Pepper Place presents its 1st Winter Farmers Market

The Market at Pepper Place bills itself as the largest weekly farmers market in the state, with up to 10,000 people coming to Lakeview on spring and summer weekends to shop for products made or grown in Alabama, especially fresh vegetables.

But now lovers of the market don’t have to wait until spring.

The first Winter Farmers Market at Pepper Place — featuring a dozen Alabama growers and producers — will be inside the Pepper Place Pop-Up each Saturday from Jan. 28 to April 1, 8 a.m. to noon, according to a news release.

A wide variety of fresh produce, herbs, flowers, eggs, cheese, bread, meat, poultry, honey and nuts — plus Hero Doughnuts and Domestique Coffee — will be available each Saturday, rain or shine.

There will be live music and seating inside and out.

The Winter Market is made possible because Alabama farmers can produce crops even in cold months, thanks to the use of high tunnels, greenhouses and other technology, the release said.

Opening day will feature products such as fresh produce from Belle Meadow Farm, Owl’s Hollow Farm and Silver Lane Farm; meats, poultry and eggs from Marble Creek Farmstead and Rora Valley Farms; breads and pastries from Hinkel’s on Main; and honey from Eastaboga Bee Company.

For weekly updates, go to pepperplacemarket.com or find Pepper Place Market on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

The Pepper Place Pop-Up is at 2825 Second Ave. S.