It’s that time of year again. This Saturday, the Memphis Farmers Market returns. When I was a child back in the ’70s, my mom would take me to a farmers’ market in Little Rock, set up on a parking lot downtown on 3rd St., not far from the Arkansas Gazette building where she worked. It was nothing special, just a bunch of farmers standing around selling excess produce out of bushel baskets.
Don’t get me wrong – the Memphis Farmers Market has that too. It’s the centerpiece of the entire operation, the main event. But it’s hardly all that happens there.
At MFM you’ll also find (based on what I’ve seen in past years)
- Live acoustic music
- Food trucks serving breakfast and lunch
- Fresh flowers
- Herbs in season
- Cheeses
- Breads
- Reheat & go meals
- Frozen pops
- Bird houses
- Pottery
- Hot sauce
- Bloody Mary mix
- MFM T-shirts
- Dog treats
- Chips & dips
- Fresh meat & seafood
- Jellies & jams (if you don’t know the difference, I know someone who can explain it to you)
- Mushroom-growing starter kits (no not the magic kind)
- Pastries
The Memphis Farmers Market happens every Saturday, rain or shine, from the beginning of April to the end of October. It’s located under the pavilion at S. Front St. and G.E. Patterson Ave., behind the Malco Powerhouse movie theater.
Wow. What a Final Four.
- 4 UConn
- 5 San Diego State
- 5 Miami
- 9 Florida Atlantic
Has there ever been a Final Four where a 4 seed is the high seed left standing? Has there ever been a Final Four where the average seed is 5.75?
34 out of the 35 people in our Bardog employee/regular bracket league picked a national champion who has been eliminated by this point.
FiveThirtyEight probabilities of each team winning the title:
- UConn: 43%
- San Diego State: 25%
- Miami: 20%
- Florida Atlantic: 12%
The Grizzlies picked up a 123-119 win over Atlanta yesterday. They’ll be back home to face Orlando on Tuesday.
The DM has a look at the vegan brunch that happened at the Renasant Convention Center yesterday.
Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, and Uranus will align in an arc under the moon Tuesday evening.
Major League Baseball’s Opening Day is Thursday.
Not a very newsy day. Back tomorrrow.