Bryan Hendrix of Hendrix Honey at the Seymour Area Farmers Market. He sells vegetables, honey and crafts with his sister, Karen Hendrix.
Lori McDonald | The Tribune
The Seymour Area Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the Walnut Street Parking Lot located south of the railroad tracks near the Jackson County Public Library in Seymour.
The market also is open from 8 a.m. to noon Wednesdays.
Here’s a look at one of the vendors and their products.
Hendrix Honey
Owner and names of the people who sell at the market: Bryan Hendrix, self-proprietor, and Karen Hendrix, sister
Where is your farm or business located?
Acme and Seymour
What items do you sell at the farmers market?
Everything veggies, honey and crafts.
What made you want to start your business?
Farmed my whole life and retired from that and decided to try my hand at the farmers market to meet people and try to get it to grow and expand to something bigger than what it is today.
Where did you learn to produce your product?
Learned everything from school of hard knocks and found a mentor to help me with bees after 35 years of experimenting with them.
How long have you been producing the items you sell at the market?
Couple years here at home and first year at the market.
Do you do this full time or is this a side business/hobby?
Retired, so full time/side business as grandkids are helping.
What about the farmers market makes it beneficial to you as a business?
Having access to a bigger population than I have at my garden stand in the country.
What do you enjoy about selling your goods locally?
Meeting the people and learning about them and how they cook or garden.
Favorite items that you sell?
Honey, kale, radishes, carrots, but about anything I grow because I try and learned what it takes to produce it and bring it to market.
What products from other vendors do you enjoy?
Poppy’s Popcorn and bagel chips from the bagel lady, my sister’s peanut butter fudge and Pam’s granola mix. Those help me get through the market when I need a snack.
Why do you think folks should shop at the farmers market?
People get a good value on the products they buy, and they know their farmer, so they can trust that it was produced locally and not shipped halfway across the country and sets in storage for weeks before you get it. Somehow along the way, we lost sight of where our food should come from. Grow local and eat local to get the freshest out of the garden that you can get.