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The Great British Treat House brings jolly good sweets to local farmers markets
Market Basket
South Bend Tribune
For the past couple of weeks, David White has seen long lines outside his booth at the South Bend Farmer’s Market. Part of that is due to customers lining up to get their fill of sweet British treats, but others stay for the long conversations.
And that’s what White prefers.
“You go to Meijer and other grocery stores and it’s sterile, but then you go to market, and you get to talk and I like to talk,” White laughed. “My girls come and start kicking me to get on with it. So I thought about having two lines, one if you like talking and two if you don’t, where it’s a quick sale.”
Coilin Walsh and his wife, Ashley, initially purchased 5 acres of land on the north side of Mishawaka to start a small farm as a way to teach their daughters
Coilin Walsh and his wife, Ashley, initially purchased 5 acres of land on the north side of Mishawaka to start a small farm as a way to teach their daughters the benefits of gardening and working with nature.
The family works on weeknights and weekends at Walsh Family Farms cultivating such produce as radishes, kale and tomatoes and has simply sold the items to the public at a roadside stand near their home.
But this year, they wanted to do more.
âThe real benefit we saw with this is that the farmers market serves as an effective means to set up a time and space to connect with the local community,â Coilin Walsh said. âAnd itâs close to where you are, and that was a big reason we decided to join.â