Shop Local: Clayton Farmers Market Opens This Week

You know it's spring when the Clayton Farmers Market returns. This weekend marks the opening market of the 2013 season.

The Farmers Market will be open with a "Call to the Market" on bagpipes at 8:30 a.m. in the parking lot next to Straubs. Bluegrass music by the Ramblers will be the entertainment from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

For more on opening day events, check out Deb Henderson's Farmers Market blog.

All items for sale at the Clayton Farmers Market are Missouri/Illinois-made and food-themed products with emphasis on the home-grown, home-made or hand crafted, according to the market's web site.

2013 vendors include:

• Biver Farmers — Organically grown greens, lettuces, tomatoes, peppers, herbs, squash and more.
• Black Bear Bakery — Lickhalter rye breads, as well as a selection of whole grain breads.
• del Carmen — Cuban-style beans
• The Farmers Market — Artisanal naturally cured and smoked meats
• Jaeger Greenhouses — Everything from spring starter plants to household ornamental and tropical plants
• Kamp's Peach Orchards — Peaches, nectarines, plums, tomatoes, and blackberries.
• Little Dipper Chocolates — Chocolate barks and truffles
• Mueller's Family Farm — Flowers
• Olove Oil — Certified Organic Extra Virgin Olea Olive Oil and Olives
• Riverbend Roots Farm — Vegetables, herbs, flowers and fruits.
• Silent Oaks Farm — Tomatoes, potatoes, bell peppers, green beans, snap peas, squash, cucumbers, onions, garlic, broccoli, cabbage, radishes, turnips, beets, lettuce and greens, scallions, parsley, basil, eggplant and more.
• Stinger's Honey — Honey, bees wax candles and other items.
• Stringbean Coffee Company — Small-batch roasted coffee beans.
• Sugar Creek Piedmontese — Beer, free-range chicken and eggs.
• Veggie Boy Produce — Tomatoes, lettuce, salad mixes, peppers, herbs, melons, sweet corn, green beans and more.
• Windy Lake Farm — Pastured chickens (broilers/fryers) and eggs. They also raise pastured broad breasted, heritage turkeys and Red Wattle pigs.

Editor's Note: Some incorrect information was on the Clayton Farmers Market web site. The vendor list was updated at 9:30 a.m. Friday to reflect the true 2013 vendor list.