The Stan Fresh Market is an on campus farmers market that occurs only during the fall semesters. All of the fruits and vegetables are grown on campus in the sustainable garden.

The next Stan Fresh Market will be held on Thursday October 18 and then on November 15, from 11 am to 1 pm. It is open to all students and faculty; including the community. 

Dr. Rebekah Shrader (Assistant Professor of Economics) said that,“[The Stan Fresh Market] is a market that has been piloted and ran by Ag classes and is also weaved into the agriculture program curriculum, and that is the class that runs the market the course is called Agriculture Market and Pricing.”

Stan Fresh has been up and running since Spring 2015, and has given many students in the Agriculture and Marketing department an opportunity to experience something that they can continue to pursue in their future careers. 

Courtney Orpurt (Agriculture Major Concentration in Economics) said “I think that any real world experience in marketing and pricing is beneficial, it gives me the experience that I would not get otherwise. I encourage everyone to take Ag Market and Pricing with Dr. Shrader, since it is such a hands on class. Even if you are not enrolled in the class, you can still come out and help with the market!”

“Something new that we are going to try this time is hold the students produce until the end of the market so that they don’t have to carry their bag of produce with them in class.” stated Dr. Shrader. Which can be beneficial to those students who are done with class by the time the market ends. 

Martin Hildebrandt (Garden Technician) is the one who runs the garden and the Stan Fresh production. He gathers all of the produce from the garden and takes it out to the quad where the market takes place.

They generally have enough of each of produce so no need to worry about missing out on certain products.

The most popular produce sold at the previous Stan Fresh Market were carrots and flowers. So if you bought a vase from a previous Stan Fresh and want new flowers, bring it by the market for a discount.

“My favorite thing about being involved in the market is definitely being able to see all the great products that our sustainable garden has, and to see those products being sold to faculty and students.” mentioned Courtney Orpurt. 

Shrader said that “Any produce leftover either ends up getting sold to Chartwells and they incorporate it into the food served on campus or they  donate it to United Samaritans.”