James Madison University - Bluestone Schoolmaam Yearbook (Harrisonburg, VA)

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Harrisonburg ' s Farmers Market is located on South Main Street, less than a mile from campus. Voted Best Place to be on a Saturday Morning by the Daily News Record, students did not mind investing 10 to 15 minutes to walk to the weekly market, photo by (heidi Campbell) freshness of market food. I like seeing the people behind the table and you know that the} ' made it. You can sample eventhing and I like that. In reference to price differences between grocery stores and the market, O ' Brien said, I would say maybe it ' s a little more, but because vou can taste it and because you can see where it came from I feel like it ' s worth it. This idea of knowing where vour tood came from was becoming increasingly important to people. The Harrisonburg Farmers Market webpage recognized this trend stating, As the awareness of the importance and benefits of eating locally and supporting local sustainable agriculture continues to grow, the Harrisonburg Farmers Market looks forward to being an even more vital part of the growing community it serves. There was another key element in the lure of the farmers market. Students ran into friends and stopped to talk. Families sat down to nibble on their purchases with strollers and dogs on leashes. Instead of hurrying off to their cars once their bags were full, townspeople sat down on benches to converse with each other. A farmer took a handful of kettle corn he had bought from across the pavilion and offered some to the Mennonite woman in the booth next to him. There was definitely another reason people ventured to the farmers market and no, it was not because Saturday morning cartoons are not what they used to be. It was the atmosphere. It ' s a friendly place, said Byler. Turner also agreed that the atmosphere was welcoming. I just think it ' s a friendlier atmosphere here, echoed Patullo. You can talk to people and people have time to talk to vou and explain things and answer vour questions and I think that ' s important. } Shoppers flock into the Turner Pavilion on a Saturday morning. The city built the pavilion as a permanent meeting place of the Farmers Market in £008. photo by (heidi Campbell} Visitors at the market find products in the Turner Pavilion as well as in the parking lot. The market served as a meeting place for both locals and students, photo by (heidi Campbell} Features } 25

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{ The Bluestone 2011 } Many took advantage of the Farmers Market by sarah lockwood {writer} he sugar)- aroma of kettle corn loomed in the air. The parking lot was full; bikes leaned against trees. The happy chatter of voung families, older couples, pets, farmers, crafters and bakers rose from what was once just a municipal lot. It was a tvpical Saturday morning at the farmers market. The Downtown Harrisonburg Farmers Market was established in 1979. Turner Payilion was built in 2008 and has housed the market since. A row of merchants under tents stretched beyond the payilion. The market ran through Thanksgiying on Saturdays and Tuesdays from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and Thursdays from 4 to 7 p.m. Customers had a wide yariety of selections to choose from. The pavilion was lined with produce, cheese, sausage, baked goods, jewelry, photography, tie-dye art, knitting, candles and woodwork. While some venders sold their products for a living, Char Turner didn ' t take home a cent. Turner began her booth, Cause for Creation, three years ago and raised thousands of dollars for Liberian orphan relief. Her crafts included handmade paper, art cards and other handmade paper items constructed from plant materials grown on her farm. Many people try to do a lot of their gift shopping here because they want to support the cause, said Turner. The Doughnuts and More booth experienced a constant stream of business. Junior John Mills said he came to the market frequently just to pick up a couple oi freshly made doughnuts. Oddly enough, the well-known bakery items were originally meant to be raspberries. Well, we had extra raspberries in the garden so we thought we ' d sell raspberries at the farmers market, explained owner Rosalind Byler. Until the raspberries got ripe, we said we ' d sell doughnuts and pies. By the time raspberry season came around, eyeryone else had raspberries so we decided to just not do raspberries. Her six homeschooled children helped to make the doughnuts, beginning at tour in the morning Some were led to the farmers market by their sweet tooth, but others came with a healthy mindset. I like being able to know where my food comes from. I like to know how far mv food has traveled, who ' s handled it and what ' s going into it, because I ' m putting that into my body, which is important, said graduate student Kelly Patullo. Patullo shopped for vegetables, bread and cheese at the farmers market during most weekends and many Thursdays. She said these trips probably replaced 95 percent of her grocery shopping. Patullo brought her friend and fellow graduate student, Jessica O ' Brien, along for a visit to the market. I just typically go to the grocery store every week, but Kellv always comes to class with wonderful smelling bread and cheese and I just wanted to come, said O ' Brien, who liked the Harrisonburg ' s Farmers Market is located on South Main Street, less than a mile from campus. Voted Best Place to be on a Saturday Morning by the Daily News Record, students did not mind investing 10 to 15 minutes to walk to the weekly market, photo by {heidi Campbell) 2 { Farmer ' s Market

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events helped freshmen get acclimated to the university LU LJ On the way to an Orientation event freshmen get to know each other. FROGs were in charge of making sure freshmen made it to the events. photo by {kristin mcgregor} Orientation Peer Adviser (OPA) by britni geer {writer} ampler Hall, Wamp, or The Estate, as referred to by the Orientation Team (O-Team), was home to Sallv Bovd, an Orientation Peer Adviser (OPA), throughout Summer Springboard. With only about a month at home, orientation quickly consumed all of Boyd ' s summer. With eight days of First-year Springboard training and four days of Transfer Springboard training, Bovd endured early mornings, late nights, and D-hall meals, but had the experience of a lifetime. When 1 was a 2k9 FROG (First veaR Orientation Guide), I was supervised, trained and inspired bv niv two OPAs, said Boyd. I understood what Orientation was really all about and 1 wanted to continue to contribute to it, but the application process was stressful, and 1 had Left my individual interview in tears. With only 28 spots to fill, the application process to become an OPA proved challenging for Bovd. A paper application, a group interview and an individual interview left main candidates nervous. During her individual interview, Boyd had a cold and stumbled over her words while trying to stifle her coughs. Much to her surprise, Bovd received a phone call during finals week last December that changed her outlook. Kelly Rirenbark, the Coordinator of Student Staff, said ' Hello Sally. We thank you for applying for the OPA position, and it was really great getting to know vou through the process, but. . .we ' d love for you to be a part of our 2010 team, ' said Boyd. I screamed in her ear that, yes, I wanted the position. I was completely shocked that I had still gotten the job. With a go time of usually 6 a.m., Bovd and her fellow OPAs had morning routines of playing music and dancing around before heading to D-hall or D-hiz , as they called it, for breakfast. Early mornings tired Bovd, especially during 1787 Orientation, where events would last until 1 a.m., with a cleanup crew following the event. I was exhausted, I ' ve never pushed my body so tar on so little sleep, said Boyd. Some mornings I would wake up and go to campus but not be actually awake and aware until breakfast. We played music in the morning to wake us up and after breakfast during Springboard we would sing the National Anthem. Summer springboard consisted of checking in students, waving to cars, directing traffic, discussions with students, sessions about general education and lunch and dinner at D-hiz. 17S7 included directing students to meetings, leading 26 {Orientation