If there is one place a college student should spend frivolously, that place would be a farmer’s market. As a transfer student from Pennsylvania, farmer’s markets are no new thing to me. I enjoy buying handmade and homemade goods from people in my community and try to get something new each time I go. I was ecstatic that one of the first House events included a trip to the Ithaca Farmer’s Market. By the end of the trip I actually spent all the money I had brought!

Since the Market’s beginning on Saturdays in 1973, local growers, craftspeople and food vendors could gather together to sell their goods. From my trip to the farmer’s market I bought a Black Prince succulent from a local florist, a pair of mittens made out of recycled sweaters and lamb’s wool from a crafter, and some fresh cheese from a woman who owned a dairy farm. I am happy to say the Ithaca Farmer’s Market’s mission statement stands true to this day.