Indianapolis Farmers Market

Indianapolis Farmers Market. . , Food is a foundational element of human culture, and Hoosiers have long sought to purchase food from the people who actually produce it. In the 1920s, the Indianapolis Growers Cooperative Association established their own producers market in order to by pass retailers at the city market and sell directly to consumers. These merchants included early twentieth-century immigrants who had already established produce, greenhouse, and meat industries in the area. Hundreds of Marion County farmers joined them to offer what they called the “freshest vegetables, fruits, chickens, eggs, and butter” available. The market was dedicated on June 12, 1926, with a parade of 25 floats ad 2 bands. Like Union Station, the Indianapolis Producers Market, which was open all day every day except Sunday, was a crossroads of Indianapolis’ diverse communities, providing sustenance for the city’s increasingly rich palette of flavors from around the world. [Captions:] , Top , Eskenazi and Mordoh wholesale commission house located at the northeast corner of New Jersey and South Street. Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society. Above , Napthali Eskenazi, pioneer o South Street’s commission row, exhibits a tray of fruits and vegetables. The Indianapolis News, 7 March 1936, p.9. Above , Farmers Market on South Street. The Indianapolis News, 12 June 1937, p.9. Left , A summer scene of the curb market on South Delaware Street. The Indianapolis News, 7 March 1936, p.9. Left , Indianapolis Producers Market, 1933. Bass Photo Co. Collection, Indiana Historical Society.