Ye Olde Salem WV’s Farmer’s Market hosts annual community dinner

SALEM, W.Va. (WBOY) — The Ye Olde Salem West Virginia's Farmer's Market hosted its annual free community meal at city hall on Saturday.

The meal featured slow-cooked pork sandwiches, smoked beans, coleslaw, potato salad, a fruit cup, a dessert and a drink. Members of the market said that throughout the year, the market takes donations, which allows it to provide a meal for the community to gather in fellowship with one another.

Member of the Board of Directors with Ye Olde Salem West Virginia's Farmer's Market Robert Winger discussed how grateful he was for the donations.

"The community supported us all year as well and it was made part by the donations of all the donations of all the people in the community that came out to the markets, free will donations pretty much made it all possible, and everything here was provided by those donations that the community put back into the market."

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Community members like Geoffrey Steele said that the free meal event helps build back the sense of community while getting back to Salem's small hometown roots, and that it's important for organizations like the market and the city's events to work together for the betterment of the residents of Salem.

"It's very important for communities to get together so that we know and have that comradery with each other, and that we can build those relationships back to successful neighborhood watches, and looking out for each other, and really caring about each other, and getting back to those values, and what makes small towns really special," Steele said.

Starting on Dec. 6, the Ye Olde Salem WV's Farmer's Market will host its Winter market from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. at Salem City Hall, with a showcase of vendors.

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