In Episode 40 Birmingham Shines the spotlight is on East Lake Farmer's Market, a program of Peer, Inc. to provide healthy food for the East Lake Community and market opportunities for Alabama farmers.

Photos and complete show notes are available at http://birminghamshines.com/40

In this episode we hear from:

Witt Farms in Hayden

Benny Dixon of Dixon Family Farms in Clanton

Eugenia Wynfrey of Wynfrey Farms in Boaz

Jimmy Carmack of Pure Alabama Honey (several hundred hives) he touches on the challenges in beekeeping

Sister Sniffle: Facebook, Soundclud, Bandcamp

Kevin Snelson representing Whited Farms at East

Sally Aloca - Executive Director of Peer, Inc., the nonprofit that operates the East Lake Farmers Market at East Lake United Methodist Church

Max Bellmore, a student in the Samford University Accelerated Nursing Program. Max is from Chicago.

ennifer Freeman, also a student in the Samford University Accelerated Nursing Program. Jennifer is a California native

https://www.samford.edu/nursing/bsn-accelerated

The East Lake Farmers Market is open on Saturdays from April through October and is located at East Lake United Methodist Church in east Birmingham, Alabama.