Diane K. Kolopanas, producer and administrator of three farmers’ markets along 30A and in Santa Rosa Beach, has added the products of several local vendors whose offerings include grass-fed beef and dairy and organically grown aquaponics and hydroponic produce. 

Those vendors include Arrowhead Beef, located in Chipley, which produces grass- and forage-fed beef, and Nature’s Hand Cattle Co., located in Westville, which offers beef products from a herd that drinks from Mill Spring and grazes in GMO-free pastures. “Neither vendor uses hormones, antibiotics, herbicides or pesticides,” Kolopanas says. Another new vendor is Golden Dreams Dairy, a small family farm located in East Milton. The dairy owns four Guernsey cows, a breed known for producing sweet, golden milk that is high in beta-carotene, a known cancer fighter. According to the dairy’s owners, their Guernseys are tested A1/A2 and A2/A2, making their milk less likely to cause gastro and digestive issues. 

“Every year we try to add new vendors that provide the products we learn our guests are seeking,” Kolopanas says. “The markets give people an opportunity to meet the farmers and learn more about how the foods are made.”

Kolopanas operates 30A Farmers’ Market in Rosemary Beach (on Facebook at 30aFarmersMarket); WaterColor Farmers’ Market in WaterColor (on Facebook at 30A Coastal Farmers Market); and Grand Boulevard Farmers’ Market in Sandestin (on Facebook at Grand Boulevard Farmers’ Market). For more information, call 850-213-0577