Once-blighted South Side property now home to organic, specialty food farmers market

YOUNGSTOWN

Danielle Seidita is thrilled to see a once-blighted piece of city property become the site for a new farmers market that sells healthful, organically grown foods.

The market also promises to foster a different kind of growth.

“The market is important in the neighborhood and will provide a place for the community to come,” said Seidita, market manager of the Idora Neighborhood Farmers Market, 2600 Glenwood Ave., on the city’s South Side. “This will help alleviate not having access to locally grown foods.”

The farmers market debuted Tuesday and is open from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. every Tuesday through Sept. 30. Hosting the gathering was the Youngstown Neighborhood Development Corp., a neighborhood development organization launched in 2009.

Dozens of people came to the market’s first day to speak to and buy from vendors offering everything from assorted greens to specialty coffees to zucchini, cucumber and sweet-basil plants.

Read more about the market and the products available in Wednesday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.