On this page we will post the winners of the contests, answers to the trivia questions, and other fun facts from the Market.

     Come check out the Meeker Farmers Market booth for a fun, food related activity each week!

 

 
MARKET FUN!

July 11th, 2009

SUNFLOWER SEED CONTEST

The final count was 976 seeds. 
  So, the Winner is .  .  .

            Susie Rogers

    with a guess of 985, only 9 seeds off!
                   Good Job!
                                                             Thanks to everyone for playing!

SUNFLOWER TRIVIA

  How tall is the tallest sunflower?
       25 feet 5 1/2 inches, grown in the Netherlands in 1986.

  What country grows the most sunflowers?
       Russia.  It is their national flower.

  Which State's flower is the sunflower?
       Kansas.

  Young sunflowers track the sun's movement.  What is this called?
       Heliotropism.  (hee-lee-uh-troh-piz-uhm) 
       From the Greek: helios (sun) + tropia (one turned toward)

 

 PASS THE PINTOS

 The best bean counter was. . .

             Angela Harris

 who managed to move 15 pintos in 15 seconds!
       Now that's some pretty passing!
 

July 18th, 2009

 

 HOW SWEET IT IS

  The correct answer was . . .  B - 5g of sugar in 1 cup of raspberries.

           Barry Giles

  was chosen randomly from all of the correct entries.
       Sweet guess Barry!

July 25th, 2009

 

 PLEASE PASS THE PEAS

  The winner is . . .

           Kris Arcolesse

  who was randomly drawn from the 4 people who
  passed 7 of the roly-poly peas into the bowl.
     Thanks for playing with your peas!  

August 8th, 2009

 

 CRAZY CORN CONTEST

  The crazy cob was conquered by . . .

           Caroline Copeland

  who had the high score of 15 kernels.
    That took some intense corn-centration!

August 1st, 2009

 

 POLLINATION STATION

  The winner is . . .

           Linda Jones

  who was randomly drawn from the 3 people who
  pollinated 7 flowers.
     What a busy bee she was!  

August 15th, 2009