The market gave away some squash and zucchini plants grown by RAM Market Manager John Silveira. He grew the plants from heirloom seeds from one of the RAM vendors.
There were some other special Earth Day vendors including our friends at Apple Rabbit Compost and EPIC Outreach. Apple Rabbit is a food scrap diversion service giving residents and businesses a way to send less to the landfill. Apple Rabbit currently services the Riverside, Avondale, Ortega, Murray Hill, Springfield, Downtown, and San Marco Neighborhoods of Jacksonville, FL. EPIC Animals Outreach (EPIC) is a nonprofit 501c3 that provides humane education outreach to children and adults in Northeast Florida and seeks to create a more kind and compassionate world for people, animals, and the environment through outreach, service, and rescue.