Starting Tuesday, July 5, the produce market will be open from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays. It is located behind the Foundation's Soil/Forage Receiving Building on the south side of Sam Noble Parkway (a large sign marks the driveway).

Fresh-picked tomatoes, seven kinds of peppers (hot and mild), zucchini, squash, sweet corn and gladiolus flowers are currently available at the market.

The produce market is a pilot project of the Foundation's Agricultural Division. It is designed to demonstrate how to run a commercial horticulture operation, from production methods through marketing to consumers. The Foundation plans to use the information gained from the produce market to help local growers find the best ways to raise and sell their own produce.

Call the Foundation at 223-5810 for more information.

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The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation (www.noble.org), headquartered in Ardmore, Okla., is a nonprofit organization conducting agricultural, forage improvement and plant biology research; providing grants to non-profit charitable, educational and health organizations; and assisting farmers and ranchers through educational and consultative agricultural programs.

To learn more, visit the Noble Foundation Web site at http://www.noble.org.

More news releases available at www.noble.org/Press_Release