Farmers honour the ploughman poet
PIPERS and poets will be attending the Edinburgh Farmers' Market tomorrow to help celebrate
the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.
The market will be filled with the sound of the bagpipes, courtesy of two pipers from George Watson's School.
The Scottish Poetry Library will have a stall with free postcards featuring enduring Burns poems such as A Man's a Man and a range of books on display for visitors to browse.
Edinburgh's reader in residence, Ryan Van Winkle, will also be on hand, helping visitors to find poems they may enjoy.
Slow Food Edinburgh will play its part in the festivities, with a Slow Food Taste Tour focusing on haggis, neeps and tatties.
Richard Darke, events manager for market organisers Essential Edinburgh, said: "We are looking forward to an atmospheric Farmers' Market on Saturday with music, poetry and some fantastic home-grown produce."
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