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Posted: Sat Jun 20th, 2009 06:26 pm |
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| We went this morning and got squash, peppers, onions and cilantro. Jeff, it looks like you guys really stepped it up on produce, I'm happy and impressed. Hope we see this be at least monthly. I would love it to be at Horseshoe park. We pay enough for that park, we should get the most out of it.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 09:19 pm |
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GSBill wrote: in the summer, it will be too hot, so this is the last one for this season.
The farmers market should be coordinated with the growing seasons and not the temperature Jeff. It starts early and should run in the summer if thats when the produce is grown. the key to success is repetition. Folks eat all year round! Put up some big azz fans to cool the attendees and other cool down type things...portable misters, water slide, fire dept misting the crowd...etc.
agreed. speaking of big azz fans (sorry folks, that truly IS the name on them. go look at HPEC for yourself) i would like to take a longer look at having the Farmer's Market at the HPEC. it would be cooler and more rural. not promising, just something that i think needs to be looked more closely at.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 08:42 pm |
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in the summer, it will be too hot, so this is the last one for this season.
The farmers market should be coordinated with the growing seasons and not the temperature Jeff. It starts early and should run in the summer if thats when the produce is grown. the key to success is repetition. Folks eat all year round! Put up some big azz fans to cool the attendees and other cool down type things...portable misters, water slide, fire dept misting the crowd...etc.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 07:53 pm |
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no, this is the last of four that we did as a trial. we are hoping for greatest success this time around.
we weren't by any means first venue out of the bushel basket on this one and so we struggled to attract enough produce since vendors were already committed to other venues.
i am hoping for a good turnout of produce vendors and of residents tomorrow.
in the summer, it will be too hot, so this is the last one for this season.
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 05:18 pm |
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Posted: Fri Jun 19th, 2009 11:03 am |
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http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/story/140685
Q.C. Farmers' Market loads up on produce
Amanda Keim, Tribune
June 18, 2009 - 4:19PM
From left, Eco-Kiddos co-founder David Brandhorst, Agritopia's Kasondra Brunson and The Deli in Queen Creek's Blake Mastyk are teaming up to make sure this weekend's Farmers Market has plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
Tim Hacker, Tribune
This weekend's Queen Creek Farmers' Market is expecting to go from famine to feast.
Three local growers have teamed up with the Queen Creek Chamber of Commerce to make sure Saturday's farmers' market, the last one for this season, has plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables.
David Brandhorst, one of the owners of the new Eco-Kiddos garden in Queen Creek, partnered with The Deli and south Gilbert's Agritopia after hearing complaints about too little food at the last market in May.
Brandhorst was at that market, but he was selling only live plants.
"You could see people looking for the food, because it says 'Queen Creek Farmers' Market,'" he said. "We want to have a good presentation, because food is the key to a farmers' market."
This time, the three growers will have 60 to 80 feet worth of tables pushed together and filled with fresh produce, he said. Kasondra Brunson, farm manager at Agritopia, said there's a need for a market in Queen Creek, but it will be hard to attract vendors until it's established.
"It's really heartbreaking for me, as a farmer," Brunson said. "We have such an availability of things we can grow here. We have farmers in the local area; it's just heartbreaking that no one else is participating."
Kim Moyers, who works in the town's economic development department, is pleased the group is filling a need.
"Knowing we have plenty produce is a good start," she said.
On top of the produce, there will be about 40 vendors selling other types of food, crafts and other items.
Saturday's is the fourth Farmers' Market in the town. The first was in October. The Town Council will evaluate how the year went and how often future markets should be held in July, Moyers said.
Brandhorst and Brunson both hope the markets become a more regular feature.
"We're working on it. We want to support the town, but we need a constant place to do it," Brandhorst said. "You don't shop for food like you do your TV. You need to reload every week."
FYI
The Queen Creek Farmers' Market is 8 a.m. to noon Saturday at Queen Creek Library, 21802 S. Ellsworth Road.
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