We've only shown you some of the sights and special feelings exchanged at the Espanola Farmers Market...

 

There is competition over some of those enormous Spanish squash that often last into the new year!

 

The Española Farmers Market has more news notes to share!

 

Marguerite Kearns has been our blog editor 

since 2007. 

What do you want to know about the Española Farmers Market?

And the news notes related to the Española Farmers' Market continue on. . .New Mexico's hot spot!

 

And the musicians sing on and on..no matter what!

 

If you have never tasted ears of corn dripping with butter in August from the Española Farmers Market, shame on you!

 

We've also made a ton of videos over the years...They may be buried now, but we drag them out, like NOW!

Watch these videos about the Española Farmers Market. One from 2012 was even on a special blog site in Australia...so more people know about us than we ever could know. 

 

Are you still into photos and videos? The Espanola Farmers Market has been making them for ages!

 We have been making selfies and videos of ourselves standing next to the biggest squash ever, and poems about chiles that will never rhyme.

Going to the Monday markets is a reminder that getting there early is important.

People know about the meaning of "fresh from the garden."

You can also find out what that means when you're dancing around the block.

Young and old have been getting free books at the Española Farmers Market for years!

So, where is this terrific farmers' market if we're supposed to visit?

If that family hadn't asked, we wouldn't be sharing these produce recipes with you all!

Another blast from the past...Farmers' market's past history shows some of our accomplishments!

Every growing season is "weird" and the growers and customers at the FARMERS' MARKET in Northern New Mexico still is known as a part of the community that grows in stature. Join us for local music, great and fresh produce.

It's the day before the big Monday market in northern New Mexico. It was lonely years ago when we started. Now, farmers' markets are all over!

Sunday, July 7, 2024

Yes, it is July 7th and we're looking forward to the Monday market in Española, New Mexico on Monday, July 8, 2024.

 Back when we started in the center of town, farmers' markets are rare and special.
 Now, there are markets all over! But we're still special...

 music, learning, testing, and smiling. Join us to see what's going on.

 

It's great when we realize what an accomplishment the Espanola Farmers Market has been!

 When you think about how the world has changed just in your own lifetime—remember the Espanola Farmers Market. 

Hot chile stew is a treat. So are homemade special New Mexican treats.

And the squash that is harvested early. They are long lasting and nothing like grandma fired in her spare time before the young'ins arrive home from school. Sure, we scheduled the opening of the annual summer market later than usual. 

We haven't heard from everyone yet about their points of view, expectations, and experiences.

This means YOU and anyone else who has been waiting to share their experience.

Drop by the market's main table and let loose! This is an accomplishment. No wonder many customers bring their family members and guests from out of town.

Not everything has us anticipating and talking about the month of June in 2024. 

THE LAST OF THE MARKET'S HISTORY FROM SABRA MOORE...

THE END OF THE MARKET OVERVIEW AND HISTORY... 

And then the market grew. We built a vendor plaza, a wildflower garden in front, and an organic field in back. Over the years we have collaborated with various community groups to cultivate the back field, including Tewa Women United and Jon Naranjo's rehabilitation program from Okay Owingeh. Musicians came to play, including Bernardo Jaramillo, Ricardo Vigil, Jeremiah Martinez and David Garcia. Dexter Trujillo worked with students that first summer to build the horno. I collaborated with Nayeli Navarro to manage the market. Jerry Cordova put up the overhead canopies each spring, and we worked with various Board Presidents, including Steve Jaramillo and Fred Martinez.

I also organized two versions of The Farm Show at the Bond House Museum (2003 and 2014), inviting ten artists, including myself, to interview two farmers each. We also made artworks in response to the farm visits and had poetry readings with Joan Logghe and Berta Tsosie Pena.

In 2024, I will greet all the growers and friends from our time together. And I look forward to visiting the market as a customer and supporter.

SABRA MOORE & THE MARKET'S OVERVIEW with COMMENTS ON THE WEEKLY SUMMER ADVANCES...

 

HERE I AM AGAIN...Sabra Moore CONTINUING OUR STORY! 

(CONTINUED FROM JUNE 17, 2024)

I make artists' books, so I designed and produced that first market book and made six or seven more Market Chapbooks over the years. Some years I collaborated with poet Joan Logghe to do poetry classes at various elementary schools. We gave a chapbook to every poetry contributor and to the growers.

The market moved the next year to Espanola Plaza, but that site was incredibly windy, so we moved the following year to a lot in front of Northern New Mexico College's (NNMC) commercial kitchen on Railroad Avenue. We had a Market board by then, and we were trying to find a way to get a permanent site. There were so many good people trying to make this happen—Joe Merhege, Clark de  Schweintz, our  pro-bono legal aid lawyer. Tomas Cordova, our market architect, Gene Lopez, our Board President Mary Parseca, Susie Lucero, and other Board members.

In 2007, with the help of Senator Martinez, we succeeded in obtaining a permanent site from the NM Legislature, 3.19 irrigated acres with water rights. We have a 20-year lease with NNMC with an option to renew. We moved to the site in a joyous procession led by the high school mariachi band, walking from the kitchen parking lot down the street to 1005 N. Railroad Avenue.

AND THE FINAL HISTORY SEGMENT FROM SABRA MORE COMING SOON!

 

A BLAST FROM THE PAST: IT'S A TREASURE WHEN THE KIDS ARE HOME AND ASKING FOR HOMEGROWN FOOD...

 Those who are babies also grow up and have their own lives. We've heard it said that there is nothing like a tall grown kid asking what he/she wants for his/her birthday.

"How about some green chiles grown locally and roasted at the Monday farmers market?"

So Mom and Dad research postage and packages and the kid at college and elsewhere invites his/her friends to enjoy the locally grown chile dishes far away, but it seems so close. 

It is a joy to spread the wealth of hot green chiles. Yum.

When you're far away like this, this story isn't an exaggeration.

Let us know about your experiences and maybe you will be written up in a future post.

We're posting on Saturdays, before the big old Monday market.

Join us!