October 8th is a special market day!

Española Farmers Market will be hosting our Nineteenth Annual BIGGEST VEGETABLE & BEST POEM Contest on Indigenous Peoples Day, Monday, October 8, 2018. Market hours are 10am-5pm. Growers active at the Market can enter their impressive vegetables in the following categories: Biggest heirloom pumpkin, Biggest root vegetable, Biggest chile, Oddest vegetable, Wild card vegetable, Prettiest ristra, Best corn, Biggest sunflower head or dried gourd. Students or adults can also read poetry about farming or gardening. Growers and students need to deliver all poems and vegetable contestants to the Market by 10 am on October 8^th Contest Day.  Winners will be announced at 1:00 pm and ribbons awarded. .All participants & winners will be included in next season’s market postcard. 

How did it happen that it's so close to the end of the 2018 market and things are winding down for the season?

There are still several weeks to go. Are you stocking up for the winter? With onions? Squash? Chiles? Pumpkins? If you haven't planned already, start planning now for the lean months ahead. You will be glad you did! Arrive early mornings during the market season when you have access to produce fresh from the field. Be the first in line.

Grow, grow, grow in 2018!

Our farmers and growers are dreaming of large veggies and fruits, poetry, meeting friends and neighbors, and planning for some great feasts!

It's difficult to believe that we're into September already. 

This means that farmers and producers are looking at the fields for several reasons.

They're examining the fields to schedule the optimum time for harvesting.

Examining crops for their size, special interest, and beauty.

Thinking about what friends and customers will be saying when they line up with their shopping lists and plans for special meals and celebrations.

The community farmers' market is one of Northern New Mexico's treasures.

Continue supporting this unique community resource. It's something to be proud of!

Española Farmers Market will be hosting the 19th annual BIGGEST VEGETABLE AND BEST POEM Contest this year. Growers active at the market can enter their impressive vegetables in the following categories: Biggest heirloom pumpkin, Biggest root vegetable, Biggest chile, Oddest vegetable, Wild card vegetable, Prettiest ristra, Best corn, Biggest sunflower head or dried gourd. Already the growers are watching carefully to see what they can submit in the range of categories. Customers and community members love the big celebration once a year... always in October.

Celebrate Labor Day in 2018 on September 3, 2018

We'll be gathering on Monday, September 3, 2018 for the traditional holiday market with surprises, great produce and prices, and good friends. Everything is as you remember from last year. Don't disappoint. Show up! The market opens at 10 a.m.—the recommended time to get there so you can choose from the best fresh from the fields. The usual perks are waiting for you, plus celebrations of our heritage chiles, free books for the young ones, free chile roasting if you buy fresh chiles at the market, music, traditional lunch choices, bargains galore, and fun.