Sunday, September 30, 2012

The 2012 Vegetable and Poem Contest and MORE!


The Española Farmers Market is hosting its Thirteenth Annual Biggest Vegetable & Best Poem Contest on Monday, October 8, 2012. The big vegetables will be displayed all morning and the selections of winning vegetables and poetry will be announced at 1:30 pm. Ribbons will be awarded in several categories: biggest pumpkin, biggest heirloom squash, biggest root vegetable, biggest apple, biggest chile, oddest vegetable and wild card vegetable. Archeobotanist Glenna Dean will be the judge for the vegetables. Former Santa Fe poet laureate Joan Logghe and Santa Clara poet Beat Tsosie-Pena will read the winning poems in the children’s poetry contest. Dexter Trujillo and students will be baking all afternoon in our horno. Copies of the 2011 A Farming Chapbook will be available free to participants on the Contest Day. Winners of this year’s contest will appear in the 2012 Chapbook next season.

 Our October 8th Contest Day is also a regular Market Monday, 10 am- 5pm. The Market is located at 1005 N. Railroad Avenue. Visitors can find heirloom squash, pumpkins, apples, onions, late tomatoes, chile, horno-roasted chicos, and other treats. Children will be able to select a book from our free Kids’ Book Exchange. Join your neighbors and friends at the Española Farmers’ Market enjoying the fine produce, the award-winning vegetable giants and the children’s poetry. The Market continues through October 29th. Every Monday is a special day at the Market! 

For information: Sabra Moore @ (505) 685-4842 
www.espanolafarmersmarket.org

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Veggie and poetry contest coming up!


October 8: Thirteenth Annual Biggest Vegetable & Best Poem Contest on Columbus Day. Horno demonstration for baking squash with students & others. Stop by the market to pick up rules for entering the giant vegetable or poetry contest. Past editions of A Farming Chapbook are available for purchase every Market Monday. All participants are included

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Enter your photo to win a $200 prize and your photo could be featured in a 2012 acequia calendar published by the NM Acequia Association. Deadline: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5thThis includes ancient engineering features and characteristics of the past - old structures like a wooden canova (flume) for example; old tools; or machinery, illustrating the acequia landscape from a historical perspective. Acequias Present: Photos in this category can include the more contemporary features of acequias and the acequia landscape including greenhouses, or new construction projects. Acequias Future: Be creative with this category. It's meant to be a chance to provide an optimistic view of New Mexico acequias in the future. For example, a photo of youth planting the fields would represent the future of acequias. Youth:This category is specifically for photos submitted by youth (up to age 20). We encourage our youth to participate by submitting acequia photos following the past, present, and future themes.  Submissions must be submitted electronically in high resolution JPEG format. Please email photos to quita@lasacequias.org and include the following information: Name of photographer, Acequia, NameRegion (if applicable)Town,County,Photo Description. Participants are limited to one photo per category.

MEANWHILE, PRODUCE IS AS RICH AND LUSH AS EVER AT THE ESPANOLA FARMERS MARKET.
FOR YOUR INFORMATION: The Congreso de las Acequias is the state-wide governing body of the NM ACEQUIA ASSOCIATION, comprised of regional delegates across the state. The annual meeting is held in the fall of each year to pass resolutions that guide the strategic direction of the NMAA, and to elect the eleven-member Concilio. More folks are joining each year who are dedicated to the cause. The NMAA hopes to continue building the movement throughout the state, protecting our land and water resources for future generations of acequia farmers and ranchers.
The 2012 Congreso de las Acequias, "New Mexico Centennial: Acequias Past, Present, and Future" will be held at the Lodge at Santa Fe on Saturday, November 17th. Mark your calendar!