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!