Thursday, October 25, 2018

SPECIAL CEREMONY ON OCTOBER 29, 2018—Going strong in 2018


Española Farmers Market will be celebrating the end of our market season with a Pot Luck @ noon on Monday October 29, 2018. Customers and growers are all welcome to bring dishes or simply enjoy food together.

We will also have a public signing of our Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for a ten-year lease with Northern New Mexico College (NNMC) at 11:30 am, shortly before the Pot Luck. Espanola Farmers Market has occupied the site at 1105 North Railroad Avenue for over ten years. We were awarded this site through a New Mexico State Legislative Appropriation in 2006, “as a permanent site for the Espanola Farmers Market”. Due to the anti-donation clause of New Mexico State, the Market had to select a city, county or state entity as our fiscal sponsor for our legislative proposal. At the time, we were already participating in the NNMC Commercial Kitchen through our Jams and Jellies Cooperative and also wanted to honor the long history of NNMC as a land-grant college with an agricultural base. We chose NNMC as our fiscal sponsor. On Monday we will renew that collaboration with signing of the MOU that restores what had been a twenty-year lease in our 2007 MOU and inaugurate a new decade of cooperation and shared commitment to the rural-based cultures in the Espanola Valley.


Market hours are 10am-4pm. October 29th is also a regular Market Monday; the Market is located at 1105 North Railroad Avenue.  Enjoy the traditional music of Don Bernardo y Los Ultimos midday during every Monday market. Come meet old friends, visit with farmers, and shop for delicious fruits and vegetables freshly picked from the fields. Visitors can find fresh squash and pumpkins, onions, chile, horno-roasted chicos, fresh chard, and other treats. We accept WIC, Senior WIC, DUFB, EBT (SNAP) as well as cash money.Children will be able to select a book from our free Kids’ Book Exchange. You can stroll in our wildflower garden or wander behind the plaza to see what is growing in the Community Fields. Join your neighbors and friends at the Española Farmers Market.  Every market is a special day!

2018 Contest Winners: A special market announcement


WINNERS: ESPAÑOLA FARMERS’ MARKET
NINETEENTH ANNUAL BIGGEST VEGETABLE; BEST POEM CONTEST
October 8, 2018

Vegetable Judge: Sandra Cata, Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area staff             

Poetry: Joan Logghe, poet and gardener, la Puebla, former Santa Fe Poet Laureate


BIGGEST HEIRLOOM PUMPKIN

First Place:                                    Ross Vargas, La Madera
Second Place:                                    Loranzo Quintana, Cuartles                 
Third Place:                                    Jose Velasquez and Josie Gallegos, Alcalde

 

BIGGEST CHILE
First Place:                                    Jose Velasquez, Alcalde                 
Second Place:                                    Lloyd Ferran, Hernandez
Third Place:                                    Josie Gallegos, Alcalde

PRETTIEST RISTRA
First Place:                                    Loranzo Quintana, Cuartles (scare crow holding ristra)
Second Place:                                    Crystal and Alejandro Gonzales, Velarde                 
Third Place:                                    Lloyd Ferran, Hernandez

BIGGEST ROOT VEGETABLE

First Place:                                    Isidro Rodriguez, Chamita
Second Place:                                    Crystal and Alejandro Gonzales, Velarde
Third Place:                                    Raul Rodriguez, El Guique

BIGGEST APPLE
First Place:                                    Rudy Cordova, Hernandez
Second Place:                                    Ross Quintana, Espanola
Third Place:                                    Elias Gomez, Chimayo

ODDEST VEGETABLE
First Place:                                    Luz Lopez, Nambe (kohlrabi)
Second Place:                   Pat Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo (cabbage)
Third Place:                                    Sarahi Ojeda, Espanola

 

WILD CARD VEGETABLE

First Place:                                    Pat Naranjo, Santa Clara Pueblo (watermelon)
Second Place:                                    Aileen Martinez, El Rito (grapes)
Third Place:                                    Jesus Zavala, Espanola

BIGGEST DRIED GOURD
First Place:                                    Lloyd Ferran, Hernandez
Second Place:                                    Ohkay Owingeh Head Start

BEST CORN
First Place:                                    Raul Rodriguez, El Guique
Second Place:                                    Lloyd Ferran, Hernandez

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Saturday, October 13, 2018

October 29th is the last market day!


Enjoy the traditional music of Don Bernardo y Los Ultimos midday during every Monday Market through October 29th. The Market is located at 1105 North Railroad Avenue. Come meet old friends, visit with farmers, enjoy the display of the big Contest vegetables, and shop for delicious fruits and vegetables freshly picked from the fields. Visitors can find fresh corn, onions, peas, chile, horno-roasted chicos, fresh chard, salad greens and other treats. We accept WIC, Senior WIC, DUFB, EBT (SNAP) as well as cash money.

Children will be able to select a book from our free Kids’ Book Exchange. You will also be able to find free bilingual recipe cards at the Market stalls, giving you ideas for how to prepare some of the tasty produce. You will want to make a collection. You can stroll in our Wildflower Garden or wander behind the plaza to see what is growing in the Community Fields

Why settle for vegetables in grocery stores trapped inside small cellophane packages when you have a farmers' market close by to where you live? Produce straight from the garden in a market where you run into friends and family members is something to be treasured.

It's close to the pumpkin and apple pie time of the year when mountains of squash and pumpkins are available for sale at the Española Farmers Market. Carve them into jack-o'-lanterns. Make muffins, fabulous breads and pies. Set a pumpkin on its side, slice off the top, quarter the pumpkin, scoop out the seeds, add water to the pumpkin chucks and bake in a 400 degree oven for an hour, drain, and cook some unforgettable dishes. And the best of all—see you at the market!

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