CCFA
Market Report: Vino Salida’s Smelter Stop now available at the Salida Market
It’s been a busy two weeks for CCFA and the farmers markets! Last week, Vino Salida (vendor feature below), sold their first bottle of wine ever at the Salida Farmer’s Market! We’ve also had the pleasure to enjoy an increase of fruit: cherries, peaches, and apricots! Corn has made an appearance at market as well! So if [read more...]
Market Report: Cherry Pit Spitting and more
This week’s market featured our annual cherry pit spitting contest! Each market had multiple contests, testing for both distance (who could spit their cherry pit the furthest) and accuracy (who could hit the gong from the furthest distance). The longest distance reached in Salida was 34 feet. In Buena Vista, Rafe of Colorado Grown, succeeded [read more...]
Cherry contests and third market report
We got a bit of a late start announcing our recipe contest ingredient last week, so we are going to continue the cherry recipe contest this week. What are you favorite ways to eat local cherries? Share your recipes with us and enter for a chance to win 5 Market Bucks spendable at the Salida [read more...]
Launch of Our New Local Foods Recipe Contest and This Week’s Farmers Market Report
What are your favorite local foods recipes? We want to know and we are launching a contest to find out! Every week along with our farmers market report we will be asking you to submit your favorite recipe that highlights an ingredient that will be available at the market the following week. At the end [read more...]
Farmers Market Reports Week 1
The Farmer’s Markets season has started! We had our first two markets of the season this past weekend and both were a success. The Salida market is growing and already has 1.5 times the vendors as last year. Both markets have a wide selection of local vegetables, cheese, meat, bread, and prepared food, as well as locally [read more...]
