The
Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market will have a new location and new look this
spring.
Due to ground
maintenance on the west side of Bidwell Parkway, the market will move directly
across Elmwood Avenue. The relocation will be effective for the first two to
three months of the market’s season.
“We had to do it a
couple of years ago because we just had so much rain,” marketing director for
Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, Joe Kirchmyer said. “Our side of Elmwood turned
into a mud pit, so to give the ground and the grass time to recover, we moved
to the other side for a month. It’s a little bit smaller, but it still
works.”
The market will
begin on May 10 and will run from 8 a.m. – 1 p.m. every Saturday,
rain or shine until Nov. 29.
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| Joe Kirchmyer and Karl Frizlen look over poster contest entries |
A poster contest
will be held which will require participants to draw posters that promote the farmers
market. This will be the market’s fourth annual poster competition.
Although the market
season has yet to begin, residents can still enjoy locally grown and produced
foods at Horsefeathers Market & Residences located at 346 Connecticut St. During
the winter season, Elmwood-Bidwell and Horsefeathers work together to bring
fresh products through a variety of suppliers.
“On Saturday
mornings, during the winter, we invite approximately 18 farmers,” treasurer of
Elmwood-Bidwell Farmers Market, Karl Frizlen said. “They sell their products
inside the market, together with four permanent ones.”
The Horsefeathers
marketplace occupies the basement level and first floor and runs from 9 a.m. –
1 p.m. every Saturday morning. By Jamie Hall, Kamesha Jones and Jazmina Rivera
