Cortez Farmers Market vendors will be setting up bright and early on June 1 to begin the market’s 40th year! While every vendor may not be there for the first few weeks, eventually 40 vendors will offer everything from apples to zucchini and everything in between.
The entire layout of the market has been reconfigured to allow a more leisurely walk among the market stalls and easier access to all of the vendors. There will be more open space for visiting with friends, too.
Bring your lawn chairs, pick up a cup of coffee and some breakfast and sit down and enjoy the live music and visiting with your friends for a while before or after you complete your shopping,” said Theresa Titone, market manager. “Relax and enjoy your Saturday.”
Returning to the Market with their produce are Barbara Lynch, Cheryl Floyd, Lee Hill and Velma Hollen, Bessie White, Ruth Wilson, Songhaven Farm, Stone Free Farm, Battle Rock Farm, Pleasant View Vineyards, Lew Matis, Rick and Gerrie Goodall, Diamante Farm & Vineyards, Ben Black and Yvonne Candalaria, Rex Tozer. Mitchell and Joyce Periman, will be offering fresh brewed Fahrenheit Coffee along with their produce.
Artisans and crafters include Southwest Gourd Art, Valerina Sampson, Bill and Joyce Armstrong, The Dirt Mamas, Melody Nail, Rick Gregory and Bill Griffin. For baked goods, visit Randy and Jeanne Garbesi, Mr. Happy’s, and the bread lady, Debbie Caldwell.
Berto Farms will be there with their pork products. Kim Lindgren offers lamb as well as produce, and Mammy’s Jam will be there to tempt customers’ taste buds, too.
Blue Mountain Gardens will offer perennials and vegetable plants again. Sam and Mary Davis will be on hand selling breakfast burritos and tamales as well as dip mixes. Of course, the Friends of the Cortez Market will be there, and the Community Booth is set to welcome local not-for-profit groups.
New at the market this year are Diane LaChapelle, Robert Fish, Don and Liz Tozer, and Dragonfly Farm with produce. Sweetwater Gypsies will offer wood-fired pizzas, made fresh at the market. Scott Saltsgaver will offer home-spun yarn and handmade knitting needles, and Shani Winer, aka the Pie Maker, will have fresh “hand pies” and other sweet and savory goodies. Laura Getts offers freshly made crepes with all kinds of fillings.
The Friends of the Market will be there selling locally grown beans and locally made flour from the Cortez Mill. Profits from sales will help keep the market going for another 40 years. The Community Booth is sponsored by Farmers Telephone, so be sure to stop by and find out how you can help local not-for-profits to help our community.
The Cortez Farmers Market is located in the County Courthouse parking lot, at southeast corner of Main and Elm streets, every Saturday from June through October. Come by Saturday, June 1, to help celebrate the 40th anniversary with cake and lemonade at the Friends Booth in the lower parking lot.
All vendors grow and/or produce the items they sell in Montezuma and Dolores counties.
For more information about the Cortez Farmers Market, visit the Market’s Web site at www.cortezfarmmarket.com, stop by the Colorado State University Extension office in Room #102, or contact Theresa Titone, market manager, at theresaincortez@gmail.com.
