Nothing Says Summer More Than the Opening of the Santa Fe Farmers’ Del Sur Market! | |
The popular Baile Folklórico, Los Niños de Santa Fe will return for its annual opening day performance. | |
Santa Fe Children’s Museum kicks-off its summer passport program: Seeds and Sprouts | |
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July 4th is a national holiday, and what better way to celebrate than by taking the family to the Santa Fe Farmers’ Del Sur Market?
The popular Baile Folklórico, Los Niños de Santa Fe will return for its annual opening day performance. The Santa Fe Children’s Museum will launch family fun activities for summer 2023 with its passport program featuring new activities and new prizes every week. And there will be lots of FREE foods to sample:
The Santa Fe Farmers’ Del Sur Market is open from 3pm to 6pm, so come by and stock up on fresh produce for your Independence Day barbeque! It is located in the Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center Parking lot, 4801 Beckner Road, conveniently located just off of Cerrillos. There is plenty of convenient FREE parking.
Double Up Food Bucks and Fresh Rx are available at our Information Booth on site for SNAP recipients.
The Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Del Sur Market will be open every Tuesday afternoon from 3 pm to 6pm through Tuesday, September 26, 2023.
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Only One More Week to Order:
My Market Ag Bag, the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market’s CSA
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a way for community members to purchase a produce subscription through the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market. Whether you’re interested in the freshest weekly harvest of your produce favorites or curious about trying new items, a CSA subscription is a convenient way to pre-arrange for 13 weeks of curated produce. There are three subscription cycles per year: Spring (April – June), Summer (July – September), and Fall (October – December). To purchase your summer subscription for $455, please click here now!
For 13 weeks (July 5-September 27, 2023) you can pick up your “Ag Bag” curbside on Chili Line Lane on Wednesday afternoons 3-6 p.m. Each bag includes six to eight produce items, and the accompanying newsletter includes tips on storage, recipes and preparation tips overseen by CSA Manager, Eden Viloria with assistance from Carey Powers.
A new addition to the offerings are supplements for bread and eggs. Weekly bread add-ons are $92 for the 13 weeks, or $50 for a bi-weekly share. Eggs can also be added to your bag for $104 for the full 13 weeks, or $56 for a bi-weekly share – that’s $8 per dozen for the freshest eggs in Santa Fe!
SNAP participants may use their EBT cards to purchase the summer share at half of the regular cost. This program is made possible through the Double Up Food Bucks program administered by the Institute. Sign-up is available at the information Booth at any Santa Fe Farmers’ Market.
Don’t delay, registration for summer subscriptions ends on June 28th!
| Hidden Talents: Poet Carey Powers | |
Carey Powers pictured in the Market Pavilion preparing for the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market’s CSA distribution of My Ag Bags. | |
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There are many hidden talents behind the scenes at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market and Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute. Did you know that Information Booth Representative and CSA Assistant Carey Powers is an award-winning published poet?
Carey Powers was the 2008 recipient of the national Student Poetry Award from the Poetry Society of America. A graduate of The Institute of American Indian Arts’ Creative Writing program with an MFA, Carey continues to teach creative writing at the school when she is not at the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market or the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute.
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For more information on her recent collection of poetry titled Breath Rift, completed while at IAIA, please visit Amazon. However, if you prefer to support the artist more directly, please email: breathriftpowers@gmail.com.
Please enjoy her poem, AGO, reprinted with permission of the author.
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Supporting Nature through Biology:
Institute Workshop Brings Compost to Life
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Participants Take Part in the Institute's Compost Workshop
Front Row Left to Right Alex Griffiths, Mary Dixon, Jose Gonzales, Marie Carter, Harinamsimran Khalsa, Rosa Maria "Rocio" Alcantar
Second Row Left to Right: Tiffany Morgan, Boden Franklin, Institute Program Development Director David Sundberg, Rachel Simon Stark, Lina Alegre, Navona Gallegos, Christina Trujillo, Manuel Wilson, Isabelle Jenniches, Nery Martinez, Josh Weybright (behind Isabelle) Trevor Ortiz (behind Nery).
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In April, the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute sponsored a Composting Workshop at Don Bustos’ Santa Cruz Farm & Greenhouses, hosted by Nery Martinez. The group gathered in the morning for the six-hour workshop featuring presentations by Josh Weybright, a Certified Soil Food Web Lab Tech of Bright Way Ag. LLC, and Soil Food Web School students Navana Gallegos and Lina Alegre. Gallegos and Alegre are also native Spanish speakers and were able to translate and interpret for the Spanish speakers participating.
During the first two-hour module, Weybright focused on microbiology with a microbiology slideshow and compost microscopy demonstration. In his opening remarks, he said “Microorganisms in good quality compost unlock the nutrients already in your soil, and feed your plants for free.” The second module focused on soil health evaluations incorporating a soil pit test (involving digging a small hole and visual assessment of worm trails, root structure, and carbon composition), a slake test (analyzing the make-up of the soil: sandy, clay, or loam), and a water infiltration test (measuring how quickly one inch of rainwater is absorbed into the soil: quicker is better in this test).
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Nery Martinez speaks with Compost Workshop participants on a tour of Santa Cruz Farm & Greenhouses
Left to Right: Trevor Ortiz, Navona Gallegos, Alex Griffiths, Boden Franklin, Lina Alegre, Harinamsimran Khalsa, Rosa Maria "Rocio" Alcantar, and Nery Martinez.
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Following lunch, the third module demonstrated ways of using biologically active compost. In the compost extract demonstration, participants washed the biology from healthy active compost into fresh water and used a sprayer to apply the now biologically active water to a blackberry field. Incredibly, just two pounds of high-quality compost will enhance a full acre of crops. A compost seed coating demonstration followed to directly apply the biology within the compost to radish seeds, which will then help the plants absorb the existing nutrients in the soil as they are growing. | |
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A final demonstration involved inoculating a cover crop of peas and rye to be interplanted between rows of tomatoes. The cover crop will stabilize the soil and make more nutrients from the soil available for the tomatoes.
These processes increase yield and produce more nutrient-dense food.
Rachel Simon Stark reflected on the workshop, “The compost workshop was a comprehensive, fascinating, and well-organized opportunity to accelerate my knowledge with unique explorations into soil saturation, microbiological composition, and implementation. I particularly loved the microscopy component as that brought to life what vibrant, nourishing compost is comprised of and how we can nourish below-ground diversity to support above-ground abundance. I'm so grateful for the thoughtfulness and passion that went into shaping this learning and community-building experience."
The Institute expresses its gratitude to Nery Martinez for hosting the workshop at Santa Cruz Farm & Greenhouses. Martinez found the workshop motivating, “I know that there are things living down in the soil and I see all the worms there, but the science people got really excited when they found the things moving under the microscope. It got me interested to learn more and maybe take some classes. It was great to talk about all this with others and learn."
Learners need nutrients to flourish, as well! The three-generation, all-female Trujillo Farm & Orchard de Nambe prepared and served lunch. Additional hospitality and support was provided by Cruces Creative and New Mexico Healthy Soils Working Group. The Institute is grateful to them for their contributions.
For more information, please contact Program Development Director David Sundberg at david@farmersmarketinstitute.org
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The Santa Fe Farmers’ Market Institute’s mission is to advocate for farmers, ranchers and other land-based producers; provide equitable access to fresh, local food; own and operate a year-round venue for the Santa Fe Farmers’ Market; and manage programs to help sustain a profitable, locally-based agricultural community. | |
Thank You to our 2023 Corporate Sponsors | |
These lead sponsors help ensure the sustainability of the northern New Mexico food system as well as nurture the agricultural community and the customers that make the Santa Fe Farmers' Market so successful.
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