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Wow, yesterday’s market was hot, hot, hot! Our sun and salsa farmers’ market drew over 1200 patrons, who tasted over 17 varieties of gourmet salsas, listened to some smoking live latin tunes, and of course, enjoyed our largest number of vendors at market to date! Celebrity judges Jay Michi, Executive Director of the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community [...] UPDATED! Hey everyone, get your tastebuds ready – the Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers’ Market is hosting its very own salsa tasting competition this Wednesday! As a ramp up to this weekend’s big Sun and Salsa Festival in Kensington, we are having over 17 of our vendors compete with their [...] Just wanted to bring your attention to this cool new Web initiative called “Meet Your Farmers’ Market“, where they capture conversations, stories and ideas from the people at the Farmers’ Market. We are so glad that the Hillhurst Sunnyside Farmers’ Market was chosen as Episode 1’s Podcast. In Episode 1, listen as some of our [...] Today’s market only – not only do we have our usual bounty of local vendors, new with kettle corn, fresh peas, and cherries, BUT we have a free concert for you. If you haven’t already heard, it’s the first night of Toboggan Peninsula: Calgary’s Littlest Music Festival. This three-night series of concerts sandwiched perfectly [...] We finally had a sunny day at the market yesterday, to the delight of vendors and customers alike. It was warm and dry enough to bring out our face painter, bouncy castle, and, our youngest vendors – selling small bouquets of freshly picked dandelions! Our young entrepreneurs graciously donated their earnings back to the community [...] After another week of Calgary coldness the weather finally cooperated to give us a warm day to kick off the market! Thanks to our wonderful vendors who attended yesterday – many of the produce vendors sold out, which is always great for them. Many many people came out to see the new market and to [...] We are so excited to announce that the Hillhurst Sunnyside Community Centre will be the drop off / pick up location for Eagle Creek Farms CSA this season! Pick ups will be Thursdays during the summer. I believe they will be able to inform everyone what to expect that week a bit in advance, so [...] We all came out of last night’s meeting with lists of fabulous potential vendors to contact for the upcoming market. Many other tasks were assigned, such as figuring how to make parking easier for visitors – ideas from off site parking partnerships to pedicabs were tossed around. We also brainstormed a potential name change, and with [...] |
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