Evening Farmers’ Market in Pueblo, CO Hosted By That’s Natural!
Come one, come all! To the second annual Loco for Local Evening Farmers’ Market at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center. Starting July 15th and running every Thursday evening from 5PM till 8:30PM through September 2nd. You can come to enjoy farm-fresh produce from local growers, blue-grass music, and artists from our own community as well as visiting artists from New Mexico.
Some previews of farmers who will be ready and available to sell you the most delicious local fare include: A Wren’s Nest Farm, Hanagan Family Farms, and Medina Farms. Our blue-grass music will be accompanied with other fine performances from the Pueblo Performing Arts Guild. And find yourself surrounded by beautiful artwork from local and visiting artists from around the region.
Members of the That's Natural team were awarded a grant from the USDA’s SARE (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education) program to create a curriculum on sustainable agriculture for elementary level students.
We learned many lessons, ourselves, from organizing the participants and using our curriculum to educate 1st-5th graders at an after-school program at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center.
A presenter shows the students the differences
between seeds of various types of produce.
What was most important was the behavior and though-processes of these young and thoughtful minds. How our students listened to the presenters, asked questions, held their seeds and other creations, and summarized their day, showed all of us “teachers” how very important it is to forge connections between young people and agriculture.
Thanks to the farmers, ranchers, producers, parents, teachers, and community members, we were able to create a model that could be implemented in other schools and in other communities.
We look forward to the progress to come, and are grateful for your input and participation.
A presenter shows the students how to make mini-pizzas from locally grown goods.
