Vendors have signed up to sell goods at the market on Saturday mornings throughout the winter because the open-air facility has added roll-down doors to keep out the cold. Planned improvements include installing a more pedestrian-friendly walkway along Market Street, which connects the Erie Street parking lot with the parking area behind the market and adjacent to the farmers market. Using a federal grant, the market installed roll-down doors at one section of its open-air building in the...

Ricksecker introduced another element to the dispute in a separate letter to the farmers' market managers: too few vendors. The main reason for ending the relationship with the Pearl Alley growers group was its "inability to attract and retain farmers in the market," he wrote to Marcy Musson, who manages the group with her husband. The presence and health of a farmers' market in downtown is too important to allow this trend to continue. Capital Crossroads wanted to close the gaps between...

Vicki Boliard, owner of Afterthought Farms, dispensed samples of baked chicken and roasted goat as she talked about her small organic farm in Owaneco. She sells pasture-raised chickens and goats, plus vegetables, eggs, goat milk and cheese, and lotions and soaps made with goat milk. Vicki Boliard, owner of Afterthought Farms, dispensed samples of baked chicken and roasted goat as she talked about her small organic farm in Owaneco. She sells pasture-raised chickens and goats, plus...

Ethnic crop growers finding their niche Rutgers urges exploration of new markets By MAYA RAO Staff Writer, 609-272-7221 Published: Sunday, November 11, 2007 Larry Lui was among the first of the few local farmers growing Asian crops when he quit his job as a New York restaurant manager to operate a farm in Buena Vista Township 10 years ago. Ethnic crop growers finding their niche Rutgers urges exploration of new markets By MAYA RAO Staff Writer, 609-272-7221 Published: Sunday, November 11,...

By clicking on a garden, you will find specific information on what kind of help the garden needs, including dates and times. Every year it proves to be the best potluck lunch in town with most of the dishes prepared with the freshest garden produce to be found. There is more than great food at this festival; we come together to see old friends and trade new garden tales. Every year we honor those who have dedicated five, 10, 15 and now, 20 years of service to the cause and we recognize...

By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 12, 2007 Some Ventura County farmers are ripping out acres of ho-hum orange groves that produced fruit crated off to supermarkets, and instead are planting lucrative crops such as strawberries, and designer pomelo and jujube orchards, that fetch good money from Los Angeles area foodies. By Catherine Saillant, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer November 12, 2007 Some Ventura County farmers are ripping out acres of ho-hum orange...