By Shannon Lukens.
It’s Farmers Market season in Northwest Colorado. The Steamboat Springs Farmers Market starts this Saturday in the same place, on Yampa Street, between 6th and 8th Streets.
The Farmers Market was started in Steamboat Springs in 2005 when Tracy Barnett ran Main Street Steamboat. Lisa Popovich is now in charge of the Farmers Market for Main Street Steamboat. She says something new this year will be the Western Welcome Center.
“So in the center of 7th Street each week, there will be different non-profits, community groups, government officials, and just general information for the public.”
Popovich says there will be 150 booths each Saturday, 80 percent of which are local to Colorado with most of them in the Yampa Valley. Steamboat Springs City Council members will be at a tent in the morning to talk to constituents.
Marie Winter runs the Northern Lights jewelry tent. She’s been at the Steamboat Farmers Market since it began in 2005.
Hours for the Farmers Market are the same, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., every Saturday, through Sept. 24.
Oak Creek has a Farmers Market. It starts next weekend, June 19, and is on Sundays in Downtown Park.
The Hayden Farmers Market is every Thursday night from 5-8 p.m. on S. Walnut Street. It features local meat, eggs, veggies, honey, and more.