Today was the Altadena Urban Farmers Market held at the Zane Grey Estate on Mariposa in Altadena. What a great location to hold this type of event.
More than 20 vendors. About 330 people attended despite the rain.
About 2 hours into the event, may of the vendors had sold out, and some in a matter of 20 minutes had sold out, for example the pies, sold quickly. The rain put a small damper on the event, but we hear it could become a monthly event! Yeah! we would love to see the Altadena Urban Farmers Market go monthly.
Some pictures from the Urban Farmers Market:
Some of the vendors on hand:
1. Arroyo Food Co-Op, making silk screened t-shirts, Ginko and the team with Arroyo Food Co-Op made some great cabbage, carrot, and logo tshirts. You should see some of them around town. It was great to see people signing-up, breaking well past the 200 member mark. If you have been on the fence about joining, the momentum is picking up and you do want to be a part of this at only $30 per year it is a bargain. Thanks David Apodaca for signing up.
2. Earl’s Gone Wild Barbeque Sauce, this is some great BBQ sauce, with a nice kick to it. Earl Rothwell – Owner phone 626.695.6623 earl@earlsgonewild.com web: www. earlsgonewild.com. We bought a bottle.
3. Lisa’s Soups – 626.797.2779, had a delicious butternut squash and curry cabbage chicken soups, the butternut was delicious!! Lisa is going to doing great with soup sales. Lisa’s Chicken & Cabbage Soup
4. Arroyo Time Bank – Growing community one hour at a time, www.arroyotimebank.org
5. Culture Club – Eliana and her staff had a great booth sampling and selling all sorts of cultured foods, including chicken broth that was delicious.
6. California Bohemian Leather – Handcrafted Belts & Cuffs, 2524 El Molino Ave, Altandena, CA 91001 (213) 300-7083 www. californiabohemianleather.com Marisol & Lance from the Altadena Junction with beautiful belts and cuffs, Check them out!
7. Laura MdeLeon – Jeweler – Metalsmith – (626) 617-5509 www.lauramdeleon.com
8. Apron Strings – Cookies Baked from the Heart – Orders: (626) 440-1597 Karen Hirsch, proprietor
9. Shannon Brousseau – Designer Seamstress – Tierra Verde Designs – tierraverdedesigns.com – cheekybabies@hotmail.com
10. HomeBody Botanicals – Marcia Coppess (626) 993-5983 – Creating Handmade non-toxic items for face, hair, body, laundry, and more care. marcia@homebodybotanicals.com www.homebodybotanicals.com – Marcia from HomeBody Botanicals lives right over the Altadena boarder in Pasadena, where she grows herbs and makes cool stuff right there on her homestead. Non-toxic herbal products she will be selling on Sunday include Refine: facial grains that replace soap, Breathe: chest rub, Soothe: calendula balm for itchy skin …and little abrasions, Relieve: arnica salve for achy muscles and joint pain, Wash: laundry detergent, Clean: household cleaner and Shine: repurposed lemon oil-infused dusting cloths.
11. Kim & Kristin’s Gluten-Free – offering gluten-free vegan ginger molasses cookies and our gluten-free breads are vegan, too!
12. Christina has also made amazing Sweet Chile Garlic Dipping Sauce. You might know Christina from her blog: https://athinkingstomach.blogspot.com/ Christina is baking bread, but its going to go REALLY fast, so be one of the first to arrive if you want some!
13. Delicious raw Altadena honey from the Zorthian Ranch!
14. Altadena pottery artist Heather Morrow was selling her beautiful plates, bowls, vases and jewelry at the Market on Sunday. You can see some of her work on her web page:
Heather’s Birds
www.flickeringilluminations.com
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Monkey And Son Coffee Company – Fair Trade Organic Coffee Suppliers
www.monkeyandson.com
Enjoy coffee selected and roasted by a local company. Monkey and Son founder and coffee genius Thom was at the market selling bags of beans and talking about how to make the best cup ever.
HAND CRAFTED COFFEE STORE•Single Origin Coffees Papua New Guinea Nicaraguan Peruvian Guatemalan Sumatra Ethiopian Colombian •Blended Coffees Funfulla Italian Roast Wakeupandream Fook!!! Velvet Hammer Krakatoa Suckerpunch Espresso French Roast •Decaf Organic Coffee
16. Goats – yes outside – a couple of those Altadena goats! Pippi, born in Altadena in January, is showing off her gold medal from the Los Angeles International Dairy Competition. The goats responsible for Altadena’s own Gold-metal-winning farmstead goat cheese!
17. Winnetka Farms – https://www.winnetkafarms.com had some pumpkins, seeds, eggplant, and some peppers for special event(not for sale – they looked awesome). Winnetka farms is an urban micro farm located in the west San Fernando valley area of Los Angeles. Garden Edibles of Winnetka Farms is the US importer of Franchi Sementi and Emanuele Larosa Seeds from Italy. https://www.gardenedibles.com/
It started like any other typical suburban ranch house property on a very dull 1/2 acre. We could see the potential of returning the soil back in to what it had been, productive farm land… but on a smaller scale.
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The market also was being held to raise some funds:
The October 17 market will raise money for the Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund. This article is a nice story about the service they provide for family farms and the people who want to purchase from them.
