Spring Growers Expo is a success for both green and black thumbs
Spring Growers Expo is a success for both green and black thumbs
By: Bernadette Nehorai, Tehachapi News Assistant
Description: Start your own Grow, Eat (and Sell!) project
Topics: farmers market, ag futures alliance, afa
Posted by editor Tue Nov 30, 1999 00:00:00 PST
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0 responses 0 comments The Ag Future’s Alliance (AFA) held a Spring Growers Expo on Saturday, April 14, welcoming growers and those interested in organic produce to share in a day of healthy conscious.
The expo boasted a myriad of displays covering topics such as herbs, plants, flowers, and fresh, organic produce. There was a crop list and a harvest calendar provided by Taste of Tehachapi, the expo’s primary sponsor, and can be downloaded from TasteofTehachapi.com. Edna McCallion’s herb display was full of information on which herbs grow in the Tehachapi mountains and valley. The Souza Family Vineyards, Mountains Gardens Nursery, Happy Trails and Grimmway Farms Organics were other sponsors of the event.
This year the City of Tehachapi, alongside Main Street Tehachapi, will partner together to operate the produce side of the local Farmer’s Market.
“The idea is to get as many growers as possible in the Farmers’ Market,” said Anthony McDemas, owner of Taste of Tehacahpi and AFA member. “Also, it’s to teach about where and what will grow where.”
“Some things grow in Cummings Valley and won’t grow in Tehachapi,” he added. “We have a very weird climate.”
The main message is that anybody can sell at the market. Participants are asked to fill out a packet and return it to City Hall by May 14 to be in the first market. The city will facilitate a two-step certification process that involves the county. There is a $10 county fee to sell.
The Tehachapi Farmers’ Market will be held at Railroad Park beginning Thursday, May 31, from 4 to 7 p.m. and will continue through the end of August. Woodward West has even agreed to buy as many fresh products from local growers as possible to feed their hungry campers. The entire community is welcome to visit and buy at the Tehachapi Farmers’ Market & More event.
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