It's a bright fresh SPRING, and we're ready
to get things growing!
We have NEWS and MORE NEWS!!!
FRESH FOOD MATTERS - NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!
Wisdom from Sherry Shelley's column in The Ranger:
"May 20 marks the opening of the Wednesday Farmers Market at City Park, starting at 5 pm and running until 7 pm. Shoppers will find a variety of foods, from early lettuce, spinach, rhubarb, and asparagus to a wide variety of baked goods, pickles, jams and jellies, milk, butter, eggs, and soft cheeses and local honey.
Cornerstone vendors include Ernie Schierwagen/Tom Erhart, Gold Standard Farm and Ranch, Ballou’s 7 Ht Brands, Carlson’s Sage Valley Farms, Lakeview Gardens, Lost Wells Cattle Co., and J Wyatt’s Cheesecake.
Other popular offerings include fresh cinnamon rolls, home-baked cookies, breads and pies, handcrafted wooden décor, Wyoming wind chimes, smoked cheeses, Wisconsin maple syrup, and goat milk soaps.
The variety is impressive!
To accommodate new rules to protect both shoppers and vendors, the market will be organized differently this year, with some vendors on the cement pad, some arranged beside their parked cars along Fremont Street, and many others spread out on the grass. Vendors will be bagging produce and other purchases for each shopper, to minimize handling of merchandise. Vendors will be sanitizing their hands and work surfaces frequently and customers will be encouraged to keep 6 feet from others (except immediate family). Both shoppers and vendors are encouraged to wear masks, for their own protection and for the people around them.
Both Riverton markets, Wednesday in City Park and Saturday in front of City Hall, are important to our local economy. Studies show that money spent in local businesses circulates 7 times through the community before it leaves. That is a huge benefit to our family farms, home cooks and crafts people and helps everyone who lives in Riverton.
In this time of uncertainty, some foods may be more difficult to get in coming months. Your farmer’s markets can help bridge that potential gap."
Wisdom from Sherry Shelley's column in The Ranger:
"May 20 marks the opening of the Wednesday Farmers Market at City Park, starting at 5 pm and running until 7 pm. Shoppers will find a variety of foods, from early lettuce, spinach, rhubarb, and asparagus to a wide variety of baked goods, pickles, jams and jellies, milk, butter, eggs, and soft cheeses and local honey.
Cornerstone vendors include Ernie Schierwagen/Tom Erhart, Gold Standard Farm and Ranch, Ballou’s 7 Ht Brands, Carlson’s Sage Valley Farms, Lakeview Gardens, Lost Wells Cattle Co., and J Wyatt’s Cheesecake.
Other popular offerings include fresh cinnamon rolls, home-baked cookies, breads and pies, handcrafted wooden décor, Wyoming wind chimes, smoked cheeses, Wisconsin maple syrup, and goat milk soaps.
The variety is impressive!
To accommodate new rules to protect both shoppers and vendors, the market will be organized differently this year, with some vendors on the cement pad, some arranged beside their parked cars along Fremont Street, and many others spread out on the grass. Vendors will be bagging produce and other purchases for each shopper, to minimize handling of merchandise. Vendors will be sanitizing their hands and work surfaces frequently and customers will be encouraged to keep 6 feet from others (except immediate family). Both shoppers and vendors are encouraged to wear masks, for their own protection and for the people around them.
Both Riverton markets, Wednesday in City Park and Saturday in front of City Hall, are important to our local economy. Studies show that money spent in local businesses circulates 7 times through the community before it leaves. That is a huge benefit to our family farms, home cooks and crafts people and helps everyone who lives in Riverton.
In this time of uncertainty, some foods may be more difficult to get in coming months. Your farmer’s markets can help bridge that potential gap."
For more information, or to sign up to sell at the market, please call: Sherry Shelley 851-7162, Kim Briddle 851-8712, Jack Schmidt 349-4646, or Steve Doyle 857-7090.
**Many local area markets are now beginning their seasons. There's lots of news on the fresh food front! Please see our drop-down menu of local Fremont County Farmers Markets for
dates and times of operation and for vendor information. **
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Both our vendors and our shoppers are important cogs in the economic wheel that drives the success of our towns and our county. We appreciate your support of Fremont Local Foods.
Thanks!
Fremont Local Foods Executive Committee:
Steve Doyle, Sherry Shelley, Jack Schmidt, and Kim Briddle
Rebuilding the local food network in Fremont County
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The mission of Fremont Local Foods is to promote the production and consumption of food from Wyoming's beautiful Wind River Basin.
fremontlocalfoods@gmail.com
more information: 307-851-8712
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