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Downtown Farmer’s Market Opens It’s 9th Season In Red Deer!
By Sheldon Spackman
Your chance to take home some fresh, locally grown produce happens at the ATB Financial Downtown Market today.
The market which has become a favourite fixture along Little Gaetz Avenue every Wednesday over the past nine years, really comes to life when it’s on between 3:30 – 6:30 pm. That’s when Red Deerians stroll through the 42 vendors this year and purchase farm fresh food from nearby farms including meat, vegetables and fruit. The are also baked goods and handmade items at this accredited Alberta Farmers’ Market.
Downtown Business Association Executive Director Amanda Gould says a big Thank You needs to go out to ATB Financial for helping to make this event possible!
Some of the Market’s regular vendors include:
- Cafe Millennium
- Confetti Sweets
- Cutie Pies
- Fresh Harvest Farms
- Innisfail Growers
- Landover Nursery and Greenhouse
- Klein Farm
- Maple Leaf Spice Factory
- The Maple Tree
- Markerville Berry & Vegetable Farm
- Medicine Hat Meat Traders
- Nixon Honey
- Rocky Mountain Meats
- Souto Farms
- T’s Gluten Free
- Untamed Feast
For more information on the Market, check out their website here!
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