Starting on Saturday, May 11, Denver residents can once again buy their groceries in the heart of downtown, at an open-air market, while talking to farmers and swapping asparagus recipes with some of the best chefs in the region.
Now in its fourth season, the Union Station Farmers Market has become a melting pot of growers, cooks and consumers, said Josh Olsen, a chef-turned-farmer with Acres at Warren Tech school in Lakewood. Together with groups of teenagers, Olsen is harvesting radishes, kale and onions ahead of the marketap opening weekend.
Alongside Acres, some 40 other vendors will start out the spring at Union Station selling herbs and greens, breads and cheeses. Local chefs will host cooking demos, showing shoppers what to make with the fresh ingredients.
“There’s just a lot of healthy clamor, talking about the season,” Olsen said. “The surrounding community sees that, and itap definitely contagious.”
You can catch the farmers market bug at these 11 springtime markets, opening this month. And stay tuned for a complete guide to all summer farmers markets around Denver.
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