2019-20 FARIBAULT WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET

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Expect more local foods, fibers, and activities at the 2019-20 Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market that opens Saturday, November 23rd. The Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market begins its fourth year with more than twenty local food makers, farmers and fiber producers. The Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market goes from November through April and is held at the Paradise Center for the Arts where, during November and December, market-goers can also shop for local artisan designs at the Holly Days Sale in the Paradise Gift Shop. During this time there will also be a special Winter Wonderland exhibit in the art gallery with selected pieces from local artists on display and for purchase. Consider the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market and Paradise Center for the Arts a one-stop-shop for local holiday foods and gifts.

The Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market is held on Saturdays 1:00 – 4:00pm.

The full season includes the following dates and special events:

November 23rd (Opening Day) – Local Beer, Cider, & Wine Tasting by Haskell’s Wine & Spirits

November 30th – (Small Business Saturday) – Bee & Honey Educational Exhibit by Medford Creek Natural Apiaries

December 7th – (Faribault Winter Festival Weekend) – Live music including caroling by Faribault Senior High Choir and folk music by Northfield musician Helen Forsythe

December 14th – No market due to Peter Pan matinee at 2pm at the Paradise Center

December 21st – Location change to Keepsake Cidery (2609 135th St E, Dundas, MN) for Solstice Market from 1:00 – 5:00pm.

2020 Dates: (Special events to be announced at later date)

January 11th (new January date!)

February 8th

March 14th

April 11th

What to Expect at the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market?

The mission of the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market is to create a space for Faribault and surrounding residents to buy locally grown, homemade goods in the winter season while promoting small farmers and bakers that support the local community. The Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market is focused around local foods and products of the farm. Vendors for the 201920 Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market season include twelve returning vendors and more than ten new vendors. The list is still growing. New vendor Theresa Bentz of Get Bentz Farm said that she’s excited to participate in the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market because “I’m passionate about supporting local food and fiber communities. I want to provide my community with high quality meat and fiber products.” Bentz will offer Icelandic sheep wool products, lamb meat and a variety of locally sourced jams, jellies, lotions and soaps at the market.

Below is a full list of Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market vendors and products:
• Ableman’s Apple Creek Orchard – apples • CannonBelles Cheese – cheese • Cannon River Fiber Farm - Alpaca and mohair yarn, batt, roving, felted products and wildflower honey • Dresow Family Farm - Roving, yarn, finished goods from Cormo and Cormo cross sheep • Eat Me Bakery - Baked goods (mini bundt cakes, cookies, cupcakes) • Graise Farm – duck eggs, chicken eggs, pastured-pork products, pasture-raised chicken • Get Bentz Farm – Icelandic sheep raw wool fiber, wool bedding, lamb meat, yarn, batting, cranberry sauce, jams, jellies, goats milk soap and lotions • Jirik Family Farm - Honey, maple syrup, beef, beef sticks, salmon, whole chickens • Joseph Lee - Homemade barbecue sauce, pizza sauce, pickles, relishes, saltwater taffy • Kath Gardens - Pesto, sauerkraut, pickles • Linda Anderson - Salsa, pickles, jams, jelly, breads, Scandinavian cookies, candy • Lois Gehrke – Jams, jellies. canned tomatoes, salsa, pickled kohlrabi, Christmas pickles • Lova Dora’s - Artisanal herbs, spice blends, jams, baked goods, personal care products • Medford Creek Apiaries – Honey, maple syrup, wax-based products • My Sweet Greens MN (soon to be The Greensted) – microgreens • Rardins – House plants, succulents, canned items, fruit butters • Ophelia’s Hope Alpacas – Alpaca yarn, hats mittens • Rebecca’s Greek Kouzina - Greek (mostly) savory and sweet items • Santa Martha Café – Locally roasted coffee • Soul Mate Salmon – Wild Alaskan salmon frozen fillets, smoked salmon • Whip It Gluten Free - Gluten and dairy free baked goods • Whispering Creek Farm - Goat milk bar soap, lotion, body cream, wash cloths, eggs • Ye Olde Farm – Canned goods, breads

Vendors choose the dates that they wish to participate, so each market is different. For weekly updates, follow the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market Facebook page, Instagram handle: @faribaultfarmersmarket or check the Faribault Daily News Events page.

More Local Food Vendors and More Variety

New local food items appearing at the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market this year include savory and sweet Greek foods by Rebecca’s Greek Kouzina; basil pesto and sun dried tomato pesto from Kath Gardens, gluten free baked goods baked by Whip It Gluten Free; sauces and fruit butters by The Rardins; grassfed lamb and cranberry sauce from Get Bentz Farm; focaccia and Estonian kringle bread (cinnamon bread braid) by baker Linda Anderson, barbeque sauce and salt water taffy by Joseph Lee, and spice blends by Lova Dora’s returning favorites will also be available including honey, chicken and duck eggs, maple syrup, jams, jellies, apples, salmon, grassfed beef, microgreens and more!

Three New Local Fiber Farmers

Of the 20+ vendors this year, four are local fiber producers. Ophelia’s Hope Alpacas (Faribault) is a returning vendor that offers alpaca yarn, hats and mittens. New vendors include Cannon River Fiber Farm (Dundas), Dresow Family Farm (Lonsdale) and Get Bentz Farm (Northfield). Each will offer yarn and wool/fiber products from the different breeds of sheep or alpacas raised on their farm. “There is a growing interest in sourcing fiber products locally,” according to Tiffany Tripp, Market Coordinator. “This will be a great opportunity for the community to learn about local options to source fiber products and speak with the farmers to learn about the quality and benefits of wool from different types of animals.”

New!!! Allina Health Market Bucks Now Accepted

Allina Health Market Bucks will be accepted at the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market this year for the first time. Allina’s Health Market Buck program is a way to increase access to local fresh foods to community members. Allina Market Bucks are distributed by Allina health providers and community partners. Allina Health Market Bucks may be used to purchase food items at the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market. Vendors accepting Allina Market Bucks will have a sign posted at their table that states “Allina Health Bucks accepted here.”

New Outdoor Market December 21st at Keepsake Cidery

This year the final winter market of 2019 will be an outdoor market. On December 21st, Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market vendors will join other local vendors at Keepsake Cidery in Dundas for their first Solstice Market from 1:00 – 5:00pm. This outdoor market with will have a European market flare with a heated tent, local crafts, and local food vendors, outside grilling, fires and solstice celebrations. Keepsake’s Tasting Room will be open from 11:00am – 8:00pm where folks can warm up with Keepsake’s hard cider or local apple cider and grab local eats.

How it began:

The Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market began as a Pop-up Market three years ago. In 2016, founder Tiffany Tripp wondered where she could sell their farm raised chicken and duck eggs once the regular farmers’ market season ended. She talked with other vendors that offered products available year-round, such as maple syrup, honey, baked goods, and there was interest in selling through the holidays. After a few conversations with some local leaders, she decided to hold the pop-up market at the Paradise Center for the Arts, partially because of its location in historic downtown Faribault, but also because the Paradise hosts the Holly Days Sale every year in November and December featuring local artisans. It was (and still is) a great collaboration that provided a home for the winter market and helped bring in new people to the Paradise Center for the Arts building. In its first year, the Faribault Winter Market had twelve vendors and was set up in Paradise Center for the Arts lobby. Of the original vendors, eight have continued with the market every year.

In 2016, Tripp also participated in the Linden Hills Winter Farmers’ Market in Minneapolis where she met the owners of Soul Mate Salmon, Tollef Monson and Adelia Myrick. They debuted their Alaskan caught wild salmon fillets at the Faribault Winter Farmers’ that year and have returned every year since as a guest vendor, being the only vendor not offering a locally produced or made product. When asked why do you return every year to the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market, Myrick and Monson said “Since we first were invited to participate in the winter market, we have been blown away by the reception the community has given us. Coming from a very small town ourselves, it makes us feel very comfortable to come be part of a community this size. We feel right at home and wouldn’t miss it!” Soul Mate Salmon will be returning this year on November 23rd, December 7th and December 21st. They’ll have new products this year including smaller 8oz salmon fillets, sushi grade sockeye and coho salmon fillets, and a limited supply of garlic pepper smoked salmon strips.

Due to the limited space and the Holly Days Sale, that coincides with the market before the holidays, the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market focuses on local foods and farm-raised products such as goat milk soap, lotions and fiber.

FARIBAULT WINTER FARMERS’ MARKET DATES:

2019 Dates: Saturdays November 23rd, November 30th, December 7th, December 21st **

2020 Dates: Second Saturday of each month: January 11th, February 8th, March 14th, April 11th

Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm

Where: Paradise Center for the Arts (auditorium) - 321 Central Av. N, Faribault, MN
** December 21st Solstice Market at Keepsake Cidery, 2609 135th St E, Dundas, MN

For more information about the Faribault Winter Farmers’ Market and how to become a vendor, contact Tiffany Tripp at 507-491-8188 or faribaultwintermarket@gmail.com.