Kingsland Farmers Market

the market episode 1

March 5, 2011

Taber Corn at the Kingsland Farmers Market

August 24, 2010

The first Taber corn of the year is going to be at the Kingsland Farmers Market starting Wednesday. The market is offering corn from the Gary Valgarson Farm. Gary, also known as “Captain Corn”, came by the market and introduced himself to us. He brought his certificate of authenticity that states his is ‘official’ Taber [...]

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Hoven Farms Organic Steak

August 12, 2010

For more information on Hoven Farms organic beef, please go visit our web site at www.hovenfarms.com.

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What is Certified Organic Beef?

August 10, 2010

For more information on Hoven Farms Certified Organic Beef, please visit www.hovenfarms.com. Please visit the Kingsland Farmers Market to pick some up!

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Article in the Calgary Beacon

March 10, 2010

Here is another great article about what we are trying to do with the Kingsland Farmers Market. “The biggest benefit of farmers markets is they allow for the building of one on one relationships between farmers and the people who eat their food,” says Hoven. “Farmers markets allow farmers to generate more income for the [...]

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Day 99

March 10, 2010

A good day today. Lots of visits to the ilovealbertafarmers.com website since Sunday. The exciting part is how the idea is spreading. The vast majority of visits are from Calgary, then other parts of Alberta. We even had a few visitors from Europe. Quite a few vendor registrations through the website. The neat thing is [...]

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Introducing the Kingsland Farmers’ Market!

March 6, 2010

What a week! First the links… FFWD Weekly http://www.ffwdweekly.com/article/news-views/news/calgary-farmers-market-vendors-break-out-to-form-new-local-market-5313/ Calgary Herald http://www.calgaryherald.com/life/Farmers+Market+vendors+consider+move+breakaway+local+market/2641679/story.html The best part of the article are the comments. I think you get a great feel for what people are thinking about. Generally, people are really positive and excited for our vision. We have about 100 days until we want to open the [...]