Hooray for Enloe, following in the footsteps of Kaiser and other hospitals, for establishing a weekly farmers market.
The market will run ever Tuesday from 2:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. from June 2 through September at the Enloe Conference Center's North Parking Lot, 1528 Esplanade (at 5th Avenue.)
Some are concerned that the market may adversely compete with Chico's other three farmers markets, but I disagree. I think both its location and day of the week will help to fill a void, rather than create competition.
So how do you get fresh local produce in Chico?
TUESDAY, 2 - 6 p.m.: Enloe Farmer's Market
WEDNESDAY, 7:30 am - noon: North Valley Shopping Center Farmer's Market
WEDNESDAY: 6 - 8 p.m.: Gardeners Swap Meet Free! (Locations vary, details soon!)
THURSDAY, 6 - 9 p.m: Thursday Night Farmers Market, Downtown
FRIDAY, 2 - 6 p.m.: Chapman School Farmers Market, Chapman Elementary School
SATURDAY, 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.: Saturday Farmers Market, 2nd & Wall Downtown
ALSO:
GRUB Community Supported Agriculture (food pickups at Dayton Road Wednesday evenings)
S&S and Chico Natural Foods both support local growers throughout the season.
About Me: Jeremy wears many hats, including substitute teacher, school garden educator, hike leader, youth group advisor, Gardener's Swap Meet coordinator, husband, and father. His lifelong quests include the search for the perfect burrito, and more recently, how to sprout an avocado tree from a pit.
Excellent. Next step: encouraging the hospitals to purchase some of that healthy local produce themselves to incorporate it into the meals they serve to the patients and their guests!