With holiday pop-ups behind us, but warm Saturdays at Albuquerque’s Downtown Growers’ Market still months away, the organization is working to fill the void by bringing back its long-dormant Winter Market this weekend. Manager Kat Cannella spoke with KUNM about the market’s newest iteration, which kicks off this Saturday, Jan. 11, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at a new venue.
KAT CANNELLA: So, right now we’re at Fusion. Fusion is a performance, theater, campus space. And right now we’re standing in the 708 Room, which is where we’ll have our wellness and artisan vendors inside. And then, right outside of this is our Fusion lobby, and we’ll have some more indoor vendors. And then, right outside these double doors is the meadow. And the meadow is where you can expect to find our farmers, some artisans and our prepared food vendors out there. We’ll have a bunch of people. We have over 50 vendors who are going to be here on Saturday.
KUNM: Of course, the Growers Market includes a lot of growers with fresh produce. Will that be possible here at the Winter market?
CANNELLA: I believe so, yeah. We have a number of farmers who are prepared to sell winter vegetables…