This Saturday marks Kalamazoo’s first winter farmers’ market in the newly opened Don Cooney Cultivation Center, which the city parks department has been busy building this past year.
This time last year, the site by the summer market grounds was a barren field. Now it’s a nine thousand square-foot hall and event space.
Market bookkeeper Grace Hovda walked me through the lofty center. She said having a dedicated space will help vendors retain their summertime customers, particularly those who shop using food assistance benefits, which the winter market will be accepting for the first time…