Fresh Approach Farms Vertical Harvest is a three-story hydroponic farm located in downtown Jackson. The greenhouse grows fresh produce year-round, allowing local restaurants and grocery stores to offer the fruits of its bounty to customers. Visit Vertical Harvest’s retail store for locally sourced food and regionally crafted products. verticalharvestjackson.com Keep an eye out for Huidekoper Ranch produce on the menus of many restaurants around Jackson Hole. Huidekoper is a smallscale, bio-intensive farm in Wilson growing healthy food for the community.
Classic Seasonal Menu Items Jackson Hole goes huckleberry happy in late summer every year when residents scurry to their secret spots to pick these tart cousins to the wild blueberry. Long after the harvesting ends, huckleberries can be found on local menus and in food items throughout the year. Dubbed “purple gold” by old-timers, according to Jackson Hole food writer Annie Fenn, they make great jam, pies, tarts and especially milkshakes. Morel mushrooms also have their own “hunting season” here. For just a few fleeting weeks in May, Jacksonites forage for these tasty morsels in the forests and near water. Many of the fungi then find their way onto menus in restaurants such as the Snake River Grill and Il Villaggio Osteria.
Baked Goodies Persephone Bakery is the home of artisanal, rustic breads and pastries, created using the highestquality ingredients and traditional processes. You have to try their cinnamon brioche—it makes for a decadent breakfast treat or an amazing midday snack. Picnic Coffee & Café stocks locals’ favorite pastries, handmade by Persephone, as well as its own versions of American classics like Pop-Tarts and whoopie pies. Located at 145 E Broadway (Persephone) and 1110 Maple Way (Picnic).
LOCAL INSIGHT Annie Fenn Physician turned food writer, creator of jacksonholefoodie. com and brainworkskitchen.com
My favorite things... A Saturday morning hike up Snow King, then to the farmers market Meeting friends at Bin22 for a glass of wine The kale salad with a side of falafel at the Stagecoach after mountain biking on Teton Pass And I’ll get the truffle fries, too!
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Traveler Tidbit Teton County—in which Jackson Hole lies— is Wyoming’s youngest county and is celebrating its 100-year anniversary in 2021. jacksonholetraveler.com
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