Courtesy of Backyard Market in Black Forest
Vendors from the first season of the Backyard Market at Black Forest show off their products in October 2020.
BACK FOR A SECOND ACT After a successful first season, the Backyard Market in Black Forest is returning
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By Allison Robenstein he highly popular Backyard Market in Black Forest will return for a second season starting May 22. Market Manager Theda Stone said over 60 vendors have applied to participate so far, and there is a waitlist for some categories of producers. All vendors must sell a tangible item or food product. “The goal is to support each other and to be successful together,” Stone said of the family of vendors at the market. Stone and Elba Barr started the market last year when the Black Forest Community Club asked residents what they would like to see in their region. A farmer’s market topped the resident’s requests, so the club hosted began hosting the weekly
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Saturday event in their “backyard,” an undeveloped field on the northwest side of the community building at 12530 Black Forest Road. Some familiar vendors including Sawatch Artisan Foods, Julie Bee’s Honey Caramels, High Plains Farm, Good Steward Farms and Emerge Aquaponics all will be back for another year. Food trucks are welcome, too. Stone said new vendors are bringing a variety of “culturally unique” pastries and artisanal breads to the 2021 market. Fresh organic free-range poultry and turkeys will be available and there will be at least one rancher selling ground beef, sausages and steaks. Prospective vendors can fill out the application managemymarket.com — a web-based farmers market software.
