upcoming events...
Be sure to check out locations and times for all the Farmers Markets below. Please see our Education Section for longer term classes and events.
Taking Challenges and Turning them into Opportunities.
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Amazingly, when I first started this website a couple of years ago, I could not find any Sustainability events to go to. Now we have a wealth of interesting, informative events and it is often difficult to choose.
What a difference a little time makes....I call that progress.
Chere Hartman
September 2 - Nob Hill Growers' Market - NM Native Chile Week. Join us for our second tasting of the season. Learn about ways to prepare chile and sample chile from our own AJ Farms.
Visit the market on Thursdays from 3pm till 6:30pm. May through November 6th. Morningside Park (on Morningside, between Lead and Central).
September 4 - Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts - Randy Shamlian, professional chef and owner of Little Ranch Creamery, recommends this easy, seasonal gazpacho or salsa depending upon how much liquid you add ... A variety of hot and sweet peppers, some ripe and firm tomatoes, chopped cucumbers, some red onion, flat leaf parsley, a splash of apple cider vinegar, pinch of salt, a dash or two of sugar...as a start ... market tables now have a great selection of peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers ... Frost Hill Organics has wonderful sugar snap peas - great in stir fries with other veggies Key board music by Adam.
Markets Every Saturday for 29 weeks, from May 1 - Nov. 13 Hours: May - August: 7 - 11 am, Sept - mid-Nov: 8 - 11 am. 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW
September 4-6 - 23rd Annual New Mexico Wine Festival at Bernalillo -Live entertainment and 20 or more New Mexico wineries will be present. There will be free wine tasting and wine available for purchase by the glass, bottle, or case.
September 8 - Agriculture Collaborative Meeting - Foodies on the Web - Growing Your Marketing Strategies with Internet-Based Media. Meeting will cover internet-based technology including: Facebook, You Tube, Twitter, Blogging, Website Design basics, Podcasts, and E-newsletters. Speakers: Kate Manchester - Editor of Edible Santa Fe and Lora Roberts - MRCOG Agriculture Collaborative. 9:00- 10:30 am at the MRCOG offices located at 809 Copper Ave NW
September 11 - Edible Plantscapes - 12 Years at ecOasys High Desert - This inner-urban household conversion to radical sustainabilty/subsistence horticulture involves worldwide collections into seedbank and nursery propagations of a threatened and unique selection of high and dry-land adapted edible plant species and varieties, including fruit, nut, berry, herb, and vegetable. Come learn what is desirable. More information - call 255-1933 or on-line - info@edibleplantscapes.net $25 in advance, $30 at the door.
September 11-12 - The Solar Fiesta at Menaul School this year, 10am-5pm is the largest annual event presented by New Mexico Solar Energy Association. "What a Bright Idea!" It connects green-minded folk with businesses, schools and other organizations focused on sustainable industries, fulfilling our mission to promote clean, renewable energy and sustainability in New Mexico through education, empowerment, collaboration and advocacy.
September 12 - Herbalism 101, Herbal Skin Care, at Sunstone Herbs. This is part 4 of a 6 part series. To learn about this class or the entire 6 part series, visit the Sunstone Herbs website.
September 18 - Harvesting Food and Medicine
· Food: Canning, Fermentation, Drying, and Storing
· Local Foods Lunch Forum
· Green Pharmacy: Preparing, Drying, Storing, and Harvesting Medicinal Plants
Bernalillo County Open Space in coordination with the Hubbell House Alliance is offering a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat. All the workshops will be held at the Gutierrez-Hubbell House located at 6029 Isleta Blvd, 3 miles south of Rio Bravo Blvd. Registration starts at 9:30am and the sessions go from 10:00am-4:00pm on the third Saturday of the month, minus June and July. The Local Lunch Forum isorganized through the South Valley Economic Development Center, visit them at www.svedc.org
September 18 - Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts - 9th Annual Beans, Corn and Chile Celebration featuring Chef Dennis Apodaca (Ezra's and Sophia's restaurants on 4th St.) sampling his famous salsas.
Markets Every Saturday for 29 weeks, from May 1 - Nov. 13 Hours: May - August: 7 - 11 am, Sept - mid-Nov: 8 - 11 am. 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW
September 18 - 3rd Annual Urban Farm and Harvest Festival, The Albuquerque Open Space Division presents A Celebration of Open Space, Urban Agriculture, Local Food, and Community. 10-4 6500 Coors Blvd NW between Montaño and Paseo del Norte at the end of Bosque Meadows Rd.
September 25- Preserving the Harvest: Lacto-Fermented Foods - Lacto-fermented foods are raw foods full of enzymes and vitamins. Learn the old-fashioned way of preserving vegetables and dairy at Sunstone Herbs. 10AM-2PM
September 25 -: Food Forest offered by Bard Edrington of Mother Nature Gardens. Farm tour at 9:30AM and class starts at 10AM.
September 26 - Herbal Farmacy - Herbalist, Jen Prosser, teaches what plants to use for what ailments, how to grow them, and the different ways to process them. Farm tour at 9:30AM and class starts at 10AM.
October 1 - Fall Gardening: Fall planting for fresh vegetables throughout the winter, and preparing for next year with composting and sheet mulching with Zoe Wilcox. Albuquerque Backyard Farms Collaborative
October 2 - Free Annual Permaculture Gathering At La Resolana in Edgewood - This free permaculture gathering will include a site tour of rainwater cisterns, gravity as a resource, woodchip berms, swales, sponges, and tools. La Resolana is the new name of this place in Edgewood. La Resolana is a place on the south side that harvests the sun and is shielded from the wind: a fertile place for dynamic sharing, creative thinking, and dialogue for what is possible.
12:00 PM Site Tour
2:00 PM Potluck
3:30 PM Bruce Noll --- Keeping within the Poetry of Nature
Please bring interested friends and children, a favorite dish that you will enjoy sharing with others, and your finest sun hat! Please car pool and leave pets at home. If you need a map or a timely update, please call 281-4871.
October 2 - Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts - Balloon Fiesta Tailgating Ideas with Kenny the Fish Hugger
Markets Every Saturday for 29 weeks, from May 1 - Nov. 13 Hours: May - August: 7 - 11 am, Sept - mid-Nov: 8 - 11 am. 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW
October 8-9 - Heritage Farm Annual Harvest Event - Food, Music, Colcha embroiderers, Quilters, Tractor wagon rides and More. Demonstrations will include making apple cider, a farrier trimming hooves and talking about horse foot care, a beekeeper opening a hive and talking about why bees are important, and everything you want to know about urban chickens. More on times later. The Heritage Farm is at Albuquerque's Rio Grande Botanic Garden.
October 9 - Building Hoophouses at Gardenshare - Since 2003 this neighbourhood network of backyard gardens has been pioneering urban wastelands. Our latest suffered through salting with "treated garden manure" which turned out to have come from a local dairy. Restoration is through leaching, grain pasture for chickens, and hoophouses for year-round growing. Come learn what is possible. More information - call 255-1933 or on-line - infor@edibleplantscapes.net $25 in advance, $30 at the door
October 9 - Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts - Local Cooking Ideas with Jan's on 4th Cooking School
Markets Every Saturday for 29 weeks, from May 1 - Nov. 13 Hours: May - August: 7 - 11 am, Sept - mid-Nov: 8 - 11 am. 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW
October 10 - Sunstone Herbs presents Herbalism 101, Herbs and the Cardiovascular System (Part 5 of 6 part series). It is geared towards the family herbalist who wants to become more confident using herbs for health and wellness.
October 16 - Seed Saving and Winter Preparation
· Seed Saving: Agricultural Heritage and Methods to Harvest and Store Seeds
· Local Foods Lunch Forum
· Winter Clean-up and Year-round Growing
Bernalillo County Open Space in coordination with the Hubbell House Alliance is offering a series of FREE workshops that will focus on how to transform your backyard into a thriving urban oasis of food, medicine and wildlife habitat. All the workshops will be held at the Gutierrez-Hubbell House located at 6029 Isleta Blvd, 3 miles south of Rio Bravo Blvd. Registration starts at 9:30am and the sessions go from 10:00am-4:00pm on the third Saturday of the month, minus June and July. The Local Lunch Forum is organized through the South Valley Economic Development Center, visit them at www.svedc.org
October 17 - Sunstone Herbs presents Artisan Bread Baking - a fun hands-on morning of making delicious artisan style breads. There will be plenty of samples and handouts
October 23 - Los Ranchos Growers' and Arts/Crafts - Costume Day with trick-or-treating, face painting with Bee Bee the clown, and more!
Markets Every Saturday for 29 weeks, from May 1 - Nov. 13 Hours: May - August: 7 - 11 am, Sept - mid-Nov: 8 - 11 am. 6718 Rio Grande Blvd NW
ongoing events....
Los Ranchos Winter Markets: 2nd Sat. of each month, 10 am - noon. Weather permitting, the Arts/Crafts vendors will be there every Saturday until Christmas from 10 - noon.
Annual Growers Market Season (Generally July thru' October)
Albuquerque Downtown Market 7-11AM every Saturday 8th and Central at Robinson Park. 
Uptown Growers' Market 7AM-Noon Tuesdays and Saturdays, NE parking lot of the ABQ Uptown Shopping Center
Belen/Valencia County Growers' Market 5PM-sellout, Fridays, HWY 309/Reinken Ave
Bernalillo Farmers Market 4-7PM every Friday through Oct. 27 on the west side of Camino del Pueblo, south of Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Bernalillo. 891-2230 or 550-0234.
Cedar Crest Farmers' and Arts Market, 3-7PM Wednesdays, Cedar Crest Center, 12127 N. HWY 14.
Corrales Growers Market 9AM-noon every Sunday until Oct 29 and 4-7PM every Wednesday (mid June through Oct) at 500 Jones in Corrales, next to the Post Office.
Edgewood Farmers' Market 3-7PM Thursdays, in the Wildlife West Nature Center parking lot just 20 minutes east of Albuquerque.
Los Ranchos Growers Market 7-11AM every Saturday at 6718 Rio Grande NW (near Village Hall). 8-11 starting in October.
Expo Flea Market - Open every Saturday and Sunday at dawn. Located on the Expo New Mexico grounds Enter at Gate 9, Louisiana & Central. Texan and Mexican produce on weekends, including fresh fruit and vegetables in season and dried spices.
Nob Hill Growers' Market 3-6PM Thursdays, Morningside Park (Morningside/Lead)
San Felipe Farmers' Market 4-7PM Wednesdays, San Felipe Casino Grounds off I-25.
South Valley Growers Market 8AM to noon every Saturday through Oct. 28 at 3907 Isleta SW. Christo Dell Valle Church
VA Growers Market 10:30Am-1PM Wednesdays (July to October) at the VA Park at Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center
For a complete list of market around the state, go to www.farmersmarketsnm.org.
Have an event that promotes Sustainability? Email us: mysuggestions@sustainableabq.com
