Every week I come home from the Downtown Farmer’s Market with a bounty of goods from one of my favorite vendors: Britt’s Garden Acres. When I started attending the Downtown Farmer’s Market religiously last year, it took a few tries to find a vendor whose produce stayed fresh through the week. I haven’t tried every [...]

As many of you know, the walk up and down the aisles of the Downtown Farmers Market is one of my favorite things to do on Saturday mornings. Vendors like the one featured for this week’s Farmers Market Grab Bag are what make the stroll so enjoyable. The DeCesaris Brothers are three brothers who provide [...]

After a much-too-long hiatus, the Farmer’s Market Grab Bag is back to spotlight the perfect merchant to keep you cool this Saturday, with temperatures expected to reach 90 degrees. Abundant Life, run by Victor and Erica Gruebler, provides homemade nut and coconut butters, loose-leaf tea, and both hot and iced tea to market-goers every Saturday [...]

Farmers Market Grab Bag – a blog by Larissa Keller | photo at top by EJ Drake I noticed last weekend at the Downtown Farmer’s Market that the walk up and down the aisles of vendors is my favorite walk of the week. I enjoy walking through the whir of people, some cutting across the [...]

Each year during farmer’s market season, I make the same mistake at least once: I head to Kansas City to hang out, and realize at some point during the night that I won’t be able to make it to the Downtown Topeka Farmer’s Market on Saturday morning. I beat myself up for forgetting my Saturday [...]

On the first Saturday at the Downtown Farmers’ Market, I expected to have a quiet, peaceful morning to check out all of the hardcore vendors who make it out for opening day. Surprisingly, I was met with a packed farmer’s market, filled with people who couldn’t wait to enjoy the season. Those who turned out [...]