īesides stocking up on staples and longtime favorites and socializing with friends old and new, one of the exciting things about shopping at the farmers market is discovering new products and ingredients. In between, I usually buy eggs from Renaissance Chicken or Three Sisters Farm chicken, turkey, and wild boar from Tejas Heritage Farm jam from Garden Dreams neighborhood-specific honey from Bee2Bee Honey Collective (this week it was honey from Kashmere Gardens) and Italian-style cheeses from Lira Rossa. On my way out, I usually stop at Animal Farm for beautiful vegetables, buy some Blue Heron Farm goat feta (if I make it before punk-rock goat herders Lisa and Christian Seger sell out), and, finally, I chat with Becca Kerr as I buy the prepared meals and pralines she and her husband Jason make as Little Kitchen HTX. I then stop next door to procure some of the lush produce grown by Plant It Forward. My daughter has been eating Jackie Burdisso’ s delicate-yet-flavorful treats since she was a toddler, and I’d be in big trouble if I didn’t come home with two chocolates and four additional choices from her ever-rotating selection. I usually start my shopping by picking up a half-dozen macarons from Maison Burdisso. Of course, I have my regular vendors that I almost never miss. An assortment of Maison Burdisso’s acclaimed macarons. Despite that, I’m always finding new and unique things to try. Over the years, as a shopper and a volunteer, I’ve had the opportunity to try offerings from most of the market’s 80+ vendors, which include produce farmers, ranchers and folks who specialize in prepared food. Now, almost every weekend, I visit the new location (where, by the way, Pope now sells her goods as Sparrow Cookshop ).įull disclosure: I’m also a longtime volunteer on the Urban Harvest committee that helps operate the market, so I have a stake in seeing it and its vendors thrive. Back then, we would first eat breakfast and shop at Monica Pope ’s farmers market at the now-closed t’afia before heading over to Urban Harvest’s old location-a parking lot off of Eastside between Richmond and Alabama. I’ve been shopping at Urban Harvest’s Saturday farmers market for 13 years, since my daughter was a baby. Photo by Sandra Crittenden David Leftwich, associate editor Fresh produce at the Urban Harvest Farmers Market. Here is what our writers found while shopping such a vibrant selection of vendors. John’s extension parking lot at 2752 Buffalo Speedway (at the southwest corner of Westheimer and Buffalo Speedway). to 12 p.m., rain or shine, this thriving market now hosts almost 90 vendors in the St. As an extension of this mission, the organization opened a farmers market in 2004 with only seven vendors. With roots in a Fourth Ward community garden, this nonprofit focuses on supporting community gardeners and educating adults and children about sustainable gardening and farming in the Houston area. If you are new to town or haven’t explored Houston’s local food scene, Urban Harvest has been a leader in Houston’s local food movement since 1994. This past Saturday, two Houston Food Finder writers did just that, and neither bought the same items. If two people shop at Urban Harvest’s Saturday Farmers Market separately, will they each find the same treasures? With a long list of produce and products offered by local farmers, ranchers, seafood purveyors, chefs and bakers, it is not likely.
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