Paonia’s Arbol Farmers Market serves the North Fork Valley and beyond – connecting local food with local people, strengthening the viability of local agriculture, and increasing community health from the soil up.
About
The Arbol Farmers Market is a year round market in Paonia, CO. Featuring local organic produce, herbs, fruit, eggs, honey, meat, farm fresh products, artisan goods, and so much more! SNAP Benefits are available with additional Double Up Bucks.
The Arbol Winter Farmers Market takes place monthly on Tuesday evening from 4pm-6:30pm at The Hearth – 138 Grand Ave, Paonia CO. Upcoming Winter market dates are March 21st and April 18th.
The 2023 Arbol Farmers Market will begin in Paonia Town Park on May 16th and run for 23 weeks until October 17th. This weekly outdoor Tuesday evening market is open from 5pm to 8pm. On September 5th the hours of the market will change to 4pm to 7pm and remain at that time until October 17th.
Enjoy a community meal prepared by The Learning Council by donation. Markets will also feature live music and wood fired pizza. Bring the whole family to this farmers market in the shade!
Contact info:
Alicia Michelsen, The Learning Council
970.433.5852
arbolfarmersmarket@thelearningcouncil.org
alicia@thelearningcouncil.org
Market Standards
The Arbol Farmers Market prioritizes locally grown organic food. Our farmers and food vendors are dedicated to selling food that is Certified Organic, Certified Naturally Grown, or better. Our artists and crafters are dedicated to sourcing locally harvested and recycled materials. If you are considering our vendor application, please carefully read our standards and ensure that you meet them.
Vendor
Before applying as a vendor, please carefully read our Rules and Regulations. In addition, read and print the Liability Waiver for Vendors. Then, fill out the Vendor Application.
Have a question? Please send us an email at arbolfarmersmarket@thelearningcouncil.org or call us at 970-433-5852
Become a Sponsor
Dear Friends of the Arbol Farmers Market,
The Arbol Farmers Market will return to Paonia Town Park on May 16th for our weekly Tuesday evening market for 23 weeks until October 17th.
The market features fresh local produce, flowers, fruit, herbs, honey, meat, breads, prepared foods, farm products, artisan goods, info booths, live music from local musicians, wood-fired pizza, the Learning Council’s local foods community meal, and so much more! We offer SNAP benefits to market customers as well as DoubleUp Bucks.
We are seeking partners to sponsor the Arbol Farmers Market. Sponsorships will help strengthen the viability of local agriculture and help this market grow as a weekly event that promotes local farmers, musicians, artists, and our community!
We appreciate your sponsorship and honor your donation in the following ways:
$50-$249 – Your logo on our website and in the Arbol Farmers Market weekly newsletter
$250-$499 – Your logo on the Market banner, the website, and in the AFM weekly newsletter
$500-$999 – Your logo on the flyers, the Market banner, the website, and in the AFM weekly newsletter
$1000+ – Your logo on your our own banner, the flyers, the Market banner, the website, and in the AFM weekly newsletter
Your sponsorship of our local farmers market will help provide food security to our community and will support our organic farmers and food producers in Delta County. You will receive a tax-deductible receipt. The Learning Council is the non-profit host of the Arbol Farmers Market.
Please submit your donation to:
The Learning Council
attn: Arbol Farmers Market
PO Box 1744,
Paonia, CO 81428
(If submitting via check, please write Arbol in the memo)
or make your contribution via PayPal or Venmo @The-LearningCouncil.
Email questions to arbolfarmersmarket@thelearningcouncil.org
Thank you for making our community a more vibrant, healthy place to live.
Sincerely,
The Arbol Farmers Market Committee & The Learning Council
Arbol Farmers Market in Paonia Town Park is a thriving and abundant market where our community has access to fresh, local, organic produce, prepared meals, and value added food items!
The Arbol Farmers Market debuted in 2020 at Arbol Farm on Lamborn Mesa in Paonia as a way to make more local food available to the community and bolster the prosperity of local farmers during the pandemic. The market was a success and we quickly outgrew the space.
In 2021 we moved to Paonia Town Park under the shade of the trees and we hosted a prosperous community market in the Park! Our market took place weekly May through October in 2021 and 2022. We featured local farmers, ranchers, chefs, artists, herbalists, orchardists, musicians, community nonprofits, and more!
In the fall of 2022 we hosted the market indoors at the Hearth in Paonia for the first season of the highly successful and abundant Arbol Winter Farmers Market. This winter market, which runs monthly until April, helps farmers during a usually slow time of year and brings the community together to eat local food all winter long!
This year we will continue to grow as a market and host our wonderful vendors and market attendees in Paonia Town Park every Tuesday evening from May 16th to October 17th. We also plan to continue the market indoors for a second season of the winter market in 2023/2024.
By supporting this blossoming market, you are helping to connect local food to local people, bring more folks into the area to support our region’s economy, and create a vibrant, public, weekly social event in Paonia Town Park.
Our Market Sponsors
