Sure signs of spring in Colorado include forty-degree temperature swings on any given day, yellow tickets on cars parked in the wrong place on street-sweeping day and crowds of people carrying tote bags converging on a farmers' market. are getting an early start once again. On April 1, both the Boulder and Longmont Saturday markets will open for the season . Shoppers can start browsing the goods at 8 a.m; Boulder stays open until 2 p.m. and Longmont runs until 1 p.m.
Because it's so early in the growing season, fresh produce may not be plentiful just yet, but a wide range of local vendors will be on hand with culinary delights. last summer, digging into their stories and serving up recipes to make using your haul.Mountain Girl Pickles are made from locally sourced vegetables and canned in Boulder.
Björn's Colorado Honey is a longtime staple at local markets, but the story behind the brand is less well known, and it all began when founders Pontus Jakobsson and Lara Boudreaux met and fell in love while backpacking in Southeast Asia in their early twenties. When the couple decided they would get married, Pontus decided to immigrate from his home in Sweden to Colorado, where Lara already had an established job in tech.