Riverwalk Market Fair is celebrating National Farmers Market Week (August 5 to 11) by inviting visitors to taste free samples of local farmers’ foods including salsa, pesto, pickled produce and jams, along with fresh baked pastries and breads. While at the Fair, visitors also can try their hand at throwing pots on a potter’s wheel, pick up a coupon for discounts on shoes and fashion, support inventive youth entrepreneurs and learn about Northfield’s latest recycling project while a talented banjo player plucks his tunes for their enjoyment.
Featured Artist: Jim Haas
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Recently retired as Rice County’s director of community corrections, ceramics artist Jim Haas will demonstrate his craft on Saturday, and encourage visitors to give his wheel a spin, as well. Haas has been making ceramic art since 1973. Although he has exhibited regionally, he says, “I like working with clay and experimenting but I do not yet know what kind of potter I want to be when I grow up.”
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Featured Farmer: Red Barn Farm
The Winter family, including Patrick, Tammy and their children Hannah, 18 and Max, 16, owns Red Barn Farm, locally known for its wood-fired pizzas. At Riverwalk Market Fair, the Winters offer up their own recipes for salsa, pesto, pickles and produce. All produce is grown without the use of synthetic chemicals “to help you be as healthy as you can be,” says Tammy. For updates on the fall opening of the Red Barn Farm restaurant see redbarnfarmofnorthfield.com.
Featured Business: The Rare Pair
The Rare Pair will offer coupons for the store located on Division Street. The Rare Pair features comfortable, yet fashionable shoes, an eclectic mix of clothing for both men and women, and unique jewelry, accessories, handbags and gifts.
Youth Booth
The community-sponsored Youth Booth welcomes four groups of youth entrepreneurs: The Northfield Union of Youth selling organic dog treats, Pachamama Kids Emilio Lobo Alvarez, Isabela Alvarez and Zoe Muluihill selling delicious homemade human treats, Alden Cristofaro-Hark selling produce and handmade jewelry and Alex Baraniak, owner of Twisted Yarn, selling handmade necklaces and bracelets.
Friend of the Market
The Northfield Transition Youth/YES! Team will join the Fair to demonstrate a recycling bin that they have been working on for the past year. YES stands for Youth Energy Summit and is a team-oriented youth program that uses hands-on, experiential learning and energy action projects to address energy opportunities and issues in rural Minnesota communities. Learn about their project at youthenergysummit.org/northfield-yes-teams-dreams-become-reality.
Musical Highlight
Musical entertainment will be provided by Northfield banjo player Timothy Hollinger.