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KVNF Farm Friday: Colorado Farmers Market Association kicks off the summer season with a new program

Colorado Farmers Market Association - Western Slope Farmers Market Regional Passport
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Colorado Farmers Market Association - Western Slope Farmers Market Regional Passport

On KVNF’s Farm Friday, Lisa Young talks with Sammie Alteri, Valley Food Partnership and the Manager of the Montrose Farmers Market, about the local market and the upcoming summer season.

Alteri introduces us to the new Western Slope Farmers Market Regional Passport program from the Colorado Farmers Market Association. Alteri also shares more about the Montrose Farmers Market that kicks off its summer season Saturday May 6, 2024.

Lisa was born in Texas but grew up on a small farm in Olathe, Colorado and considers herself a “Colorado native after six years of age.” Lisa has nine years experience in news reporting. She began her career as a News Director for a small radio station on Colorado's Eastern Plains. Following her initial radio career, Lisa worked as a staff reporter for The Journal Advocate and South Platte Sentinel in Sterling, Colorado and then returned to the Western Slope as staff reporter for the Delta County Independent.