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Free Off Season Workshop Schedule

All workshops take place from 3-5 pm, unless otherwise noted.

To register contact Dottie: 970.641.2401
mccaleb@gatewayone.com

March 11: Seed Starting w/ Jan Scheefer @ the Fred Field Heritage Center

April TBA: Bread baking demo with Mtn. Oven and sourdough starts with Beth Coop

May 20: Urban Chicken Coops w/ Jonathan Houck

June 3: Cold Climate Plants w/ Mark Waltermire from Thistle Whistle Farm

Gunnison Valley Gardening Festival, April 21 9am - 1pm

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The GFM Board of Directors currently has eleven members, including a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and two non-voting members. The GFM board is a working board; members serve on committees to assist with volunteer coordination, education programs, live entertainment, and fundraising. New board members are elected at the annual meeting held in February.

Paul Buck moved to Gunnison 4 years ago from Montana to work on a ranch and to have plenty of land and fertilizer for a great garden! Paul has been on the board for two years and can be found at the market on most every Saturday. Being a part of the Farmers Market Board has been a great opportunity to be involved in the community and work for a great cause. Gardening in Gunnison, where frost free days are few, has taught him much patience!

	Dottie McCaleb is a clinical herbalist with a previous career in communications. She moved to the Gunnison area in 2006 after spending some summer vacations here. Even as a visitor she enjoyed the Farmers Market. A believer that nourishing food is a foundation to vital health, (and someone who enjoys eating good food!) she values the Farmers Market as an opportunity to get fresh, local, vibrant food and support our local growers. Also the market is a great place to gather on Saturdays to celebrate community, local artisans and real food!
	Catherine Vader was born and raised in Gunnison, and after spending some time in Santa Barbara and Portland, she decided there's no place she'd rather be than our little Colorado community. This is Catherine's second season as a Gunnison Farmers Market board member, but she's been a part of the market for the past 3years as a vendor of the kombucha drink called Booch. When she's not hanging out at the market, Catherine can usually be found at Gunnison Vitamin & Health Food Store, where she helps manage the family business alongside her sisters and mom.


	Beth Coop has been happily living in Gunnison with her husband, two year old son, and dog for the past few years. She joined the GFM as a board member in 2009 and has since then taken on the role of market manager. Good quality, local, organic food is central to her survival; her kitchen cupboards are well stocked with all sorts of home-canned fruits and vegetables. Beth also loves to teach, she teaches food-related classes for WSC Extended Studies and garden based agricultual education programs for kids. Most recenly she has been trying to form a farm-to-school group for Gunnison K-12 schools to improve the quality of foods kids eat.

	Not pictured: Karen Immerso, Eric McPhail, and Sara Phillips