Fourth Annual Bayou City Farmers’ Market ~ Tomato Fest

WHAT:  Urban Harvest and the Bayou City Farmers’ Market will host the 4th Annual Tomato
Fest on two consecutive Saturdays, June 21 and June 28. 

Tomato Fest celebrates the height of the tomato season in southeast Texas. 
Many varieties of tomatoes, including heirloom varieties, will be available.

The Tomato Doctor will be on hand to answer your tomato-growing questions and farmers
will bring farm animals and equipment for display. Live music and a cooking demonstration
will also be featured.

WHEN:  Saturday, June 21 and Saturday, June 28, 2008, 8 am to noon

WHERE:  3000 Richmond at Eastside (between Kirby & Buffalo Speedway), Houston, in back parking lot

ABOUT THE MARKET:  The Bayou City Farmers’ Market provides a venue for over thirty local
vendors to sell their products directly to the public. The offerings include vegetables,
fruits, pastured eggs, goats’ milk cheeses, grass-fed beef and lamb, honey and beeswax
products, fair trade organic coffee, prepared foods and baked goods, healthy snacks, fresh
flowers, fresh herbs, pastured chicken, and more.

All of the produce offered for sale at the farmers’ market is grown or produced in southeast
Texas and is sold to consumers directly by the people that produce it. Shopping at a
farmers’ market is an excellent way to buy the freshest and most flavorful produce possible.

Also, many of the products offered for sale at the market are produced without pesticides or in an environmentally friendly way; some are organically produced.  Ask each vendor about their growing practices.

The Bayou City Farmers’ Market is a project of Urban Harvest, a non-profit organization that helps build communities from the ground up by promoting sustainable land use and horticultural practices to
grow food and reduce hunger.  Its farmers’ market project helps educate the public about the
benefits of eating local produce in season and provides the local agricultural community with a
direct outlet for their products.  For more information visit www.UrbanHarvest.org.