Upcoming Events
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer’s Market — Week 7
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. Week 7’s special event will be ASC School Week, with KRZA DJing and the Alamosa chapter of the Women’s Citizenship Club offering arts and crafts. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer’s Market — Week 8
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. Week 8 will be our last market week for 2026, so come out to finish off the season strong!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer's Market -- Week 6
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. Week 6’s special event will be Senior Day. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer's Market -- Week 5
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer's Market -- Week 4
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. Week 4 will include a host of exciting events — a flea market, live music from Courtney Espinoza, arts and crafts, a bike rodeo, and Cooking Matters nutritional activities. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer’s Market — Week 3
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. This week will include entertainment from KRZA. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer’s Market -- Week 2
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. This week will include a Farm Park documentary screening and local musical performer Freddy Jacques. We hope to see you there!
Mercadillo en el Rio Farmer’s Market — Week 1
This year, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s Mercadillo en el Rio season will run from July 15 to September 2. Join us from 3 PM to 7 PM every Wednesday in the Farm Park’s education center. The farmers market is an excellent opportunity to connect with others, support our commercial farmers, and enjoy the various community events that change each week. Opening week will feature local musical performer Kevin Hernandez. We hope to see you there!
National Trails Day
It is National Trails Day on June 6! Be sure to take a walk along Alamosa’s beautiful trail system and stop by the Farm Park to say hi.
May 2026 Volunteer Workday
The day's tasks will include installing rain barrels at the residential duplex, prepping strawberry beds, planting seeds for a future pollinator garden, installing irrigation piping, and potentially planting flowers outside the education center (weather permitting).
CSFS Tree Pruning Workshop
Join Colorado State Forest Service on April 30 from 8 AM to 3:30 PM for a tree pruning workshop.
Learn how to structurally prune your young trees and encourage good growth. Kamie Long from the CSFS Urban and Community Forestry program will be present to provide insight into structural pruning principles.
Morning: SLV Health Conference Center
(1921 Main St, Alamosa, CO)
Afternoon: SLV Health Campus & ASU
Cost: Free—lunch & drinks provided by SLV Health
Class size limited to 20 people, so sign up ASAP!
Contact (719) 587-0915 for more information!
April 2026 Volunteer Workday & Arbor Day Tree Planting Event
Join the Rio Grande Farm Park for our April 2026 volunteer workday on Saturday, April 25th from 8 AM to 12 PM. We will be celebrating Arbor Day by planting twenty new ornamental trees around the park, thanks to a grant we received from Colorado Tree Coalition. Food and coffee will be provided, as always. Bring work gloves if you have them!
National Volunteer Week
This week is National Volunteer Week! The Rio Grande Farm Park would like to extend our deepest gratitude to all of the volunteers who have committed their time, effort, skills, and passion towards making the park a thriving community space for the San Luis Valley. We so appreciate you and all that you do for our organization.
Valley Roots Food Hub Fresh Box Sign-ups Launch
Valley Roots Food Hub Fresh Box signups launch April 1st!
This year, enjoy 20 weeks of Colorado’s finest, all grown by local farmers. Supporting your local economy makes a real impact — did you know agriculture is the second leading economic driver in our state, generating $47 billion?
No water, no agriculture. No agriculture, no food. No food, no life.
Last year, Valley Roots partnered with 188 producers to deliver the best to their communities. Fresh Box offers flexible payment options this season, plus add-ons for proteins, cheese, and eggs. Register an account below, and don’t forget to join the Valley Roots Food Hub mailer for updates and specials. Eating local has never been easier.
Visit their website to sign-up now: https://valleyroots.localfoodmarketplace.com/
Oregon Farm Corps Bookkeeping Basics Webinar
Strong farms need strong financial systems for many reasons – filing taxes, applying for loans/grants, budgeting, and making business decisions, to name a few. The world of farm finances begins with good financial data points.
Learn how to set up what we like to call an MVP (minimum viable product) bookkeeping system (using Quickbooks online), and how every farm can use a bookkeeping system to level up their business. Approachable to the numbers-shy with practical takeaway knowledge. No prior experience with financials required!
Do you need language assistance? Request interpretation services during registration or contact us at info@oregonfarmcorps.org.
Solicite servicios de interpretación durante el registro o contáctenos en info@oregonfarmcorps.org.
Register and learn more here: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/bookkeeping-basics-build-your-mvp-bookkeeping-system
RGFP Greenhouse Open for Indoor Seeding & Seed-Starting Workshop on March 28th
On Saturday March 28th, the Rio Grande Farm Park’s greenhouse will be open to commercial and non-commercial farmers to begin starting their indoor seeds for the 2026 growing season! To reserve one shelf for one month, it is $15. Farmers may reserve shelf space for up to two months (April and May), with all seedlings required to be out of the building by June 1st. The shelf number limit per person will be dependent on interest and will be decided closer to the event. One shelf holds about 3 seed trays.
Farm Park staff will water seedlings as needed for as long as they are in the greenhouse and will notify farmers when it is necessary for them to come to the greenhouse in-person for seedling thinning or if there are any issues with their baby plants. Additionally, Farm Park staff members will help community farmers harden off their seedlings when planting time approaches in April and May. Typically, this looks like constructing an outdoor enclosure of hay bales in which the seedlings can gradually adjust to outdoor temperatures and strengthen their stems (for 7 - 10 days) before going into the ground.
Farm Park staff and volunteers will be hosting a seed-starting workshop during the morning of the 28th (time still TBD) for beginner farmers to learn more about seeding, transplanting, and other useful pre-season information. All individuals need to bring their own potting soil, seed trays and/ or pots, and seeds.
If you are interested in starting seeds in the greenhouse and/ or want to attend the seed-starting workshop on March 28th, please fill out this interest form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_e_WGPmPMAlJjzACNzlg6F2Bm-Hs9kWht3-GLIqxQEEo3LQ/viewform?usp=publish-editor
March 2026 Volunteer Workday
On Saturday, March 28, in addition to our greenhouse seed-starting workshop, the Rio Grande Farm Park will also host our March ‘26 volunteer workday from 8 AM to 11 AM. Work projects include preparing the flower beds near the education center and children's garden area with top soil, weed-eating the nature trails around the park, digging up sod for a future landscaping project, moving old tree limbs, cleaning ditches, constructing a bike repair station, and trimming trees. Please bring work gloves if you have them and dress appropriately for the weather! Coffee and breakfast will be provided.
2026 Sun Soil Water Summit in Pueblo, CO
Sun Soil Water is a showcase of what can happen when a community gathers around its shared love of food, learning, and local entrepreneurship. Whether you’re a foodie, a grower, an academic, or just someone who loves being part of something real, Sun Soil Water Summit can feed both your stomach and your spirit.
Check out the event’s website for more information and to order tickets: https://pueblofoodproject.org/sunsoilwater/
CSU Colorado Poultry Producers Class
Wondering what you need for small-scale chicken production? Unsure what feed is best, what coops work well, what a chicken first aid kit should have, and more? Then come join this great class! Includes lunch and childcare. Cost is $20.
Location: Ski-Hi Complex (2335 Sherman Ave Monte Vista, Colorado 81144)
2026 Congreso de Acequias in San Luis, CO
An event celebrating land, water, and community at Centennial School in San Luis (14644 CO-159, San Luis, CO 81152). There will be free lunch, refreshments, and door prizes as well as speaker presentations and a local field visit.
For more information, contact sangredecristoacequia@gmail.com, (719) 289-7332, or visit www.coloradoacequias.org.
Agrisummit in Salida, Colorado
Our sustainable agriculture sister organization Guidestone is hosting Colorado's 11th Annual AgriSummit on March 5th and 6th in Salida, Colorado. The gathering will bring together agricultural producers, food enthusiasts, and community members for farm and ranch tours, a film screening, educational sessions, networking, a community open house, seed swap, and a happy hour. It starts at 9:00 AM on Thursday and ends on Friday at 7:00 PM at 220 W Sackett Avenue Salida, CO . See the website link below for more details about scheduling and registration.
This year's theme is “Restoring Relations: Rooting Down and Reaching Out”, highlighting the many deep-rooted and widespread relationships at the heart of local food systems. Scholarships and Spanish language interpretation services are available upon request. If you are a commercial, community member, or family farmer from the Rio Grande Farm Park interested in attending, please contact Oona (oona@riograndefarmpark.org) for more information.
February 2026 Volunteer Workday
Join us at the Rio Grande Farm Park for our February 2026 volunteer workday on Saturday, February 28th from 9 AM to 12 PM. Projects include cleaning the ditches around the park, moving logs in the children’s garden area, building trellises for our summer tomatoes, and prepping the trees in the orchard for springtime (mainly apple maggot prevention). Breakfast and coffee will be provided. Please dress in accordance with the weather and bring work gloves, hats, and gravel rakes if you have them!
Southern Rocky Mountain Agriculture Conference in Monte Vista, CO
From February 3rd to 5th, the 44th annual Southern Rocky Mountain Agriculture Conference will be happening in Monte Vista Colorado. The event is organized by the SLV’s Colorado State University Extension. Speakers will present on SLV relevant topics such as agritourism, hydrology, graze management, rye, and potato farming. It will also host a trade show. More detailed information on scheduling and registration can be found on the conference’s website. If you are a Rio Grande Farm Park commercial or community member/ family farmer and interested in attending, reach out to Oona (oona@riograndefarmpark.org) to learn more information.
Address: Ski Hi Complex (2389-2499 Sherman Ave. Monte Vista, CO 81144)
Contact information: (719) 852-7381
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