By SALINA POST
Prairieland Market, a locally sourced organic non-profit food market, is making the final preparations for its move from Walnut Street to downtown Santa Fe Avenue in Salina.
The new storefront, located at 118 South Santa Fe Avenue, will have adjusted hours of operation. Currently, open Tuesday through Saturday, Prairieland Market's new schedule will be Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Customers should note that the market’s popular CSA (community-supported agriculture) service will be paused for two weeks, on October 15 and October 22, and will automatically resume once the new location is open.
To celebrate this exciting transition, Prairieland Market has planned several events. On Tuesday, October 22, a donor appreciation event will be held in honor of the many individuals and organizations that have supported the market’s growth.
The grand opening of the new downtown location is scheduled for Saturday, November 9, with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11 a.m at 118 S. Santa Fe Avenue.
The new store will offer Prairieland Market several key features, including a fully equipped commercial kitchen that will allow for freshly prepared foods daily, a seating area for customers to enjoy meals from the kitchen’s offerings, and a water dispensing system providing reverse osmosis, deionized, and high pH alkaline water.
Additionally, there will be a convenient window for Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share customers to pick up their weekly or bi-weekly produce subscriptions.
Vickee Spicer, executive director for Prairlieland Market said she is excited for the market to officially move into the new, much larger space.
"It's three or four times as much space as we have now," Spicer said. "We'll do more than four times as much activity there and then we can also have classes. So we can help the community understand and learn how to preserve food, how to prepare it, how to meal plan."
To learn more about Prairieland Market's mission click here.