Agriculture

Farmer’s Market ready for new season at Cameron Park in La Crosse

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12 months ago

May 5, 2023

If it’s the first Friday in May, you can find La Crosse’s Cameron Park filled with vendors and shoppers.

Tonight marks the opening of the Farmer’s Market for this season. Departing market manager Maddie Makinster, who’s moving to Milwaukee, says there may be fewer offerings than usual on the first night, but that will change as the growing season continues.

Because of lower turnout last summer for the Saturday markets, the Cameron Park market runs Fridays only this year, from 4 p.m. to dusk, through the end of October.

The market will be managed this year by Caleb Kvale, who is looking forward to seeing some new vendors joining this season and offering a wider variety of products.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.