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As Farmers Market Season Winds Down, Tower Grove's Grows A Winter Version

Patrick Horine joined Wednesday's program.
Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Patrick Horine joined Wednesday's program.
Patrick Horine joined Wednesday's program.
Credit Evie Hemphill | St. Louis Public Radio
Patrick Horine joined Wednesday's program.

The weather outside may be frightful, but Patrick Horine, co-founder of the popular Tower Grove Farmers' Market, isn’t exactly closing up shop for the colder months these days. As he looks toward the final market of the season this weekend in the south St. Louis park, he’s also gearing up for its wintry equivalent — which is growing.

Initially launched in 2007 as a monthly affair, the Winter Market this year will take place weekly beginning Dec. 7. And it’s moving to the spacious Koken Art Factory in St. Louis’ Fox Park neighborhood to accommodate dozens of local vendors.

On Wednesday’s St. Louis on the Air, Horine joined host Sarah Fenske for a sneak peek at the wintry offerings, which also will feature a holiday theme the first three Saturdays of the season. He also discussed farmers market trends in the region as a whole.

Take a listen:

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What: Winter Market

When: 9 a.m.-1 p.m. most Saturdays* from Dec. 7, 2019, through April 4, 2020

Where: Koken Art Factory (2500 Ohio Ave., St. Louis MO 63104)

*The market will not operate Dec. 28, Jan. 4 or Feb. 15.

St. Louis on the Air” brings you the stories of St. Louis and the people who live, work and create in our region. The show is hosted by Sarah Fenske and produced by Alex Heuer, Emily Woodbury, Evie Hemphill, Lara Hamdan and Tonina Saputo. The engineer is Aaron Doerr, and production assistance is provided by Charlie McDonald.

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Evie Hemphill joined the St. Louis on the Air team in February 2018. After earning a bachelor’s degree in English literature in 2005, she started her career as a reporter for the Westminster Window in Colorado. Several years later she went on to pursue graduate work in creative writing at the University of Wyoming and moved to St. Louis upon earning an MFA in the spring of 2010. She worked as writer and editor for Washington University Libraries until 2014 and then spent several more years in public relations for the University of Missouri–St. Louis before making the shift to St. Louis Public Radio.