Skip’s Farm To Market Expands To New Location In Fruita
Photo courtesy of Skip’s Farm To Market
Skip Doty has always had a passion for local farms and the food they produce. Doty purchased land in Palisade in 2012 and started Early Morning Orchard Farm. He has since grown a network of market stores and stands to connect people with local food. The first Skip’s Farm to Market opened in 2017 in Old Town Basalt.
Coming in summer of 2022, a new Fruita location of Skip’s Farm to Market will be located at 211 E. Aspen Avenue. Doty purchased the building to expand the small 600 square-foot space into 3,000 square feet. Coincidentally, the building once housed Brumbaugh’s Groceries and Meats in the 1930s.
“We are so excited to be expanding to a larger space, so we can offer the local community more local and natural foods,” shares general manager Dalene Barton.
You may already know about Bake Sale Bread Co. — the amazing sourdough you find at the Grand Junction Farmers Market, The Hog and The Hen and other specialty markets, but it may be news that Skip’s store manager Ramona Haberkorn is the owner of Bake Sale Bread Co.
“She and Skip partnered to open the new space as one side bakery/deli, the other side as our fresh little year-round farmers' market,” says Barton. “Ramona has been a huge asset to the Skip's family, and we all want to see her passion for baking thrive.”
“It just makes sense to work together,” Barton adds. “There will be a shared commercial kitchen space, so together we can provide fresh bread, baked goods, prepared foods, canned food, ice cream, dried fruits, dried mushrooms and veggies to all of our stores and stands in order to provide more food security to the Western Slope.”
Originally published in the Winter 2021-22 issue of Spoke+Blossom.