By Alex Paramo
Alex Paramo
The harvest, a time to collect the gifts given to us by nature and brought about by the labor of our dedicated growers. Harvest Festivals are celebrated world-wide such as Thanksgiving in the US and Canada. Many celebrations are an amalgamation of pagan rituals and the dominant religion. The image to the left depicts the Harvest Celebration in Poland.
Local Growers
Locally, we have many dedicated growers that avoid genetically modified organisms (GMOs). GMO‘s have been shown to be unhealthy and are banned in over 60 countries including the European Union and Japan. It makes obvious sense to shop from our friends and neighbors because it benefits our community economically, nutritionally and socially. At the RYM we feature many local growers that use the Rio Grande to bring us sustenance. Come down and support them and celebrate the most life-giving contribution to our society.
Programming
Traditional Zone presents Cycles of Life Educator Jake Foreman and Crew to help bring in the Fall Season!! Join us there and share in the positivity! The Live Arts Zone welcomes Las Aranas Spinning and Weaving Guild for Autumn Harvest Day! Enjoy a vibrant demonstration with hands on drop spinning where visitors can learn the ancient art of making their own yarn! Expert spinners demonstrating on personal spinning wheels. Also, we will have a public 4 harness loom where visitors cans throw the shuttle a few times to add to the weaving!
Southwest University of Visual Arts
Children’s Zone hosts a day with the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) for fun creative surprises! The Pop UP gallery will host a photography exhibition by students whom attend SUVA. This exhibit will host the diverse and provocative work of Daniel Gallegos, Josh Cruz and Omar Galaviz.
Main and Community Stages
On our stages we constantly feature talented local folks from all of the performance arts including poetry, mindful movement, dance, acrobatics, singing and playing! This week is no different. For complete schedule click here:
Appreciating our Friends and Neighbors
The idea of spending most of our days in a farm is far removed from the minds of most folks. In fact roughly 1% of our population of 313,000,000 are farmers. Most of us head on over to the grocery store and presto-magic the food is right there on the shelves at our convenience. The work of bringing the bounty from farm to those grocery stores involves many dedicated individuals and at the Rail Yards Market (RYM) we celebrate them. See You Sunday!
Alex Paramo is an Author and Co-Founder of Community Publishing. Community Publishing brings local artists of all mediums together in creative collaborations for distribution as multimedia eBooks while promoting literacy in our communities.
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