Manitoba's largest farmers market goes interactive

The St. Norbert Farmers'Market deliveredworkshops anddemonstrations designed to revive the art of preserving and pickling and cooking from scratch.

"[We're] bringing people some of these skills that are kind of lost, thingsthat their Grandmas knew how to do. How to make pasta at home, how toferment food," said St.Norbert Farmers'Marketexecutive directorMarilyn Firth.

The market is located inSt. Norbert, just south of the perimeter and itattracts 150,000 shoppersannually duringitstwice-a-week outdoor market. Roughly 250 artisans andretailers set up shop to sell their goods.

Firth says they've logged almost 13,000 visitors atthe marketduring some of theirbusiestdays.The market has grown so much in recentyears,neighbouringbusinesses now offer paidparking for customers toaccess the market grounds.

"People used to learn at their momma's knees and their grandma's kneesand they don't learn that anymore and yet people are starting to hearabout these things and going 'well I'd like to know how to do that too.' This is a great opportunity for them to come learn it a bit," saidFirth.