Vendor Profile: C&R Farms

By: Allison Level, Master Gardener volunteer

When you stop by the C&R Farms booth at the Saturday farmers' market, have you ever wondered what C& R stands for? Maybe it is for---Colorado and Really-good? The fruit from C&R Farms IS from Colorado and it IS really good, but Clare and Rob Talbot, hence C&R, own the 125 acre farm on Orchards Mesa in Palisade, CO. They, along with their son and daughter, are second generation farmers and they provide excellent produce for farmers' markets, fundraisers and grocery stores along the Front Range. Barbie Lytle has worked for C&R Farms for many, many years and she has been at the Larimer County Farmers' Market for about 24 years. When asked what her favorite fruit is, Lytle said, “It is a toss-up between peaches and bing cherries.”

C&R Farms is one of the farms that grow a variety of fruit including: cherries, apricots, nectarines, plums, pears, peaches, and apples. The variety of fruit and the strong customer base is what has has kept this vendor coming to the market for so many years. Lytle says, “The market is a lot of fun, you meet lots of nice people and you watch the kids grow up over the years.” So if you are in the mood for some fresh Western slope fruit, you don’t have to go far. Stop by the C&R Farms booth and enjoy! (Oh, remember to BYON—bring your own napkin, if you don’t want the juice to run down your arm when you take a bite of something juicy!)

*Photo courtesy of worldcommunitycookbook.org