{"id":12017,"date":"2015-02-02T15:46:06","date_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/?p=12017"},"modified":"2015-02-02T15:46:06","modified_gmt":"2015-02-02T20:46:06","slug":"roosters-farm-fresh-market-now-open-popular-state-road-80-market-re-opens-under-new-owners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/2015\/02\/02\/roosters-farm-fresh-market-now-open-popular-state-road-80-market-re-opens-under-new-owners\/","title":{"rendered":"Rooster\u2019s Farm Fresh Market now open; Popular State Road 80 market re-opens under new owners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roosters-logo.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12018\" title=\"'s logo\" src=\"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Roosters-logo-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\">ALVA, Fla. (Feb. 2, 2015) \u2013\u00a0A long-time Southwest Florida family has purchased the former Ritchey\u2019s Fresh Produce in Alva and reopened it as Rooster\u2019s Farm Fresh Market.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Located at 15500 Palm Beach Boulevard, off State Road 80 in Alva, the market had been closed since 2012. Husband and wife, Denny and Jean Baer, purchased the property in July, and after refurbishing the market during last summer and fall, they have recently re-opened for business. The market is being managed by the Baer\u2019s son, Tyler, an ecology and wildlife studies graduate of the University of Florida.<\/p>\n<p>The market will be open Thursday through Sunday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Rooster\u2019s features a variety of Florida vegetables, produce and citrus as well as locally made honey, jams, jellies, soaps, hot sauces and more. The property includes a large greenhouse that is currently producing fresh herbs and plans to expand into micro greens.<\/p>\n<p>Originally from Wisconsin, the Baer\u2019s have lived in Southwest Florida since 1988 and own homes in Labelle and Sanibel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe grew up with a love of agriculture and are so excited that this once vibrant and popular market is open again,\u201d said Jean Baer. \u201cWe are easily accessible for Southwest Florida residents, being just six miles east of Exit 141, off I-75 on Route 80, and we provide plenty of parking.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the Baers, plans call for the market to serve as a food hub for local farmer\u2019s to sell their products and wares. The family is also working with the UF\/IFAS Extension office to host workshops including topics on composting, rain barrel making and gardening.<\/p>\n<p>While it operated as Ritchey\u2019s, the market was known for its elaborate miniature doghouses that were locally made and sold on the property. Two of the original houses are still present.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very dog friendly,\u201d Jean Baer added. \u201cWe offer locally made dog treats for our four-legged friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The market will hold an open house on Saturday, Feb. 7 with live music from noon to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to welcome the community back to this market. Our tagline is \u2018We\u2019ve got somthin\u2019 to crow about,\u2019 and we certainly do,\u201d said Jean Baer.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, call 239-691-9249.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALVA, Fla. (Feb. 2, 2015) \u2013\u00a0A long-time Southwest Florida family has purchased the former Ritchey\u2019s Fresh Produce in Alva and reopened it as Rooster\u2019s Farm Fresh Market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcreativepr.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}