About
ROCKY MOUNTAIN SOOTHIES® began its 14th year this past May in Kalispell, Montana, and the first Soothie® was sold from a card table and one chair at our local Farmers Market in June of 2003.
I had never participated in a Farmers' Market and, as a matter of fact, when it was suggested to me I take Soothies to ours as a "test market" to see what kind of reception they would get, I thought, why would I do that? The Farmers' Market where I am from (Omaha) was just as the name says, a venue for farmers to bring their harvested crops to the city to sell in late Summer into Fall; but it was only May here! We had just moved to Kalispell not quite a year and I had no idea there even was a Farmers Market here. But being the curious one that I am, the following Saturday I visited the Market to look around. I didn't find any farmers per se, but what I did find was wall to wall people shopping! There were woodcrafters, rug weavers, gorgeous hand-made jewelry, leather goods, floral and garden growers, log furniture makers, welders, just to name a few of the many vendors there. I found the Market Manager to inquire how to be a part of this and found that their vendors were all "juried" so not just anyone could show up on any given Saturday and sell something. Filled out their Application to Vend and 6 days later got a call that Soothies had been approved.
