Traveling north on Airport Road, you are liable to miss Zwecks’ produce stand if you aren’t paying attention.  Tucked snuggly behind mature trees, Zwecks is on the left-hand side of the road between Rodgers Road and 9th Street in Longmont.
            Tom and Connie Zweck own the farm that has been in the family since the late 1870’s when Tom’s great grandparents moved here from Europe.  Since then, the family has continued to farm the land producing wonderful organic vegetables.
            Each morning, Zweck and two employees freshly pick the vegetables, herbs and flowers to be sold that day. Everything sold at the stand is grown outside in the field on the property.
            Whether it be fresh Walla Walla onions, papitas, tomatores, cucumbers, racdor yellow beans, green beans, or honey, you can purchase the very freshest organic products.  Zwecks has always grown everything organically.  This has always been an important part of their farming.
            The produce stand is housed in the Zweck’s grandmother’s garage that was moved to the site many years ago.  It provides the perfect ambiance for selling home grown products.  However, for those of you who are tall, be sure to duck when you are paying for your produce and flowers.  If for some reason you can’t make it to their stand, Zwecks sells wholesale to Alfalfa’s Market and Whole Foods in Boulder.
            Zwecks is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.,  Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and on Sunday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.  Zwecks will be harvesting winter squash, melons, raspberries, ornamental corn, gourds and pumpkins this fall.  The stand will close a few weeks after the first frost.

Photo by C. Komperda

Zwecks produce stand is securely tucked behind mature trees on Airport Road north of Nelson Road between Rodgers Road and 9th Street in Longmont.