Less than a week after news broke that a new farmers' market was in the works, organizers have launched a new website, I love Alberta Farmers, and are now accepting applications for its 2010 Summer Outside Market.

While the Kingsland Farmers' Market market's development permit is still under review, the six-person group behind the venture hope to have outdoor vendors selling goods by June 1. The indoor phase, which could house up to 45 vendors, could be operational by Thanksgiving weekend.

"Our goal is to have 40 to 60 vendors this summer," says Tim Hoven, an organic beef producer and one of the new market's organizers. "We want to have a wide range of diverse products to keep people's interest up and offer new and exciting things."

More than a dozen people have expressed interest in joining the market since the website was launched on the weekend, says Hoven.

With a "make it, bake it, or grow it" mandate, the market hopes to attract local food producers, artisans and food court vendors with a long term goal to "develop a local food distribution network for the entire QE2 corridor."

Most of the people behind the Kingsland market are currently with the Calgary Farmers' Market, which must vacate its Currie Barracks location by November 30. The CFM has secured a new location off Blackfoot Trail, near Heritage Drive S.E., but is waiting for its own development permit to be approved by the city. An appeal was filed against the permit last month and, if successful, could derail the move. A public hearing is set for March 19.