From working on their family’s grain and cattle farm near Innisfail, Alberta, to being the head brewer at Winterlong Brewing Co In Whitehorse, Yukon, Alex Walz brings a unique set of skills and experience to the role as HSCA’s new Farmers’ Market and Community Programs Coordinator. As anyone who’s met Alex will know, their patient, positive attitude is truly contagious, and Alex is inspired to make an impact with the HSCA Farmers’ Market. “I think the market is a really amazing thing...having your job being helping people do the things they’re passionate about is really cool.” They go on to express how programs like the Farmers’ Market also fund other important programs, bringing even more benefit to the community.

While Alex currently lives in Bankview SW, they used to come all the way from Innisfail just to visit Kensington as a teenager. “It’s the neighbourhood that we would come to Calgary to hang out in. We would go to record stores and coffee shops and pretend we lived in the city” Alex laughs. “It’s a cool neighborhood and there’s always something going on.”

Now, all these years later, Alex is giving back to one of their favorite Calgary communities. Come say hi to them at the HSCA Farmers’ Market, which moves indoors on Saturday, October 15th from 11am to 3pm.