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Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 24 October 1, 2009
The farmers’ market season is winding down – last day is OCTOBER 10TH so get down here before it is too late! Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 23 September 24, 2009
Unlike other areas, here in Puget Sound, fall is peak harvest time for many crops, usually better than spring. Veggies were late arriving this spring because of the cool wet weather, but all signs point to an excellent harvest until quite late this fall. In fact, this is a really great time to get a wide variety of food at the market. I know I saw some gorgeous chanterelle mushrooms this last week at market, pears and apples are in now too. Continue reading
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Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 22 17 September, 2009
It is believed the tomato is native to the Americas. It’s been traced back to the early Aztecs around 700 A.D. It wasn’t until the 16th century that Europeans were introduced to this fruit when the early explorers set sail to discover new lands. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 21 September 10, 2009
A family owned and operated business for over 20 years, the Alvarez Farms are located in Mabton, about 40 miles east of Yakima in the fertile Yakima river valley. They grow a tremendous variety (and quantity) of vegetables, including 150 varieties of peppers, 27 varieties of tomatoes, 15 types of eggplant (who knew there WERE that many different eggplants?), 11 varieties of zucchini, peanuts (!), I think you get the idea. And as you can see from the pictures, they bring many of those varieties in their big truck over the mountains late Friday night to Port Orchard. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 20 September 3, 2009
Those of us who are canners know this is peak time to seriously put up fruits and vegetables for winter enjoyment. My tomatoes and beans are coming in like mad now and I know I need to get my boxes of nectarines soon from the market so I can can them. Home canned peaches are way, way better than anything you can buy and my family begs me for them. Nothing in the garden goes to waste either, my excess zucchini & green tomatoes make delicious chutneys & relish that I’d pay a pretty penny for at the grocery store. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter – Issue No. 19 August 27, 2009
In the last few years, Farmer’s Markets have been popping up and becoming increasingly popular. While many look at jaunts to the Farmer’s Market as occasional quaint outings, however, there are major benefits to regularly frequenting the local markets and to eating seasonally. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 18 August 20, 2009
It all started 9 years ago when Mary Brennan got some goats to eat down the brush in her pastures. Following the “one thing leads to another” principle, Mary now operates Herron Hill Dairy in Home, WA, and has just received all the equipment and permits to sell her hand-made goat cheese at our market. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 17 August 13, 2009
Well, this past week was a good one. The weather cooled off and we all got to celebrate Farmers Market Week. The market was pretty busy. There were lots of kids playing with the noisemakers they made at the market or coloring in books. We also gave away quite a few “lavender wand making kits” and I personally enjoyed making them at market all day and giving mini lessons and tips. We also had several free drawings for fresh produce baskets & other market goodies, which were a big hit. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 16 August 6, 2009
Farmers Markets don’t just happen, people have to make them happen. Our market is a success, and has been around for 31 years because local farmers, artists & others want and need a place to sell their products and local people want and need a place to buy them. Continue reading
Port Orchard Farmers’ Market Newsletter Issue No. 15 July 30, 2009
Our market is the oldest of the 12 current Farmer’s Markets in Kitsap County. We have @90 members and usually about 50 vendors on a Saturday. We operate 25 Saturdays a year, attracting 2000 customers each week. In 2008, $237,000 was earned by our vendors, which stayed working in our community, and if you know how economics formulas work (I don’t, but trust me…), this results in a $700,000 dollar infusion to our area. Continue reading