In 2019, the Spokane Valley Farmers’ Market came to fruition and set roots at Centerplace Regional Event Center. In the past four years, they’ve witnessed an abundance of family, friends, and neighbors come together to support local farms, artisan crafters, food trucks, musicians, and an array of small businesses that just keeps growing. But they […]
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Food access and grocery shopping were considered essential services in 2020, so farmers markets adapted, focusing even more on supporting local farmers and producers while also making produce, food, and value-added products as accessible as possible. Regional Farmers Markets are looking forward to slowly getting back to normal in 2021.
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It’s that time of year again—time to visit our local farmers, crafters and producers at our neighborhood market and experience the bounty available in the Inland Northwest. Farmers markets are essential in our communities, and the open-air setting makes grocery shopping healthier! Buying directly from the grower means that fewer people had contact with your
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Biking or walking to a local farmers market is great summertime urban adventure, offering exercise and healthy food.
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In spite of our shorter growing season, the Inland Northwest boasts a myriad of abundant markets that connect people to local food and farmers. These markets are a wonderful place to discover new and staple foods, support the local economy, build community sustainability, and learn how to use local foods in creative ways.
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A farmers’ market is a community space where local farmers, producers, and crafters sell their fruit, vegetables, meat, eggs, dairy products, baked goods, and other value-added products to the public. It is an opportunity for customers to buy fresh foods, get to know your farmers, and connect with small producers in your area. It also
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Giving directions to her house in the Shadle neighborhood, Janice Swagerty says, “you can’t miss it; it’s very farm.” The raised garden beds and fruit trees in the front yard are part of that equation, but the real urban-meets-rural moment happens when you step into the backyard and are greeted by two goat pens and
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Once you’ve tasted an organic carrot, grown with a combination of Inland Northwest soil, sun, and rain, you can never go back to eating store-bought organic carrots. Never. That’s what farmers’ market vegetables will do for you – forever transform your perspective about fresh food. My family’s affection for farmers’ markets started as newlyweds when
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May 18 opening day at the Millwood Farmers’ Market Conventional wisdom in the farmers’ market community says that it takes five years for a market to really get established, so it is with great anticipation that organizers look to the start of Millwood Farmers’ Market’s fifth season on the corner of Euclid and Marguerite in
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This Better Be Good I was reflecting on last season the other day, and the one word that came to mind was meh. As in mediocre. It was so meh that my powder boards only made it on the hill once, and that barely knocked the dust off the top sheets. But hey, that was
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