There’s nothing like Thursdays at the Queen Anne Farmers Market. Check out what’s going on this week:
Thursday, July 29
3 to 5 p.m.—Music by Tinker’s Dram
4 p.m.—Chef Demo with Natalie Divergigeles of the 5 Spot
5:30 p.m.—Special Event: Join a live taping of the food and comedy podcast Spilled Milk with food writers and authors Matthew Amster-Burton, of Hungry Monkey, and Molly Wizenberg, of Orangette.net and A Homemade Life.
6 p.m.—Gluten-Free Cooking Demo with Jeanne Sauvage of Four Chickens
The featured nonprofit this week is the Queen Anne Community Center. As always the market will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on W. Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
The weather is expected to be a perfect 75 degrees out tomorrow—ideal farmer’s market weather, if you ask me (not like last week’s whopping 97!) Check out the lineup:
5 p.m. – Chef Demo with Conscious Feast’s Nicole Aloni (who also happens to be the author of The Backyard Bartender and Secrets From A Caterer’s Kitchen)
The featured nonprofit at the market this week is the Seattle Children’s Theatre. As always, the Queen Anne Farmers Market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.
This week might end up being one of the hottest Queen Anne Farmers Markets to date (with temperatures estimated to reach a high of 92 degrees!) but that won’t stop us from enjoying fresh food, live music and some outdoor festivities! It’s Family Day at the market this week, so there will be lots of fun games and extra goodies for all ages. Check out the schedule for the market this Thursday, July 8:
3 to 7 p.m.—Dress up and strike a pose at the vintage photo booth. (And as if that weren’t enough, vegetable props will also be available.)
Usually I post these Queen Anne Farmers Market previews on Wednesday, but what can I say? It’s been a busy week! Still, there’s lots going on at the market today, so don’t let this little bat of rain revival keep you from getting your fresh food fix. Take a look at the schedule:
3 to 5 p.mm — Pedal steel guitar music by Hal Merrill
3:30 p.m. — Kids Cooking Class by Dan Bugge of Matt’s in the Market on how to filet fish
5 p.m. — Chef Demo and Book Signing with Urban Pantry author Amy Pennington
6 p.m. — Cooking Demo with Matthew Wright of Wrightfood
The featured nonprofits at the market this week are the Queen Anne Helpline and Alaskan Way Viaduct Program. As always, the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W. Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N. Happy market day!
We’re diving into the heart of the Queen Anne Farmers Market season! Now all we need is for this summery weather to stick around… Check out the lineup for this week’s market on Thursday, June 24:
3 to 5 p.m. – Musical performance by pedal steel guitarist Hal Merrill
6 p.m. – Cooking Demo with Herschell Taghap from All Things Chill
The featured sponsor this week is Metropolitan Market, and the featured nonprofits are the Queen Anne Helpline and new option school Queen Anne Elementary. As always, the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N.
6 p.m. – Cooking Demo with Patricia and John Eddy from Cook Local
The featured nonprofit at the market this week is Sustainable Queen Anne. As always the market will be from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N.
The featured nonprofit at the market this week is the Seattle Center Foundation. As always, the market will be held from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N.
“The contest is designed to raise national awareness about the importance of supporting fresh food from local farms and farmers,” the website states. The winner won’t receive a major monetary prize, but they will earn the bragging rights associated with winning and a bunch of market-centric goodies, such as 500 canvas bags and an outdoor banner to hang up at the market.
Want to vote for your favorite market (i.e. Queen Anne?) Vote here by either typing in “Queen Anne Farmers Market” in the available space, or searching for nearby markets by zip code or state. AFT asks voters to supply an email address, but won’t send more than one confirmation email if you opt out of receiving others. Once you cast your vote you will be taken to a donation page, though a donation is not required to vote.
The featured nonprofit this week is the Queen Anne Helpline. As always, the market is open from 3 to 7 p.m. at W Crockett Street and Queen Anne Ave N. every Thursday through October 7.
The second week of the Queen Anne Farmers Market season, from 3 to 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday, May 27, is jam-packed with festivities. Check out the schedule here:
3 to 5 p.m. – Musical performance (pedal steel guitar) by Hal Merrill
6 p.m. – Urban Farming Workshop “Tomato Growing Strategies: Increase Your Yield, Decrease Your Frustration” Seattle Urban Farm Company owner Colin McCrate
Learn proper tomato planting, spacing, fertilizing, trellising, and pruning techniques. Getting satisfactory tomato yields in Seattle can be difficult, but not as difficult as you think! We will demonstrate a few easy tricks that will help improve your tomato harvest year after year.
The market also welcomed a number of newcomers, including the folks from Jello Mold Farm in the Skagit Valley, who were excited to take part in their first farmers market ever.
The Queen Anne Farmers Market will be held every Thursday, through October 7, 2010 from 3 to 7 p.m. on W Crockett St. at Queen Anne Ave N. Happy market season, Queen Anne!
The Queen Anne Farmers Market is kicking off the 2010 season tomorrow, Thursday, May 20 at its usual spot–W Crockett Street at Queen Anne Ave N.–with an expanded site, great music, fun events, chef demos, a longer season (by five weeks!), and of course, more food!
The market, which will be running on Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. through October 7, 2010, will be starting a bit early this week for the opening celebration. Check out the schedule:
2:30 p.m. – Opening Ceremony: Remarks by community leaders and Queen Anne residents: 36th District State Senator Jeanne Kohl-Welles, 36th District Representative Reuven Carlyle, City Council Legislative Aide Rebekah Papé, Chef Seth Caswell, and independent filmmaker Hanson Hosein
3 p.m. – Opening Bell: Local preschoolers Sara Wilkson, Frankie Holt, and William Canlis will be doing the honors
3 to 7 p.m. – Market Vogue! Swing by the vintage photo booth and strike a pose!
3:05 p.m. – Music: Performance by Queen Anne resident and neo-flamenco guitarist Andre Feriante
4:30 to 6 p.m. – Book signing by “Plant Life: Growing a Garden in the Pacific Northwest” author Valerie Easton
5 to 5:30 p.m. – Kids’ cooking class: Have your kids learn how to make a Vietnamese salad roll with Hsiao-Ching Chou from Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution-Seattle (best of all, it’s free!)
5:30 p.m. – Music: Performances by the children’s choirs from both Coe and John Hay
6 p.m. – Truffle Tasting and Chocolate Demo by Lauren Adler ofChocolopolis
6 p.m. – Super Secret Surprise Musical Event (We’ve been let in on the secret, and trust us, it’s good!)
QAFM is the only independent, community-managed farmers market in Seattle. Read up on the market and check out schedules for coming weeks here.
(Disclosure: QueenAnneView is a 2010 sponsor of the Queen Anne Farmers Market).
The Queen Anne Farmers Market is looking for a “dynamic marketing intern” to help out with operations and work with the market manager in preparation for and during the upcoming market season. Market Director Julie Whitehorn posted this job description on the QAFM site this morning:
The Queen Anne Farmers Market is seeking a smart, friendly, detail-oriented intern to learn market operations while assisting the market manager. The time commitment is five hours weekly pre-season and 7-8 hours each Thursday during 22-week season plus flexible offsite hours. The intern will attend committee and board meetings, and learn skills in nonprofit management, market operations, fundraising, marketing and customer service.
For more information on the job or how to apply, see the official job description (.pdf). The Queen Anne Farmers Market is starting up early this year, on Thursday, May 20. Read up on the market’s upcoming season and expansion here.
Attendees of the benefit got the chance to schmooze with some of the local farmers represented at the market, enjoy tunes by Queen Anne resident and “neo-flamenco” guitarist Andre Feriante, and snack on appetizers by Chef Seth Caswell and the neighborhood’s newest restaurant emmer&rye, which shares the market’s seasonal/local fixation.
Supporters also got a sneak peak at artist Elizabeth Mullaly’s 2010 season poster, which was unveiled at the benefit. The new poster matches her designs from previous years, but instead of the 2009 beets theme, showcases a bushel (in the figurative sense) of naked carrots.
Every year Mullaly’s posters have become something of a collectors’ item, so if you’d like your very own, it’s better to get one sooner rather than later, because they do run out. The posters will be available for a minimum donation of $15 at Queen Anne Frame or at the market once it opens in the spring.
Couldn’t make it to the benefit? Read up on QAFM Director Julia Whitehorn’s take on the evening of seasonal snacks and farmers market frenzy.
To make a donation to the Queen Anne Farmers Market, click here. Find more information about the upcoming season here.
Love the Queen Anne Farmers Market? Yes? Then we have great news! The QAFM Association just announced this week that they’re going to be expanding – in dates, size and programming – for the 2010 season!
Beginning May 20 this year, the market will again run on Thursdays from 3 to 7 p.m. at W Crocket St. and Queen Anne Ave N., through October 7, adding additional dates and lengthening the market area to provide for more stalls and vendors. QAFMA wrote in a press release Monday,
In response to vendor and customer feedback, QAFMA is adding five weeks to the market season and has plans to expand the site into the Queen Anne Pool parking lot, which will allow for a greater variety of farm stalls, prepared food vendors, and mobile food vendors. The option of staying open later, up to 8:00 p.m., in midsummer is also being pursued. Children’s activities will be expanded to teach the importance of eating fresh, healthy foods, and the popular events program returns with a strong line up of local chefs, food authors, workshops and music.
In 2009 the market decided to downsize from previous years and focus on foods, rather than crafts, as per requests from the community. Still, according to Executive Director Julie Whitehorn, even with the smaller market, sales increased.
“Our community responded in a big way,” she said. “While the economy adversely impacted some farmers markets last year, we saw a 10 percent gain in vendor sales over 2008. This happened despite a new location and new management.”
Remember that cute poster the Queen Anne Farmers Market had pinned up all over the neighborhood this summer? The memorable artwork with two red beets on it was by local artist Elizabeth Mullaly. And evidently it was so popular that the market staff had to order more several times. Not only did Queen Anne-ers buy up every last poster and loyally put them up in homes and shop windows, but according to market chair Julie Whitehorn, orders were even coming in from cities outside Seattle.
“The art is local but the appeal is clearly universal,” she wrote on the market blog yesterday.
The market is planning to have a new poster designed every year so that the beautiful artwork can be collected in a series. If you’re interested in getting this year’s poster, they are going for $15 each at Queen Anne Frame, and according to Whitehorn there are still a few left. For the hardcore collector, there are “archival quality” signed and numbered prints available for $100. All proceeds benefit the nonprofit market.
(Image courtesy of Julie Whitehorn and the Queen Anne Farmers Market).
Hundreds of families and costumed kids walked up and down Queen Anne Ave N yesterday for the neighborhood’s annual trick-or-treat festival put on by the Upper Queen Anne Merchants Association.
Some youngsters were even lucky enough to have transportation included as part of their costume!
Everyone was in the holiday spirit, even the neighborhood pets.
The Queen Anne Farmers Market also made a one-day comeback for the occasion, with music, vendors, food, a pie contest and costume contest just for adults, enticing many parents to dress up right along with their kids.
Over at the market, ten bakers entered their pumpkin pies into a contest/fundraiser to support the neighborhood market (and only independent farmers market in the city).
The contest was judged by Seattle magazine food writer and Queen Anne resident Lorna Yee, and there were no rules apart from the pie having to be pumpkin.
The winning pie ended up coming to Queen Anne on a plane, and was made with a fruit medley of pumpkin, banana, orange and lemon zest. Yum! Check back on the Queen Anne Farmers Market website for the recipe, which should be posted something this week.
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Attendees of the benefit got the chance to schmooze with some of the local farmers represented at the market, enjoy tunes by Queen Anne resident and “neo-flamenco” guitarist 
