YES!  All our farmer markets are open this week and weekend!  Celebrate Independence Day with all-American, fresh, local, family farm produce: meats and NW wild salmon for bbq's, berries and cherries for pies and desserts, all kinds of veggies for grilling, salads and more.

Our beautiful early summer weather is bringing in the berries, cherries, summer squash and snap peas...Also look for asparagus, early apricots, sweet carrots, all kinds of greens, lettuces and herbs - and dozens and dozens of other vegetable varieties.  It's a feast for the eyes as much as your taste buds!  Plus local organic meats and gourmet cheeses, fresh eggs, artisan breads, honey, preserves, and other locally produced foods.  Check out the Ripe and Ready pages for details about what's fresh now.  Our seven farmer/food-only markets are:

University District (Saturdays, 9am - 2pm, Year-round) 

West Seattle (Sundays, 10am - 2pm, Year-round.  Celebrating 10 years of operation!)

Broadway (Sundays, 11am - 3pm, May 10 - December 20)

Columbia City (Wednesdays, 3pm-7pm, April 29 - October 21)

Phinney (Fridays, 3pm - 7pm, May 29 - October 2)

Lake City (Thursdays, 3pm - 7pm, June 4 - October 29)

Magnolia (Saturdays, 10am - 2pm, May 23 - October 10)

Tickets on sale now for An Incredible Feast - Where the Farmers are the Stars!  Go to brownpapertickets.com or any of our market info tents and get your tickets for this truely incredible evening of food, chefs, farmers, games (with awesome prizes), live music, wine and all-around FUN at a farmers market transformed into an outdoor party. 

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Vote for your favorite farmers market!  Check out the Love Your Farmers Market contest sponsored by Local Harvest and help your favorite market win up to $5,000!! 

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Stretch your grocery dollars at the Farmers Markets!  If you think farmers markets are more expensive than grocery stores, this information might change your mind.  Click here to read about price comparisons and testimonials from volunteers and shoppers at our farmers markets. _____________________________________________

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Click here to join our Ripe and Ready Google group, and know what is fresh every single week. We do not use this list for any other purpose.

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To read an excellent article on the future of farmers markets, click here.  You can also find links to more information about issues related to health, sustainable agriculture and farmers markets here.

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Our Farmers Markets are national news!  Go to our About Us/News page for links to feature articles and top rankings in Sunset Magazine, Travel & Leisure, Greenlight Magazine and more.

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HARDSHIP RELIEF FOR FARMERS:  The NFMA has established the Good Farmer Fund to help our market farmers hit with hardship due to natural disasters, illness or other causes.  For information on how to donate to help local farmers, click here.  Farmers interested in receiving emergency funds: please contact the NFMA directly by phone or email.

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Looking for more farmers markets besides the seven that we operate? Check out the Puget Sound Fresh  or the WA State Farmers Market Association websites for market locations all over Seattle, King County and the Puget Sound area.

The right kind of biofuel: Zucchini Races at Phinney, Aug 29.