Farmers market: Celebrating 20 years of growing on Saturday - Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader - Port Townsend, Jefferson County & Olympic Peninsula's news website - Port Townsend, WA

2001-2005 Port Townsend Farmers Market Director, Harvindar Singh, takes a stroll through the last market of the season and his career.

Seeds of the Port Townsend Farmers Market were planted 20 years ago in a gravel lot downtown between Elevated Ice Cream Co. and the Cotton Building.

Vendors at that market, such as Denise Joy, remember that the wind swept in so hard off the bay that even on a hot summer day, “it felt like 40 degrees in the wind tunnel.”

Consequently, the market was relocated to another lot, a block away behind City Hall, which offered shelter from the wind. Tended by a community keen on going local and organic, the market blossomed, so much so that it needed to be transplanted yet again – to an entire block of Tyler Street in Uptown.

And that is where it blooms again on Saturday, April 7 for what is being touted as the market’s 20th anniversary season, though some who’ve been around for longer than that roll their eyes and say the market really is a more mature 21 years old.

But who wants to quibble with anniversary dates right before Easter?

Market director Will O’Donnell, who was a sophomore in high school, eager to get his driver’s license, 20 years ago, is looking forward to the day and the 2012 market year.

Farmers market: Celebrating 20 years of growing on Saturday - Port Townsend & Jefferson County Leader - Port Townsend, Jefferson County & Olympic Peninsula's news website - Port Townsend, WA

Car Cam Videoblogging: Port Townsend Farmers Market Opening Day 2011

Videoblogging Port Townsend Farmers Market Opening Day 2011. Cute goats jump around, pick up Facebook logo printout, chat with owner of Fire Wood Pizza about using Vegan Cheese. Part 2

Link List

• Design By Anca
• Firewook Pizza
• Daiya Vegan Cheese
• Port Townsend Farmers Market
• Muskan Indian Restaurant

Cooking With Arran Stark: Coleslaw

Arran Stark demonstrates how to make coleslaw.

Local Port Townsend Raspberry Special

World Peace Produce
Local Port Townsend Raspberry Special $10/flat (6 and a half pints)


Less than 15 mins: How To Make Raspberry And Ginger Cheesecake

OrganicNation TV: Four-Season Farming in the Pacific Northwest

The OrganicNation TV crew follow the life-cycle of an organic zucchini plant from seed to harvest with Colinwood Farm manager Jesse Hopkins.

How To Buy Organic Produce

How To Buy Organic Produce @ Yahoo! Video

Anna Lappé, Co-founder Small Planet Institute, explains how and why to buy organic produce.

World Peace Produce - Port Hadlock, Rhody Drive

A video postcard of World Peace Produce in Port Hadlock, WA. The fresh fruit and vegetable stand will close in December and open in May 2009.

Currently, local farmers (Nash's, Colinwood Farms, Solstice Farms and Red Dog Farm) organic produce is available from the road side outlet.

Jim Hinde - R.I.P.

Jim Hinde, Seattle Folk Singer, performs at the 2006 Port Townsend Farmers Market.

Seattle PI
June 10, 2008
Jim Hinde, 1951-2008: Market busker sang his heart out

For 18 years, Jim Hinde's folk songs provided a musical background for Pike Place Market's cacophony of fishmongers and vegetable sellers. His anti-war and protest ballads carrying more meaning and passion than ever as he watched sadly as a new generation went off to fight.

Hinde, the Market's bushy-bearded busker, died in his sleep Monday. He was 56.

Full Circle Farm Promotional Video

Full Circle Farm, a family farm growing more than 75 varieties of certified organic fruits and vegetables in the Snoqualmie Valley, produced an excellent short promotional video. To my ear, the music merry-go-round could have been cut, but all in all, it is a good production for small farmers to use as a model to make their own.

Video: What is In Kira Doley's Shopping Bag?

Gabriel Bernier, VISTA Volunteer Community Support Services, finds out what Kira Doley, Acting Executive Director Washington State Farmers Market Association, has in her shopping bag and what her impressions are of the market. (NOTE: This video is unedited.)


Kira shows off her canvas shopping bag.

Karen Lee, Port Townsend Farmers Market Board President

Claire and Zoe, Leader Vision Cub Reporters, chat with Karen Lee, Port Townsend Farmers Market Board President, about opening day 2007.

Nick Hill Recaps Opening Day

Nick Hill, Market Manager, recaps the events of Opening Day, May 5, 2007. For more opening day videos, check out Port Townsend Leader Vision.