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Farmers’ Market Season is Blooming

By Chris Peterson
20 April 2010

Photo from Flickr user Arwen Twinkle CC BY-SA 2.0

It’s farmers’ market season again! Corvallis and Albany markets opened on Saturday, April 17 and April 21st and will be followed soon by other markets throughout the valley. So, dig out your largest and most favored farmers’ market shopping basket. (Somehow baskets seem more appropriate for outdoor shopping, don’t they? Unless, of course, you’re on your bike.)

No matter where you are, there’s a farmers’ market nearby. If it’s not listed here, please let us know and we’ll add it to the ever-growing list of western Oregon farmers’ markets.

Benton County:

Corvallis Saturday Market, 1st and Jackson, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 17 – Nov. 24th (FMI: www.locallygrown.org)

Corvallis Wednesday Market at 2nd Street & B Avenue (near the skateboard park) 3 to 7 p.m. (FMI: same as above)

Kings Valley/Wren Farmers’ Artisans’ Market at the Wren Community Hall, 35515 Kings Valley Hwy 223, Sundays 1 to 4 p.m., June through October (FMI: www.kingsvalleyfarmersmarket.org Kim at 503-838-0244)

Linn County:

Albany Farmers’ Market at SW Ellsworth and 4th Street, Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (FMI: www.locallygrown.org)

Brownsville at Main & Park Streets, Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. April through October 30th. (FMI: www.gocfa.org or Marcia at 541-868-4822) Accept SNAP and WIC.

Sweet Home Farmers’ Market at Hwy 20/Hwy 228 (Thriftway parking lot) Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 8th-Oct 23rd (FMI: http://sweethomefarmersmarket.org/)

Lebanon Downtown Farmers’ Market at W. Ash & Main Streets, Thursdays 3 to 7 p.m., May through September. (FMI: www.lebanondowntown.org or Michelle at 541-929-1914)

Coast (Lincoln County):

Lincoln City at 549 NE Hwy 101 on Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. May through October (FMI: Carol at 541-867-6293)

Newport at Angle Street between Hwy 101 & 9th Street, next to City Hall, Saturdays 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May through October (FMI: www.newportfarmersmarket.org or Karen at 541-961-8236)

Yachats at Hwy 101 & 4th – Yachats Commons, Sundays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., May 16th through October 17th, (FMI: Peter at 541-528-7192)

For a complete list of farmers’ markets throughout the state that belong to the Oregon Farmers’ Market Association, visit: http://www.oregonfarmersmarkets.org/directory/directory.html