What’s New at the Market This Week…
Vashon Farmers Market has returned with a gusto and energy born from the goodness of locally grown and handmade products. Toss in a good measure of our island community, and Saturday just isn’t Saturday without a visit to our homegrown market on the Village Green. (Hours: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.)
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Saturday, April 6: Vashon Farmers Market Returns! And do we have a line-up of fantastic farms, artists, crafts, and food purveyors. All roads lead to Vashon’s Village Green, 10 a.m. -2 p.m.
At the Market this week… Anu Rana’s Healthy Kitchen: Offering a wide variety of gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, [...]
VIGA invited King County Public Health Department Environmental Health Specialist Jill Trohimovich to Vashon Island to educate growers and farmers market vendors about the Health Department’s recent categorization of cut leafy greens as a “potentially hazardous food.”
The County’s recent revision of their food code was in response to national food contamination outbreaks from years past, and the subsequent [...]
Tilth Producers of Washington & WSU Small Farm Program
2013 Farm Walk Educational Series
PRODUCING ON-FARM COMPOST
Join us for the beginning of the 2013 Farm Walk season:
PLUM FOREST FARM
Spring is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate green sprouts everywhere, then by joining your community at the Vashon Farmers Market on opening day, Saturday, April 6 on the Village Green. We’re looking forward to our best year ever, featuring island farmers and artisans, and the bounty and beauty they [...]
Here’s a big Vashon hello and welcome to Johanna Guervin.
From VIGA and friends of the Farmers Market, welcome to Vashon and our wonderful Saturday Farmers Market, which begins April 6!
By LESLIE BROWN
Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber Editor
FEBRUARY 28, 2013
Johanna Guevin, a Georgia [...]
Attention, Vashon Farmers Market Growers! New Regulations for vendors who harvest and handle salad greens in King County. If you plan to sell salad greens at Vashon Farmers Market, we strongly urge you to attend VIGA’s upcoming workshop. Cut Greens Workshop Saturday, March 2 10 a.m. – 12 p.m. Open Space for Arts [...]
The small farms currents use bills have hearings scheduled for next week. HB 1437 Wed. Feb. 6 at 8 a.m. SB 5327 Mon. Feb 4 at 10 am Visit the following website for information,action ideas and status: http://weneedsmallfarms.wordpress.com http://weneedsmallfarms.wordpress.com/status/
January 13: Save the date to do some seed swapping!
Please join us January 13 at 3:30 p.m. at the Land Trust Building for a seed swap and organic open pollinated seed extravaganza! We are hoping to find Islanders interested in all things seed: swaping, saving, and adapting local crop varieties for gardeners and farmers. All experience levels welcome! Bring seed you have saved or have extra [...]
What’s Fresh at Your Vashon Farmers Market tomorrow?
Great gift ideas, produce, crafts and our awesome holiday bake sale.
Come one, come all to McMurray Middle School, indoors, warm and cozy.
Fresh Sheet by Rebecca Wittman
Issue No. 123
December 7, 2012
In This [...]
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