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Friday, January 6, 2012

Food Beet It! First Ever Winter's Farmer Market Opens Tomorrow

Posted by Sarah Mirk on Fri, Jan 6, 2012 at 3:14 PM

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Hooray, it's 45 degrees and miserable today! Luckily, there's something summery to look forward to tomorrow: The first ever winter market from Portland Farmer's Market.

As the market announced in October, this January 6th will kick off an every-Saturday market at Shemanski Park (in the South Park Blocks), where from 10am to 2pm 35 vendors will sell seasonal veggies and all sorts wintery things like hot soup. There will also be a covered area with heaters, for people who enjoy not freezing while they shop. Yay for local food all year long!

UPDATE: People are noting on Twitter that there's a couple other farmer's markets that run during the winter in Portland, though they're not markets run by Portland Farmer's Market, which is the nonprofit that runs the bigger farmers markets in town. Portland Farmer's Market runs six markets and there are nearly 40 other markets, including year-round ones at People's Co-op and up in Hillsdale.

 

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The Hillsdale Farmer's Market, rated number four in Sunset Magazine's list of top 10 farmers’ markets in the West (on which the Portland markets weren't even mentioned) has been open through the winter since 2003.

If you don't want to fight crowds and navigate food carts to get to the good stuff, the http://www.hillsdalefarmersmarket.com/ is a much better option (with free parking and a block from the #44 bus stop).
Posted by Eroticawriter on January 6, 2012 at 3:50 PM · Report
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The Hillsdale Farmers' Market has been open in the winter since December 2003. People's Farmers Market has been open much longer, since some time in the 1990s. Hollywood Farmers Market is now open year-round too.
Posted by eamonm on January 6, 2012 at 4:01 PM · Report
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Montavilla Farmers Market is in its second year of once monthly winter markets. January's will be on the 8th from 11-2 at SE 76th and SE Stark.
Posted by RS on January 7, 2012 at 9:35 PM · Report
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Isnt this the first ever winter market on earth, really!?!
Posted by panavore on January 9, 2012 at 11:12 AM · Report

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