Craftwalk Returns on September 18

The second annual Craftwalk at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market is scheduled for Friday, September 18. It will run concurrent with the market (i.e., 3-7pm).

Not familiar with Craftwalk? This is a special event where our market welcomes specialty non-food vendors of all kinds. Local artists and crafters with unique handmade items such as quilts, knitwear, upcycled goods, jewelry, clothing, hats, sculpture, soaps and pottery will line the sidewalk around the perimeter of the regular market.

Because Craftwalk complements the usual market, there will be music, a full range of produce and baked goods, and authentic Korean food to eat there or take home.

Craftwalk is a great opportunity to pick up some cool items for the back-to-school season — or even get a head start on some of your Christmas shopping!

Are you an artist or crafter? You’re invited to take part! Booth spaces are only $10 (payable on the day). To register, fill out our online vendor application and note “Craftwalk” in any fields that aren’t applicable.

If you have questions or concerns, call us at 389-0964 or drop us a line at emerson.garfield@gmail.com.

Vendors and Activities for August 28

We’ve got special guests at today’s market. Uyen and Geneo are newlyweds and self-professed “foodies” out of Portland. They decided to pack up and drive cross-country, cooking at farmers markets along the way – and Spokane is their first stop. They’re scheduled to be at our market this week (August 28) and next (September 4) dishing up new twists on a familiar favorite: Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai and Korean-style hotdogs. So please stop in, give them a hearty welcome, and get some dinner in addition to your weekly shopping.

You can follow Uyen and Geneo’s journey on Instagram, their blog (Bacon and Broth), or Facebook.

Our fun KERNEL program with free kids’ activities continues this week with jump roping. Not only will kids learn some jump rope basics (or get to show off their existing skills), they’ll also have the chance to make a jump rope themselves play some neat jump rope games. And, as usual, they’ll get $2 in Fresh Bucks for spending once they’ve successfully completed the activity. For many kids, having the chance to buy their own cantaloupe or watermelon is the highlight of the market.

We’re also pleased to have another round of Farmers Market Nutritional Program (FMNP) vouchers for WIC clients. This distribution wasn’t initially scheduled, but the reception to FMNP has been so fantastic that the West Central Community Center WIC office was able to arrange a second one. If you are current WIC client, please come out and take advantage of these vouchers. Not only does it give you extra purchasing power for fresh fruit and veggies, it also helps out our vendors who, quite frankly, have had to persevere through some pretty tough conditions this summer.

As for music, we’re psyched to welcome back singer-songwriter Wilson Rahn.

Here are the vendors who are scheduled to be with us today:

  • Awesome Possum – Handmade all-natural lotion bars and lip balms
  • Country Buddies – Jams, salsas and more
  • Courtney’s Crafts for Costa Rica – Handmade jewelry, scrapbooks and more
  • The Farm Yard – Neighborhood-grown veggies, herbs and more
  • The Father’s Table – Neighborhood-grown veggies, herbs and starts
  • Food for All (aka Vinegar Flats) – Locally grown veggies and herbs
  • KC Creations – Beaded lanyards, leashes, earrings, photos and custom cards
  • Hierophant Meadery – Mead, honey, kombucha, syrups and more
  • Mama Torrez Salsas – Authentic salsas, pico de gallo and chips
  • Mary Beauregard – Plastic canvas needlepoint
  • Morning Sun Bakery – Cinnamon rolls, muffins, cakes
  • Orange Thyme – Natural balms, soaps, perfume oils, body butters and more
  • Petunia’s Marketplace – Herb-infused honey, candies, preserves and more
  • R.P. Guerrero Farms – Organic fruit (cherries, peaches, nectarines, apples)
  • Rufino Zisumbo – Chair massage
  • The Scone Ranger – Sweet and savory scones
  • Song Sparrow Farms – Locally grown vegetables
  • Vladimir Kuzmenko – Fruits and vegetables from the Yakima area
  • Wild Things – Wild-harvested produce and forageables

Remember that Petunia’s booth has eggs and meat from Ramstead Ranch.

Some of you might have noticed the conspicuous absence of fresh-baked bread and rolls at the market. We’re genuinely sorry for this, but some things are out of our hands. The good news is that we’re in talks for Common Crumb to join us for the rest of the season starting next week!

Vendors and Music for August 14

After two straight weeks of special events (and ten straight weeks of demos and activities), we’re relaxing this Friday with a “regular” market.

That means we’ll still have music. Today our neighborhood’s Renaissance man Bryant McKinley is performing as his one-man band Spokaloo.

We’ll still have our popular KERNEL program with free kids activities (see the recent Spokesman-Review writeup here). This week kids are learning how to make compost tea!

We’ll also still have free dump passes worth $20 each available from the market outreach booth. Residents of Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood can claim those with valid ID.

And, of course, we’ll still have 20+ vendors with a whole range of goods and food items — including milk, eggs and even honey mead. Here they are:

  • Alpine Bakery – A full range of baked goods, including gluten-free
  • Awesome Possum – Handmade all-natural lotion bars and lip balms
  • Country Buddies – Jams, salsas and more
  • Courtney’s Crafts for Costa Rica – Handmade jewelry, scrapbooks and more
  • The Farm Yard – Neighborhood-grown veggies, herbs and more
  • Food for All (aka Vinegar Flats) – Locally grown veggies and herbs
  • Hierophant Meadery – Mead, honey, kombucha, syrups and more
  • KC Creations – Beaded lanyards, leashes, earrings, photos and custom cards
  • Jenkins Java – Cold- and hot-brewed coffee plus sodas
  • Mama Torrez Salsas – Authentic salsas, pico de gallo and chips
  • Mary Beauregard – Plastic canvas needlepoint
  • Morning Sun Bakery – Cinnamon rolls, muffins, cakes
  • Orange Thyme – Natural balms, soaps, perfume oils, body butters and more
  • Petunia’s Marketplace – Flavored honey, candies, gourmet pasta and more
  • Post Street Plants – Flowers, vegetable plants and off-the-vine produce
  • Riverfront Farm – Locally grown vegetables from Project Hope Spokane
  • R.P. Guerrero Farms – Organic fruit (cherries, peaches, nectarines, apples)
  • Rufino Zisumbo – Chair massage
  • The Scone Ranger – Sweet and savory scones
  • Simply Sweets – Confectionery including baklava and brittles
  • Song Sparrow Farms – Locally grown vegetables
  • Vladimir Kuzmenko – Fruits and vegetables from the Yakima area

Jenkins Java/Alpine Bakery sells gallons and half-gallons of milk from Spokane’s Family Farm. Petunia’s has eggs and meat from Ramstead Ranch.

We’re looking forward to seeing you all at market today!

Vendors and Activities for August 7

It’s the tenth week of the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market — that means we’re smack dab in the middle of our season. But it’s National Farmers Market Week, too, and in honor of that we’re holding our second annual cooking demo with local chef Adam Hegsted of The Wandering Table and The Yards Bruncheon.

Using recipes from the Washington State Farmers Market Association, Adam will be making three tasty dishes with market ingredients. The recipes are below — and you can also pick up free glossy recipe cards of them at the market.

West Central Community Center WIC will also be distributing Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers at today’s market. WIC clients, please come down and collect yours! We have eight vendors with fresh, delicious, affordably priced produce who can accept these vouchers.

We’ll also have our first-ever mead vendor at the market! Hierophant Meadery will be joining us for the rest of the season. They sell mead, honey, kombucha, cordial syrups and more.

For music, we’ll have Hannah Siglin. She wowed the market a few weeks ago, and we’re thrilled to have her back so soon.

Spokane Hope Christian Reformed Church, the congregation that shares a building with Knox Presbyterian, will have their authentic Korean food to eat in or take out. They swear it’s the best Korean food in town – and many of our patrons would enthusiastically agree.

The market booth will have a new batch of dump passes worth $20 for Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood residents. Stop by and get yours to save some money on hauling yard or household refuse to the dump.

And we’ll also be hosting the fifth week of our free KERNEL kids activity — so bring your children and grandchildren for some games geared toward healthy eating. This week it’s “market bingo”! Kids will have the chance to go from booth to booth, learning about what’s in season.

Speaking of which, it’s close to peak season for local fruit and veg. We had the first appearance of sweetcorn at the market last week, and more and more tomatoes and peppers are springing up at vendors’ booths. Organic plums debuted last week too.

This week — like every week — we’ll have almost everything you need to prepare the recipes Adam will be demoing. Jenkins Java/Alpine Bakery sells gallons and half-gallons of milk from Spokane’s Family Farm. Petunia’s booth has eggs as well as pasture-raised meat from Ramstead Ranch.

Vendors and Activities for July 31

It’s an action-packed week at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market.

Our big news is that Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers (R-WA) is going to be stopping by the market this afternoon as part of a tour with the Spokane Regional Health District to see Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) vouchers in action. Regardless of your political affiliation, we’d love to see you there as a show of support for this important food access program, for grassroots neighborhood efforts like ours, and for farmers markets all across Spokane.

For music, we’ve got a classically trained pianist from Denmark “who can really jam,” according to one source. Who says a community-oriented market like ours can’t be cosmopolitan too?

Our market activity will be a canning and pickling demo, led by Lois and Anne of The Farm Yard and The Father’s Table. They’ll demonstrate step by step the art of preserving all the fruit and veggies you grow or buy.

The fourth week of our free KERNEL kids activity is going to have a neat vegetable identification game. Our young participants will be blindfolded and have the chance to guess which veggies are which. They’ll also get an activity card and an easy-to-make recipe. This should be a lot of fun. Bring your kids and grandchildren!

We had the first crop of tomatoes last week, and we should be seeing lots more of those from all of our produce vendors. R.P. Guerrero had some amazing organic donut peaches, and Vladimir had some gigantic ones. This week Vladimir says he’ll be brining freshly harvested cantaloupe, peppers and potatoes too.

Oh, and Post Street Plants, another small neighborhood business, is joining us for the first time ever this week — plus JP is joining us for the first time this season. Here’s everyone who will be there today:

Our market tries to have everything you’ll need for a full “supermarket” shop. Each week Jenkins Java sells gallons and half-gallons of milk from Spokane’s Family Farm. Petunia’s has eggs as well as pasture-raised meat from Ramstead Ranch.