{"id":717,"date":"2016-06-10T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2016-06-10T17:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/market.emersongarfield.org\/?p=717"},"modified":"2016-06-11T14:24:08","modified_gmt":"2016-06-11T21:24:08","slug":"vendors-and-music-for-the-2016-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/market.emersongarfield.org\/?p=717","title":{"rendered":"Vendors and Music for the 2016 Season Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, some rain is falling as this post goes out, but it’s forecast<\/a> to start trailing off late this morning, leaving the skies partly cloudy (or partly sunny, depending on your point of view) this afternoon for our 2016 season opener.<\/p>\n

As\u00a0this is such a big day for our market, we’re hoping that you greet the clouds\u00a0as a welcome relief from Spokane’s\u00a0recent record-breaking heat and join us in a new location with more vendors, more volunteers, more parking, more visibility, more sponsors, more activities and more community partnerships than we’ve ever had before.<\/p>\n

Today’s Kids Eating Right \u2013 Nutrition and Exercise for Life (KERNEL) activity is companion planting<\/a>. As part of the activity, kids will get a basil plant to take home. Plus, as always, every youth who participates gets $2 in KERNEL Cash to spend on fresh fruit or vegetables!<\/p>\n

This year KERNEL will take place every<\/em> week of the market under the shade of the metal pavilion at the new site (2310 N Monroe<\/a>). Bring your family, friends, school classes and other K-6 groups and take advantage of this great free<\/em> activity each week.<\/p>\n

Our musician today is the amazing\u00a0Todd Milne<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Todd plays electro-acoustic world fusion music using traditional instruments like the shakuhachi (a Japanese bamboo flute) enhanced by a splash of technology. You might have seen him perform at other area farmers markets, where his music makes a great accompaniment to a bit of shopping and socializing. Check out this video<\/a> of him performing at the Spokane Buddhist Temple in the South Perry District.<\/p>\n

At around 3:45pm, we’ll be recognizing\u00a0the winners of our annual market poster contest<\/a>, Brynn Hooper and Madison Whitmarsh. These two Garfield Elementary students drew the pictures that we selected to feature\u00a0on our poster and our handbills. They’ll each get $15 in market tokens for spending.<\/p>\n

Now let’s get to all the vendors\u00a0who are scheduled to join us today:<\/p>\n