Sitka Farmers Market manager Nina Vizcarrondo, center, presents the Table of the Day Award to Henry Nye, left, and Anthony Vlahovich, right, of Alaskans Own Seafood during the third market of the summer held Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall. Alaskans Own Seafood, which is a project of the Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association, sold frozen fish and also provided information about its community-supported fisheries program. As Table Of The Day Award-winners, Henry and Anthony received two Sitka Farmers Market t-shirts, some birch syrup products from Kahiltna Birchworks, a jar of Inga’s Spice Rub, a jar of Barnacle kelp salsa, and a Chugach Chocolate bar. The next Sitka Farmers Market is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, at ANB Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street), with other markets scheduled for Aug. 25, Sept. 1, and Sept. 15. The Aug. 11 market falls during National Farmers Market Week (Aug. 5-11), so make sure you stop by the market. To learn more about the Sitka Farmers Market and how to be a vendor, go to the Sitka Local Foods Network website, http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org, or check out our Facebook pages for the Sitka Local Foods Network and the Sitka Farmers Market.
We held our third Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 4, with a full slate of booths and a big crowd. The weather even cooperated, clearing up to blue skies after a morning of clouds and threats of rain and heavy wind.
We had lots of produce this time, as the growing season has progressed so more is ready to pick. We also had a visit by a couple of baby goats. Our vendors had a wide range of products for sale. We had vendors selling frozen and jarred fish, home-baked bread, jams and jellies, sea veggies and teas, garlic scapes, carrots and other produce, locally produced medicinal herbs and tinctures, arts and crafts, and more. We also had a couple of food trucks and a hot dog vendor outside. And we introduced a couple of new Alaska Grown product lines this year at the Sitka Local Foods Network’s farm stand.
The next Sitka Farmers Market takes place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 11, at the ANB Founders Hall. Aug. 5-11 is National Farmers Market Week, so stop by the market to say hello. There also are markets scheduled for Aug. 25, Sept. 1, and Sept. 15.
To learn how to be a vendor at the market or how to be a volunteer, contact market manager Nina Vizcarrondo at (907) 738-9301 or assistant manager Charles Bingham (907) 623-7660, or email us at sitkafarmersmarket@gmail.com. We also have a kids vendor program at the market for young entrepreneurs age 12 or younger. Don’t forget to like our Sitka Farmers Market page on Facebook.
A slideshow of scenes from the third Sitka Farmers Market of 2018 is posted below.
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