TABLE OF THE DAY — Sitka Farmers Market manager Nalani James, left, presents the Table of the Day Award for Aug. 21 to Evening Star Grutter of Evening Star Arts, Soaps and Salves. Evening Star sold a variety of homemade soaps, salves, jams and jellies, and arts and crafts. She received a certificate, a tote bag, a jar of Foraged and Found kelp pickles, a head of lettuce, a bag of Alaska Flour Company barley couscous, a Sitka Farmers Market special label chocolate bar, and a jar of Moosetard mustards. The next Sitka Farmers Market is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, on the plaza outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. Due to the continued High Risk rating for Covid in Sitka, we ask all vendors and customers to please wear face masks while shopping at the Sitka Farmers Market. Vendors can register online (by Thursday) at https://sitkafarmersmarket.eventsmart.com. More details about the Sitka Local Foods Network and Sitka Farmers Market can be found at http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org.
The Sitka Local Foods Network hosted its fifth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 21. There was a bit of rain before the market, but it dried up to only a few sprinkles during the market.
Due to a continued High Risk COVID-19 level in Sitka, we instituted a face mask policy this summer to try and protect our customers and vendors from the coronavirus. That face mask policy will be in force when we hold our sixth Sitka Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 28, on the plaza outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. We ask all customers and vendors to wear masks.
The markets are being held outside this year to try and prevent the spread of the coronavirus. We haven’t had as many booths as in previous years, but the smaller market seems to be working. We still have fresh local produce, as well as a variety of Alaska Grown value-added products, local eggs, mushrooms, and arts and crafts. We should have some cooked food at Saturday’s market. We do have a couple of new vendors registered for this market, and we’d love to see a fish vendor or a baked goods vendor, too.
The Sitka Local Foods Network needs a volunteer or two to help set up the market, sell produce during the market, and take down the market after it’s over. If you’re interested in helping us with the market, contact Charles Bingham at (907) 623-7660 or Nalani James at (808) 778-9888.
We also are recruiting new vendors, and they can register and pay their vendor fees by going to https://sitkafarmersmarket.eventsmart.com. More information about the Sitka Local Foods Network and Sitka Farmers Market can be found at http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org.
The Sitka Local Foods Network does take WIC farmers market coupons and Alaska Quest SNAP EBT cards, and offers a matching program for produce purchased at the SLFN farm stand (if you buy $5 of produce, you will receive $10 worth).
Our photographer was sick this week, so we don’t have our usual slideshow.
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