TABLE OF THE DAY — Mother-daughter booth Aurora Cooper, left, of Rory’s Rocks, and Jaycie Karsunky, second from left, of Rose Lane Co. Candles and Decor, receive the Table of the Day Award from Sitka Farmers Market manager Nalani James, third from left, and volunteer Al Staumont right, during the Au. 28 market. Aurora sold a variety of painted abalone shells, while Jaycie sold homemade candles. They received a certificate, a tote bag, a t-shirt, a bottle of Bearinade BBQ/marinade sauce, a bottle of Moosetard mustard, a bag of Alaska Flour Company barley cereal, and a Sitka Farmers Market special label Theobroma chocolate bar. The last two Sitka Farmers Markets of the summer are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sept. 18, on the plaza outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. Vendors can register online (by Thursday before each market) 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.
Heavy rain was in the forecast, but we hit a welcome dry window of weather when the Sitka Local Foods Network hosted with its sixth Sitka Farmers Market of the summer on Saturday, Aug. 28. It rained heavily before the market, but it dried up to only a few short squalls during the market.
Due to a growing COVID-19 count, 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 fourth Sitka Farmers Market from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept 11, on the plaza outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. We ask all customers and vendors to wear masks. Our last market of the summer is Sept. 18.
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).
A slideshow of scenes from the sixth market of the summer is posted below.
PHOTO COURTESY OF SITKA LOCAL FOODS NETWORK Mother-daughter booth Aurora Cooper, left, or Rory’s Rocks, and Jaycie Karsunky, second from left, of Rose Lane Co. Candles and Decor, receive the Table of the Day Award from Sitka Farmers Market manager Nalani James, third from left, and volunteer Al Staumont right, during the Au. 28 market. Aurora sold a variety of painted abalone shells, while Jaycie sold homemade candles. They received a certificate, a tote bag, a t-shirt, a bottle of Bearinade BBQ/marinade sauce, a bottle of Moosetard mustard, a bag of Alaska Flour Company barley cereal, and a Sitka Farmers Market special label Theobroma chocolate bar. The last two Sitka Farmers Markets of the summer are scheduled for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 11 and Sept. 18, on the plaza outside Harrigan Centennial Hall. Vendors can register online (by Thursday before each market) 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. 
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