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OUTDOOR LIVING Inland NW Farmers' Markets Bounce

Back By S. Michal Bennett

PERRY STREET FARMERS MARKET

FOOD ACCESS AND GROCERY SHOPPING were considered essential services in 2020, so farmers markets adapted, focusing even more on supporting local farmers and producers while also making produce, food, and value-added products as accessible as possible. The positive response was overwhelming and markets are looking forward to slowly getting back to normal in 2021.

Live music is almost universally returning, with particularly exciting lineups at the Silver Valley Community Market in Kellogg, Idaho, at the Athol Farmers Market’s 5-year anniversary season, and at the thriving Perry Street Market. Perry Street has moved into the cul-de-sac at 10th and is expanding into Grant Park with an expected 70+ vendors at the height of the season. After only offering food and produce in 2020, Liberty Lake Farmers Market will be bringing back their craft vendors for the season. Applications are up for the Sandpoint Farmers Market, and the Spokane Farmers Market is excited to offer even more local, fresh produce, baked goods, meat, and dairy than ever before. New this year, the Riverfront Park Market will be open for a series of weeks in spring, fall, and winter with mostly craft and food vendors, and the Emerson-Garfield Farmers Market will offer cooking demos with market produce.

Programs and activities for kids will be operating in full force too—look for the Kernel Program at Washington markets, the Power of Produce Club at the Saturday Kootenai County market, and the Kid Bucks program at the Newport Farmers Market. The Hillyard Farmers Market offers on-site kids’ activities, and the Spokane Valley Market sets up right next to Discovery Playground with crafts and take-home activities. The Millwood Farmers Market is in a city park and partners with a barber shop to provide back-to-school haircuts for kids.

INLAND NW FARMERS’ MARKET 2021 SCHEDULE

Support these local farmers’ markets and all our fertile and dynamic region has to offer. Most of these markets run from May or June through fall, but be sure to check opening and closing dates before paying them a visit by checking their websites or Inwfma.org and Idahofma.org.

MONDAYS

Hillyard Farmers Market, Spokane, 3-6 p.m.

TUESDAYS

Fairwood Farmers Market, Spokane, 3-7 p.m.

WEDNESDAYS

Kendall Yards Night Market, Spokane, 5-8 p.m. Millwood Farmers Market, Spokane, 3-7 p.m. Northeast Washington Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Riverfront Park Market, Spokane, 3-7 p.m. Sandpoint Farmers Market, 3-5:30 p.m. Spokane Farmers Market, 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

THURSDAYS

Perry Street Thursday Market, Spokane, 3-7 p.m. Silver Valley Community Market, Kellogg, 5-8 p.m.

FRIDAYS

Athol Farmers Market, 2-6 p.m. Chewelah Farmers Market, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Emerson-Garfield FM, Spokane, 3-7 p.m. Spokane Valley Farmers Market, 4-8 p.m.

SATURDAYS

Bonners Ferry Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Cheney Farmers Market, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Liberty Lake Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Newport Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Northeast Washington Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Sandpoint Farmers Market, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Spokane Farmers Market, 8 a.m.-1 p.m.

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