On May 29, 1993, the University District Farmers Market opened in Seattle at the University Heights Community Center. Continuing from late May through early November, the market drew on Seattle's long history of the Pike Place Market, which opened in August of 1907 and allowed farmers to sell directly to consumers. In 2000, Chris Curtis, one of the originators of the U- District Farmers Market, joined Karen Kinney and others to establish the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance (NFMA). As of 2019, NFMA manages the Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets program, which supports farmers markets in the U- District, Capitol Hill, West Seattle, Columbia City, Phinney, Lake City, and Magnolia neighborhoods.
This poster advertises the Phinney Neighborhood Farmers Market for the 2016 season with a brightly colored print of three carrots in the background.
Text on poster: Phinney Neighborhood Farmers Market, Fridays, June 3 - September 30, 3:30pm - 7:30pm, Located at the Phinney Neighborhood Center, Phinney Ave N & N 67th, For more information please visit us at SeattleFarmersMarkets.org & [Facebook logo] SeattleFarmersMarkets, Seattle Neighborhood Markers Markets, Food + Family + Farms
Caption information source: "University District Farmers Market opens in Seattle's University District on May 29, 1993," by Priscilla Long, HistoryLink.org Essay 3771, https://historylink.org/File/3771; "Our Mission and History," Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, https://seattlefarmersmarkets.org/about/mission-history
Physical Description: 1 poster : color ; 11 x 17 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
