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 seven neighborhood farmers markets for the 2016 season with a brightly colored print of several fruits and vegetables in the background.
Text on poster: Seattle Neighborhood Farmers Markets, Food + Family + Farms, University District, At U Heights Center - NE 50th & University Way NE, Saturdays 9am - 2pm, Year-Round, Capitol Hill, At Seattle Central College, Sundays 11am - 3pm, Year-Round, West Seattle, In the heart of West Seattle Junction - SW Alaska off California Ave SW, Sundays 10am - 2pm, Year-Round, Columbia City, Just off Rainier Ave S, In South Seattle - 37th Ave S & S Edmunds St, Wednesdays 3pm - 7pm, May 4 - October 12, Phinney, At Phinney Neighborhood Center - Phinney Ave N & N 67th, Fridays 3:30pm - 7:30pm, June 3 - September 30, Lake City, Next to the Library off Lake City Way - NE 125th & 38th NE, Thursdays 3pm - 7pm, June 9 - September 29, Magnolia, Located in Magnolia Village - W McGraw St & 33rd Ave West, Saturdays 10am - 2pm, June 4 - October 8, 2016 Season - For more information call 206.547.2278 or visit SeattleFarmersMarkets.org & [Facebook logo] SeattleFarmersMarkets
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.
