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 Columbia City Farmers Market for the 2007 season with an illustration of a leafy green plant in the middle of a blue background.
Text on poster: Columbia City Farmers Market, Wednesdays 3-7pm, Located on S. Edmunds St., Between 36th & 37th, EBT Accepted Here, May 2-October 17, www.SeattleFarmersMarkets.org, Operated by the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, A Nonprofit 501C3 with a Mission to Support Local Farms and Communities.
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.
