HERE A MARKET, THERE A MARKET
Meet your farmer at Eugene venues
BY SHANNON FINNELL
W
eekly crowds at
Saturday’s Lane
County Farmers
Market are a testa-
ment
to
how
beloved an institution the market is — open
each week with Saturday Market at the
park blocks — and how much Eugeneans
love their farmers. But if the crowds are too
overwhelming, you don’t have to miss out
on meeting your farmer. (Rumors about
closing 8th Avenue on Saturdays, using the
neighboring parking lot and other market
expansions circulate often, and we sure
hope one of them comes true!)
First, it’s worth mentioning that the
Lane County Farmers Market is also open
10 am to 3 pm Tuesdays at the park blocks
and 2 pm to 6 pm every Thursday at
Amazon Community Center.
WHITEAKER FARMERS MARKET
Weekdays not your bag? No worries,
your options remain stellar.
Hideaway Farmers Market, open 9 am to 2 pm every Sat- heritage goat products. There’s even specialty vegetables like
urday between Hideaway Bakery and Mazzi’s Restaurant, hard-to-find varieties of turnips, radishes and rootstalks.
Reid says an important feature of Hideaway Farmers
remains open year-round, which market member Erin Reid
of Raven Feathers Farm says is unique in Eugene. The market Market is its decision to be dog-friendly — dogs get a free
was formed by a small group of Lane County Farmers Mar- duck egg, which she says is great for their coats.
Parking is available on the other side of the bakery park-
ket regulars. “About five years ago it started to get extremely
expensive to be there for a small farmer,” Reid says, “and we ing lot, and patrons can also use the dog wash parking lot.
Sarah Hucka of Circle H Farm is also co-organizer of the
wanted more time to interact with our customers.”
Now the bustling Hideaway Farmers Market offers the new farmers market in the Whiteaker neighborhood, located
staples: organic fruits and vegetables, local, organic meat of in New Day Bakery’s courtyard. Open 11 am to 3 pm every
all sorts, plus rarer foods like duck and turkey eggs and Sunday, the market is up and running with local produce,
• Bakery
• Pasteries
• Fruits
• Vegetables
• Fresh Meats
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• Pasteleria
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Want to venture outside Eugene?
Springfield Farmers Market, open 3
pm to 7 pm every Friday at 5th and A
streets, gets better every year as
NEDCO works to incorporate more
local produce plus food vendors and
other entertainment — even art
projects! It also accepts Oregon Trail
(SNAP), WIC and Senior coupons.
Creswell Farmers Market is open
4 pm to 6 pm Tuesdays, year round, at
182 S. 2nd St., and it features vegeta-
bles, grass-fed beef and pork, free-
range chicken and eggs, pastured
lamb, grains in states from whole to
flours, preserved foods such as fruit
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spreads, sauces and fermented foods,
according to Market Manager Elyse Grau. On other occa-
sions, visitors might find home-grown sweet potatoes, baby
ginger or exotically-named Asian greens.
Also on Sundays, Dexter Lake Farmers Market is open
noon to 3 pm, right on Dexter Lake. See www.dexterlake-
farmersmarket.org for more info.
The Spencer Creek Community Growers’ Market (Sat-
urdays 10 am to 2 pm) has produce, crafts, and locally
grown lunch, including a locally grown falafel wrap.
What other local farmers markets do we need to know
about? Let us know on the web. ■
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