Bamford Bakeshop, based in Scappoose,
serves baked goods at a vendor booth at a
previous Cannon Beach Farmers Market.
Columbia-Pacific
Farmers Markets
Seaside Farmers Market – open Wednes-
days from 2 to 6 p.m. on Broadway St. and
U.S. Highway 101, through Sept. 28.
www.seasidemarket.org
Cannon Beach Farmers Market – open
Tuesdays from 1 to 5 p.m. on Gower and
Hemlock streets through Sept. 27.
www.ci.cannon-beach.or.us/farmersmarket
Ilwaco Saturday Market – open Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., through Sept. 10.
Hailey Hoffman/The Astorian
www.ilwacosaturdaymarket.com
Vegetables sit in baskets at the Blackberry Bog table at a previous Seaside Farmers Market.
Cannon Beach, Seaside farmers
markets return for the summer
North Coast markets
join season in full swing
BY ZOE BUCHLI
Fruit trees are blooming and fields are
overflowing with greenery, which means
it’s time once again to celebrate farm-
ers market season in the Columbia-Pacific
region. This week, two of the coast’s most
beloved weekly gatherings will return,
joining others already in full swing.
The Seaside Farmers Market will open
on Wednesday, set to introduce new ven-
dors alongside returning favorites. Just a
few miles south, the Cannon Beach Farm-
ers Market will open on Tuesday, host-
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‘WE’RE STARTING OFF PRETTY MUCH NORMAL,
WE’LL HAVE MUSIC AND PLACES FOR PEOPLE TO SIT.’
Philomena Lloyd, Cannon Beach Farmers Market manager
ing a handful of local makers and grow-
ers. Now in its ninth year, the Seaside
Farmers Market will welcome a handful of
new vendors this summer, including Baird
Family Orchards, Spice and Tea Lab and
CheeseButta.
Seaside Farmers Market manager Angi
Wildt is excited to welcome a host of new
businesses this season. “I’m not sure how
we got so lucky,” she said.
Meanwhile, the Cannon Beach Farmers
Market looks forward to hosting a grow-
ing number of vendors, including four
produce farms and a wide selection of
locally crafted goods. “We’ve got a great
variety of vendors this year,” Cannon
Beach Farmers Market manager Philo-
mena Lloyd said. “Spice and tea vendors,
an olive oil and vinegar seller, a hummus
and pita bread stand and even a cranberry
farmer,” Lloyd added.
She notes that since the market doesn’t
open until later in the day, farmers pride
themselves on the freshness of their
goods. “(The sellers) do their harvesting
and picking the day of the market,” Lloyd
said, “you’re really getting very fresh
produce.”
Like markets across the world, music,
food courts and samplings were cut
because of the pandemic. Thankfully, that
won’t be the case for either market this
year. While COVID precautions will be in
place, the social component of both events
will be welcomed back to the streets.
“We’re starting off pretty much normal,
we’ll have music and places for people to
sit,” Lloyd said. Performances from Bar K
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