May 15, 2019
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Neighborhood farmers markets are starting to open for the season, including the King Farmers Market each Sunday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
King School Park in northeast Portland. As in past seasons, shoppers eligible for SNAP benefits will be able to get dollar-for-dollar matches at
the King Market and at the Kenton and Lents Famers Market when they open in June.
Farmers Markets Open
King and other
weekly markets
coming on line
Springtime heralds the open-
ing of Portland Farmers Market’s
across the city and that means four
neighborhood weekly markets are
coming on line for the season.
May marked the opening of
the King Farmers Market at King
School Park in Northeast Port-
land, which will operate each Sun-
day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; and
the Portland Farmers Market at
Shemanski Park in the South Park
Blocks, downtown, which will
operate each Wednesday from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Come June shoppers and ven-
dors will be welcomed back to the
Lents International Farmers Mar-
ket at Southeast 92nd and Reed-
way between Foster and Harold
each Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
and the Kenton Portland Farmers
Market in north Portland, which
will operate Wednesdays, from 3
p.m. to 7 p.m.
As in past seasons, shoppers
eligible for SNAP benefits will
be able to receive $1 tokens us-
ing their Oregon Trail Cards to
make food purchases. A dollar-for
dollar match for SNAP recipi-
ents, up to $10, will be available
at the Kenton, King and Lents
markets.