Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are big changes with the Sitka Farmers Market in 2020. We had to greatly scale back our operation this year due to health restrictions and space limitations since we had to change locations. This year we will just have our two regular produce vendors — the Sitka Local Foods Network farm stand and Middle Island Gardens. We also are switching to an online ordering system, where people create accounts and order products during the week using the Salt and Soil Marketplace, http://www.saltandsoilmarketplace.com. Our online ordering period will be from 5 p.m. on Tuesday through 8 p.m. on Thursday, with produce available for pick up from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturdays at St. Peter’s Fellowship Farm (behind St. Peter’s By The Sea Episcopal Church, 611 Lincoln St.). Even though our market is reduced in size, we will have twice as many pick-up days than normal — a soft opening on June 20, then every Saturday in July (4, 11, 18, 25), August (1, 8, 15, 22, 29), and September (5, 12, 19, 26). We hope to be able to offer a full market again in 2021. For more details, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org.
FYI, the dates posted above are for 2018. The 2019 Sitka Farmers Markets take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, July 6, July 27, Aug. 10, Aug. 17, Aug. 31, Sept. 7, and Sept. 21, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street). For more details, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org or like our Sitka Local Foods Network or Sitka Farmers Market pages on Facebook.
Just a note, our 2018 Sitka Farmers Markets will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on seven Saturdays — July 7, July 21, Aug. 4, Aug. 11, Aug. 25, Sept. 1, and Sept. 15 — at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street). To learn more about the Sitka Farmers Market, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org, or like our Facebook pages, https://www.facebook.com/SitkaLocalFoodsNetwork and https://www.facebook.com/SitkaFarmersMarket. We also are on Twitter @SitkaLocalFoods, https://www.twitter.com/SitkaLocalFoods.
Just a note, the dates for the 2017 Sitka Farmers Market are different than what shows on the ballot. We have seven markets this year that take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, July 1, July 15, July 29, Aug. 12, Aug. 19, Sept. 2, and Sept. 9, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street). To learn more about the Sitka Farmers Market, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org/
We will be in Sitka from Aug 24th through 27th and will miss your Farmer’s Markets. Is there anyplace we can go to buy fresh locally grown produce during our time there (other than a grocery store)? Or any resident willing to sell us some produce from his garden? We can call from our cel while we’re there for direction and time. Thank you! So looking forward to our (4 of us, 2 couples) stay there.
I’m sorry you’ll miss our markets in August. Sometimes in our off-weeks we have a produce table at the Chelan Produce stand on Saturdays near the AC/Lakeside store. We don’t have a lot of high-volume growers in Sitka yet, but we’re hoping to eventually get more local produce into our grocery stores.
Just a note, the dates for the 2016 Sitka Farmers Market are different than what shows on the ballot. We have seven markets this year (up from six in previous years). They take place from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, July 2, July 16, July 30, Aug. 13, Aug. 20, Sept. 3, and Sept. 10, at the Alaska Native Brotherhood Founders Hall (235 Katlian Street). To learn more about the Sitka Farmers Market, go to http://www.sitkalocalfoodsnetwork.org/