Thursday, June 1, 2023, from 4:00PM - 7:00PM
Evergreen Rotary Park, 1400 Park Ave, Bremerton WA
Music At The Market
It's Kids Market Bucks Club at the market this week! Bring the fam for this week's Music at the Market featuring the Hurdy Gurdy Man! Fred Meyer, "The Hurdy Gurdy Man," has played music for almost 60 years. First as lead guitar in a garage band, next learning old time music on the mountain dulcimer, and then learning world music on the hurdy gurdy. The instrument is a copy of an 1892 French vielle that employs a wheel to act as a bow sounding out the strings. Melody strings go through a keybox to provide melody over drone. Kind of a mechanical bagpipe of sorts. Pretty looking and pretty sounding, it always draws a crowd.
A huge thank you to the Bremerton Office Machine Company for sponsoring this program. See you at the market!
Kids Market Bucks Club
Come out for our first Kids Market Bucks Club of the 2023 market season! The West Sound Beekeepers Association will be at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market with FREE activities for 3- to 12-year-olds, highlighting the various ways bees benefit our environment and our foods. Children completing the activity will earn Kids Market Bucks to spend with our farmers at the market.
What To Eat At The Market
Its's Kids Market Bucks Day this week and Stuft Waffles is whipping up some kid friendly flavors! The savory option this week is a Cornbread Pizza Waffle. This delicious dinner choice is made with pepperoni, sausage and mozzarella cheese, served with a side of pizza sauce. Or would you rather have a PB&J Waffle? Try an original flavored waffle Stuft with peanut butter and raspberry jelly. And to top it off, for dessert there's an Oreo Cheesecake Waffle Stuft with 4 Oreos and cheesecake filling, topped with powdered sugar and whipped cream. Just a reminder...these delicious waffles sell out fast! Get your order in by 6:30pm so you don't miss out.
Other Food Vendors At The Market This Week:
Next Week At The Market:
Every 2nd Thursday, at 5:30pm, Julissa Garcia from High Fitness will be holding a fitness class at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market. This class will be for all ages and abilities and guaranteed to be a lot of fun!
Also, Next Week:
Have you ever wanted a chance to speak with one of the vendors, but didn't want to bother them? Now you will have that opportunity in a series of quick talks on the second Thursday of the month! On June 8th, at 5:00pm, Sean from Foggy Hog Farm will talk about the benefits of pasture raised livestock, regenerative farming, and sustainable agriculture. At 5:30pm, gather at the Kitsap Community Food Co-op and learn about how the co-op is helping to bring produce from small farms to the market. Hear about how the co-op works and the benefits of becoming a member. At 6:00pm, head over to Forest Frog Farms and learn how their approach to farming focuses on regenerative agriculture and sustainability, as well as handcrafted personal care products. Join us each month for a chance to learn more about our vendors!
SFMNP Applications Are Here!
Stop by the Market Info Booth to pick up your SFMNP application! The Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP) provides nutrition to income eligible seniors via electronic benefits, to be used at approved farmers markets. We are excited to announce that 2023 eligible applicants may elect to receive $80 in benefits! Please remember applications must be mailed in, and that this program is first come, first served until all the benefits have been distributed.
SNAP Market Match
How to use SNAP Market Match at the market:
Come to our Information Booth and tell us you’d like to SNAP Market Match
Swipe your EBT card for the amount you want to spend
SNAP Market Match will match up to $25/day/card
*P-EBT cards are eligible for SNAP Market Match
You can use your SNAP Market Match bucks on all of the following items:
Fresh vegetables
Fresh fruits
Mushrooms
Fresh herbs
Seeds and plants that produce food (for example, tomato seeds or tomato plants)
All of our farm vendors accept SNAP Market Match for qualifying items!
Please Watch Where You Park
Please be a good neighbor and only park in designated car parking areas. Kitsap Community Resources has generously offered their parking lot after 4:30PM, and they're just a block away. There are only 5 designated parking spots in the boating area. Those parked illegally will get a ticket. Thank you for your cooperation!
VOLUNTEER! Help the Market be even more awesome than it already is! Lend us your skills--both brain power and muscle appreciated--and have a fun and rewarding time at it. To apply go to our website: Help Us Grow | Bremerton Community Farmers Market | Bremerton
Kitsap Harvest Grow-A-Row
Kitsap Harvest gleans produce from around Kitsap County and distributes it directly to community members facing hunger and food insecurity with the help of its volunteers. They are combating hunger and food waste by picking fruit trees, collecting produce donations from home gardeners and community gardens and delivering the food directly to partnering organizations including senior centers, recovery centers and homeless youth and veteran services.
If you have produce you'd like to donate, there are donation stations at Bremerton Community Farmers Market, Port Orchard Farmers Market and Kitsap Community Food Co-op. Sign up for their newsletter and stay up to date on all things Kitsap Harvest! Email info@kitsapharvest.org for questions.
Market Tokens Are Money!
You may have a goldmine just laying around your house! Did you know there are many market tokens circulating in our community and no one is using this valuable resource? Don't miss out...check your glove box, your junk drawer or the bottom of your purse. Tokens don't earn you interest or increase in value if you save them, so dig them out and bring them to the market. What will you buy if you find some at your house?
Vendors This Week:
Farmers
Fuentes Fresh Farm
Taylor's Honey Farm
Produce Resellers
Artists/Crafters
Pet Specialty
Prepared & Processed Food
Sponsors/Community Booths
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