Welcome to the Market!

Join us each Tuesday - June-September

from 3:00-7:00

You've waited in line. You've worn your mask. You've made your list and gone quickly through the market all while being aware of others and maintaining distance!

We would like to extend a HUGE thank you to all of our shoppers who have supported the market this first half of the season.

It's been challenging for sure, but this support will help ensure the survival of our farmers and small businesses who rely on the market.

We've learned a few things along the way, and the most important shopper tip we can pass along is SHOP LATER! We are experiencing a line to enter for the first hour we are open, but see virtually no line after 5:30 pm. If you are flexible - shop later and avoid the line! Our farmers tables are piled high with produce this time of year, so they will not typically run out of anything. Another tip for you, click the vendors below to find out if they offer pre-order/prepayment options! You can arrange for pick up directly at the market (check in at the market EXIT) and be on your way!

Remember our shopper rules: remember to wear your mask, send one shopper per family (if possible), maintain physical distancing while at the market, allow our vendors to bag the product and be kind to market staff, volunteers and vendors. There may be a line when you arrive so be patient with us. No one wants to operate the market this way, but it's what we must do this season to get through.

Healthy Kids Corner

'Grab N'Go' kid's activities are at the Market each week through August! Visit the Healthy Kids Corner at our Market exit, where our friends from the WSU Extension SNAP-Ed along with our beloved Piazza volunteers will be handing out homemade play-dough and fun kids activities to take home to your kids. If you aren't able to make it to the market, download activities at home!

New activities for this week:



Fruit and Veggie Challenge

Be Active Challenge

Previous weeks' activities:

How to Read a Recipe

Create Your Own Recipe

Plant Parts We Eat

Sleep Your Way To Health

Eat the Rainbow

Make Moving Fun

Get to Know Your Farmer

Taste Test

Walk and Talk Challenge

Junior Farmer

Let's Cook Together!

Making a Food Collage

Changes at the Market

This year, the Renton Farmers Market will change from being the community-gathering place it has been for 19 years, to a quick in-and-out destination for essential food shopping. While you will not see local artisans, crafters, ready-to-eat foods, kid’s activities or hear the sounds of live music, be assured that your favorite farmers will be ready with their Washington-grown fresh produce, flowers and other staples that you have come to enjoy. See the vendor list for June (subject to change, check back before you shop!).

Download the Market Covid FAQ Sheet with answers to how we're handling the Market in the era a Covid.

Social Distancing Accommodations

The market has been redesigned for 2020 in a new paired down format where physical distancing and a high level of sanitation can be maintained for everyone. The number one goal is to make sure the market is a safe place for you to do your weekly food shopping.

New Location - Line to Enter the Market

The Market will be moving just slightly to the west, across Logan Avenue S to Gateway Park, in the gravel lot. This new location will also feature a designated entrance (just west of the corner of S 3rd St and Logan Avenue S) and exit so the Market staff can monitor the number of shoppers and ensure proper social distancing per regulations from Public Health – Seattle & King County. A line to enter will begin at the entrance and wrap north along Logan Ave S. Please follow directions on all posted signage and practice proper distancing from other shoppers in line.

A few of the changes you can expect to see:

Fewer vendors will be at the market so that those who are there can spread out with more physical distance between them – and between shoppers.

No kid’s activities, live music, cooking demonstrations, Master Gardeners, Food $ense, or anything other than a food shopping experience.

There will be a designated entrance and exit, and shopper entry will be controlled to eliminate crowding.

Vendors and staff will be required to wear masks or face coverings. Shoppers will also be asked to wear face coverings.

Social distancing will be enforced for all participants.

Hand sanitizer will be available.

High touch points will be regularly disinfected.

Smart shopper strategies:

Please bring and wear your mask

Shop with your eyes; allow the vendor to bag your purchase

Pay with credit card or exact change if possible

Please limit to one shopper per household; consider leaving children at home if possible

Give yourself adequate time to shop but…

Have a plan and shopping list to move quickly through the Market

Maintain at least 6’ distancing from other shoppers

Leave your pets at home; only service animals are allowed

Thank you for your support!

The Renton Farmers Market asks for the support of our community. Please be patient and kind with Market staff, vendors and volunteers as we implement COVID-19 protocols to help ensure the Market stays safe for everyone.

In this crazy, confusing time, the Renton Farmers Market is a welcome and safe source of fresh, healthy foods while supporting our family farmers and vendors who rely on the market each year. Their continued success this season will help ensure they survive this very difficult year and enable both vendors and market alike to come back, hopefully stronger than ever, in years to come.

What's Fresh This Week - August 25th

Fruits: blackberries, blueberries, nectarines, peaches, plums, raspberries, strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, other melons.

Veggies: beets, bitter melon, cabbage, carrots, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, green beans, kale, onions, potatoes, peppers (many varieties), Chinese spinach, squash leaves, vines and flowers, tomatoes, turnips, and zucchini/summer squash and now winter squash varieties, too!

Other: fresh herbs and beautiful flowers, pantry staples such as bread and other baked goods, jam, honey, cheeses, wine, kettle corn, ice cream; Mystery Bay Seafoods brings take and make clam chowder and other dinner options, and Malcolm Ford Glass brings beautiful blown glass objects.





Love Rains, Hope Grows Campaign

Coming together to help prevent economic insecurity in South King County

The Renton Farmers Market is proud to join with others in our community to help prevent economic insecurity in South King County. This campaign brings together locally-owned businesses, farmers and regional partners to provide food for support programs serving South King County. By doing so we aim to relieve and prevent further hardship for:

those who must choose between paying for food or paying their bills,

those who have lost housing and need support as they find a new place to live, and

those in the food delivery and service industry whose job security is affected by the Coronavirus pandemic

REACH is the grateful recipient of a Seattle Foundation Food Security Grant. This funding will kickstart the campaign and will provide 100 nutritious meals a day to the following programs through mid-August: REACH Center of Hope, Renton Senior Activity Center, REACH Meal Coalition.

Make a cash donation to this campaign. Money raised will be used to extend meals through mid-September to help families during the Summer and through what we hope will be the remaining stages of Washington's Safe Start plans. A portion of the proceeds will also be used to support the Renton Farmers Market and Sustainable Renton.

Make a food donation at the Renton Farmers Market. Shop for produce at the Market, and buy a little bit extra if you can - drop that donation in the Love Rains, Hope Grows campaign donation point at the market, located by the Market Manager booth. This food will go directly to the Renton Food Bank. No donation is too small...every little bit counts!

Food Access for all

The Market will also continue its successful SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) Bucks program, and offer a dollar-for-dollar match with the newly named SNAP Market Match (formerly known as Fresh Bucks) Bucks, doubling the buying power for local, healthy foods that are accessible to everyone. Visit the Food Access page for more info

The Renton Farmers Market runs every Tuesday, June through September, from 3 pm to 7 pm. Free two-hour parking will be available at the City Center Garage, 655 S 2nd St. The Market is also adjacent to the Renton Transit Center for easy access from public transportation.

Follow Us!

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Buy One, Donate One

Did you know? Each week we collect donations for the local Renton Food Bank at our market. Most of the donations come from our generous farmers - now we are asking our shoppers if they would consider helping out, too. Buying an apple? Consider buying another apple and donating it to the Renton Food Bank. See our donation station at the Market Manager booth for more information.

Bruschetta Salad - September 1st

Time needed: 15 minutes

Servings: 5

Ingredients

3 cups chopped fresh tomatoes

1/2 cup chopped red onion

1/4 cup fresh chopped basil

Salt & black pepper to taste

2 Tablespoons balsamic vinegar

1 Tablespoon oil

2 cups croutons (optional)

1/2 cup feta or mozzarella cheese (optional)

Directions

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and stir gently. Stir in croutons and serve cold.

See more great farm fresh recipes & recipe hacks using foods sold at the Renton Farmers Market.





Harvest Calendar

What’s in season? Check out this helpful Harvest Calendar from our friends at Puget Sound Fresh!