The Beaverton Farmers’ Market to End Season with Special Halloween and Harvest Markets
October 8, 2009
BEAVERTON, OR—October 8, 2009— The end of the market season is approaching sooner than we’d like, but the final two Beaverton Farmers’ Markets will celebrate a terrific year of local fare, entertainment, and food-focused special events. Sights, smells, and tastes of the season will immerse market-goers in the splendor of harvest. The market will be open each Saturday in October, and then reopen for the November 21 Harvest Market.
At the Halloween Market on Saturday, October 31, a children’s activity tent will keep the little ghouls and goblins entertained with market goodie bags, pumpkin and face painting, and games. The market will be chock full of pumpkins, which shoppers can paint for free with purchase while being serenaded by musician Harris Blackwood’s family-friendly tunes. Come in costume to really get in the ghostly spirit!
The Harvest Market is a celebration of one of the most important meals of the year. On Saturday, November 21, The Beaverton Farmers’ Market re-opens for this one special day so that the community can put local, harvest-fresh foods on their Thanksgiving table. This market is held rain or shine.
Holiday recipes and food samples from market vendors will be featured in the Tasting Tent. Additionally, two local cookbook authors will demonstrate and serve tastes of their favorite autumn recipes. At 10:00am, Ivy Manning will prepare borscht–both veggie and meaty–from her new book, The Adaptable Feast: Satisfying Meals for the Vegetarians, Vegans, and Omnivores at Your Table (Sasquatch Books; October 20, 2009). At noon, seafood expert and chef, Gary Puetz, will share a recipe from his book, Cooking with the Seafood Steward (Arnica; October 1, 2008). Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Local radio personality and celebrity gardening expert Mike Darcy will host his NewsRadio 750 KXL show, In the Garden, live from the Harvest Market. Darcy will chat with vendors and answer market-goers’ questions live on-air from 8am to noon.
But the star of the Harvest Market is, of course, the turkey! Heirloom turkey varieties will be available from Pine Mountain Ranch and Champoeg Farm est. 1856.
Festivities abound with live music performed by Speedlimit and the Violations, holiday wreaths, garlands and table decorations, plus great holiday gifts and stocking stuffers will be available. Join in the fun– and bid adieu for the season to the largest market in Oregon–as we wrap up a bountiful season at the Beaverton Farmers Market!
We’ll see you at the market!
MARKET HOURS
SATURDAYS
5/9/2009 – 10/31/2009, and 11/21/09
8am – 1:30pm
WEDNESDAYS
6/17/2009 – 8/26/2009
3pm – 6pm
SW Hall Boulevard, between Third and Fifth Streets, Beaverton, Oregon
503-643-5345
For map/Directions go to: www.beavertonfarmersmarket.com
SHOPPING AT THE MARKET MEANS:
- Enjoying whole foods that are at their peak of flavor
- Enjoying foods that have not been shipped across the country burning precious fossil fuels
- Buying plants that were raised and nurtured by the people who sell them
- Supporting artisans who produce products that are made with attention to craft and quality
- Boosting our local economy by supporting Northwest producers