A Sweet and Savory Breakfast

Article by Elizabeth Miller Always a fan of the multi-dish meal, I’ve long thought it most pleasing to eat sweets in the company of other, non-sweet foods, allowing the flavors and sensations of each dish to complement one another.  Since it is generally frowned upon to eat a slice of cake simultaneously with one’s dinner, [...]

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Build-a-Better Portland

Fresh Exchange matches the first $5 SNAP users spend at our King and Buckman Markets. This program provides access to fresh, local, healthy foods to Portland families. Not only to participants extend their food budgets but that money goes directly to PFM farmers. It would be a win-win, except I hate that phrase, so let’s [...]

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“Paper or Reusable”

Alder Gustafson & Winning Bag Design Last week, snuck in with the food, the celebration, the dignitaries and all the rain, Friends of the Market, COUNTRY awarded $2000 in scholarships to local High School students who participated in COUNTRY’s bag design. Wilson High Senior Alder Gustafson won first prize and hundreds of Market goers took [...]

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Anticipating Strawberries

Article by Leslie Gilman After college, I decided to join the Peace Corps and was whisked away with twenty-some-odd other young idealists to a magical land called Georgia. (No, not the state.) This is the famed land of Jason and the Argonauts, a place known to locals as “God’s land” that is as abundant in [...]

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All in the Name

By Laura Harrison It seems that no matter how many times I go to the farmers market, I continue to be amazed by the diversity of vendors. The local company Pure Simple Juice, a new addition to the Northwest Market, is no exception as they offer a product different from anything I’ve seen this season. [...]

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Fresh Exchange Fundraisers

What is Fresh Exchange? Fresh Exchange matches food stamp dollars spent by SNAP participants—up to $5 per market per week—at our Buckman and King Markets.  The program allows these shoppers to double their power to buy healthy, fresh food for their families. In turn, those customers are using their purchases to support the local food [...]

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June is Market Month

Saturday’s weather did not match the festive mood at the Market’s 20th. Mayor Sam Adams braved the elements to proclaim June to be Farmers Market Month.   Farmers Market Month – June 2011

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Party Gras

By Deborah Pleva  To celebrate its 20th anniversary, Portland Farmers Market is throwing the community a big birthday party today at its Saturday market at Portland State University. Everyone is invited to join the Market’s staff, board members and founders to celebrate this special occasion with birthday treats by local chefs, a dunk tank, live [...]

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Vintage Reporting – Portland’s New Farmers Market

Jim Dixon is a man of many talents: Yurt enthusiast, Olive Oil dealer, Farro Broker and seller of Real Good Foods. Jim is also a writer and way back in 1992 he wrote this review of what was then Portland’s brand spanking new Farmers Market. This article originally appeared in Willamette Week and is reposted to [...]

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Indian Feast

Article and Photos by Elizabeth Miller      In India, where 31% of the population identifies itself as being vegetarian (and, by many Indian standards, being a vegetarian in the most basic sense means that one eschews not only meat, but also eggs), it’s not difficult to find a great balance of meals that are [...]

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