Fairmount Neighborhood Farmers' Market

This blog provides information about the Fairmount Neighborhood Farmers Market and inspiration for cooking with local ingredients from the Southern Willamette Valley. I'm Karen, a resident of the Fairmount neighborhood, parent at Edison School, and faculty member of the University of Oregon. The market's inception was a chat I had with DeeAnn Hall, owner of Eugene City Bakery, about how nice it would be to have a neighborhood Sunday Farmers Market. As we explored this possibility, we received valuable advice from Lynne Fessenden of the Willamette Farm and Food Coalition and Dan Armstrong from the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project. DeeAnn talked with the owner of Sun Automotive across the street about using their space, and Ned Forman from ECB talked with lots of farmers, and found a few brave pioneers in Rachel and Tom from SLO Farm, Kasey and Jeff from Lonesome Whistle Farm, and Linda from The Salmon People. For the market's second season, Rachel and Tom took the reins and were joined by John from Sweetwater Farm, Stephanie from Songbird Farm, Linda from The Salmon People, and Dan from the Southern Willamette Valley Bean and Grain Project. Now in the market's third season, Sweetwater Farm has taken the helm, joined by Jenni and Scott from Fair Valley Farm.