After a particularly long winter, with signs of spring around us, we are hungry for fresh fruit and vegetables.
We want food grown near us by people we know.
One way to get that local food is from farmers markets, which are beginning to set up all over the place.
Check our list for the market nearest you, or find one farther afield as a bonus for a trip on other business. Stick your market tote and your produce bag in your car or bicycle basket and dream of newly-laid eggs, fragrant herbs and seasonal vegetables so fresh that bits of earth still cling to them.
Snohomish County
Arlington Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, May 31 through Oct. 26, Legion Park, 200 N. Olympic Ave., Arlington; 360-435-9272, www.arlington farmersmarket.org.
Bayview Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, now through Oct. 25, Bayview Corner, at Highway 525 and Bayview Road; 360-321-4302, www.bayviewfarmersmarket.com.
Country Village Farmers Market: Noon to 6 p.m. Fridays, June 6 through Sept. 26. 23718 Seventh Ave. SE, Bothell; 425-483-2250, www.countryvillage bothell.com.
Downtown Lake Stevens Farmers Market: 5 p.m. to sunset Thursdays, June 5 through August. North Cove Park, Lake Stevens; 425-334-1805.
Edmonds Museum Garden Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, now through June 28. Fifth and Bell, public safety building parking lot, Edmonds; 425-776-7201.
Edmonds Museum Summer Market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, July 5 through Oct. 4, except closed for Taste of Edmonds Aug. 9. Bell Street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, Edmonds; 425-776-7201.
Everett Farmers Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, June 1 through Sept. 28. Everett Marina, 1600 W. Marine View Drive; www.everettfarmersmarket.com; 425-258-3356.
Foster’s Family Farm: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. spring and summer, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. fall, now through Nov. 1; corn maze, gift barn, nursery items, hanging baskets, local berries, vegetables, pumpkins, fresh sweet corn and more. Arlington exit 208 off I-5, go 2.4 miles on Highway 530 to red barn on right; call for more details; 360-435-5095.
Haller Point Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, now through Sept. 28, 604 E. Gilman, Arlington; 206-346-1543.
Lake Forest Park Commons Farmer Market: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sundays, now through Oct. 5, indoors, adjacent to Third Place Books at Town Centre, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Lake Forest Park; www.thirdplacecommons.org.
Monroe Farmer’s Market: 2 to 7 p.m. Tuesdays, June 3 through September. In the parking lot behind old City Hall building, 200 block of E. Main Street, Monroe; e-mail GoMonroeMarket@aol.com.
Mountainview Blueberry Farm: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Fridays, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, closed Mondays, and occasionally closed due to weather. Open July through late August or early September. 7617 E. Lowell-Larimer Road (Highway 96), Snohomish; see Web site for daily picking conditions and updates; 360-668-3391, www. MountainviewBlueberryFarm.com.
Mukilteo Farmers Market: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, June 4 through Sept. 24. 304 Lincoln Ave., Mukilteo; 425-774-0900.
Snohomish Farmers Market: 3 to 8 p.m. Thursdays, now through Sept. 25. Old Carnegie Library, 105 Cedar St., Snohomish; 206-412-4630.
Stocker Farms: Open early June through mid-December; summer hours 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sundays; check Web site for fall and winter hours. 10622 Airport Way, Snohomish. Berries, summer vegetables, fall produce, fall harvest “agritainment,” Christmas trees; 360-568-7391, www.stockerfarms.com.
Skagit County and north
Concrete Saturday Market: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, May 24 through Sept. 13. 45821 Railroad St. off Highway 20; 360-853-8505, 360-856-2093.
Seattle and beyond
Ballard Farmers Market: Open year-round; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, through summer; 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. October through winter. 5300 Ballard Ave. NW, Seattle; 206-781-6776, www.fremontmarket.com.
Broadway Sunday Farmers Market: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sundays, now through Nov. 23. 230 Broadway Ave. E., Seattle; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmers markets.org.
Columbia City Farmers Market: 3 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays, now through Oct. 22. Columbia Plaza parking lot, 4801 Rainier Ave. S., Seattle; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
Lake City Farmers Market: 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, June 5 through Oct. 16. NE 125th and 28th Avenue NE, Seattle; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
Magnolia Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, June 7 through Oct. 25. Magnolia Community Center, 2550 34th Ave. W., Seattle; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
Phinney Farmers Market: 3 to 7 p.m. Fridays, May 16 through Oct. 3. Phinney Neighborhood Center lower parking lot, 6532 Phinney Ave. N., Seattle; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
Pike Place Market: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays, year-round. Pike Street and Pike Place, Seattle; www.pikeplacemarket.org.
Queen Anne Farmers Market: Open 3 to 7 p.m. Thursdays, June 19 through September. Community center on Queen Anne Hill; 206-781-6776, www. fremontmarket.com/queenanne.
Remlinger Farms: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily, now through Oct. 31. 32610 NE 32nd St., Carnation; 425-333-4135, www.remlingerfarms.com.
University District Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays, year-round. University Heights Center, corner of University Way NE and NE 50th, Seattle; 206-632-5234, www.seattlefarmers markets.org.
West Seattle Farmers Market: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sundays, year-round. Alaska Junction, corner of Alaska and California, in the parking lot behind Key Bank; 206-547-2278, www.seattlefarmersmarkets.org.
Woodinville Farmers Market: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, now through Oct. 11. Woodinville Village, NE 145th Street and Woodinville-Redmond Road NE; www.woodinvillefarmersmarket.com.
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