A small notice in the Seattle Times Tempo section in the summer of 1993 announced a new farmers market in the University District would start June 19. The newspaper’s take: “Neat idea – expect it to prosper, and repeat next summer.”
The University District Farmers Market was, indeed, a neat idea. Such a neat idea that today weekly markets are a library- or coffee shop–level fixture in neighborhoods, giving us a direct line to delicate greens and the best berries. We congregate here the way beautiful people of the disco era converged upon Studio 54, worn canvas totes and sensible sandals in place of club
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