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It's been a long and hot August, which for Hollywood Farmers Market goers means a bounty of everything a Pacific Northwest summer has to offer, and its not over yet.
Sweet Leaf Farm has tomatoes at the peak of season, and specials on bulk basil for using fresh now or for making pesto for freezing into the winter.
Peaches and nectarines reign supreme, pick them up at
Kiyokawa Family Orchards, Maryhill Fruit Company
and
ProFarm Produce
for just a few more weeks.
If heirloom varieties strike your fancy find your way to Winter Green Farm for a rainbow of oddly shaped and overwhelmingly delicious tomatoes. Gales Meadow Farm for piles of curly Tromboncino squash, and Stoneboat Farm melons of all shapes, sizes and colors to keep your taste buds smiling.
While summer's still very much here, it soon will turn to the cooler wetter place we all know. Before it does get in one (or many) more round(s) of grilling and outside chilling. Try some ground yak from Pine Mountain Ranch and give your hamburger a whole new twist. Frankfurters from Olympia Provisions are perfect for any cookout, and you can never go wrong with a certified organic chicken or beautiful cut of beef from Deck Family Farm.
Photo Contest on Instagram!
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 This Saturday's market is your last chance to enter a photo in our 2016 Photo Contest! We are running the contest on
Instagram
; just post your photo with the hashtag
#hfmphotocontest
to enter the contest. Feel free to go back and add the hashtag to a photo you've posted earlier in the month. The winning photographer will receive
$20 in market tokens
; the runner-up will receive $10 in tokens. If you'd like to follow us on Instagram, our account is
@hollywoodfarmersmarketpdx
. Full contest rules here.
InFARMation Event Tuesday, August 30th!
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Next Tuesday the 30th, join
Friends of Family Farmers for their monthly
InFARMation event! This month's topic is
Climate-Smart Agriculture. Hear about environmentally responsible agricultural practices employed by Oregon farmers, and understand how consumers can play a role in climate-smart agriculture. The event will be held at Holocene in SE Portland;
more details here.
Hollywood Farmers Market seeks board members
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 The Hollywood Farmers Market is now accepting applications to join its
Board of Directors in January 2017! Board membership is a terrific opportunity for volunteers, vendors and market lovers to become involved with this successful nonprofit farmers market. The Board welcomes applications from individuals enthusiastic about the Market, and especially those with backgrounds in the areas of
community outreach, agriculture, communications, account/financial planning, human resources and marketing. See
our website for more information.
See you Saturday at the market!
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