Queen anne farmer market- Community Market at West Queen Anne Playfield

Queen anne farmer market- Community Market at West Queen Anne Playfield

We’re often asked how our nonprofit, independent market came about. Queen Anne Farmers Market grew from a wonderful community brainstorming meeting that we held after a group of neighbors worked hard to save our local grocer, Metropolitan Market’s, place on the hill. Of all the great ideas that day, a farmers market resonated the most with all of us, and a small group formed during that summer of 2006. This group included Dr. George and Anne Counts, Nancie Kosnoff, Kimberly McKittrick, Peter and Tara Lawrence, Maria College, Sally Musseter, Margaret Okamoto, Jessica Vets and Julie Whitehorn After organizing and fundraising for a year, we raised the necessary funds and put all the components in place to get a market up and running in 2007. QAFM has evolved from the dream of a handful of Queen Anne residents into what Seattle Weekly calls “the best farmers market in Seattle.” We look forward to serving our neighborhood for many more great seasons.