Warm Valley Farm has plans for a new Wednesday afternoon farmers’ market from 3-7 PM from May 10th through October 4th.
“Our intent is to complement the Eastsound Market and give other local food producers, growers, and makers another place to share their wares. If you know anyone who would be a fit, please have them respond to us by April 15th,” says Warm Valley Farm’s Annie McIntyre (warmvalleyfarms@gmail.com).
Annie plans to start small with six to eight local vendors, and hopes to host a well-rounded one-stop shop this season. If you are a grower or maker, think about taking part in the Wednesdays in Warm Valley Farmers’ Market.
Also, if you would like to be part of a Mother’s Day event, Annie is looking for makers, artists, and vendors for May 10th to 13th, which is the opening date of the Warm Valley Farm stand.
Warm Valley Farm is the one you pass on Orcas Road when headed to the ferry, whose old farmhouse was collapsing for years. Now only the chimney remains, and Annie and her husband Joel currently have a GoFundMe organized with hopes to one day build a locally sourced timber frame building with a commercial kitchen and cidery, cold storage in the root cellar and farmworker housing on the upper floor, and an outdoor area for farm-to-table dinner gatherings and other celebrations with a wood-fired oven (https://www.gofundme.com/f/razing-raising-the-old-farm-house). In the meantime, they plan a transitionary interim space that will be used for events, weddings, gatherings, tastings, farm-to-table dinners, farmstand use, and teaching space.
Photos courtesy of Warm Valley Farm
