It’s the Mercer Island Farmers Market’s 3rd Anniversary this week. Our first market day ever was August 10, 2008. Please join us this Sunday to celebrate our farmers and community.

Sampling Table This Sunday: Ice Cream

Volunteers celebrating the Mercer Island Farmers Market's first anniversary on August 9, 2009. (Photo by Joel Wachs)

To help celebrate this occasion, MIFM volunteers and board members, Tanya Bednarski and Susie Rosenstein will be sampling ice cream on Sunday. The ice cream has been donated by our two ice cream vendors: Molly Moon Ice Cream, Seattle, WA and Parfait Artisan Organic Ice Cream, Seattle, WA. Everyone at the Mercer Island Farmers Market would like to offer a big “thank you” to Molly Moon and Parfait for their donations and support of our farmers market and community.

Tanya and Susie will be offering ice cream samples beginning at noon and will continue to offer them while supplies last, which shouldn’t be too long knowing how much our customers love ice cream.

Music: Strictly Fest 2011

Hula-Hoopers dancing to the Yaamba Marimba Band at the Mercer Island Farmers Market on July 31, 2011. (Photo by Alyssa Hatsukami)

We are very excited that third annual Strictly Fest 2011 will be happening in Mercerdale Park at the same time at the Mercer Island Farmers Market.

Strictly Fest features many Mercer Island youth bands and seeks to raise money for the Mercer Island High School music programs.

The day’s program is:

11:00 ~ Kaze Daiko
11:45 ~ Ross Di Julio
12:30 ~ Electric Geometric Freak Test Recipients
1:45 ~ The Fool on the Hill
2:50 ~ The Good Time Police
4:20 ~ A Well Lit Room

Kids Table Activity: Kitchen Botany

Berry-ink painting at the Kids Table at the Mercer Island Farmers Market on July 31, 2011. (Photo by Alyssa Hatsukami)

Once again super volunteer Judy Witmer has organized another great educational activity for our youngest shoppers. This Sunday the kids table activity will be “Kitchen Botany: Is it a fruit or veggie?”