Bremerton Community Farmers Market

08/29/24 What's Happening at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market - https://mailchi.mp/044b117a3bf2/this-week-at-the-market-6251652

BCFM MARKET TOUR: August 29th from 4-7pm
This week, Market Ambassador Allison will be with us to talk about the food access programs we offer at our farmers market. Learn how to maximize your SNAP, WIC, Sun Bucks and more at the market!

This week's musical guest, Aaron McFadden!
Aaron plays melodic, sonic, symphonic, chronic ukulele folk tonic harmonics! Always guaranteed a fun time.
Wear your boogie pants and get down to the market!

Sponsored by Bremerton Office Machine Company

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Bring your yoga mat and stretch with us! Starting at 5:30pm, enjoy a free, relaxing yoga class for all ages sponsored and hosted by Thrive Yoga Manette.
Yoga at the Market happens the 2nd and 4th Thursday every month.

Sponsored by Thrive Yoga Manette

Kitsap Public Health District District will be hosting the Kids Booth this week during our Back to School Day event. Learn about healthy eating choices and how to fill your plate. Parents will also learn simple recopies including an easy no-bake carrot cake pop recipe.

Make sure you check in at the red table by the Kids Booth first to earn $6 in Market Bucks per kid! Kids Market Bucks are used to buy fresh produce and can be redeemed with any produce vendor at BCFM.
See you at the market!

Sponsored by: United Way of Kitsap County

Come one, come all and enjoy and excellent performance from Washington Old Time Fiddlers Association - WOTFA
WOTFA is a state wide non profit organization. Their mission is to preserve and promote acoustic string band music and dance. They welcome musicians of all ages and abilities to join them.
We love having the WOTFA at our market every year. Bring your picnic blankets and folding chairs, get something yummy to eat from one of our vendors and enjoy an evening in the park.

Sponsored by Bremerton Office Machine Company

Its Back to School Day at the farmers market August 22nd, this Thursday!
There will be so many amazing local groups and organizations with helpful info and resources for all families.
Kiddos 3-12 can earn $6 in Kids Market Bucks by learning about Healthy Eating with KPHD and parents can learn easy breakfast and dinner recipes!
Stand Up for Kids will be there with school supplies and we will still be collecting donations for Bremerton Backpack Brigade.

Who will be there?-
Avon
Kitsap Regional Library
Holly Ridge Center
Kitsap Children’s Museum
Girl Scouts of Western Washington
Barnacles & Bees
Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc.
FYSPRT
StandUp for Kids - Kitsap County
Kitsap Public Health District
United Way of Kitsap County
Kitsap Home Visiting Collaboration
Bremerton Backpack Brigade
Ahoy Kitsap Playland
Violet E Carlson Memorial Guild
Catholic Community Services of Western Washington
See you at the market!

This is the last week to bring your donations to the market for Bremerton Backpack Brigades Annual Food Drive! Even after this drive, they will still need your help. Visit their website at www.bremertonbackpackbrigade.org to learn how you can get involved and help our kids!

"Every week during the school year we send backpacks home with elementary school kids in Bremerton. Many kids in our area depend on free lunch programs. The weekends can be challenging for kids and families facing food insecurity. Our mission is to address that gap and provide Bremerton’s children with healthy food for the weekends."

To participate bring any of the items listed below to donate when you come to the farmers market.

Accepted Items:
⭐️Canned protein (tuna, chicken, Spam, Vienna sausages, etc)
⭐️Dried beans, lentils, peas
⭐Canned meals (ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, Chili, Hearty Soups)
⭐Helper meals
⭐Mac & cheese, Pasta/Rice mixes
⭐Potatoes
⭐Pastas and rice
⭐Canned sauces
⭐Powered sauces/dressings
⭐Cornbread/biscuit mixes
⭐Cereal/Oatmeal
⭐Canned vegetables and fruit
⭐Canned beans (black, pinto, refried)
⭐Peanut butter/Seed butter (for nut allergies)
⭐Jelly/Jam
⭐Pancake mix/Syrup
⭐Pudding/Jello mixes
⭐Applesauce/yogurt pouches
⭐Fruit snack cups
⭐Jiffy muffin/cake/brownie mixes
⭐Ramen noodles
⭐Tortillas (flour or corn)
⭐Snacks (Granola Bars, fruit chews, nuts, raisins, popcorn, cookies, crackers, etc.)
⭐Ziplock bags (quart and gallon)

08/15/24 What's Happening at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market - https://mailchi.mp/e7940a190137/this-week-at-the-market-6250756

Thursdays the day...Come say Hi to Wendie and Heather, our Farmers Market Volunteers and see the Beautiful fruit and Veggies the co-op has sourced for this weeks Market. See Comments for some sneak Peaks.

Tomorrow’s Chef at the Market is sponsored by Vulca, the Smug Etruscan, LLC. Come out and learn how to make Sicilian Caponata! Did I mention free samples?

Tomorrow is the day we sponsor at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market. It's also Chef at the Market day, and Chef Robert Nash will be making Sicilian caponata, combining produce from Market vendors with ingredients from Vulca's. Our dear Blair Schuetz will be staffing our information table. Stop by and say hi!

This Thursday, August 15th starting at 5pm its Chef at the Market!
Chef Nash's recipe for Sicilian Caponata on Bruschetta will use ingredients from our farmers market and Vulca's Mediterranean Market.
Come for the recipe, stay to sample!

Sponsored by and Vulca, the Smug Etruscan, LLC

We are still collecting for Bremerton Backpack Brigade's annual food drive!

"Every week during the school year we send backpacks home with elementary school kids in Bremerton. Many kids in our area depend on free lunch programs. The weekends can be challenging for kids and families facing food insecurity. Our mission is to address that gap and provide Bremerton’s children with healthy food for the weekends."

To participate bring any of the items listed below to donate when you come to the farmers market. For more information and ways to help our kids, visit their website at
https://www.bremertonbackpackbrigade.org/

Accepted Items:
⭐️Canned protein (tuna, chicken, Spam, Vienna sausages, etc)
⭐️Dried beans, lentils, peas
⭐Canned meals (ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, Chili, Hearty Soups)
⭐Helper meals
⭐Mac & cheese, Pasta/Rice mixes
⭐Potatoes
⭐Pastas and rice
⭐Canned sauces
⭐Powered sauces/dressings
⭐Cornbread/biscuit mixes
⭐Cereal/Oatmeal
⭐Canned vegetables and fruit
⭐Canned beans (black, pinto, refried)
⭐Peanut butter/Seed butter (for nut allergies)
⭐Jelly/Jam
⭐Pancake mix/Syrup
⭐Pudding/Jello mixes
⭐Applesauce/yogurt pouches
⭐Fruit snack cups
⭐Jiffy muffin/cake/brownie mixes
⭐Ramen noodles
⭐Tortillas (flour or corn)
⭐Snacks (Granola Bars, fruit chews, nuts, raisins, popcorn, cookies, crackers, etc.)
⭐Ziplock bags (quart and gallon)

This weeks live music will be performed by The RF's! Brothers Ron and Jeff Fowler play rock 'n' roll in the jurassic tradition. That means voices, guitars, keyboards, and the assistance of their own personally recorded backing tracks. It's music you can dance to and have a good time! So bring your picnic blankets and camping chairs, get some dinner at one of our amazing vendors, and enjoy a some kickin' tunes!

Ruff Seas Treats is also a vendor at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market! Check them out on Thursday, August 22nd, which is Back to School Day at the market!

Market Manager, Suzanne, posting. The Magic Bars are officially my favorite cookie from Monica's Waterfront Bakery & Cafe. They are pictured in the back of the photo below. My mom’s favorite are the Ginger Creme cookies pictured in the front of the photo, which come in a close second choice for me!

What’s your favorite cookie at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market?

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This weeks marvelous musician is none other than Jim Landis!

Jim Landis is a retired snowbird from Shelton who spends his summers in Bremerton and winters in Yuma. Inspired by country, folk and rock music, Jim plays a lot of his own original music and regularly plays open mics and for the Belfair HUB. Look for him on iTunes, Jim Landis: Move On.

Starting at 5:30pm this Thursday, August 8th, BCFM is hosting Yoga at the Market with Thrive Yoga Manette. FREE! ALL AGES!
Come to the park with your yoga mat or just stretch out in the grass with one of Thrives excellent instructors.
Yoga at the Market happens the 2nd and 4th Thursday's of every month.

Bremerton Community Farmers Market is proud to be a part of Bremerton Backpack Brigade's annual food drive!
"Every week during the school year we send backpacks home with elementary school kids in Bremerton. Many kids in our area depend on free lunch programs. The weekends can be challenging for kids and families facing food insecurity. Our mission is to address that gap and provide Bremerton’s children with healthy food for the weekends."
To participate bring any of the items listed below to donate when you come to the farmers market. For more information and ways to help our kids, visit their website at
https://www.bremertonbackpackbrigade.org/
Accepted Items:
⭐️Canned protein (tuna, chicken, Spam, Vienna sausages, etc)
⭐️Dried beans, lentils, peas
⭐Canned meals (ravioli, Spaghetti-Os, Chili, Hearty Soups)
⭐Helper meals
⭐Mac & cheese, Pasta/Rice mixes
⭐Potatoes
⭐Pastas and rice
⭐Canned sauces
⭐Powered sauces/dressings
⭐Cornbread/biscuit mixes
⭐Cereal/Oatmeal
⭐Canned vegetables and fruit
⭐Canned beans (black, pinto, refried)
⭐Peanut butter/Seed butter (for nut allergies)
⭐Jelly/Jam
⭐Pancake mix/Syrup
⭐Pudding/Jello mixes
⭐Applesauce/yogurt pouches
⭐Fruit snack cups
⭐Jiffy muffin/cake/brownie mixes
⭐Ramen noodles
⭐Tortillas (flour or corn)
⭐Snacks (Granola Bars, fruit chews, nuts, raisins, popcorn, cookies, crackers, etc.)
⭐Ziplock bags (quart and gallon)

UPDATED MAP 08/01/24 What's Happening at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market - https://mailchi.mp/bda8185cd909/this-week-at-the-market-6249860

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Back again to play Music at the Market this week is our favorite accordionist, Toby Hanson!
Only a few notes are necessary from Toby's accordion to transport the listener off to the streets of some sophisticated European capital. When Toby plays, hearts feel lighter and the mood shifts as listeners stop to indulge in the splendors of everyday living.
Bring your blankets and chairs, get something to eat from one of our excellent vendors and enjoy a musical evening in the park.

The first Thursday of every month is Kids Day at BCFM. This Thursday from 4-7pm, Waste Management will be there to tells us about all the things we can recycle with a chance to spin the recycling wheel and other fun activities for the kiddos.

Make sure you check in at the red table by the Kids Booth first to earn $6 in Market Bucks per kid! Kids Market Bucks are used to buy fresh produce and can be redeemed with any produce vendor at BCFM.
See you at the market!

Sponsored by: United Way of Kitsap County

Finding a place to park at the market can be difficult at best! We kindly ask you to be considerate neighbors by parking only in designated areas. Kitsap Community Resources has graciously made their parking lot available after 4:30 PM, located just two blocks away. Note that the boating area has only four designated parking spots for market parking. Vehicles parked outside these four spots in the boating area may be ticketed by Parking Enforcement. Please do not park in front of C.J.'s Evergreen General Store. That is 30-minute parking for customers of that business only. We appreciate your cooperation!

Join Thrive Yoga Manette at 5:30pm on Thursday July 25th for a free, all ages, outdoor yoga class! Bring your yoga mats and enjoy stretching on the grass in the fantastic weather.

Thrive Yoga hosts Yoga at the Market every 2nd and 4th Thursday of the month so mark it on your calendar!

07/25/24 What's Happening at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market - https://mailchi.mp/bfbb4eee3114/this-week-at-the-market-6249308

Davis Farm Flowers is another one of the great farms at the Bremerton Community Farmers Market!