Spend your Fresh Bucks at any of 18 neighborhood markets this National Farmers Market Week! 

National Farmers Market Week is just around the corner! From August 3 through 9, we’re joining communities across the country to highlight the importance of farmers markets and the local farmers who make them thrive. 

Fresh Bucks is the City’s healthy food program helping Seattle households afford produce, operated by our team at OSE. Enrolled households receive $40 per month to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables at 45 participating retailers, including farmers markets. We’ve partnered with farmers markets for more than 10 years because they are more than just places to buy fresh produce — markets are gathering spots, economic engines, and essential to building a resilient and equitable local food system. 

Even though Fresh “Bucks” don’t look like cash, they directly support small businesses, vendors, and farmers at neighborhood markets. Farmers markets partnered with Fresh Bucks are able to reach households that might not have been shopping at farmers markets before while collecting the same amount as they do from cash purchases to sustain their small businesses.  

We partner with local farmers and vendors with environmentally friendly practices to help reduce climate change impacts, which interrupt and raise the cost of farming and other food production. Supporting local businesses helps build a more resilient local food system that can withstand disruptions that affect larger food supply chains, like price increases from food shortages during the coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about food security and climate action in Seattle’s Food Action Plan. 

During the summer, Fresh Bucks customers can shop at a farmers market any day of the week! Some markets are open year-round. 

Tuesdays 

• Capitol Hill Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, June 3 – September 30 

Wednesdays 

• Produce on Pike at Pike Place Market: 3pm–7pm, July 9 – September 10 

• Wallingford Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, through September 24 

• Columbia City Farmers Market:  
  – May 7 – October 29, Wednesdays, 3pm–7pm 
  – November – April, 2nd Saturdays, 10am – 2pm,   

Thursdays 

• Lake City Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, June 12 – October 2  

• Queen Anne Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, May 29 – October 29  

• Pike Place Market Express – South Lake Union:10am–2pm, July 3 – September 25 

• Rainier Beach Urban Farm & Wetlands Farm Stand: 2pm–6pm, June 12 – September 25 

Fridays 

• Madrona Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, May 16 – October 31 

• Phinney Farmers Market: 3pm–7pm, June 6 – September 26 

• Pike Place Market Express – First Hill: 10am–2pm, June 20 – September 26 

Saturdays 

• Delridge Farmers Market: 10am–2pm, May 17 – October 25  

• Madison Park Farmers Market: 10am–2pm, June 14 – September 20 

• Magnolia Farmers Market: 10am–2pm, June 7 – October 11 

• Lake City Collective Monthly Market: 2pm–6pm, 3^rd Saturdays, June 21 – August 16 

• Skyway Farmers Market: 11am–2pm, 2^nd & 4^th Saturdays, May 31 – October 25 

• University District Farmers Market: 9am–2pm, open all year 

Sundays 

• Ballard Farmers Market: 9am–2pm, open all year 

• Capitol Hill Farmers Market: 11am–3pm, open all year 

• West Seattle Farmers Market: 10am–2pm, open all year 

Every Day 

• Pike Place Market: 9am–4pm, open all year 

Grab your Fresh Bucks card or app and come celebrate with us! Whether you’re discovering a new market or visiting your weekly favorite, National Farmers Market Week is a great time to support local farmers and stock up on delicious seasonal produce. 

Fresh Bucks are also accepted at neighborhood grocers, supermarkets, farm stands, and through a grocery delivery partner. See the full list of accepted retail locations at SeattleFreshBucks.org. 

Are you interested in becoming a Fresh Bucks customer? Apply for the Fresh Bucks waitlist at seattlefreshbucks.org/apply. We’ll use a random selection process to enroll eligible applicants off the waitlist as spots become available.  

We’ll see you at a farmers market!