Today the Queen Anne Farmers Market is hosting its yearly market survey, so there will be no chef demo. But in the Music Tent from 5-7 p.m. will be this season’s final performance by Squirrel Butter and Ben Fisher, a local singer-songwriter.
The market survey will be conducted at the market from 3-7 p.m., and online at the market’s site, www.qafma.net as well as on the market’s Facebook and Twitter pages. The survey asks six questions about customer satisfaction.
The market steering committee is also having its annual wrap-up meeting with the City of Seattle today. The focus of that meeting will be figuring out how the market can wean itself from city grants. To that end, the city has granted the market funds to pay for a consultant who will work with market manager Jaime Collado on finding solutions that will bring the market sustainability.
Attendance figures show the market is growing, as the market is averaging 2,600 customers per event. The market had a customer-per-market increase of 77 percent from last year’s figures, Collado said. “And last year’s [2010] it was up 48 percent.”
At next Thursday’s final market of the season, there will be more music from local bands (the Squid Monks) and a chef demo from Rene Erickson of the Walrus and the Carpenter. One can still take the survey at www.qafma.net. At the end of the market, all market staff, vendors, volunteers and sponsors are invited to the year-end party at emmer&rye. The market is from 3-7:30 p.m. at West Crockett Street and Queen Anne Avenue North.
“We’re very proud of this year,” Collado said. “We’re ecstatic.”
Finale today Interbay Farmers Market
Today also marks the final market of the season at Interbay Farmers Market located in the parking lot of Interbay Urban Center, 2001 15th Ave. W., in front of the Interbay Whole Foods store. Interbay Farmers Market is open Thursdays, 3-7 p.m.