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Lane County Farmers Market kicks off spring season
Lane County Farmers Market kicks into the spring season this weekend. It will remain at its interim location at least until early summer.
Year-round Lane County Farmers Market pavilion takes shape in downtown Eugene’s Park Blocks
The new, year-round home of the Lane County Farmers Market will be complete by the time the 2022 season starts in April. Eugene staff expect works to be done by March, said Will Dowdy, the city’s community development director. Modeled after a greenhouse, the wooden...
Farmers Market Pavilion Taking Shape in Downtown Eugene
EUGENE, Ore. - Work continues on the new Farmers Market Pavilion in downtown Eugene where the butterfly parking lot once stood. Demolition and site preparation started in May 2022. Construction started in August. The pavilion is expected to be complete this spring in...
Lane County Farmers Market will stay on Eugene’s 5th Ave. into winter
The Lane County Farmers Market is making it easy to be cool as a cucumber this year. Vendors will remain outdoors in downtown Eugene on Saturdays through December 18th. Meghan Verberkmoes is with the Farmers Market. She said it feels safer, in the pandemic, to stay...
Opinion: Step Up Your Food Game at Eugene’s Farmers Markets
When I think about the average college meal, a microwave and a freezer is almost always involved. I understand college students are more likely than not buying their groceries on a budget, and shopping at the farmers market doesn’t sound like it’s cost effective. But...
Park Blocks Pavilion: A View From the Other Side of the Fence
If you’ve had a chance to visit downtown over the past week, you may have seen the huge changes that have been made since the City of Eugene began the demolition of the Butterfly Lot. Now we would like to show you the scene from the other side of the fence. Check out...
Demolition of ‘Butterfly Lot’ Makes Way For New Farmers Market Building
Crews worked on the demolition Friday afternoon of the "butterfly lot" parking area at East Eighth Avenue and Oak Street. The work will make way for the construction of a new permanent, covered building for the Lane County Farmers Market. The farmers market is...
Lane County Farmers Market to move to Fifth Avenue during construction of new permanent site
The Lane County Farmers Market will move to a new temporary home on Fifth Avenue between Oak and High streets starting April 3. The move allows for construction of an improved, permanent site at its location at Eighth Avenue and Oak Street, the market announced...
RG TASTINGS: Farmers’ market, fish markets bustle with the best of the season
Just when the weather is at its dreariest, and the last of the summer bounty of fresh fruits and vegetables is gone, the Lane County Farmers’ Market opens for its winter season. Behold, there is abundance, even when we might least expect it. See for yourself on...