Lakewood Farmers Market


The City of Lakewood is spearheading a pilot project for a Farmers Market. The purpose of the Market is to create a sense of community and celebrate our unique community assets while providing healthy options to our citizens. The Farmers Market will start on Tuesday July 10th and end on Tuesday, August 28th. It will be located at City Hall and will feature fresh food, arts, crafts and entertainment. While the City is leading a pilot project, they are partnering with over 20 community members and have formed a steering committee. The Farmers Market will be weekly on Tuesdays from 11am – 3pm. Tuesday was selected as a date because there is virtually no competition that day from other markets, and it will make will make a broader array of vendors available for Lakewood.

Purpose of our market

  • To create a sense of community and a place to gather.
  • Celebrate and highlight our uniqueness; our characteristics, our assets, our community
  • Bring our community together and bring people to Lakewood
  • Provide healthy options for our citizens and visitors because healthy people need healthy places and spaces.

Vendors

There is a limit of 30 vendors for the Lakewood Farmers Market. Vendors are selected by the Market Management. Selection is based on quality, originality, locality, seasonal versus daily, and compatibility with the existing market mix and mission statement. Agriculture products are given priority over other product categories.

The Farmers Market strives for the following composition of vendors.

  • Fresh Farm Products 50%
    grown or produced in Washington State by the seller
  • Processed goods, prepared foods and processed foods 20%
    made from raw products/ingredients, a majority of which are grown and produced by the seller, who is personally doing the cooking, canning, baking, preserving, etc.
  • Hand Crafted items – 20%
    All craft products should be handcrafted in Washington State
  • Miscellaneous – 10%

The Lakewood Farmers Market is currently accepting vendor applications and entertainer applications .