Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market

SNAP and EBT are built into the way Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market talks about access to fresh food, alongside WIC participation and a Wednesday gathering at Hammer Heritage Square. The market runs in the center of town at Hammer Heritage Square on Metcalf Street, giving shoppers a weekly place to pick up Skagit Valley produce, baked goods, prepared foods, and handcrafted products while local musicians play. Open every Wednesday from May through October, it is a midweek market with a clear local-food mission and a vendor mix that stretches from certified organic berries to knife sharpening and face painting.

Why it matters locally

Hammer Heritage Square hosts this market as a weekly gathering point, and the market frames that gathering around support for local agriculture, economic development, and community revitalization. The produce lineup is tied closely to Skagit County and nearby growing areas: Hayton Farms comes from Fir Island, Mountain Song Meadows brings organic vegetables from Marblemount, and Wild Child Flowers grows in Burlington and on Whidbey Island. The market also puts food access in the foreground, participating in SNAP/EBT and WIC programs as part of its stated goal that everyone should have access to fresh, healthy food.

What you'll find there

The strongest throughline here is farm product with range: certified organic berries, Oaxacan herbs, mushrooms, flowers, honey, and plants sit alongside ready-to-eat food and a few service vendors. The mix reads as a market where a produce stop can easily turn into dinner, dessert, and a practical errand in the same visit.

• -Foothills Farm raises livestock and sustainably grown crops, bringing vegetables to shoppers.
• -Hayton Farms grows organic blueberries and organic hardy kiwis, and also runs a box recycling program.
• -Lopez Brothers Farms focuses on Certified Organic strawberries and raspberries, with herbs and vegetables as well.
• -Mountain Song Meadows delivers fresh organic vegetables from Marblemount.
• -NW Green Farm grows a large variety of vegetables and herbs, including produce used in traditional Oaxacan cuisine.
• -Pure Nelida Organic Farm offers more than 70 varieties of veggies, fruits, berries, Northwest and Oaxacan herbs, and flowers.
• -Schuh Family Farm brings fresh berries, buttery shortcakes, and fruit pies.
• -Shroom Champ Mushrooms sells gourmet and functional mushrooms including shiitake, pearl oyster, blue oyster, lion’s mane, pink oyster, and golden oyster.
• -Wild Child Flowers grows seasonal flowers for fresh bouquets and dried arrangements.
• -Bruce Bowen’s Bees supports Skagit Valley honey production.
• -Misfit Menagerie Homestead combines plants and starts with raw honey, eggs, baked goods, crafts, and freeze dried candy.
• -Kassari Cellars pours wines blended by a Skagit County owner and winemaker.
• -Karuma Sushi makes sushi rolls and poke bowls with seafood, rice, and vegetables.
• -Indulge Bakery stacks its table with scones, cinnamon rolls, brownies, croissants, fruit bars, and cookies.
• -Whatcom Edge brings a solar-powered truck for hand-honed knife sharpening.

Opening Day runs on Wednesday, May 20 from 3pm to 7pm, the regular market continues weekly on Wednesdays from May to October, and a special holiday market is held in mid-December. Live music appears on the calendar as well, including Chris Eger and One Eyed Cat. One thread that gives Sedro-Woolley Farmers Market its own feel is how often the market folds music and maker energy into an otherwise produce-centered Wednesday. One Eyed Cat plays upbeat old time fiddle music at the market, while local illustration artist Chalice Martin provides free face painting. That sits alongside vendors whose setups are distinctive in concrete ways: Whatcom Edge arrives with a solar-powered truck for knife sharpening, and Boot Scoot’n Peanuts serves hotdogs, lemon shake-ups, and fresh boiled peanuts. Even the standard market errand can take a few different directions here, from picking up berries and shortcakes to stopping for poke bowls or a bag of kettle corn while live musicians are on the calendar.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, which is the clearest policy detail likely to affect a visit plan. The market meets at Hammer Heritage Square on the corner of Ferry and Metcalf, with market materials also placing it on Metcalf Street at Hammer Heritage Square in downtown Sedro-Woolley. There are no restrooms listed in the visitor details. If you need a direct point of contact, market manager Jeremy Kindlund is named on market materials. Because the market runs on Wednesdays from 3 to 7pm, it works well as an after-work stop rather than an early morning shopping run.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP and EBT are accepted here through SNAP Market Match, and the market also references WIC and the USDA Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program. The market’s own language ties those programs to access to fresh, healthy food, making food access part of the market’s regular setup rather than a side note.