Fresh Food from Whidbey Farmers

Like many rural areas, Whidbey has become a hub for back-to-the-farm folk selling organic produce via subscription to their green thumb-challenged neighbors. On the South End, Tilth Market organizers Anza Muenchow and Marc Wilson provide a sampling of that week’s best harvest for their subscribers from their Maha Farm off Glendale Road in Clinton. Just an egg’s throw away, Mike Nichols of Whidbey Green Goods, will deliver his week’s produce to you.

Molly Petersons offers organic produce from Molly’s Island Garden in Langley. Email petersns@whidbey.com or call (360) 321-5547. In Freeland, Lois Wenzek womans a year-round farm stand at Forget Me Not Farm, 5700 Double Bluff Road. 

North Enders rely on Linda Bartlett’s Rosehip Farm and Garden in Coupeville, (360) 678-3577 or email rosehip@whidbey.net) and Karry Brooks’ Laughing Ducks and Barking Dogs Farm in Oak Harbor, (360) 679-2914, for their farm-fresh offerings.

Summer farmers’ markets from Bayview to Oak Harbor offer fresh produce, flowers, baked goods, eggs, and local crafts. Throw in a marimba band and what better way to start your morning? Bayview and Tilth Farmers’ Markets run from 10am to 2pm on Saturday morning off State Route 525 at Bayview. In Coupeville, the Coupeville Farmers Market kicks off during the same Saturday morning hours at Alexander and 8^th Street behind the library.

If you overslept on Saturday, Greenbank Farm’s Sunday Market, located off State Route 525 in Greenbank, can provision your larder. Oak Harbor’s Thursday Market sets North Enders up for the weekend. Stop by between 4 and 7pm at their State Route 20 location near the Chamber of Commerce Visitor Information Center.

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