To Market, To Market! Fresh Produce, Fresh Prices in Seattle’s Central District

With all this talk about urban farming — check out the recent Seattle Times piece on Rev. Robert Jeffrey, Sr.’s initiative to bring local produce to families in the city core — we can’t overlook Seattle’s nod to its nearby agriculturalists: the Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance.

This network of seven farmers markets scattered across the city makes it simple for Seattleites to support local farmers and get the freshest eats possible. Add this septet of markets, each of which opens on a different day of the week, to the other Euro-style markets (all of them sisters of the Fremont food-and-flea market) and the iconic Pike Place Market, and you’ve got your pick of the produce, so to speak.

While some markets are neighborhood stand-bys that have avoided uprooting, others haven’t been so lucky. The Madison/Madrona Friday Market, for instance, has seen several locations in its 18-year history. Now located in the parking lot of the Grocery Outlet at the corner of MLK & E. Union, this market veteran is ready to settle down.

And, for those fresh-food junkies who want to settle in Seattle, too, but aren’t looking for room to grow their own veggies (read: condo-hounds), finding a place near a farmers market is a must. A few lush living spaces near the Madison/Madrona locale, all within 12 blocks of comida fresca, and now with fresh, new prices:

1806 E. Union, #F
Original Price: $479,950
*NEW* Price: $459,950
Specs: 2 bd, 2.5 bath
Size: 1,400

1818 23rd Ave. #B
Original Price: $439,950
*NEW* Price: $407,950
Specs: 2 bd, 2.25 bath
Size: 1,340

929 18th Ave. #A
Original Price: $424,950
*NEW* Price: $359,000
Specs: 2 bd, 2.5 bath
Size: 1,350