Swedish Ballard hosts first farmers market

This Thursday you can buy fresh, locally grown produce at Swedish Ballard (5300 Tallman Ave NW). The medical center’s Nutrition Services department is hosting a farmers market in the first floor Cafeteria Conference Room from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. “We are buying the produce from our produce vendor that does all its sourcing from local farmers,” Ed Boyle with Swedish Medical Center tells us, “It will be the equivalent of a single large stall at a farmers market but there will be more variety than one vendor could offer.” Executive chef Eric Eisenberg says that there will not be any vendors as a regular practice but a visiting farmer or two may come in throughout the season. (Disclosure: Swedish Medical Center is a sponsor of MyBallard.)