School Program Leaders met in the “Classroom” in the Economy Building to plan for the upcoming classroom Field Trips.

We then headed out into the Market to reintroduce ourselves to some of the vendors. The first stop was a sad one, as we had to say farewell to Alan, at The Great Wind-Up. After 19 years as owner, he is closing his business. Many, many thanks to Alan for his willingness to chat with the kids, talk about running a business – and offering them a chance to play with some of his great toys! We wish him the best, and hope to see him around the Market in the future!

Later we dropped in on Scott, at Reflecting on Seattle, where he showed off some of his amazing photographic perspective:

We finished off our brief tour sharing a few laughs with Swan at Choice Produce:

We are ready! The first school tour is September 30th. Be sure and check out the updated Market Education Program!