Ballard Farmer’s Market in full bloom. Once an a…
Ballard Farmer’s Market in full bloom. Once an alternative Seattle neighborhood, Ballard has gone WAY upscale. You can find couture cheese by local Mt. Townsend dairy, honey from bees pollinated in California, fresh seafood ~ though luck eludes those seeking the season’s first Copper River Salmon. Here’s a bit of circular logic: apparently every Copper River salmon harvested is spoken for the minute it hits the boat. Locals never see it. The season’s first catch is the most sought after because it is the freshest. Fisherman will charter private planes for the first catch because it commands the highest prices. Every season the media spin the health benefits of salmon consumption. Every year local waters become more polluted and the salmon population dwindles, commanding higher prices. The french have their truffel trade, the dutch had their tulips. Ballard has…artisan breads and lamb sausage on a stick. Oh, and no salmon.