A lively collection of area farmers, specialty food producers and local chefs. Cooking demonstrations held weekly with the 5 Minute market Chef and Edible Education Series.
A lively collection of area farmers, specialty food producers and local chefs. Cooking demonstrations held weekly with the 5 Minute market Chef and Edible Education Series.
This market really stepped up to serve during the covid emergency, with preordering, drive thru service, social distancing built right in to the structure of the market. The number of vendors dropped from 100 to half that, but variety and diversity were still there: 20 culture’s cuisines, multiple growers, veg fruit honey meat eggs cheese fish all there. breakfast and carry home premade foods, pastries and sweets, native indigenous desert foods, etc. And market usually goes only till end of May, but this year providing essential and healthy groceries to everyone including SNAP thru the end of June. Fantastic.
Best market for sustainability efforts, small business mentoring, food truck to brick and mortar success, support for combatting food deserts, support for ethical wild food foraging, community engagement cross culturally, reducing waste and food miles, encouraging young new farmers. Best local food variety, quality, organic, gmo-free, landrace crops, native crops, affordable prices. Veg and fruit, meat, dairy, baked goods, sundries, all food. SNAP, WIC, other programs. Bike and trolley access. 125 vendors and 4000-6000 customers weekly.