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Market Updates
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t's December, and after a delicious and relaxing holiday weekend the Hollywood Farmers Market is back in action for the Winter Market season and ready for you. With over 15 farmers, ranchers, and foragers and over 15 specialty crated food, beverage and home goods makers the market is ripe with early winter delights for your home, or as a gift for someone else's. See the full list of vendors on the right, and see all of our smiling faces and beautiful bounty Saturday from 9am-1pm on NE Hancock St.
Thank you to the
Moon & Sixpence
, this week's sponsor of
Double Up Food Bucks
! This program exists through the generosity of our sponsors and donors; see below for more on how you can help our low income neighbors shop at the farmers market!
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Help low-income shoppers put fresh local produce on the table!
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Hunger in Oregon is a problem that can't be ignored. Although the economy has improved for some, we still live in a state where 1 in 5 of our neighbors faces food insecurity.
Double Up Food Bucks began with a simple idea: that everyone deserves access to fresh, local produce from their neighborhood farmers market. With this in mind, we created a program in 2010 that would increase the spending power of shoppers using SNAP benefits (the program formerly known as food stamps).
Every market day, SNAP shoppers can use their Oregon Trail card and withdraw SNAP dollars to be used at the farmers market. The Hollywood Farmers Market provides an additional dollar in matching funds for every dollar of SNAP that they spend (up to $10 per customer), increasing the customer's spending power at the market and encouraging healthy eating. For many families, this extra $10 a week is what makes it possible for them to shop at the farmers market, rather than at a grocery store. Since 2010, we've matched over $73,000 to thousands of SNAP customers at the Hollywood Farmers Market.
Why support Double Up Food Bucks? (quotes from SNAP match recipients)
"I have a chronic health condition, so fresh veggies and fruits help to give me a better quality of life. The only way I can afford fresh produce is through this program."
"This program is actually helping my kids grow! They have eaten more fruit this summer than ever before."
"I feel much more connected to the community and to the food I eat when I buy fresh and local from the farmers market. Thank you!"
SNAP recipients who use their benefits at farmers markets bring our tax dollars back to Oregon, into the pockets of small farmers and into our economy, instead of into the hands of food manufacturers. For every one dollar spent, two dollars in federal funds come back to our family farmers and one child is eating broccoli instead of potato chips for dinner. Just a $20 donation means two families on food stamps will have access to a $10 match when they shop at their neighborhood farmers market.
Processed food does not have to be the only option for families on food stamps. Please support Double Up Food Bucks at Hollywood Farmers Market to ensure all Oregonians have access to healthy, fresh, local produce!
Donations can be made by cash or check at the Hollywood Farmers Market information booth (this month the farmers market is open on December 3rd and 17th), or checks made out to Hollywood Farmers Market can be sent by mail to PO Box 13233, Portland, OR 97213. If you have any questions about giving, contact Ari Rosner at ari@hollywoodfarmersmarket.org or (503) 803-7279.
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Vendors at Market
this Saturday |
- 2 Towns Ciderhouse
- Deck Family Farm
- Dragonfly Forge
- Fraga Farmstead Cheese
- Gales Meadow Farm
- Happy Harvest Farm
- He Sells These Shells
- Hot Mama Salsa
- Kiyokawa Family Orchards
- La Fountain Herbal
- Linda Brand Crab
- Montiel's Cocina
- Mt. Hood Organic Farms
- Naked Acres Farm
- Nature's Best Oregon Honey
- Nature's Wild Harvest
- Nossa Familia Coffee
- Nourishment
- Olympia Provisions
- Peak Forest Fruit
- Persephone Farm
- Portland Bitters Project
- River Rock Nursery
- Sacred Summit Herbal Elixirs & Chocolates
- Scratch Meats
- Stone Barn Brandyworks
- Stoneboat Farm
- Sun Gold Farm
- Sweet Briar Farms
- Thomas & Sons Distillery
- The Hummus Stop
- Winter Green Farm
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Lloyd Farmers Market
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Looking for a market to pick up some midweek groceries?
Tuesdays 10am-2pm
Year Round!
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Hours
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APR-SEP: Every Saturday, 8AM - 1PM
OCT - NOV: Every Saturday, 9AM - 1PM
DEC-MAR: 1st & 3rd Saturdays, 9AM - 1PM
Location
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NE Hancock Street between 44th and 45th Avenues (one block South of Sandy Blvd). In the Grocery Outlet parking lot.
For more information call (503) 709-7403,
See you Saturday at the market!
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