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Vote for your Favorite Farmers Market
American Farmland Trust has launched its annual contest to find America's favorite farmers market. Please take a moment to tell America why you love your local Ag Institute farmer market!
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Eat Local
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Food & Farming News
Bohemian.com covers AIM vendor Brittany Crepes & Galletes
Marin's farmers hang on despite drop in milk prices
Marin IJ
Marin Sun Farms' butcher shop debuts
Marin City gets its own market
Marinscope
Flash Mob does Debbie Renolds number at Marin Farmers Market
Organic Agriculture: a solution to global warming?
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Marin Farmers Markets Move
Due to the Marin County Fair, the Marin Farmers Markets will be held at the Mall at Northgate on Thursday, July 1st and Sunday, July 4th. On both days, the market will take place in the parking lot in front of the Century Theatres and Sears during its regular hours, 8 am-1 pm. The markets will return to their regular locations at the Marin Veteran's Auditorium (Thursdays) & the Marin Civic Center (Sundays) the following week.
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Waste Wise at the Farmers Market
Four AIM Farmers' Markets - Stonestown, Grand Lake, Hayward and Newark - will be launching market waste stations in July. StopWaste.org granted AIM $5000 to implement a waste management program at our East Bay farmers' markets with the goal of ensuring that as much market waste as possible is either recycled or composted. Each market will be equipped with banners, signage and containers, which combine to make the "Waste Wise Station" pictured below.
 The project has laid the groundwork for AIM to launch similar programs at all 9 of our markets - we look forward to introducing stations in the coming weeks. The Waste Wise Stations represent a significant step in AIM's efforts to minimize market waste, thus reducing the footprint of each market. Volunteers will be situated at the stations to assist customers with sorting their trash. If you'd like to join us as a trusty Waste Wise Volunteer, please visit our volunteer page.
Many thanks to CUESA for sharing their prototype for a Waste Wise Station pictured above! |
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BYOB to Enter Plant Start Drawing at Hayward Farmers Market
 Each week, customers who B.Y.O.B. (bring their own bags) to the Hayward Farmers Market will get a chance to enter a drawing to win an heirloom variety plant start. Stop by the information booth to participate. We'd like to celebrate you in addition to entering your name in the raffle!
Curious what you would do with your plant start, should you be the lucky winner? Check out Urban Farm Online, read the New York Times article Growing Vegetables Upside Down for some creative ideas, or ask one of our farmers who sells plant starts. You can also glean inspiration from the Golden Oaks Montessori School in Hayward, pictured above. The plant starts AIM donated this spring are thriving at their school garden. Well done, farmers in training!
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 Thursday Marin: The Straus Family Creamery has finally arrived at the Marin Farmers Markets! They refurbished an old milk truck from the 1940s to bring their organic dairy products to market. Come on down and check it out.
Thursdays 8am - 1pm |
 Sunday Marin: Wheres the beef? Get your Independence Day steaks and burgers at the market. Try Drake's Bay Family Farms' organic beef, Marin Sun Farms, or Prather Ranch (pictured on right).
Sundays 8am - 1pm |
 Stonestown: Congradulations to Happy Dumplings who opened their own restaurant in San Francisco last month! Check out Little Saigon Cafe next time you are in downtown San Francisco.
Sundays 9am - 1pm |
 Novato: New to the market this year is Marshall's Honey with an assortment of local honeys. The much anticipated Sartori Farms is back with fresh organic strawberries from West Marin. Tuesdays 4pm - 8pm |
 Newark: Welcome Perry Farms, from Fremont, with their fresh organic produce, and G & S Farms, from Brentwood, bringing outstanding sweet summer corn!
Sundays 9am - 1pm |
 Marin City: One month in, and the Marin City Farmers Market is hitting its stride. Thank you to all those who have joined us thus far! We anticipate that the market will continue to evolve as our customer base grows - so please invite your family and friends! Come explore an abundance of delicious stonefruit. Get your fill of peaches, nectarines, and apricots from Hamada Farm, EGB Farm, and Diekmann Farms.
Sundays 8am - 1pm |
 Hayward: Every Saturday Soleil's African Kitchen whips up delicious Congolese entrees for market patrons. New on their menu this summer is a mouth-watering vegetarian plate.
Saturdays 9am - 1pm |
 Grand Lake-Oakland: Heirloom tomatoes have arrived - and summer is officially on! Get your fix from Toscano and Sons, Wild Boar Farms, Capay Valley Organic and Balakian Farms.
Saturdays 9am - 2pm |
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 Fairfax: Laguna Farms has returned to Bolinas Park with an assortment of veggies from Sebastopol. Russ Sartori is also joining us on Wednesday nights with his local strawberries.
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