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Spring is here and so is the asparagus! |
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Community News
Saving the Soil, Saving Ourselves MALT presents a film preview & talk with Deborah Garcia on Sunday, March 13th 4 - 6pm. Get tickets. Community Conversation #6 First Sunday Farmers Market Ride Marin Bicycle Coalition is planning monthly rides to the Marin Farmers Market the first Sunday of every month. Learn more. Late Winter Frost Could Mean Slim Pickings Composted Manure is the Gardener's Best Friend The Slippery Business of Picking Fish
Cold Weather Damages Northern Calif. Farmers' Crops
Q & A with Bicycle Coffee Co.
Farmers Market Committees Working on Plan to Fight Cheating
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Win Tickets to See Michael Pollan 
The Contest: Post a picture of your favorite springtime fruit or vegetable from any AIM farmers market on AIM's Facebook page. Creativity counts! Be sure to mention which market you're shopping at. The top three photos will each win a pair of tickets. Contest closes on Wednesday, March 16th at 3pm. Winners will be contacted by AIM staff that afternoon and can pick up the tickets at their local AIM farmers market.
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Pluck & Feather Urban Farm Resource  Wondering what food grows best in the Bay Area? Thinking about getting backyard chickens? Honeybees? Best place for garden supplies? Come on down to the Grand Lake Farmers Market and get your questions answered at the Pluck & Feather urban farm resource table!
Pluck & Feather is a backyard learning farm in the Grand Lake neighborhood that is reaching beyond the backyard to the farmers market to share best practices. Check out demonstrations on seed harvesting, examples of small space growing, and other helpful tips. Join us this spring at the urban farm resource table, held every other Saturday from 10am to 1pm and followed by a tour of the Pluck & Feather Farm. |
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Ever Dream of Turning your Passion for Local Food into a Business? 
Working Solutions, a small Bay Area business lender, specializes in providing loans to entrepreneurs who have been denied a conventional bank loan. They have aided many food industry businesses from restaurants and food trucks to producers of ready-made energy bars, and would like to extend their services to all AIM community members. Their loans range from $5,000 to $50,000 and are supported by business coaching, advising, and mentoring throughout the term of the loan.
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Zero Waste Education Volunteers 
AIM is thrilled to launch a new recycling and composting program at the Thursday and Sunday Marin Farmers Markets. We need a dedicated team of volunteers to help educate farmers market shoppers about how to use the new system correctly and to encourage recycling and composting.
Volunteers will manage 3 Zero Waste stations at the Thursday and Sunday markets from 9:30 am to 1:30 pm. During this introductory phase it will be important to have volunteers available to help market shoppers put their waste, recyclables, and compostables into the correct bins. We invite you to submit a volunteer application and visit our website to learn more. |
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 Marin Civic Center Thursday:
Join the taco truck craze on Thursdays and come down to the market for lunch. Jason and Justin (aka "The Taco Guys") whip up a wide variety of farmers market fresh creations every week, from the classic batter-fried fish taco to a taco featuring braised beef cheeks from Marin Sun Farms. The Taco Guys take street tacos to a whole new level.
Thursdays 8am - 1pm |
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 Marin Civic Center Sunday:
Give a warm welcome to Couture Farms from the south of the Central Valley. Cori Couture is joining us every Sunday this spring with organic pistachios and asparagus. Check out the asparagus shoots popping up on their farm!
Sundays 8am - 1pm |
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 Stonestown:
Swing by the "sweet end" of the market this Sunday for a special treat from Applebaum Bakery. Headquartered in Marin County, owner Joe Applebaum brings a large selection of cookies, bars, tarts and special order cakes to the Stonestown market every week. Let the kids load up on some old fashioned "rocket fuel" before they hit the jump houses across the way.
Sundays 9am - 1pm |
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 Newark:
Jorge Ramos started J & J Farms about 15 years ago in Hughson, CA. Today the farm stretches over 600 acres where Jorge cultivates apples, apricots, cherries, grapes, walnuts, and almonds (pictured in the shells on right). J & J has been with AIM for the past 12 years and has been a cornerstone of the Newark farmers market since its inception.
Sundays 9am - 1pm
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New vendor Pot Pie Paradise has ventured beyond their Hayward storefront to join the farmers market on Saturdays. Their pies are made with olive oil instead of shortening, produce from the farmers market, free range chicken and Niman Ranch beef. Customers are snatching up these hotcakes as fast as they can. Come see what everyone is raving about!
Saturdays 9am - 1pm |
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 Oakland-Grand Lake:
While gathering your produce for the upcoming week's meals, swing by Spring Hill Jersey Cheese to sample a mouth-watering variety of cheeses. With flavors from smoked yellow cheddar to organic Monterey Jack, and even garlic curds, there is a favorite here for every cheese lover! Hot tip: try their lemon quark as a substitute for classic cream cheese.
Saturdays 9am - 2pm |
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