April 29, 2011
Vol 5, Issue 2
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Market Updates                       
We hope to see you at tomorrow's test run for a proposed winter market layout. This miniature sized Hollywood Farmers Market will feature nine amazing vendors with a little bit of everything in the Grocery Outlet parking lot. We will be open from 8am - 1pm. If all goes well tomorrow, we're looking at a year-round farmers market in Hollywood!

onion stackSo what can you expect at the mini market tomorrow? Sweet Leaf Farm will be bursting at its seams with fresh produce for you. THINK Unique Gardens will have farm fresh eggs galore and an array of plants and garden starts. Pine Mountain Ranch will be there with pastured meats and eggs, Gabriel's Bakery will have their fresh baked breads, bagels, and sweets, and Alsea Acre Alpines will have goat cheese. Peak Forest Fruit will have wild mushrooms and other foraged delights, Linda Brand Crab will be there with cute little monkeyfresh seafood, and Nourishment will be cooking up savory and salacious breakfast burritos for you. Lastly but never leastly, Gales Meadow Farm will have a wide variety of certified organic starts for your garden and duck eggs! The Hollywood Farmers Market will return to it's full layout on Opening Day, next Saturday, May 7th.

 

See you at the market!

Fresh Fund Program Continues with Support from Central Northeast Neighbors & New Seasons Market 

kid in wagonCentral Northeast Neighbors has partnered with the Hollywood Farmers Market to continue the nutrition incentive program for SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) participants at the market. Every week, SNAP recipients are offered a dollar-for-dollar match up to $5 to spend on eligible products such as produce, meat, seafood, cheese, edible plant starts, and some baked goods.

 

This program fights hunger, helps neighbors in need, and supports a vibrant regional food economy. Even in a bountiful state like Oregon, hunger is a major concern for many Oregonians. According to the Oregon Hungnovember veggieser Task Force, Oregon "placed second highest among all states for a high percentage of hungry people" during the recent recession. Hunger can have long-term health consequences, leads to lowered academic success, lowered economic productivity, and creates greater reliance on social services.

 

The Oregon Hunger Task Force identifies three goals that will lead to lasting change in the fight against hunger in Oregon:

 

Goal 1 - Increase economic stability for people, communities, and the state.

Goal 2 - Cultivate a strong regional food system in Oregon.

Goal 3 - Improve the food assistance safety net.

 

Central Northeast Neighbor's Fresh Funds program at the Hollywood Farmers Market connects directly with Goals 2 & 3 through supporting farmers and regional food producers and by increasing food assistance at the Hollywood Farmers Market.

 

In 2010 the Fresh Funds program distributed more than $7,000 to neighbors in need. In turn, this tomatoes di liguriaprogram also supports our local economy. Through increased use of SNAP benefits at farmers markets, federal dollars that might otherwise be spent elsewhere go directly into the hands of our region's small farms and food producers. From helping out our neighbors to helping out our farmers, every facet of this program contributes to the success of our regional food economy and healthy urban neighborhoods.

 

We are very grateful for New Seasons Market's generous donation to the 2011 Fresh Funds program. This important program could not continue without their support. All contributions to the Fresh Funds program are now tax-deductible and every dollar in the fund helps increase the purchasing power of low-income members in our community.

 

Interested in Donting?

Checks can be made out to: Central Northeast Neighbors, HFM Fresh Funds.

Donations can be sent to: Central Northeast Neighbors, HFM Fresh Funds - 4415 NE 87th Ave, Portland, OR 97220.

A letter and Donation Receipt with tax information will be provided to you. Thank You!!!

 

Please stop by the market information booth to learn more.

 

New Seasons Market

Central Northeast Neighbors

Oregon Hunger Task Force 

At the Market

Winter Market Test Run - Saturday, April 30th, 8am - 1pm

 

Opening Day - Saturday, May 7th, 8am - 1pm

 

HFM's 15th Birthday Party - Saturday, May 21st, 10:30am

 2011 Hollywood Farmers Market Vendors

Abby's Table

Alderman's Greenhouse & Nursery

Alsea Acre Alpines

Ate-Oh-Ate

Baird Family Orchards

Big B Farm, Inc

Blooming Goodies

Buns On The Run LLC

Classic Foods, LTD

Columbia River Fish Co. Treaty 1855

Confectionery

dancing light ranch

De Martini Family Farms

Deck Family Farm

Deep Roots Farm

Delphina's Bakery

DeNoble's

Fatdog Mustard inc

feeleys fruit

Fleur de Lis Bakery and Cafe

Frog Meadow Farm

Gabriel's Bakery

Gales Meadow Farm

Gilson Marine Farms

glass jade nursery

Hacienda CDC

Happy Harvest Farm LLC

Herr's Family Farm

Hollywood

Inspired Salts

KCK Farms

Ken & June's Hazelnuts, Melcher Family Farm

Kiyokawa Family Orchards

Lady-Lane Farm

laurel ridge winery

Liepold Farms

Linda Brand Crab

Lion Heart Kombucha

Market Fruit/Packer Orchards

Maryhill Orchards & Vineyards

Mocha Romas coffee co.

Mt. Hood Organic Farms

Nature's Best-Oregon Honey

Nossa Familia Coffee

Nourishment

Old House Dahlias

Olympic Provisions

Peak Forest Fruit INC.

Persephone Farm

Pine Mountain Ranch

River Rock Nursery

Rose City Pepperheads

Sage and Sea Farms LLC

Sol Pops, LLC

Souper Natural, LLC

Sun Gold Farm, LLC

Sweet Briar Farms

Sweet Leaf Farm

Sylvan Valley

The Better Bean Company

THINK Unique Gardens

Thompson Farms

Two Brothers Foods

Unger Farms Inc.

Village Crepery

Willapa Hills Farmstead Cheese

Winter Green Farm



hfm_mapThe Hollywood Farmers Market is open Saturdays, May through Thanksgiving from 8am - 1pm. (November Markets begin at 9am).

We are located on NE Hancock Street between 44th and 45th Avenues (one block South of Sandy Blvd).

For more information, check us out online at www.hollywoodfarmersmarket.org.

See you Saturday!

Hollywood Farmers Market
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