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It's Peachy at the Market
Saturdays, 8 am-1 pm, parking lot on Cornell in front of Safeway

The second half of the market season has just begun, with more foods, more produce, more artisans, and great music. Upcoming talent scheduled at the market includes Jill Trenholm, Bob Colwell, Elke Robitaille Duo, and Eric John Kaiser.

Ripe and juicy local peaches are a summer treat not to be missed!

The Peach Party is on September 6, with a giant peach roaming the market. We've got really great breakfast and lunch food at the market these days—La Popular's incredible tamales, Abuela Chona's authentic Argentinian-style empañadas, Matt's Crepe-Dog Cart, and more coming soon! It's going to be a really fun August, September, and October at the market.

Leedy Grange will have their second Sunshine Pantry donation booth at the Market on August 23. Bring donations of personal items (toiletries, soap, etc.), cleaning supplies, paper goods—did you realize that food stamps can't be used for necessities like toilet paper or diapers— packaged food, school supplies, and please consider buying a little extra produce and we'll make sure it gets to people who would welcome some fresh food in their diet!

Our vendors proudly offer a wide array of locally grown goodness, running the gamut from incredible vegetables, nuts, and honey to gorgeous perennial flowers to fresh eggs, and lamb, turkey, pork, chicken, beef. The great mix of new vendors and their offerings sprinkled among the long-time vendors with their fabulous and familiar goods makes every trip to the market interesting and unique.

If you’re looking specifically for organic-grown foods, we have Malinowski’s Organic Farm at the market every-other-week, offering their organic grass-fed local beef, chicken, and eggs, with orders welcome anytime. A new face at the market this month is Tanglewood Farms, featuring organic lamb, pork, turkey, and chicken grown in the Forest Grove area. Ask them for CSA information!

Another certified organic vendor to keep in mind is Dinihanian’s Farm, who had a limited presence at the market last year, but this year, much to market guests’ delight, they’ve been a weekly vendor, and we’re thrilled with their truly organic offerings.

If you don’t get hung up on labels, you can find chemical-free, though not certified organic, vegetables and fruits at Galin-Flory Farms, our all-natural-practices grower who has been with the market for nearly a decade. Hard-working family farmers Teresa and Matt of Galin-Flory Farms are thrilled to share their dedication to growing high-quality food with all of us, while promoting sustainable farming practices, a healthy environment, and stewardship of their Canby-area property, once the world-famous Steele’s Pansy Gardens.

So if you’re looking for good food for your family, grown without chemicals, without herbicides, without pesticides, and without genetically-modified seed, be sure to stop in at Dinihanian’s Farm and Galin-Flory farm. Another natural-practices option for “just berries” at the market is ELA Farms of Woodburn (formerly called Efimoff Berries). They offer the widest berry selection, usually with several different kinds of berries (various blackberries, raspberries, and blueberries) offered on any given market date. Dinihanian’s and Galin-Flory both offer CSA programs, and you can learn more about them at the market.

Long-time market regulars, like the Olive Lady with her wonderful olive oils, olives, and more, will be around, as well Bennett’s Urban Farm Store with jams and jellies, and their coffee made from locally-roasted beans.

The Cedar Mill Farmers Market just wouldn’t be the great community venue that it is without the local artisans who share the beautiful results of their hard work with us when they get a chance, so be sure to stop in to the ever-changing booths of garden art, metal work, fine art, quilting, other sewing, and knitting work, fused glass, clever and beautiful jewelry, origami-themed art, soaps & other skin-care products, “green” glass, batik, and even massage. There’s always something new at the market, so why not join your family and friends in our community and make it a part of your Saturday ritual?

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