Express Solidarity with Former Real Food Employees
The Friends of the Noe Valley Farmers' Market support the former employees of Real Food who were abruptly fired and, we believe, without cause. In fact, you may well recognize some of your friends from the store at the market.
Build Community
The farmers' market will serve in the economic sense of a market, but also as a place where neighbors will meet each other and develop relationships with farmers and market volunteers, including former Real Food employees.
Provide Healthy Food
Food is front and center at a farmers market. Produce grown in healthy soil free of pesticides and petroleum–based fertilizers is healthier for the humans who consume it and and the workers who grow and harvest it. It also sustains the health of the farmland, the surrounding watershed, and everything that lives downstream from the farm.
Support a Vibrant Local Small Farm Economy
A farmers' market is just a part of a food economy built upon a web of small local farms. Compared to large–scale industrial agriculture, this employs more people, provides more food security, and promotes crop diversity. And the dollars you spend at a farmers market stay closer to home.
The Farmers Market will operate every Saturday, providing a regular, high–quality food source for the community. Products sold at the market will include fresh, seasonally available vegetables and fruit, as well as honey, nuts, and dried fruit. Join us, find some wonderful fresh produce, enjoy the music, and spend some time getting to know your Noe Valley neighbors.