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Farmers’ Markets
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates more than a million people visit a farmers’ market each week they are open. More than 20,000 farmers use farmers’ markets to sell to consumers. On average, the produce you find in your local supermarket has been transported about 1,500 miles to its destination. Compare this distance to the average of 50 miles of travel for produce appearing at a farmers’ market. Starting in 1979 with a few farmers selling off the backs of their trucks in an empty lot in Arcata, our region now boasts farmers’ markets from Garberville northward as far as Crescent City, and from Shelter Cove eastward to include Weaverville. The largest and oldest farmers’ markets organization in our region is the North Coast Growers’ Association, managing five markets in Northern Humboldt County. The Southern Humboldt farmers’ markets manages four markets. Dates, locations and times of markets may change from year to year. Contacts are provided if you wish to check for changes.
North Coast Growers Association (NCGA) www.humfarm.org
Humboldt Community Alliance with Family Farmers (Humboldt-CAFF) www.caff.org/regions/humboldt.html
Local Harvest www.localharvest.org
North Coast Growers Association (NCGA)
P.O. Box 4232 Arcata CA 95518 707-441-9999 www.humfarm.org
Certified markets were established to promote direct marketing, from the field to the consumer, without a middleman. One of the first four Certified farmers’ markets in the State of California, our own NCGA is now the longest continuously running Certified Market in California. Their guidelines allow farmers to sell only produce that the farmers have actually grown, and the person doing the market selling must be the grower or an employee of the farm. Certified Markets are helping to bring back the small family farm by giving local farmers an opportunity to sell directly to the consumer at fair market value. They also ensure that the consumer buys a genuinely local product, not something picked underripe and shipped thousands of miles. The consumer gets the freshest, naturally ripened fruit and vegetables, in addition to local honey, oysters, beef, mushrooms, cheese, flowers, herbs, trees, and bedding plants, directly from the producer. Regional wine that’s been certified organic is now also available at some of the North Coast farmers’ markets. April through November
Arcata Saturdays, on the Arcata Plaza 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Live music starts at 10 a.m.
Tuesdays, across from the Co-op at the parking lot on 8th and I 3:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Eureka Tuesdays, in Old Town 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursdays, Henderson Center 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
McKinleyville Thursdays, McKinleyville Shopping Center 3 to 6:30 p.m.
Southern Humboldt Farmers’ Markets (SHFM)
Everett King P.O. Box 218 Redway CA 95560 707-986-7230 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it May though October
Garberville Fridays, Garberville Town Square 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Shelter Cove Next to the marina Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Miranda (Avenue of the Giants) Tuesdays, near the Miranda Post Office 1 to 5 p.m.
Ferndale Saturdays, next to the Victorian Village Inn, end of Main St. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Holly Kreb 707-722-4330 May 25 through late October Tuesdays, 10th and Main Sts. 3 to 6 p.m.
Del Norte County Linda LaMarr Crescent City CA 95531 707-464-3174 www.northerncalifornia.net June to October Saturdays, Del Norte Fairgrounds parking lot 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Trinity County
May to November
Hayfork 530-623-5947 Fridays, on Main Street 4 to 7 p.m.
May to October Sue Corrigan, Market Mgr. 530-623-6821 Call 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Highland Art Center Meadow 4 to 7 p.m. Weaverville Fortuna |