Welcome to the Phoenix Public Market, a program of  Community Food Connections, a 501 c 3 non-profit organization. The Market marks the spot where community revitalization, economic development and a showcase for local small-scale agriculture and local artists and crafters intersect in the heart of the city..  

CSM Card Holder News SPECIALS FOR THE WEEK OF AUGUST 31 Our special discount to purchase CSM cards (and recharges) ends August 31, but your CSM card is good until the end of the year. We'll continue to bring you the weekly and T-day specials, as well as other special offers for our CSM card community.   We're really looking forward to tomorrow, September 1, when we'll draw names from our contest submissions and one very lucky CSM card holder will have the value of their card doubled.  Too bad it's a random drawing - if we were voting on cuteness then D. Norris and son would win in a flash. (See their photo and recipe on Facebook.)   If you haven't entered already,  just post a  photo of your CSM card on Facebook or Twitter along with something you've purchased at the market.  Then we'll draw names from all the submissions and double the value of the CSM card for the person who's chosen. That's right - if you've purchased a $100 CSM card and you're the winner we'll add $100, or $250 if you're a $250 CSM card holder, or even $500 if you're a $500 card holder.  That's a lot of local! On twitter, we're PhxPublicMarket; on Facebook, look for Downtown Phoenix Public Market

CSM Card Weekly Special - $5 off all bottles of Dos Cabezas wine                    Our special for CSM card holders this week is $5 off any bottle of Dos Cabezas wine in stock. Not sure which bottle to choose?  Join Patty on Wednesday, September 1 from 5 to 7 pm when she samples the Red, El Norte and  Aguileon.   Started in 1995, Dos Cabezas winery was purchased by its current owners, the Bostocks, in 2006 after Todd Bostock had served as winemaker there for three years. The winery relies on two major vineyards:  the Pronghorn Vineyard in Sonoita and the Cimarron Vineyard in Willcox.  The operation is truly a family affair - check out the website for photos of their "child labor", "infant labor" and even their dog! It's our T-Day special!  $1 off Recycled Wine Glasses with the Market logo    Tuesday and Thursday for CSM cardholders only.   Made from recycled wine bottles from our very good friends at Refresh Glass, these 12 oz. glasses are of course wonderful for drinking wine, but they're also sturdy enough for all of your everyday beverage needs.  We may be biased, but we think the logo is pretty cool too.  And who knows, when you purchase a set of glasses you may be drinking out of the very bottles you recycled at the market through our everyday wine bottle recycling program!

Reminder: Reminder: The current CSM card discount offer is only available until August 31.  Can't make it to the market? You can purchase the card on-line at our website.    On September 1, the CSM card will be available for purchase at full price for $50, $100, $250 and $500.  Card holders will be eligible for all CSM specials.   Please tell your friends about the CSM card. Thank you!

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Your contribution to Community Food Connections is tax deductible.

Thank you for your support.

Your financial contribution today helps the Phoenix Public Market benefit local farmers and producers, the local economy, consumers and community revitalization efforts through:

• Helping low-income families to buy fresh locally grown fruits and vegetables;
• Providing a resource guide promoting nutrition services at farmers' markets;
• Sustaining Arizona’s agricultural bounty and heritage;
• Supporting the local economy;
• Growing the Phoenix Public Market, adding to revitalization efforts and providing opportunity for neighborhood businesses;
• Showcasing local farmers;
• Connecting school cafeterias with farmers and providing children with access to healthy, nutritious and delicious local food.

Here are a few links with stories, photos of the Market Store for you to follow:

http://downtowndevil.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/slower-food-at-phoenix-public-market/#comment-121

http://www.examiner.com/x-4203-Phoenix-Farmers-Markets-Examiner~y2009m11d3-Phoenix-Urban-Grocery-and-Wine-Bar-opens

http://www.azcentral.com/photo/#phototop (go to Community tab, 4th row)

Phoenix Permaculture Classes - Please visit Phoenix Permaculture for class location and more info.

  Our new store sign!
(Design and photo by Tom Martin of TMPDC, sign by Airpark Signs.)

Support the Market with your United Way pledge at your workplace! Our # is 56528

Make pledges to:

Community Food Connections

P.O. Box 22216

Phoenix, AZ  85028

602-493-5231

Check with your employer as to how to sign up.

LISC Phoenix provided a $30,000 operating grant and brought the Arizona Community Foundation, St. Luke's Health Initiatives and other funders to the table, raising a year's worth of working capital for expanded operations. With operating funds in hand, CFC can now secure loan funds from the Industrial Development Authority of the City of Phoenix for tenant improvements to turn the spare brick building into a permanent Market Store.

For some photos from LISC's newsletter, The Portal, please visit Slide Show.

A Day at the Market - time lapse video from the heights of the Westward Ho by John McIntosh -               
                              click here to view at YouTube

Community Food Connections is proud to be a member of ONE Community - an interactive web and events community for gay, lesbian and allied individuals and corporations. 

A million thanks to Austin Commercial and Tom Condon and Dave Niehuis for taking care of the parking lots and being wonderful neighbors. We truly appreciate their support. Also, heartfelt kudos to Southwestern Litho - they provide storage, and the nuts and bolts help with trash and utilities to keep things clean and comfortable. And props to our landlord Kurt Schneider of Schneider & Schneider LLC, also, for everything, little and big...

Look for the More of Arizona's Best products - McClendon's Select Honey, Queen Creek Olive Mill items, Grady's Barbeque, Urban Ovens and Fistiki Farms in the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar!

Downtown Phoenix Public Market, By Sharon Salomon
Article Reprinted with permission from Phoenix Downtown Magazine
December 2007
When I moved to Phoenix some 30 years ago, small farms surrounded our West Phoenix neighborhood. We used to buy fruits and vegetables from a farmer-owned produce stand a few blocks from our house. Iappreciated buying directly from the person who had grown the food. There was a certain charm to knowing that the farmer from whom I was buying had personally picked the corn I was serving for dinner that night. Unfortunately, those small farms are long gone, replaced by strip malls and houses. Read the full text of this lovely story and   click on picture for full view.

Photos by Linda Felde

Market News:  View Video

INSIDE PHOENIX, On the Issues
Expansion Plans - Downtown Phoenix Public Market

Video provided courtesy

The City Public Information Office

Phoenix Channel 11

www.phoenix.gov/11


March 2009: On The Issues; Inside Phoenix:  Expansion plans for the Downtown Phoenix Public Market; Video interview featuring Community Food Connections Executive Director, Cindy Gentry and Maya Dailey of Maya's Farm, Board member of Community Food Connections and Don Keuth President of The Phoenix Community Alliance  

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Everything offered for sale at the Market is grown or made by the person selling it and the more ingredients that come from Arizona and the southwest the better. A limited amount of produce will be brought by the farmer from other Arizona farms - feel free to talk to them about where their produce comes from and their growing practices. Open since February 2005 the Market is a natural gathering place that celebrates neighborhoods and the neighbors. It offers an eclectic high-quality mix of:

• Fresh in-season fruits and vegetables, produce, flowers, jams,
  baked goods, dried beans, free-range eggs and honey
• Live plants and unique local arts and crafts
• Tasty hot foods, music and more

The Downtown Phoenix Public Market:

• Creates new and alternative outlets for Arizona growers and producers.
• Expands access to nutritious and locally produced foods for low-income children and adults.
• Brings new destinations and neighborhood retail and expanded pedestrian linkages.
• Meets escalating consumer demands for fresh and locally-produced foods.
  Builds local wealth, jobs and a revitalized community hub for residents of the community in which the market is located.
• Leverages resources for community-based organizations and other food and business related groups.
• Returns the market area to its historic role as a distribution area for Arizona produce/food brokers.