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Find out more about WHO'S WHO at the Market. Click on "Our Vendors" under the Market News tab, and scroll down or click on the categories listed at the top for a product overview and contact information.
Volunteers Wanted: The Market depends on volunteers of all ages for its growth and success. If you have some time occasionally or more than occasionally your help would be very much appreciated. Please contact Cindy at cgentry@foodconnect.org or phone 602-493-5231.
Photo below by James Hannon)
Local artists and crafts people are be on hand to sell their work, including prints and paintings by FerMar arts, tiles and sun-catchers from Ann Richards' Alley Cat Art Studio, ceramics by Alan Jones, hand-beaded curtains by Vicklet Creations. Fallen Wood Turnings offers bowls, vases and jewelry made from wood from the urban forest.
Navajo artists Marjorie Jensen, Theresa Begay and Nathan and Michelle Curley offer an array of hand-crafted jewelery and unique pottery. Cotton Country Jams' mouthwatering, colorful condiments complement bread, pudding, muffins and granola from the Bread Basket Bakery, while the Nubian Queen (she's the Bean Pie Lady), P&M Pastries with their European-style cream puffs, cakes, cookies and more, Jan's Baked Goods and Pat's Pecan Treats and Soaps sweeten the mix of delectable goodies to bring home to serve at your own kitchen table. And you can enjoy Coffee and Tea Express' fresh roasted direct trade coffee beans, hot fresh coffee and hot cocoa. They now offer SPORTea as well. The Wei of Chocolate has a unique presentation of this magical essence...be sure to ask for samples! Photo by Ed Liebow
Stop by and sample Market Chef Elizabeth's simple and delicious recipes using market products. Treatskees has hand-made dog bones made with natural and organic materials. And find a treat or cozy bed or tote for that special 4-legged friend at UKDK (Unique Kreations for Dogs and Kats). Friendly Copper Square Ambassadors are on-site every weekend to answer your questions about Downtown Phoenix, where it's at, and how to get there. And many thanks to Dave, JA and Sven and our volunteers that help keep the Market going and growing Market Team Sponsors include: click here Market Partners and Benefactors have generously contributed time, expertise and resources as follows: click here Who's at the Market? - visit our vendors! |
Phoenix Urban Grocery and Wine Bar: Tuesday - Thursday 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. First Friday Sept. 3 11 a.m. - 11 p.m. Saturdays 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. Open-Air: Saturdays  What's Happening Many thanks to all of you who visit the Market through rain and shine! Your donation supports downtown's first local food grocery store. Located just adjacent to the current Market site, the Market Store increases your access to fresh, local products, add to the Market's visibility, and help us grow closer to our goal of establishing a permanent public market in the heart of our city. With your donation to Community Food Connections and the Phoenix Public Market, you also are supporting local small businesses, independent artisans, and Arizona agriculture. Your vote can help the Market! The Power of Community – Phoenix Style! Help create sustainable living practices in our community: Arizona Homegrown Solutions (AZHS) http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/ has been selected as one of 41 finalists across the country for a chance to win $20,000 through a grant from Tom’s of Maine. The funds would allow AZHS to install 4 water harvesting cisterns at area non-profits, including the Phoenix Public Market. The grant would also provide green job training for underserved populations and free water harvesting classes for the public. There will be only five winners, chosen by popular demand. So AZHS needs YOUR help now please to vote once each day (on any internet devices you have access to!) until Sept 10th so they can win. Go HERE to vote: http://www.tomsofmaine.com/community-involvement/living-well/finalists-overview/poll and scroll down to Arizona Homegrown Solutions, Phoenix Arizona. Every vote counts and will help make sustainability more accessible for everyone. Thank you! The Phoenix Public Market was voted Number 16 in the country - large market category thanks to you!
Your vote can help our vendors win too! Two Phoenix-based food trucks are in the running for the next season of Food Network's
Hosted by Food Network personality Tyler Florence, the "Great Food Truck Race" pits seven food trucks against each other to cook their way across the country. During each episode, the teams that sell the most food move on, and the team that sells the least is eliminated. The winner receives $50,000.
Concerned about your eggs? Chile Acres, Dave the Eggman, One Windmill Farm, Golo Family Organic Farm, and Arizona Homegrown Solutions have fresh, cage-free eggs each week at their booth outdoors – you know the farmer, and they know their chickens!
In the Urban Grocery, the Market offers fresh, cage-free eggs from Conchita’s Farm in central Phoenix, as well as Hickman’s cage-free eggs from happy chickens in Central Valley, CA. Wednesday Market: The first Wednesday in September market features Wei of Chocolate, Bread Basket Bakery, Dr. Hummus, the Tamale Store, Short Leash Dogs and our beautiful farm stalls: Arizona Homegrown Solutions’ Community Exchange Table, Horny Toad Farm, One Windmill Farm, Hungery Baer Troyer Poultry, and Hartill Enterprise’s Beefalo meat.
JOIN US First Friday, Sept. 3 in the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar for music by Acoustic Desert, 7 - 11 p.m.
Saturday Market: The Market welcomes the Somali Bantu Farm, with okra, squash and melons! And Addey Farm, with assorted melons grown on the Gila River reservation. Maya’s Farm has sweet pears from Carol Steele’s place up in Aravaipa. New this week also, Gigi’s Original Cobbler Factory brings fresh-baked peach cobbler! We welcome back Boothill Bronzeworks as well.
Need motivation to exercise this time of year? The weather's changing and the crowds are growing! Challenge yourself to join the Downtown Phoenix Fitness Walk / Jog every Saturday morning at 7 a.m. at Central and Pierce – south corner of the Market at Central Ave. It’s free and parking is free on the Market lot – east side of the alley. Bring water, friends and get more details at www.mileclubchallenge.com Urban Grocery summer wine and beer specials: Tuesday: buy 1 bottle, get 2nd bottle half price Phoenix Permaculture Guild: Please check www.phoenixpermaculture.org for class location and more info. Arizona Homegrown Solutions: Please visit http://azhomegrownsolutions.ning.com/ for upcoming events, interest and action groups.
Join us now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PHXPublicMarket and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/phoenixpublicmarket
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Our artists and crafters are fresh and local too! Original, hip, vibrant, and diverse - just like uptown - only Downtown! Meet the folks who, with their own hands and heart, add the shapes, colors and "style" to our urban lifestyle. The Downtown Phoenix Public Market celebrates local artists - they're always in season. (Photo of hand-carved spoons by the Phoenix Woodwright). 
Who: Maya's Farm, One Windmill Farm, the Maricopa Agricultural Center, Rainbow Valley Nursery, Two Wash Ranch (Dave the Egg Man), Chile Acres, Seacat Gardens, Horny Toad Farm, Crooked Sky Farm, Double Check Ranch, Rafter Six Ranch, and The Meat Shop offer the best of their Arizona-grown fresh in-season produce, flowers, free-range eggs, tepary beans, plants, hormone-free beef, pork and more at the Downtown Phoenix Public Market. 
Emelmahae Soap Co., Arte Mexico and Jewelry by Judith, Verna's Crafts, Southwest Designs in Jewelry, Essence of Paradise, Jules, Historical Cards, Glassy Ladies, MRS Pinafore, Artes Valenzuela, Watercolors by Peri, Boothill Bronzeworks, DMC Designs, and Beaded Dreams are some of the other artists and crafters with regular booth space. Photo by Linda Felde
DeCio Pasta brings their elegant hand-made pasta, in many beautiful flavors and shapes. Terra Verde Farms offers saucy and unique blends to brighten any snack or meal. McClendon's Select honey is available next to the Information Booth, along with Sonoran Brewery Root Beer, Queen Creek Olive Mill products, crackers from The Urban Oven, Grady's Barbeque Sauce (3 flavors) Rohs Gourmet Fudge Sauce, local pecans and pistachios, soda, water and market t-shirts. Especial Tuna shares the fruits of their summer fishing by bringing albacore tuna from the Northwest wilds to the desert. Stop by Raimondo's to try his low-carb pastas, sandwiches and bruschetta toppings and crusty European Bread. Dr. Hummus lends a mid-eastern touch with their specialty hummus, baba ganoush, pita chips and baklava, while Belinda's Pickles take you back in memory and time with their spicy sweet flavor. The Tamale Store offers hand-made tamales and breakfast burritos. Tonatierra Community Development Corporation brings high energy high protein yulu beans. 
