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Celebrate National Farmers Market Week At Rocky Butte Farmers Market Saturday Aug 9, 2025 (Photo) -07/31/25

Portland, Oregon, July 31, 2025 – Rocky Butte Farmers Market invites market-goers to celebrate National Farmers Market Week at the market on Saturday August 9th from 9am-1pm. Learn more about what it really means to build community and shop local! Much like farmers markets, community doesn’t just happen - it takes a lot of time, effort, and care, being built from the ground up! Celebrate community with interactive art projects, market activities and prizes, and local community resources.

National Farmers Market Week is August 3-9, 2025! Now in its 26th year, this annual celebration highlights the vital role farmers markets play in our nation’s food system. 

August 9 highlights will include:

  •  Live Music by popular local singer-songwriter Brenna Larsen from 10 am-12 pm: https://www.brennalarsenmusic.com/

  • Community drawing activity to help design the new market truck mural

  • “Market Bingo” with prizes

  • A chance to meet your district councilors

Thanks to a generous collaboration led by the Native American Youth and Family Center (NAYA) and the Cully Farmers Market, the Cully, Woodlawn, and Rocky Butte Farmers Markets are teaming up to offer a 2025 food-sharing initiative called pahtl o’-pe-kwan in Chinuk Wawa—or “Full Basket” in English. Running through the end of August, the Full Basket Project provides $25 for the first 80 participants per market per week to be spent on produce, fish, eggs, meat, and honey. This program is open to anyone receiving any kind of government assistance, including SNAP benefits, Oregon Health Plan, etc, or experiencing financial hardship.
 

More than just a market, Rocky Butte Farmers Market strives to be an impactful community resource - collaborating with neighboring food pantries, nonprofits, and gardens to provide services to underserved community members, increase access to education and food security, and positively impact the ecology, health, and overall community well-being.
 

With uplifting community at the forefront of its mission, Rocky Butte Farmers Market offers multiple ways to make shopping at the market easier and more affordable: 

  • SNAP recipients can double their purchasing power with up to $20 matched per visit thanks to Double Up Food Bucks;

  • Access to essential resources such as SNAP eligibility screenings through Hunger-Free Oregon and regular distribution of free COVID tests and naloxone to support public health and safety in our community.

  • Each week Rocky Butte Farmers Market collects excess food from vendors to donate directly to Mainspring Pantry. This keeps high-quality, locally grown produce and handmade baked goods within the community to ensure that everyone has access to fresh, seasonal food, regardless of income.

  • New to the market this year is Veg-Education in collaboration with high school students in McDaniel High School’s Sustainable Agriculture CTE Program. This initiative focuses on lesser-known, in-season produce and helps educate shoppers on how to incorporate these foods into their weekly meals. Veg-Education will include student-tested recipes, an educational zine, storage and preparation tips to reduce food waste, a social media campaign, and live cooking demos at the market.

Rocky Butte Farmers Market features children’s activities, educational programming, weekly live entertainment, and more more than 20 local vendors. For an updated vendor list for the week, visit https://www.rockybuttemarket.com/vendor-list. The market runs every Saturday, 9 am-1 pm through October 25 in the Roseway neighborhood at NE Siskiyou, between 79th and 81st. 
 

Learn more about the market, this year's vendors, the weekly entertainment or apply to be a vendor at www.rockybuttemarket.com. Follow the market on Instagram at @rockybuttefarmersmarket and Facebook at @RockyButteFarmersMarket to stay informed on news and updates.


 

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