alleviate hunger and create food sufficiency for low-income households

  

Community Food Connections


Community Food Connections is a 501 c 3 non-profit organization established in 2002 whose mission it is to grow strong communities, healthy food, healthy families and healthy farms. We work to improve access to healthy food in underserved areas through expanding outlets for and production of local food. Our programs create jobs, support micro-enterprise development and build family self-sufficiency.

 

CFC has a successful track record including developing nutrition services at farmers markets statewide, a Farm to School Program and the Downtown Phoenix Public Market.  We developed the resources to bring the federal WIC and Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program to Arizona, as well as wireless point of sale terminals that can process food stamps at open-air markets. Our Farm to School program links local farmers with schools to improve the nutritional offerings in the cafeterias, often at low-income schools. This initiative not only improves the health of the children but creates new outlets for small local farmers who are struggling to make ends meet. 

 

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Our work includes:

  • Hunger Prevention through the Arizona Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, the EBT at Farmers' Market Project.  
  • Building self-reliant local and regional food systems with strategies that include  creating and offering on-going workshops to develop community leaders and community solutions to meet local food needs, develop infrastructure to support identified strengths and address gaps.
  • Creating and supporting local and regional economic and community development activities like the Downtown Phoenix Public Market and a pilot Farm to Cafeteria Program in order to improve overall quality of life and create healthier choices for Arizona households.

As you shop at a farmers' market this week you may meet up with an old acquaintance or make a new friend, try something new...or, taking a walk in your neighborhood you may also discover a community garden -  a place of many uses and seasons: besides fruits and vegetables, gardens grow relationships, creativity, and communication. They offer a place to enjoy the beauty and solace of nature even in the midst of an urban setting.

The market, the garden, the kitchen, the hearth, the dinner table, all build around la olla común (common pot) where food creates connections. Where smells, sounds, sights, and some of the best ideas are generated in a hundred daily ways.  Food - getting it, growing it, selling it, buying it, cooking it, eating it, making sure everyone has enough of it , just has its ways of bringing people together.  And where people come together there is community. Where there is community, individual ideas, dreams and strength connect and can be made even greater.


Phoenix 
Public Market

Urban Grocery and Wine Bar:

Tuesday - Saturday

7 a.m. - 8 p.m.

First Fridays - 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.

Open-Air:
Wednesdays
4 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Saturdays
8 a.m. - 1 p.m.



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.

Tastings this week in the Urban Grocery and Wine Bar:

Wednesday Feb. 9, 5 – 7- p.m.– that’s tonight – selections from Rancho Rossa and Dribble Creek vineyards, and Oak Creek Brewery of Sedona. Denise Dupree will also conduct an artisanal cheese tasting alongside the wines!

February 12, 2011, 10:00 am - 1:00 pm: Come to the Urban Grocery & Wine Bar for a Nimbus Brewing Company beer tasting featuring their Dirty Guera Blonde Ale, Red Ale, Brown Ale, Old Monkeyshine Pub Ale and Oatmeal Stout.

 

Wednesday Evening Open-Air Market – Hey Joe food truck joins the Market with Filipino Street Food – straight from Lapu Lapu City! Wei of Chocolate, Relish This, Crazy Cajun Spice Co., and Torched Goodness are some of the other food vendors at the Open-Air Market tonight. Pud’s Cackleberries brings cage-free eggs and the produce is fresh from the fields: kale, collards, mustard greens, salad mix, carrots, radishes, beets, broccoli, turnips, winter squash and fresh herbs, citrus, plant starts and more.

Food Truck Friday – Enjoy your favorites with Sunshine and Spice, Short Leash Dogs, Riteway Catering, Jamburritos, Sweet Republic Ice Cream and Paradise Melts.

The Saturday Open-Air Market includes live folk, ethnic, fun and spirited music by Carlos Urtubey. Treehouse Bakery joins us with vegan baked goods, and the Market welcomes new local farmers Sandi Bryan and Seasonal Fresh!

The National Kidney Foundation of Arizona, a local non-profit, will be on-site raising awareness about the nearly 600,000 Arizonans who have Chronic Kidney Disease and their vision of a society where kidney disease no longer interferes with the quality of life.

 

Our thoughts and hearts are with the family and friends of Jane Reddin of Practical Art, who passed away this Sunday after a long illness.

Join us now on Twitter at http://twitter.com/PHXPublicMarket

and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/phoenixpublicmarket

 

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 wine and beer specials:

Tuesday: buy 1 bottle, get 2nd bottle half price
Wednesday: $1 off 6 packs of beer (local and regional artisan beers available individually, 6-pack or build your own 6-pack)
Thursday: $1 off wine flights
Friday: 25% off 6 bottles of wine or more
Saturday: $2 off bottle of wine with purchase of artisan cheese plate
Sunday & Monday: closed

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

» Riteway Catering!  

 


 

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