Markets

From Foodcoop

We get the food from these local farmer's markets. If you need schedules for a specific farmer, see the directory.

[edit] Derby St

Tuesdays at Derby St and Martin Luther King, in Berkeley. Winter hours are 2-6 PM.

Kennedy Farms has citrus Pre-ordered food should include many fragile greens.

Derby buyers can drop food off at the secret safe-house across the street.

Run by the Ecology Center.

[edit] Center St

Saturday mornings, until about 2 PM on Center St in downtown Berkeley.

Apples from Bernie and good basic vegetables. Greens should be pre-ordered.

Food should be dropped off at Spiral Gardens once they're open at 1 or so.

[edit] Alemany

Saturday mornings until 2 PM, at the intersection of highways 101 & 280 in Bernal Heights. This is the cheapest market in the area, and supplies many restaurants. Usual purchase is a lot of veggies from the first stall (the conventional potatoes suck) and Avilas at the far end, fruit from Twin Girls, DeSantis, and sometimes others.

[edit] 9th St

Friday until 2 PM at 9th and Broadway in Oakland.

Usual purchases are: 40 lb. oranges from Twin Girls, a flat of strawberries from Santa Maria, veggies from Avilas or Specialty Produce, and kiwis.