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Sponsor MFM this Year!
Montavilla Farmers Market is celebrating ten seasons (and growing!), but we wouldn’t be here at all without the help of our tremendous sponsors. Business and community support has been instrumental in...
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Use your SNAP card and double your money!
Get more fruits and vegetables when you use your Oregon Trail SNAP Card at Montavilla Farmers Market. It’s easy with Double Up Food bucks! For example, if you spend $10 of your SNAP dollars at the...
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Market swag for celebrating your MFM love!
Introducing the latest t-shirt design! MFM’s 10th season is represented by the fast growing pea shoot, and the promise of more tendrils and more years to come. We are so thankful to The Make House and...
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Taste of the Market: Salad Greens
Every month we feature a seasonal food by offering samples to taste of all the varieties brought to market that day by our farm vendors. This time around we’re presenting salad greens! Red and green...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Cerigioli Gardens – by Katrina Emery
The heat was rising at the market, and Tony Chastain laments that he forgot his spray bottle. “I like to spray unsuspecting kids,” he grins. “Some of them don’t know how to react.” He invites me to sit...
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Market Shopping Basket – June 19th by Katrina Emery
I arrived at the market first thing in the morning, and was immediately smitten with the smells, colors, and mostly the samples, at the market this Sunday. My husband and I both spread out, finding our...
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Abundant Fields Farm: Naturally Grown vs. Organic by Alexa Bell
In Orient, Oregon, east of Portland and just outside Gresham, is situated a small farm known as Abundant Fields. Run by Rick Reddaway and his family, the farm produces a variety of vegetables to be...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Scratch Meats – by Katrina Emery
Jeff Garritano is passionate about sausages. So passionate, in fact, that he gave up his job teaching middle school science and algebra to throw himself into making sausages full-time.“It’s a family...
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Hey Kids! Join the POP Club!
Kids Club Offers Free $5 Produce Coupons! Power of Produce (POP) Club is coming to the farmers market this summer! POP Club engages kids in the full market experience, trying new foods, having...
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My Afternoon as MFM’s Token Master: Reflecting on the value of Double Up Food...
Late in the morning, on a rainy Sunday, I am strolling down southeast seventy-ninth, heading from Burnside to Stark. The rain is heavy, and I am quickly marching past the older, well-managed homes of...
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Meet the Board: Amee Pacheco
Amee grew up in the Montavilla neighborhood, attended Vestal Elementary, and spent quite a bit of time on Stark Street where her dad worked at a bakery. She now lives in North Tabor with her husband...
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My Market Meal: Deck Family Farm sausage – by Leslie Sullivan
I started my weekly market-fresh meal by pre-cooking an Italian Sausage from Deck Family Farm – for a vegan meal, you could omit the sausage, and throw in some tempeh from Squirrel and Crow Foods...
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Expert knife sharpening by local blacksmith Arnon Kartmazov!
Montavilla’s own Arnon Kartmazov of Bridgetown Forge is back at MFM, on Sunday, July 31st, 2016! Here’s a few words from Arnon about his practices: “Having lived and apprenticed in Japan for a long...
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Join Us For Empty Bowls, a Special Fundraising Event for the Market!
This September 13, join friends of the Montavilla Farmers Market for Empty Bowls, a special fundraising event at Montavilla Brew Works! GET YOUR TICKETS HERE! What is an Empty Bowls event? Great...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Javier Lara of Anahuac Produce – by Lauren Fulwiler
Each Sunday morning Javier Lara can be found chatting with neighbors about the products at his booth, laughing, and giving out samples. He’s the type of warm personality that sells you produce with a...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Melissa Heim of Eastside Distilling — by Katrina Emery
Eastside Distilling has been blowing Portland away with expertly crafted spirits since 2008. Located in SE Distillery Row, they now offer fourteen styles of rum, whiskey, vodka and holiday spirits....
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Gleaning at Montavilla — by Alexa Bell
As people across the nation struggle to provide nutritious food for themselves and their families, it becomes ever more important that food waste is minimized as much as possible. The issue of hunger...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Nectar Cafe — by Mary Diehl
Several weeks ago I had the pleasure of reconnecting with Natasha, the owner of Nectar Café. Natasha has been a consistent presence at the market since 2010, although the business name of Nectar Café...
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Vendor in the Spotlight: Felton & Mary’s Artisan Foods — by Katrina Emery
Taking cues from the legacy of the classic Portland restaurant Campbell’s, third-generation Tory Campbell has re-created the BBQ sauce and spice rubs that made the restaurant a hit while reviving the...
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Meet the Board: Sabrina Balderama
Sabrina was born and raised in the California Central Valley which is one of the most agriculturally productive regions of the country. As the daughter of a migrant farm worker, Sabrina grew up...
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