This Sunday:
9/25 is the last day for WIC Clients to receive WIC vouchers! Stop by the info booth with your Benefit Sheet/’Shopping List’ to learn more about how you can get $30 in free produce!
Live Music: Phil Lerma Duo
Join Sustainable Food Center and Texas Farm Fresh for a one-hour virtual farm-to-school event! Hear from school garden experts about managing food gardens and getting garden harvest on to kids’ plates.
This event is part of the Texas Farm-to-School Learning Collaborative.
Date & Time:
October 5th
3:00 -4:00 pm
Virtual Event
Bonnie Martin is the Program Lead for SproUTing Teachers, a program in the Eden Lab at the University of Texas at Austin providing coaching to teachers and garden teams to help them create effective outdoor learning opportunities that enhance their school curriculum and physical spaces that are inspiring and sustainable. Bonnie previously worked on the TX Sprouts program, researching the effects that school gardens have on elementary age students and families. Bonnie is the owner of Smart Sprout, working for over 15 years with schools to design gardens and outdoor curriculum programs that enhance classroom learning. She is a Master Gardener in Travis County. She loves teaching about native plants and insects and is unable to grow spinach despite giving it all the love and care she can muster.
Casey McAuliffe is the Executive Director of Galveston’s Own Farmers Market. She is mother to Hazel and husband to Alex, with whom she ran a Certified Naturally Grown vegetable & flower farm for 10 years. Under her stewardship, GOFM has increased food-access and established a rooted community + food hub on Galveston Island through implementation of SNAP, specialty WIC programming, free cooking classes + meals, free food-delivery programs, community gardens & a school gardens program established at 9 schools in Galveston ISD. Since 2017, Casey has also served as a City Councilwoman in the City of La Marque. Her work revolves around the value of the natural environment on community well-being and empowering citizens to take control of their own health and claim their role within their own community.
September is Hispanic Heritage Month, and we’ll offer a way to taste the celebration of the histories, traditions, and cultural diversity of Hispanic Americans.
Stop by the ‘What’s Cooking with GOFM’ tent, taste this month’s theme, learn more about GOFM’s Real Food Project, and meet Denise Walker, our RFP Coordinator!
Sunday, September 25
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
About GOFM’s Real Food Project
In late 2017, GOFM initiated the Real Food Project, a multifaceted set of programs that all support increased food access, nutrition and community building in Galveston. The RFP includes Community Cooking Classes offered free or low-cost to the public & to private groups, Community Meals coordinated with partners across Galveston County, and most recently, our FreshBox initiative.
Drop off new & gently-used baby items at market & Nia Cultural Center will connect them with local families for FREE!
Items include new diapers/pull-ups, bottles, breast pumps, books, car seats, toys, and pack-and-plays.
Dates:
October 16
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (28th & Market)
Nia Cultural Center is a Galveston-based educational organization with activities and programs focused on culture and history and their impacts on the lives of children, youth, and families. Its mission is to reinstate the role of the family and community in their responsibility to strengthen and improve the quality of life for children by preparing them academically, culturally, mentally, and physically to attain productive futures. Learn more on their website>
We have a few fun activities planned for this Sunday!
Live Music: Traci Cooper
Stop by and taste traditional foods served at Rosh Hashanah symbolizing a sweet new year: honey cake, round challah, apples dipped in honey, and more with the Congregation B’nai Israel, Galveston. As of 9/15, due to unforeseen circumstances, Congregation B’Nai Israel will not be at the market this Sunday. Please stay tuned for updates on their next appearance!
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Grimm of Galveston Hot Sauce Co.
La Cocina by Chef Mary Bass & Good Dough Kolache
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This is going to be a big day and we’ll need all the help we can get!
Dress for the weather & for getting down in the gardens. We’ll be doing lots of garden maintenance to get it ready for the YGP students.
Open to everyone. No garden experience required.
If you have never volunteered with GOFM before, complete an application online here: https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?AP=141859129
If you have a volunteer account, you can sign up via the portal & search for 8/27 YGP Community Day: https://www.volgistics.com/ex2/vicnet.dll/?from=581023
Questions? Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com
Saturday, September 17
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Oppe Elementary
2915 81st St, Galveston, TX 77554
We have a few fun activities this Sunday!
It’s Library Card Sign Up Month! Stop by the Pop-Up Rosenberg Library booth to get your very own Library card, learn more about their services and programs, and more the kiddos – Learn how to make Paper Plate Animals!
The Friends of Rosenberg Library will also be at the Market with their Book Sale. Shop gently used books for you and the family & support the Rosenberg Library!
September 15 is the start of Hispanic Heritage Month! Galveston County Food Bank will be featuring a tasty treat at their Taste the Market booth. Be sure to stop by for free giveaway items!
Live Music: Tex Renner
Mushroom Factory * Also has Eggs
Sustainable Garden
He’ll have: Little Bluestem Grass, Prairie Blazing Star, Glahad Determinate Tomato, Genovese Basil, Purple Petra Basil, Blue Daze, Victoria Blue Sage, Thyme, Benary’s Giant Zinnia, Giant Yellow Marigold
Grimm of Galveston Hot Sauce Co.
In partnership with Galveston County Voter Registration, you can register to vote right at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market!
Dates:
September 4
September 18
9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
October 2
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
at Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (28th & Market)
Yes! We will be open Labor Day Sunday. We have a few fun activities:
Live Music: Robert Kuhn/Galvezton
This is going to be a big day and we’ll need all the help we can get!
Dress for the weather & for getting down in the gardens. We’ll be doing lots of garden maintenance to get it ready for the YGP students.
Open to everyone. No garden experience required.
If you have never volunteered with GOFM before, complete an application online here: https://www.volgistics.com/ex/portal.dll/ap?AP=141859129
If you have a volunteer account, you can sign up via the portal & search for 8/27 YGP Community Day: https://www.volgistics.com/ex2/vicnet.dll/?from=581023
Questions? Email Volunteer Coordinator at Volunteer@gofarmersmarket.com
Saturday, September 3
9:00 AM – 11:00 AM
Crenshaw Environmental Science Magnet School
Address: 416 TX-87, Crystal Beach, TX 77650