The Sustainable Food Center of Austin, Texas is a non-profit organization that arranges four weekly Farmer’s markets, where vendors pay a small fee to sell their fresh and local products to the Austin Community. While organizing Farmer’s Markets they also provide a wide array of community services ranging from school gardens to their Happy Kitchen program or “La Cocina Allegre.” The Farmer’s Markets runs on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays in accessible areas around Austin for communities searching for fresh produce. These Farmer’s Markets are strong community builders that provide healthy, sustainable foods to the greater Austin.
Families bring their children to play in the designated child area filled with a foam child’s playscape.
This is the Gardener’s Feast tent, which sells healthy, all-natural, and homemade tamales that come into your hands steaming hot with the smells of creative tamales stuffing floating off. Owner Mariana Peredes sells her tamales at the markets weekly.
Tucked between condos and high-rises, the one-acre Republic Square Park regularly provides an escape where people can meet up with friends, walk their dogs, and attend regular movie nights and yoga classes.
Executive Director of Sustainable Foods Center, Ronda Rutledge sits at a tent filled with pictures celebrating what the program has done for the Austin Community.
The Market provides a strong sense of the Austin community by offering a central area for Austin Citizens to relax and buy fresh, local, and healthy foods.
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