It’s a very exciting time for Hollywood Farmers Market. Beginning August 1, 2011, Hollywood Farmers Market (HFM) will assume management of Lloyd Farmers Market (LFM), a mid-week year-round market in the center of the Lloyd District. Acquisition of this market will enable HFM to increase the number of customers it serves and to provide expanded […]
Birthday Party! (with free cake)
by Amy Columbo, HFM Board Chair It was May 1997 when the Hollywood Farmers Market began with 10 vendors in the parking lot of the Washington Mutual Bank on Sandy Boulevard. Raymond Saul, a volunteer member of the non-profit Hollywood Development Corporation, lead a year-long effort to get the market established. He envisioned it bok […]
Opening Day Market Map!
Wondering where your favorite vendor is? Check out the Opening Day stall map to find out where folks will be tomorrow. Stop by the Information Booth if you can’t find your vendor or can’t remember their name. Click on the image below to view the full size.
Market Time by Miriam Garcia
Your Farmers Market is a kind of clock. It marks big cycles like the turns of seasons, as well as passages within each season. Here come the garlic ramps, there they go. Asparagus-time comes. Cherry-time. Peach-time. Tomato-time. Pumpkin-time. They all come. They all stay a while. They all go. They carry us like Cinderella’s pumpkin-coach […]
Fresh Funds Program Continues with Support from Central Northeast Neighbors & New Seasons Market
Central Northeast Neighbors has partnered with the Hollywood Farmers Market to continue the nutrition incentive program for SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) participants at the market. Every week, SNAP recipients are offered a dollar-for-dollar match up to $5 to spend on eligible products such as produce, meat, seafood, cheese, edible plant starts, and some […]
