UC Davis Farmers Market

Location

Hours

Fall & Spring Quarters: Wed 10:00AM-2:30PM

Web site

http://farmersmarket.ucdavis.edu

UC DAVIS Farmers Market News

The East Quad Farmer’s Market has been rebranded as the UC Davis Farmers Market and relaunched this Spring Quarter at a new location at the Silo Union. In addition to providing fresh produce from local farmers, the new and improved market brings food options outside to the market to create a lunch time destination.

The UC Davis Farmers Market is organized by UC Davis Stores and designed to promote student health as well as local and UCD food products. It is a seasonal on-campus extension of the Davis Farmers Market. It runs each Wednesday of fall and spring quarters from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm, weather permitting. For spring 2012, the UC Davis Farmers Market will run from April 4th- June 6th.

The UC Davis Farmers Market developed from a collaboration between a number of campus partners in an effort to increase access to fresh, local produce for busy UC Davis students, staff and faculty during fall and spring quarters. A 2011 survey of UC Davis students found that over 60% eat two or fewer servings of fruits and vegetables a day. The UC Davis Farmers Market offers an easy and convenient way for the UCD community to incorporate more nutrition-packed fruits and vegetables into their diet. UC Stores partners with Student Health Services' Health Education & Promotion, ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission, Campus Recreation, Davis Farmers Market Association, Davis Food Co-op, and University Dining services to make this a possibility.

Every Wednesday morning the market occurs, UC Stores sends out a weekly email to members of a listserve to give a brief reminder of the date and time of the market.. It also includes nutritional data on some of the produce available and quick, easy recipes. To sign up for this listserve managed by UC Stores, contact marobles@ucdavis.edu.

Voucher Program
Visit the Health Education & Promotion table at the UC Davis Farmers Market to win $1 vouchers for the market. These vouchers are sponsored by ASUCD's Environmental Policy and Planning Committee (EPPC).
In addition, students with UC Davis meal plans are able to cash in meals, or 'swipes', for vouchers to use at the market. With each swipe, students will receive vouchers for $2.50 toward shopping at the market. Swipes can be exchanged for UC Davis Farmers Market vouchers at the Dining Services table at the UC Davis Farmers Market. The voucher program is sponsored by UC Davis Dining Services.

Media Coverage

Farmers Market Brings Fresh Fruit, Veggies to Campus, May 8, 2007
Farmers Market Returns to Campus, April 7, 2008
Student Health Center Information Page
Food, ETC.: UC Davis Farmers Market, May 31, 2011

Farms

You can purchase ingredients for your dinner, additions to your lunch, or a quick snack at the UC Davis Farmers Market from the following farms:

Student Farm - a wide variety of fruits & veggies (dried beans, figs, jujubes, carrots, radishes, artichokes, basil, melon, tomato)
Mt. Moriah Farms - apples (fuji, pink lady), stone fruit (cherries, peaches, nectarines, plums, apricots, grapes)
Sam Cabral & Family Orchard - almonds of many flavors, walnuts, almond butter, olive oil
Schletewitz Family Farm- fruits and veggies of a wide variety, including tangelos, persimmons, plums, grapes, yams, oranges, apricots, nectarines, grapefruit, mandarins
Zhey's Farm- a wide variety of veggies (bok choy, spring onion, green beans, asian vegetables, swiss chard, beets) and flowers
Vue Farm - okra, chinese long beans, basil and other leafies, chilis, other veggies

Food Options

Various food options are available inside the UC Davis Silo Union. You can purchase fresh, healthy meals on the Silo Patio during the market from the following University Dining food booths/trucks:

Star Ginger - Offering a variety of bahn mi sandwiches, rice bowls, and Thai tea.
Gunrock Pub and Harvest Bakery Booth - Local and market inspired soups, sandwiches and salads from Gunrock Pub and delicious sweet treats baked fresh on campus at Harvest Bakery.
Shah's Halal Food - Offering a selection of Mediterranean and Persian halal foods.

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2011-01-10 14:44:55 Got a couple of Apples here and Apple Juice for lunch from here before, very good. Also a very convenient and a nice reminder that Davis has a Farmer's Market at Downtown. —ClarenceL