The Common Market in the News

USDA Faces of the Farm Bill: Uncommon Solution Brings Fresh Foods to Philadelphia Schools and Hospitals

Last year, Common Market won funding through USDA’s Local Food Promotion Program2014 Farm Bill and administered by the Agricultural Marketing Service(AMS). With this grant, Common Market was able to add a fourth truck and purchase coolers that will streamline their delivery system. 

These improvements in operating efficiency will also help keep more food dollars in farmers’ pockets, further increasing the positive impact for both the rural and urban communities that work with Common Market.

Common Market: Linking sustainable farms with schools and hospitals in Philly

The Philadelphia Inquirer

"Part of our mission is to get money into the economy so family farms in the region stay in business. The way we're different than other food distributors is they don't have the same transparency and relationships with their suppliers. We've only scratched the surface and grown mostly by word of mouth. There's demand nationally for what we're doing."

Fixing the Food System from the Base of the Supply Chain

Huffington Post

A growing number of social enterprises supported by what we call integrated capital are successfully addressing problems related to food production, processing, aggregation and distribution in ways that contribute to social equity and agricultural sustainability.

Atlanta: Cracking farm to table's chicken-and-egg situation

If successful, The Common Market Georgia’s larger volume sales — projected to reach $1.6 million in 2018 — could help crack another chicken-and-egg situation. That is local food’s promise to help Atlanta build stronger urban and rural places.

Bama Dining Serving Up New Food Options

The University of Alabama News Center

This summer, Bama Dining committed to working with The Common Market to support local farmers and growers in the Southeast. All rice, sweet potatoes, collard greens, frozen blueberries and some apples will be supplied to the dining halls from local growers in Alabama, Georgia and Arkansas. These ingredients can be found in the dining hall marked with new “Locally Grown” identifiers.

Instalaciones renovadas majoran el acceso a alimento de calidad

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Hoy, el sistema alimentario local y sostenible está de celebración. El director ejecutivo de The Common Market, Jeremy Logan, encabezó la ceremonia de corte de listón, simbolizando años de esfuerzo para expandirse en Texas.

La organización adquirió estas instalaciones en 2018, entonces sin la infraestructura necesaria pero con gran potencial. Aunque la pandemia de COVID-19 detuvo el avance del proyecto, el apoyo de la Administración de Desarrollo Económico, el Departamento de Agricultura de Texas y socios filantrópicos permitió renovar un espacio de 15.000 pies cuadrados con una inversión de 5 millones de dólares.