Category: Announcements

We have exciting news! You can now pre-order directly from Lloyd Farmers Market vendors through WhatsGood!

If you are on an Android or IOS device, follow this link on your device to download the app, or search the App Store for “WhatsGood”. You can also place orders from your computer by creating an account at sourcewhatsgood.com. It’s quick and easy to create an account, and then it’s just a few clicks to place pre-orders for pickup at the farmers market! Orders must be placed by Sunday at 11pm for Tuesday pickup.

You can use EBT/SNAP benefits for preorders as well! At checkout, just select “Pay at market with SNAP”, and then bring your card to the Information Booth at the market before picking up your order from the vendor.

More Lloyd Farmers Market vendors will be loaded on the app in the coming days and weeks, so keep checking for your faves!

Effective August 1, 2011, the management of the Lloyd Farmers Market will be transferred to the Hollywood Farmers Market. Managing this market has been a great pleasure and privilege. Ashforth Pacific Inc. has been a wonderful sponsor and patron of the market. No market organization could ask for a better partner. The market has developed a loyal following of customers in the 3 years I have been running involved at the Lloyd Farmers Market. But my work at the Hillsdale Farmers Market has increased in the past year and it became clear that I would need to transfer management to someone else.

I am very happy that Hollywood Farmers Market will be taking over. Hollywood Farmers Market is the city’s oldest neighborhood market (15 years old!) and has a very experienced staff and board. Hollywood will be joining the ranks of year-round markets along with Lloyd, Hillsdale, People’s Co-op, and Oregon City Farmers Markets, a definite plus. Hollywood Farmers Market also has a token program which will also be available at the Lloyd Farmers Market. Shoppers at Lloyd Farmers Market will be able to use debit cards and SNAP (EBT) cards at the market beginning August 1. This is good news for Oregon Trail Card users who have not been able to access their benefits at the market.

Thank you all for the support you’ve given the market since its inception in the summer of 2007. This management change will be very good for you, the market and the Lloyd District community. Below is the press release announcing the management changes.

Sincerely,

Eamon Molloy

Hollywood Farmers Market Acquires Lloyd Farmers Market

July 22, 2011

It’s a very exciting time for two NE Portland farmers markets. 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 farm-direct opportunities to local vendors.

Lloyd Farmers Market is a weekly year-round (excepting certain holiday periods) market, open Tuesdays from 10am – 2pm. LFM is also open every Thursday, same time, during the height of berry season, June through September.

The Lloyd market serves hundreds of employees who work in the Lloyd district as well as nearby hotel guests & chefs, visitors to the State of Oregon building, and residents of the Sullivan’s Gulch, Irvington, Eliot, and Kerns neighborhoods. It offers a tranquil environment compared to the bustling Saturday Hollywood Farmers Market with a smaller footprint and no music. Under the cover of a large gazebo, Lloyd Farmers Market is a pleasant market to shop in the rain.

The Lloyd Farmers Market began in 2007 as part of a grant to promote active living and healthy worksites. The market has most recently been owned and operated by Eamon Molloy, who also manages the successful Hillsdale Farmers Market in SW Portland. Eamon approached the Hollywood Farmers Market about taking over management of the Lloyd Farmers Market earlier this year.

“As Portland’s oldest neighborhood market, Hollywood Farmers Market has the experience to further the growth and success of the Lloyd Farmers Market. Adding debit and EBT services is a big plus to this market. Many of the current Lloyd shoppers are regulars at the Hollywood Farmers Market, making the merger a natural one as well. I will miss working in the Lloyd District but I leave knowing that the market is in good hands,” said Eamon Molloy.

Hollywood Farmers Market will recruit additional farmer vendors to fill out Lloyd Farmers Market. HFM management will also add a token machine in order to process debit and SNAP (formerly known as food stamps) transactions, enabling more customers to shop the market.

Lloyd Farmers Market is located under the gazebo in the Oregon Square Courtyard on NE Holladay Street between NE 7th Ave and NE 9th Ave in front of the 7th Ave MAX stop.

For more information contact:

Sarah Broderick, Hollywood Farmers Market, 503-709-7403, info@hollywoodfarmersmarket.org

Eamon Molloy, Lloyd Farmers Market, 503-730-8367, lloydfarmersmarket@gmail.com

The new market season begins on Tuesday, June 1st. There are a few changes. As announced in March, the market will run year-round on Tuesdays. We’ve also added a market session in the summer season. The market will be open on Thursdays, June through September 2010. The hours of operation remain the same, 10am to 2pm.

We have a few new vendors this year. Here’s a list of the new folks:

Ammie’s Goodies – Amaranth Wilson is a gluten free baker. She is currently selling at the OHSU Farmers Market and will be at Lloyd Farmers Market on Thursdays.

Full of Life Farm (link) – Bernard Smith and family raise chickens, turkeys, goats, pigs and beef in St. Paul, Oregon. They will have eggs as well. Full of Life will be coming to the market on Thursdays.

The Hummus Stop – Mo Hamzaoi makes a wide variety of hummus and other Mediterranean foods. The Hummus Stop will be at the market on Thursdays.

I am still actively courting a gluten free prepared food vendor for Tuesdays. I hope to have one soon.Osmogaia will be returning to the Lloyd Farmers Market sometime in October.

There will be a slightly different lineup for each day. Here is a list for each day.

Tuesdays

Bigfoot Bread Co.
Fressen Bakery
Greenville Farms
Little Pots and Pans
Nature’s Choice
Packer Orchards
Pasture Radicals
Rick Steffen Farm
Rogue Creamery
Savory et Sweet
Sulina & Bay’s Farm
THINK Unique Gardens
Unger Farms
Xiong Farmers

Thursdays

Ammie’s Goodies
Bigfoot Bread Co.
Fressen Bakery
Greenville Farms
Full of Life Farm
The Hummus Stop
Little Pots and Pans
Packer Orchards
Pasture Radicals
Rick Steffen Farm
Rogue Creamery
Savory et Sweet
Sulina & Bay’s Farm
THINK Unique Gardens
Unger Farms
Xiong Farmers

Like every other year, the weather is a factor for some farms. I will post a market update on Monday listing who will be coming and what they expect to bring. Let’s hope the weather forecast is correct and we have a few relatively dry days in front of us. Have a happy and safe holiday weekend.

Eamon Molloy
Market Manager

The Lloyd Farmers Market is pleased to announce that it will continue running past March 16, 2010. The market will run will now run weekly every Tuesday from 10am – 2pm. With this schedule change, the Lloyd Farmers Market becomes the third year-round farmers market in Portland, following People’s Farmer’s Market and the Hillsdale Farmers’ Market.

“Listening to customers and vendors is one of the most important skills a market manager should have”, said Eamon Molloy, market manager. “Customers and vendors alike have been asking for a longer season. We planned to run through mid-March 2010 but the desire to run year-round was too strong to ignore. Ashforth Pacific has been a wonderful host and we are grateful for their strong support of local farmers.”

The Lloyd Farmers Market will also add a second day to its summer season. Beginning June, 2010 the market will run weekly on Tuesdays except for December 28, 2010. The market will also run on Thursdays from June 3, 2010 through September 30, 2010. The market time will remain the same, 10am – 2pm.