North Oakland Farmers Market Update!

If you are planning on buying a home, renting a home or are currently living  in the North Oakland or South Berkeley area I suggest that you check out this new and wonderful neighborhood scene!

The North Oakland Farmers' market at Arlington Medical Center is calling out to all neighbors and community groups in the Golden Gate, Sante Fe, and surrounding neighborhoods to get involved and help shape the future of your neighborhood farmers' markets. We want to here what you want! Tell us your vision for a community farmers' market that serves the needs of this neighborhood and we will work to build it together. Phat Beets Produce is a North Oakland Community Based Organization composed of residents, activists, and doctors. We strive to connect small farmers and farmers of color to urban communities and to connect youth to safe green spaces. For more info please check us out at http://www.phatbeetsproduce.org/. Please send your ideas and your vision to max@phatbeetsproduce.org.

The market is every Saturday from 9-2pm at the Arlington Medical Center Parking Lot on 57th and Market and Tuesdays from 2-7pm at the Children's Hospital Oakland.

Below is our late summer FREE WORKSHOP SERIES. Please pass it on! Can you hang flyers in the neighborhood? Let us know- max@phatbeetsproduce.org.
8/28/10 Baumen College Cooking Demonstration
Baumen College is back with a fresh, seasonally based meal demo prepared from market
ingredients. Come and get a taste and take home a recipe!
9/4/10 Beekeeping in the Market
Khaled Almaghafi, 4th generation bee keeper, and owner of Queen Sheba Farms is a successful
urban bay area bee keeper. He will be bringing a small colony for a live demo. http://www.beehealthyhoneyshop.com/.
9/11/10 Soap Making at Home
Efiya , founder and owner of Iyoba, will be doing a demo on the basics of making your own soap.
Stop by and enjoy the workshop and then check out her wide array of handmade products
9/18/10 Natural Sugar n' Cookin' from the Garden
Joy Moore, Bay Area food justice activist, cooking instructor and producer at KPFA will be choppin'
it up with us in the market, making a fresh dish and speaking on sugar and your health.
9/25/10 Backyard Chickens!
Jonah Mossberg, of the Edible School Yard, will be bringing out some hens to the market and speaking
about the ease of backyard egg production in the urban setting. Hmmm...
10/2/10 Cooking with Eco-Chef Bryant Terry
Come get a taste of Food Justice with Eco- Chef Bryant Terry, author of Vegan Soul Kitchen and
GRUB as he makes a Vegan Collard Greens dish. 12-1pm
10/9/10 Growing Mushrooms on Coffee Grounds
Alejandro Velez of BTTR in Emeryville will be doing a demo on growing oyster mushrooms
on coffee grounds. He will also speak about his busineess venture BTTR and their social business model
10/16/10 Fixing a Flat and Bicycle Basics
Bike Man Dan will be teaching a workshop on fixing a flat and basic bike maintenance. Bring your
bike by and as Bike Man Dan. More info at http://www.bikemandan.com/.
10/23/10 Copwatch "Know Your Rights Training"
BE EMPOWERED! KNOW YOUR RIGHTS! Berkeley Copwatch provides "Know Your Rights"
Trainings to educate the community about their rights with the police and info about Police Brutality.
10/30/10 Fall Seed Saving in the Garden
Christopher Shein, Bay Area Permaculturist, Merrit Hort. Instructor, and BASIL co-founder
will be doing a fall seed saving workshop. Learn to save your money and diversity by saving your seeds!

And for information about buying or selling a home in Berkeley, Albany, Oakland, Emeryville, El Cerrito and other parts of the East Bay please check out my website http://www.billfletcherhomes.com/