Supporting a Healthy Local Food Community
Each Market Saturday, the Market hosts a Food Access Booth by the Information Booth. We have received a generous grant from the Edwardsville Community Foundation to create a Food Access Booth at the Goshen Market. Our goal is to use this new tent to provide …
The Goshen Market and Foundation have partnered with Feeding Illinois and the St. Louis Area Foodbank on this unique pilot program. Each week our farmer vendors bring seconds, gleanings, and surplus to the Market. The farmers are reimbursed for their picking and packing costs, and …
The Beet Box is a mobile farmers market stocked with affordably priced, local produce. It visits neighborhoods, schools, and community centers in our region that are currently lacking access to fresh produce as a result of transportation limitations, health issues, or food-apartheid conditions. In coordination …
At the Land of Goshen Community Market, we are dedicated to providing all residents of our community access to local, sustainably-produced, healthy, unprocessed fruits, vegetables, meats, and baked goods, sold in their freshest possible state. As a means of providing better access to all residents, …
Since its founding in 1997, the Land of Goshen Community Market has become a vibrant site of activity where the community has access to local produce and children learn about specialty crops. Edwardsville’s downtown has witnessed a significant revitalization, in no small part, due to …
Market Sprouts is a program focused on educating children (and their parents) on the importance of eating fresh, local produce. In addition to other garden related activities, farmers from our market donate different crops for taste testing, all of which have been grown within a …