2012 Vendor Application

Are you interested in becoming a vendor at the Downtown Farmers Market in 2012? 


Fill out the online application or email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com for more information. 

Please help DFM determine what's best for 2012!

Downtown Farmers Market needs your help in determining what’s best for the 2012 farmers market season. We want to learn a little bit about you and also want you to share your ideas about the timing and location of this year’s farmers market as well as vendors and food items you’d like to see at the market.

Click here to take the survey!

Growhio's Farmers Market Vendor Assistance Program

Growhio is continuing its vendor assistance program through 2012! Under the program, furnished vendor “incubator” booth space and technical assistance is available at 8 Cleveland area farmers’ markets for start-up vendors to help reduce the risk involved in trying out selling at a farmers’ market. The program is open to farmers who have not vended at a farmers’ market before and will sell specialty crops (i.e. fruits, vegetables, herbs, honey and maple syrup). If you are interested in participating in the vendor assistance program, please email info@growhio.org to let us know!

Tomorrow at DFM: Friday, December 2, 1011



TOMORROW at Downtown Farmers Market!


Food and Toy Drive

Tomorrow will be the last day that shoppers can give back by bringing canned goods and new, unwrapped toys to the market. These items will be donated to Old Stone Church on December 4. The food items will be used for Old Stone’s free weekly grocery bag program and the toys will given to Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, a shelter for homeless families. (See here for requested food items)

The Grateful Dog Bakery is back - (tomorrow only)

Your canine friends deserve only the best this holiday season. Stock up on The Grateful Dog Bakery's gourmet and all natural dog treats tomorrow at DFM. Their products use only the best ingredients sourced from local, sustainable farms. They contain NO GMO's, antibiotics, hormones, pesticides, salt, chemicals, or bi-products. Great stocking stuffers!

Drink Local. Drink Tap. and give back this holiday season.

We also welcome Drink Local. Drink Tap., a local non-profit that creatively reconnects NEOhians to our local water wealth and shares that wealth with people in need. Drink Local. Their projects include monthly beach clean-ups at Edgewater Park, building a water well for an orphanage in Uganda, filming a documentary, education outreach at Cleveland's schools, and so much more! Drink Tap. is on a mission to raise $30k in 30 days.

For more information or to make your drop in the bucket, visit DLDT online at www.drinklocaldrinktap.org.

We're now located indoors at The Arcade


(401 Euclid Avenue) 



Here's a complete list of vendors that you can expect to find at the market tomorrow:

• Por Bar Farms
• Community Greenhouse Partners
• Plant Kingdom
• SpiceHound
• Oh Baby Cakes
• Pig Lickin' Good BBQ
• Ohio Farm Direct
• Blaze Gourmet Hot Sauces and Salsas
• Medina Pasteries
• The Gourmet Dog Bakery

The 2011 Holiday Market will take place on Fridays, 11am-2pm at The Arcade (401 Euclid Avenue) from November 4 – December 23.

Questions? Interested in becoming a vendor? Email me at DowntownClevelandMarket@gmail.com.

Cleveland Cooks with John Q's Steakhouse

Cleveland Cooks with John Q's Steakhouse

- FREE Cooking Class!

Chef Curtis Parker from John Q's Steakhouse will prepare a few of the restaurant's specialty steaks for our next cooking class, which takes place on Friday, November 11 at 1:30-3:00pm at Old Stone Church.

Located on Public Square since 1979, John Q's Steakhouse has been an anchor in downtown dining. John Q's uses locally sourced ingredients, including produce from our very own Por Bar Farms.

To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254.

About Cleveland Cooks

A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Part of the Growhio Education Sessions, classes include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Classes are free and open to the public but will target Downtown residents and employees. Cleveland Cooks was made possible thanks to a grant from Neighborhood Connections.

For photos from previous Cleveland Cooks classes, please check out our Facebook page.

We're now located indoors at The Arcade


(401 Euclid Avenue) 



The 2011 Holiday Market kicks off tomorrow, 11am-2pm at The Arcade with a Vermicomposting workshop with Dan Morgan from Morgan Farmstay. Composting starter kits will be available for sale. Chair massages will also be available from Dreams Massage and BodyWorks - $10.00 for 10 minutes!

Here's a complete list of vendors that you can expect to find at the market tomorrow:

• Por Bar Farms
• No Whey Chocolates
• Oh Baby Cakes
• Plant Kingdom
• SpiceHound
• Pig Lickin' Good BBQ
• Ohio Farm Direct
• Sweet Nostalgia Bakery
• Blaze Gourmet Hot Sauces and Salsas
• Medina Pasteries
• Grateful Dog Bakery

Throughout the season we'll also be taking orders for poinsettias, which will be grown locally at Kollman's Greenhouse in Twinsburg. Poinsettias will be delivered to DFM in early-December and will be available for pick up at the market.

Shoppers can give back by bringing canned goods and new, unwrapped toys to the market. These items will be donated to Old Stone Church on December 4. The food items will be used for Old Stone’s free weekly grocery bag program and the toys will given to Family Promise of Greater Cleveland, a shelter for homeless families. (See here for requested food items)

The 2011 Holiday Market will take place on Fridays, 11am-2pm at The Arcade (401 Euclid Avenue) from November 4 – December 23.

Questions? Interested in becoming a vendor? Email me at DowntownClevelandMarket@gmail.com.

Cleveland Cooks with John Q's Steakhouse - FREE Cooking Class!

Rick Cassera, Owner at John Q's Steakhouse will prepare a few of the restaurant's specialty steaks for our next cooking class, which takes place on Friday, November 11 at 1:30-3:00pm at Old Stone Church.

Located on Public Square since 1979, John Q's Steakhouse has been an anchor in downtown dining. John Q's uses locally sourced ingredients, including produce from our very own Por Bar Farms. The menu features Certified Angus Beef, including items such as a 24oz porterhouse, 12oz black pepper strip steak, 12oz bone-in filet mignon and a 18oz bone-in Rib eye steak. It also features lamb and pork chops, along with a variety of fresh fish daily

To attend this intimate hands-on cooking class, please email downtownclevelandmarket@gmail.com or call (440) 821-0254.

About Cleveland Cooks

A monthly cooking series providing hands-on demonstrations from area chefs. Part of the Growhio Education Sessions, classes include a guided market tour, hands-on instruction in meal preparation and tips on how to grow produce easily at home. Classes are free and open to the public but will target Downtown residents and employees. Cleveland Cooks was made possible thanks to a grant from Neighborhood Connections.

For photos from previous Cleveland Cooks classes, please check out our Facebook page.

Canned Food Drive for Old Stone Church

As part of our indoor holiday market, we're collecting canned goods for the free Friday meal package at Old Stone Church. We'll have a basket for donations at the information table. Please see below for the preferred donation items.

Food items will be collected at the DFM Holiday Market until Friday, December 2, 2011.