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All About Central City Co-Op
In September 2001, Jennifer Georgantas and Pat Greer dreamed of a community of people joining together each week around healthy, earth-friendly food. This dream became a reality 15 years ago with the founding of Central City Co-Op, Houston’s very first organic co-op.
Organic Produce, Organic Community
Our mission is to support sustainable, chemical free farming practices through offering both 1) sustainably raised local and 2) certified USDA organic national produce and farm goods to our community at the fairest prices possible.
Everything we carry on our shelves and stock in our shares is either locally, sustainably grown by farmers we know or is nationally-certified USDA organic. Both are great options for you and for our planet!
Central City Co-Op also provides a space for individuals to come together as a community. We support every member of our community in their journey to learn more about where their food comes from, how it’s produced, and how the local economy is impacted by food choices.
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Visit us in every Wednesday inside Kindred Church at 2515 Waugh Drive. Take a tour with a volunteer to see us first hand!
Shop with us in our open market on Wednesday, or pre-order a share on our online store (by 6 pm Sundays for Wednesday pickup).
Non-members can pre-order their first share in person on Wednesday with the members-only 10% discount (one time only). After that, individuals must become a member to receive the discount.
Learn even more about Central City Co-Op in our FAQs.
The public can enjoy a variety of locally prepared ready-to-eat or packaged to-go foods, pick up farm-fresh weekly groceries and at the same time support sustainable food, all amidst Houston’s dramatic downtown urban setting.  The City Hall Farmers Market features more than 30 vendors (located along both sides of City Hall’s reflection pool), including local fresh produce grown by local farmers, cheeses, breads, roasted coffees, and a variety of prepared meals, as well as food trucks.
Downtown dwellers and employees are encouraged to walk, take Greenlink (the downtown shuttle) or ride a bike via Houston Bike Share. Garage Parking is located at 400 Rusk or metered street parking is available. Note the market is discontinued during the hottest summer, so please check the website for operating dates.
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We used to list these markets individually, but it was just too much!
- Â 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Kingwood Farmers Market at Kingwood Town Center Park (weekly) (3 pm to 7 pm during Daylight Saving Time)
- 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm: Westchase District Farmers Market next to St. Cyril’s of Alexandria Church (weekly) (4 to 7 pm during the summer months)
- 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm: Mid-Main Night Market at 3500-3700 Main Street (first Thursdays)
Volunteers meet the second and fourth Thursday of every month to propagate plants from locally collected native seed. A typical workday may include seeding pots, bumping up trays into 1-gallon containers, separating seedlings, and weeding pots. They will also have special seed collecting trips, invasive species removal workdays, and planting events in restored prairies.
If you’re interested in volunteering for the Natural Resource Management Program, email kelli.ondracek@houstontx.gov or visit houstontx.gov/parks/naturalresources.html.
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We used to list these markets individually, but it was just too much!
- 8:00 am to noon: Urban Harvest Eastside Farmers Market at St. John’s Parking Lot (weekly)
- 8:00 am to noon: The Farmers Market on Grand Parkway (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: The Woodlands Farmers Market at Grogan’s Mill Center (weekly)
- 8:00 am to 1:00 pm: Baytown Farmers Market (third Saturdays)
- 8:30 am to 12:00 pm: Heights Epicurean Market (second and fourth Saturdays)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Finca Farm Stand (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Farmers Market at Imperial Sugar Land (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Peach Street Farmers Market, Angleton (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Memorial Villages Farmers Market (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Fulshear Farmers Market (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Tomball Farmers Market (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 1:00 pm: Friendswood Farmers Market (first Saturdays)
- 10:00 am to 2:00 pm: Plant It Forward Farms farm stand at University of St. Thomas (weekly)
- 9:00 am to 12:00 pm: Northeast Community Farmers Market in Kashmere Gardens with Urban Harvest (first and third Saturdays)
- 10:00 am to noon: International Farmers Market at Alief Community Garden (second Saturdays)
- 10:00 am to 2:00 pm: Nassau Bay Farmer’s Market (weekly)
Please join the Houston Chapter of Native Prairies Association of Texas for their Fall Wildflower Day to enjoy the fall blooms and wildlife at the Lawther-Deer Park Prairie Preserve.
See prairie plants that you can use in your garden to attract pollinators, learn seed collecting techniques and take some Deer Park Prairie seeds home. Experience the beauty of insects through Chuck Duplant’s photos at tinyurl.com/CDuplant; then come and learn about them from him in person. Bring your camera or smartphone to take photos of plants and animals that you see and post on the Deer Park Prairie Project on Naturalist.org. Activities include:
â— Bird Survey (tentative)
â— Insect Net Sweeping – by Chuck DuPlant at the Insect Popup Tent
â— Wildflower Walk – learn plant identification techniques, including taking photos
â— Seed Collecting / Prairie History walk
â— Complimentary lunch
Since lunch will be provided, RSVP IS REQUIRED, at https://tinyurl.com/DPP190928, so they can have a food count.
Join us for this important Environmental Forum to discuss topics that are focused on the City of Houston. You are encouraged to bike or travel electrically by taking the Green Line to the Coffee Plant/Second Ward light rail station. The house is one block away at 317 Sampson Street. Please bring your own chair and reusable water bottle.
The event is sponsored by 350.org Houston, Citizens Climate Lobby Houston, Energy & Environmental Democrats, Environment Texas, Houston Climate Movement, and Houston Renewable Energy Group. #oursharedhouston
We used to list these markets individually, but it was just too much!
- 9:00am -1:00pm {October – May} Galveston’s Own Farmers Market (weekly)
- 10:00am -2:00pm East End Farmers Market (weekly)
Brought to you by the Greater East End Management District, the East End Street Market is open every Sunday from 10am – 2pm on the Navigation Esplanade (2800 Navigation Blvd.) in front of the historic original Ninfa’s Restaurant.
Unique among Houston’s farmers markets, the East End Street Market blends sights and sounds, cuisine and culture to create an experience that is rooted in one of Houston’s most historic communities.
Visit the East End Street Market to sample fresh garden fruits and vegetables, locally produced farm and dairy products, prepared foods, and unique handcrafted wares.
Interested in becoming a vendor? Contact Market Manager Chef Roy Rodriguez.
 
 
For more information, visit eastendhouston.com/market.
Plant It Forward farms are selling fresh produces directly on-the-farm at their neighborhood Farm Stands. You can stop by during Farm Stand hours to buy freshly harvested produce from your friendly neighborhood farmer.
If you’d like to stop by and see one of their farms, Plant It Forward recommends that you visit during Farm Stand hours and meet one of their farmers.
SNAP, credit, and debit accepted!
PLANT IT FORWARD WAREHOUSE
4030 Willowbend Blvd, Houston TX 77025
Tuesdays 3:30-5:30pm
For more information, visit plant-it-forward.org.