Palm Springs Outdoor Market Now Open every Saturday at the Palm Springs Cultural Center!

Certified Farmers' Markets of the Coachella Valley

A Palm Springs Cultural Center Program

About

The mis­sion of the Palm Springs Cul­tural Center’s Cer­ti­fied Farm­ers’ Mar­ket Pro­gram is to serve as a com­mu­nity gath­er­ing place where local farm­ers and ven­dors can offer fresh agri­cul­tural and related products.

Our Goals

  1. Real­ize a ‘true’ Farm­ers’ Mar­ket with over 50% of ven­dors being cer­ti­fied farmers.
  2. Pur­sue ongo­ing fresh pro­duce that is from ‘cer­ti­fied organic’ farms, the goal being to have at least 50% of farmers/vendors ‘all organic’ at all times.
  3. Improve the nutri­tion of the com­mu­nity by offer­ing the high­est qual­ity sea­sonal and local produce.
  4. Assist area farm­ers and ven­dors with sus­tain­able busi­ness opportunities.
  5. Pro­vide a vehi­cle to edu­cate the com­mu­nity on the impor­tance of nutri­tion, fresh pro­duce and organic options to bet­ter health.
  6. Develop a fes­tive and cul­tural meet­ing place with fresh flow­ers, plants, music and local enter­tain­ment. The CFM then becomes an impor­tant and invit­ing venue for the community.
  7. Con­tinue out­reach and incen­tive pro­grams to lower income indi­vid­u­als, fam­i­lies, chil­dren and all seniors in the Coachella Valley.

The Palm Springs Cul­tural Cen­ter is a non-profit, 501(c)(3).

Our Programs

Chef Demonstrations

Kids Programs

Music at the Market

SNAP, Calfresh/EBT and Market Match Benefits

Our Certified Farmers Markets have been offering the Calfresh/ EBT, (formerly known as food stamps) program option in all three of our markets since 2011. Each year through grant funding, we are blessed to be able to offer some form of incentive to Calfresh EBT users to help extend their produce buying dollars in our markets. This comes in form of a match per dollar spent to an extra $10.00 per customer per market. This match has come from various sponsors over the years. For the years 2015-2017, we are very happy to be part of the Market Match program run through The Ecology Center out of Berkley California. Market Match is California’s healthy food incentive program, which matches customers’ federal nutrition assistance benefits, like CalFresh and WIC, at farmers’ markets. In 2015, Market Match will be offered at more than 230 sites, across the state, by 30 community-based organizations and farmers’ market operators. Make sure to go by our market information booth at any of our markets to have your Market Match benefits doubled to buy fresh, local produce!