The Common Market is a wholesale consolidator, marketer and distributor of food produced in the Philadelphia region. We create a link between local farmers and the urban marketplace. Our goal is both to support local farmers and to make local food affordable and accessible on the wholesale level.
Media Coverage:
October 2, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer
Jefferson University Hospital's Atrium Cafeteria features locally grown foods, courtesy of the Common Market Philadelphia. MORE >
August 6, 2008 Philadelphia Inquirer
In their 27 years of farming, Andy and Dawn Buzby have taken all the usual routes to selling the produce from their 153-acre Salem County farm. But the Buzbys had no easy way to sell to a potentially huge market right in their backyard: institutions, such as hospitals and universities. That changed last month when the Common Market, a nonprofit distributor of fruits and vegetables from farms in the region, started operating. MORE >
August 6, 2008 Philadelphia Business Today
Maria Panaritis talks about a new business bringing local farm fresh food to big institutions. MORE >
June 2008 W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Food and Fitness Initiative
Founders of Common Market describe its mission and focus. MORE >
