Montavilla Farmers Market

Montavilla Farmers Market opened its first market on Sunday, July 22, 2007 with 17 vendors and more than 2,000 visitors, and its mission centers on providing a vibrant marketplace in Portland. That long-running nonprofit framing still shapes the market today, with Sunday shopping that combines farm vendors, prepared food, and family programming in one place. At SE Stark & 76th, the market gives the Montavilla area a regular place to buy food directly from growers, dairies, bakers, and makers listed across its roster.

Why it matters locally

Montavilla Farmers Market pairs its mission language with programs tied to food access and neighborhood use, including EBT Match and Kids POP Club alongside the weekly market. The market also names guiding principles and acknowledges historic and ongoing oppression in the food system and in its community, placing that work within its public identity rather than treating it as separate from shopping.

Its children’s programming is especially concrete. The POP Club tent, located east of the red barn, gives ages 2 to 12 three dollars in POP Bucks each market to spend on fruits and vegetables. The related Two-Bite Club invites all ages to try winter vegetables at each market, extending the market’s role from buying produce to tasting it on site. Support from East Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District helps sponsor that POP Club work.

What you'll find there

The vendor mix is broad enough that a Sunday stop can cover produce, dairy, meat, bakery goods, drinks, and a hot lunch without leaving the market. Crafts appear only from November through April, which keeps the emphasis on food while adding a smaller seasonal maker presence.

• -Find goat cheese from Fraga Farm Goat Cheese.
• -Pick up fruit from Albeke Farms, Baird Family Orchards, Fulton Family Farms, Kiyokawa Family Orchards, and Peak Forest Fruit.
• -Bring home plant starts and flowers from CChang Farm, Floraboros, Sunrise family farm, and Rhythm Seed Farm.
• -Look for honey from T Bee S Honey.
• -Choose meat from Deck Family Farm, The Ground, and Vorfreude Dairy Beef.
• -Shop mushrooms from Mindful Mushrooms LLC.
• -Load up on vegetables from farms including Crooked Carrot Farm, Eloisa Organic Farm, Fiddlehead Farm, Stoneboat Farm, and Three Goats Farm.
• -Add breads and baked goods from Bread Friend, Henry Higgins Boiled Bagels, HiFi Baking Co., Labyrinth Bread, and Tabor Bread.
• -Eat on site with vendors such as Himalayan Dumplings, Tortuga Gordo, Chonghi Pizza, Masa Empanadas, Papalo’s Cuisine, and Wafeltje Stroopwafels.

Kids POP Club runs at the market, and the Two-Bite Club offers winter vegetable tastings at the POP Club tent.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed, a rule that can change plans before you leave home. The market site at 7700 SE Stark Street is a gravel lot at SE Stark & 76th, so footwear that handles uneven ground is more practical than treating this as a paved plaza stop. Restrooms are not available on site, another detail worth planning around if you are staying for shopping and lunch.

The yearly rhythm also matters. The market runs every Sunday from May through December, then shifts to every other Sunday from January through April. If you are visiting with children, the POP Club tent is east of the red barn, where eligible kids can receive POP Bucks for produce.

Payments & SNAP

SNAP/EBT is accepted at Montavilla Farmers Market, and the market also highlights EBT Match as part of its core visitor information. That emphasis sits alongside the kids’ POP Bucks program, which gives children money to spend on fruits and vegetables at the market. Payment information is presented clearly in the market’s visitor materials, which helps when planning a food-focused Sunday stop.