Portland Farmers Market - Portland State University

Portland Farmers Market screens prospective sponsors to avoid direct conflicts with its mission, a useful clue to how this flagship market operates week to week. At Portland State University, that mission plays out on a large scale: this year-round Saturday market gathers about 90 vendors at SW Park and Montgomery, in the South Park Blocks under giant elm trees on the PSU campus. The result is a market defined as much by farm and food sourcing as by size, with produce growers, fisheries, dairies, bakeries, prepared-food stalls, and specialty makers all part of the same Saturday run.

Why it matters locally

Portland Farmers Market describes itself as a collection of five markets serving the Portland area, and the PSU market is its year-round flagship on the university campus. The organization says it is strictly a food and farms marketplace, focused on locally grown, raised, sourced, and produced products. It also frames the market as a small business incubator for regional farms, nurseries, bakeries, meat and seafood providers, cheese makers, and specialty food producers, with every vendor carefully screened. That combination gives the PSU market a distinctly regional shape: a large downtown Saturday market built around Oregon-area food businesses rather than general merchandise.

What you'll find there

The PSU market’s mix runs wide without straying from food and farm products: orchards, berry growers, vegetable farms, mushrooms, seafood, dairy, bread, drinks, pantry makers, and ready-to-eat stalls all appear in the current vendor roster. With roughly 90 vendors at this location, shoppers can build a full market trip from produce and proteins to breakfast, lunch, and pantry restocks.

• -Browse orchard fruit from Baird Family Orchards.
• -Pick up produce from Gathering Together Farm.
• -Find mushrooms from Mindful Mushrooms.
• -Shop berries from South Barlow Berries.
• -Look for greens and farm produce from Winter Green Farm.
• -Add flowers from Bengal Blooms.
• -Bring home seafood from Brandywine Fisheries.
• -Choose crab and seafood from Linda Brand Crab & Seafood.
• -Stock up on meats from Scratch Meats.
• -Taste dairy from Fraga Farmstead Creamery.
• -Grab bread from Tabor Bread.
• -Try pastries from Twisted Croissant.
• -Sip coffee from Blind Coffee Roasters.
• -Pour kombucha from Golden Age Kombucha.
• -Take home spirits from Freeland Spirits.
• -Order prepared food from Verde Cocina.
• -Pick up tamales from Sara’s Tamales.
• -Add kimchi from Choi’s Kimchi Co..
• -Spoon up miso from Jorinji Miso.
• -Finish with chocolate from Missionary Chocolates.

The market calendar identifies PSU as the Saturday market held under the elm canopy at Portland State University, distinguishing it from the organization’s other neighborhood markets.

Know before you go

No dogs are allowed at the PSU market, so that detail may shape plans before you head to the South Park Blocks. The market is located at SW Park and Montgomery, with the closest address listed as 1803 SW Park Ave. For drivers who need accessible parking, street-level ADA spaces are identified on SW Park between Clay and Montgomery, on SW Mill between Park and 10th in front of Plaid Pantry, and on SW Broadway between Hall and Mill. On-street parking and several garages are also around the market. A Portland Loo is available on SW Park Avenue from Salmon Street to Jackson Street.

Payments & SNAP

The PSU market accepts cash, credit/debit, market tokens, SNAP, Double Up Food Bucks, Produce Match, and Oregon Farm Direct Nutrition Program benefits. SNAP is administered through EBT, and the market confirms SNAP acceptance at this location. FDNP vouchers are also part of the benefit mix noted by the organization through the WIC program connection.