Schedule
February 19 | Eat Better, Move More.
Nutrition scientist and author Marion Nestle couldn’t have put it any better: if we want to be healthier, we need to eat better and move more! Every 3rd Sunday at the farmers’ market this winter is dedicated to this idea. We’ll be featuring nutritionists, cooking demos, free fitness activities, and other health and wellness events to help you get healthier, happier, and in shape for 2012!
Eat Better:
- Cookin’ the Market Cooking Demos | 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., and 1 p.m.
Nutrition educators from Common Seed Nutrition partner with Market Chef Mario for a lesson on eating healthy and how to do it with produce at today’s market!
- Free Nutrition Consultations | 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Sign up at the information booth for a 15-minute one-on-one consultation with a nutrition educator from Common Seed Nutrition, a North Oakland organization dedicated to making health education affordable and accessible to everyone.
Move More:
- Free Yoga with Tim Meissner | 9:30 a.m. on the Market Green
- Free Qi Gong with Shaolin Luohan Institute | 10:30 a.m. on the Market Green
- Free Capoeira with Tammy Chang | 11 a.m. on the Market Green
- Free Zumba with Jazzie Jazz | 12 p.m. in front of the Market Green
February 26 | DIY Day
Come try something new, get your hands a little dirty, and take your own creations home! The 4th Sunday of every month is DIY Day, when we invite all do-it-yourselfers (and the DIY-curious) to join our community partners for some good ol’ hands-on fun. All activities are FREE!
- Screen Printing with The New Hall | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Urban Living tents
Bring your own t-shirt or purchase a canvas market tote bag ($3) to screen print, and join The New Hall for this FREE, interactive workshop! Bring a simple design or use one of our market-inspired ones, and go home with a new skill and a new shirt or bag to boot! Space is limited — when there’s room at the table, take your place and get started. The screen printing process takes about 30 minutes.
- Seed Starting with Star Apple Edible Gardens | 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. at the Urban Living tents
It’s time to start thinking about your garden — and Star Apple Edible Gardens is here with a little inspiration. Kids and adults alike are invited to plant some veggie seeds: you’ll take home a 6-pack of whatever you decide to plant, as well as instructions and advice from a professional garden coach.
March 4 | Food Play
The first Sunday of every month is focused on food, cooking, and learning new ways to enjoy and use food from the farmers’ market! Chef Mario of Cookin’ the Market usually joins us for 1st Sundays, but since he’s on vacation, we’re bringing in our sister nonprofit, Fresh Approach, to lead a totally different cooking activity!
- Free Cooking Class with Fresh Approach | 10:30 a.m. and 12 p.m.
Join Fresh Approach as they pilot a new cooking education program, called Healthy Food/Healthy You. In addition to a quick and simple cooking demonstration (they plan to make an easy salad and dressing), you’ll get tips on how to shop on a budget, how to store fresh produce, and other practical skills. The class concludes with a farmers’ market tour, where you’ll get to meet some of the farmers whose produce you just sampled and learned about!
- Enter to Win a Mandoline + Produce | All day, enter at the Fresh Approach tent or Info Booth
The most important kitchen tool Fresh Approach will use in the class listed above is a mandoline — a specialized tool for cutting veggies into very thin slices. Enter to win your own ($30 value), along with a bag of all the ingredients used in their demonstration! You don’t have to take their class to enter, but it’ll be a good chance to learn how to use this incredibly useful kitchen tool!
