What are your partners saying? "Monarch is grateful for [The Common Market's] high-quality local and regional suppliers, like Mick Klug Farms, Beeler’s Pure Pork, Farmers Hen House, Country View Dairy, Farmhouse Kitchens Cooperative, and Red Barn Dairy. We are excited to try new products as they continue to build their relationships and are impressed by the operational excellence that enables the practice of their principles." Monarch Catering Company is an Illinois-based, woman and minority-owned school food-service company centered on scratch-cooked menus, local ingredient sourcing, and celebrating the joys of the table! Thank you, Monarch, for these kind words and for your commitment to serving students delicious and nutritious meals. The Common Market is so proud to make it easy for Monarch and other school communities to connect to local during #FarmtoSchoolMonth and throughout the year!
The Common Market
Food and Beverage Services
Philadelphia, PA 4,516 followers
Delivering local food for the common good.
About us
The Common Market is a nonprofit wholesale food distributor that is successfully building sustainable regional food systems that strengthen the health and wealth of all people. By building relationships between sustainable family farms and markets in their region, we are strengthening our communities’ health, environment, and local economies. We build the supply chain and we partner with both farmers and customers from procurement through delivery, so that schools, hospitals, cities, and businesses can realize the full value of a healthy food system. We’ve helped more than 300 sustainable family farms deliver over 58 million meals worth of food to community institutions. Locations: The Common Market Southeast — Atlanta, GA The Common Market Mid-Atlantic — Philadelphia, PA The Common Market Texas — Houston, TX The Common Market Great Lakes — Chicago, IL...coming soon!
- Website
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https://www.thecommonmarket.org/
External link for The Common Market
- Industry
- Food and Beverage Services
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Philadelphia, PA
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 2008
- Specialties
- wholesale distribution, local food, farm food, regional food systems, value chain, and food hub
Locations
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Primary
428 E. Erie Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19134, US
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1050 Oakleigh Drive
East Point, GA 30344, US
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2121 Gulf Central Dr
Houston, Texas 77023, US
Employees at The Common Market
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Kameko Nichols
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Jamie Phelps Proctor
The Common Market Great Lakes
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Clayton Mitchell, PE, CEM
Executive Consultant & Corporate Real Estate Executive | Executive & Leadership Coach | Public Speaker | Healthcare Infrastructure Strategist |…
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Caitlin Honan
Communications and Marketing Director at The Common Market
Updates
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The Common Market reposted this
This news is so exciting! The USDA has announced a $1.7 billion investment to continue the transformative LFPA and LFS programs. Both of these programs have been crucial to the growth of Common Market Texas over the past three years, and I am so thrilled to see them continuing. LFS, especially, opens so many doors for school nutrition teams to rethink entrenched systems and processes that excluded small farmers and created barriers to nutritious, locally-grown food. At The Common Market Texas, we are thrilled to see this kind of innovation and proud to be partners for the change—working hand-in-hand with farmers to connect fresh, sustainable food to institutions and families. Let’s continue to build a resilient food system together! #texasfarmfresh #farmoschool #localfood #USDA #farmers #foodsystems https://lnkd.in/gerCyksx
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The Common Market reposted this
Sustainably sourced & plated for a purpose 🍽 Recently, a group of Morrison chefs lead by Chef Thomas Sewell prepared and served a 5-course dinner to raise money for the Urban Regatta neighborhood festival and STEAMsport, Inc., a program that provides educational opportunities to youth in underserved communities. The menu items were sourced through our partnership with The Common Market Southeast and help support local farmers. We are so proud of our chefs for getting involved in their communities!
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We did a little R&D today with bread flour from DaySpring Farms in Danielsville, GA. We made two delicious focaccias! The first was a garlic confit focaccia with black berries, pickled red onion, rosemary, Calabrian pepper compote and a maple drizzle. The second was garlic confit focaccia with cream cheese, bacon, chive and Maldon salt. Thank you The Common Market for help us source this fantastic local product! #farmtotable #flikisdining Seamus Nerge Brannen Odum Curtis Orwig, FMP Courtney Hill
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BJ Reece is in the house at our seasonal table this month compliments of The Common Market. Right now we have two of their delicious apples, Blondee and Honey Crisp, and some of their beautifully crisp Asian Pears. Stop by for other apple, caramel and spiced snacks to put you in a September mood. #cherokeeretailsharingthelove #northsidecherokee #northsidehospital George Sigeti Brian Gale Megan Burke Mariah Glass Bryan Penland Tricia Emerson Wayne Barkins II, CDM,CFPP
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Bon Appétit Management Company and The Common Market are committed partners aligned in mission and values. The result? Championing sustainable family farms and community health from region to region. We’re proud to grow alongside them and support their Farm to Fork program, connecting local farmers to institutions across the Mid-Atlantic, Southeast, Texas and now the Great Lakes. 🌱 They recently told the story of The Common Market and our partnership on their blog (and we are grateful!) Check it out here: 🌱 https://lnkd.in/enkizBJE #FarmToFork #LocalFood #SustainableAgriculture #TheCommonMarket #HealthyCommunities #LocalFarms
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Building a Healthy School Environment with farm fresh food at the Camden City School District with Full Futures, and The Common Market. Shouting out our Farmers for August 2024: Alderfer’s Poultry Farm, Bernato Farm, Buster Petrongolo & Son Farm, Country Hill Produce, Dusty Lane Farm, Eagle Road Farm, Frecon Fruit Farm, Inoculated Farms, Koch's Turkey Farm, Locust Point Farms, Mother Earth Organics, Sunny Harvest Farms, and The Gehman Family Farm
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🍏 We’re ready to crunch into something exciting! 🍎 The Common Market Texas is thrilled to participate in the upcoming Texas20 Product Show on September 11. We’re bringing our fresh, Texas-grown produce to you so you can taste the difference—it's core to what we do! 🍏 Stop by our booth (#302) and let’s apple-solutely make a difference together this school year! #Texas20 #FarmtoSchool #FarmFresh #HealthyFood #LocalFarmers #TheCommonMarketTexas Jeremy Logan I Hallie Casey
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It's officially back-to-school time, and we are honored to partner with so many of you throughout the region. It takes a village to run school food operations, and we are in awe of the hard work and passion our school nutrition leaders put into this work each and every day. And, it's newsworthy! FOX29 News Philadelphia spotlighted our partners at Camden City School District as they celebrated back to school with their monthly farmers' markets. Fresh produce was provided by The Common Market! Check out the segment here: https://lnkd.in/eshqukye Thank you, Arlethia Brown, for the shout-out!
Back to School: Camden schools hosting monthly farmers markets
fox29.com
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"The Common Market plays a crucial role in connecting The Good Eating Company to farmers who use the kind of growing practices that align with their mission. Claire Turner agrees that working with a values-aligned distribution partner is essential to The Good Eating Company, noting her appreciation for the rigor with which The Common Market evaluates farms in its network to ensure that their claims are meaningful and not merely greenwashing. 'We rely on partners like The Common Market to help connect us to the values-aligned farmers who'll help us meet our goals,' she says." Learn more about how food service companies, like The Good Eating Company, are integrating sustainability goals into procurement practices in our blog: "More than Buzzwords: Integrating Sustainability Goals Into Procurement Practices". Continue reading here: https://lnkd.in/gMAERH6Q