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Real Food Farmers Market Welcome to the Real Food Farmers Market, a California Certified Farmers' Market operated by Gold Country Food Hub.

All of our producers are committed to providing clean, healthy food and lifestyle products for our community!

🍂🎃 Little hands, pressed flowers, warm drinks, and a whole lot of autumn magic!There's something especially beautiful ab...
10/28/2026

🍂🎃 Little hands, pressed flowers, warm drinks, and a whole lot of autumn magic!

There's something especially beautiful about this season. The colors, the textures, the comforting flavors, and the simple joy of creating something with our hands.

And tomorrow evening at the Real Food Farmers Market, we're bringing a little bit of all of it together! 🍁

🌸 Table & Twig will be hosting a special FREE children's craft featuring mini pumpkins, real pressed flowers, and the wonderful freedom to create!

Under Deborah's gentle guidance, children are encouraged to follow their own curiosity and creative intuition. No templates to follow. No expectations of what the finished piece should look like. Just natural materials, little hands, and imaginations leading the way.

Because sometimes the most beautiful things are created when we give children the freedom to discover them for themselves. ❤️

☕ Lemon & Ice will be serving up cozy cups of organic hot chocolate and warm apple c***r, available for purchase while you wander the market, enjoy the music, and soak in the season.

And of course, all of your favorite organic farmers and makers will be there with fresh, seasonal harvests, thoughtfully handcrafted goods, nourishing foods, and the familiar faces that make Thursday evenings so special.

There's a common thread woven through everything we do here. From the food we grow and the ingredients we choose to the art our children create, we believe there's something deeply nourishing about staying connected to the natural world.

And even more so when we experience it together.

So bring the kids, grab something warm to sip, and come spend a beautiful autumn evening with us. 🍂

🫶 Real Food Farmers Market
📍195 Elm Avenue | Auburn, CA
🗓️ Thursday, October 29
⏰ 4–7 PM
🎨 FREE children's craft at Table & Twig
🎶 Live music | Organic farmers & makers

Come for the pumpkins. Stay for the community. 🤎

MEET THE MAKER | LOOMIS BASIN SOAP CO. 🐐🌿Some businesses begin with an idea.Loomis Basin Soap Co. began with a mother's ...
10/28/2026

MEET THE MAKER | LOOMIS BASIN SOAP CO. 🐐🌿

Some businesses begin with an idea.

Loomis Basin Soap Co. began with a mother's determination to find something better for her daughter.

When Katie Smith's daughter struggled with eczema, conventional skincare wasn't giving her the results she'd hoped for. So Katie began researching ingredients and exploring a simpler approach to caring for her family's skin.

That journey led her to goat milk soap.

Today, Katie handcrafts soaps using milk from her own dairy goats, which she milks herself on her Loomis farm, along with organic ingredients and essential oils.

No artificial fragrances. No artificial colors. Just simple, thoughtfully chosen ingredients.

But Katie's work doesn't stop at soap!

She's also a local sheep shearer with a flock of 13 wool sheep that help manage vegetation through targeted grazing for fire prevention.

And the wool? She transforms it into reusable dryer balls, completing the ENTIRE process herself, from shearing, washing and carding to felting and finishing.

From pasture to practical household essentials, Katie does it all!

And her commitment to local sourcing is growing, too.

Katie recently collaborated with fellow market vendor Remedy Supply Co. | Boutique Coffee Roasters, incorporating their locally roasted Auburn coffee into her handcrafted Coffee Scrub soap bars, making their market debut THIS THURSDAY!

That's what happens when local makers support one another. Something beautiful comes full circle.

Beyond her products, Katie also participates in local 4-H activities and educational experiences that connect children with animals and agriculture.

This is why knowing your maker matters.

Because behind a simple bar of soap or wool dryer ball is a whole story of family, farming, resourcefulness and craftsmanship.

Come meet Katie from Loomis Basin Soap Co this Thursday at the Real Food Farmers Market!

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Thursday, October 29 | 4–7 PM

From her farm, through her hands, to your home. ❤️

MEET THE MAKER | TABLE & TWIG 🎨🌿Who says farmers markets are just for shopping?Sometimes the most beautiful thing you br...
10/27/2026

MEET THE MAKER | TABLE & TWIG 🎨🌿

Who says farmers markets are just for shopping?

Sometimes the most beautiful thing you bring home is something your child made with their own two hands. ❤️

Meet Ms. Debra from Table & Twig, bringing creativity, curiosity, and hands-on learning to the Real Food Farmers Market every Thursday!

Rooted in nature-inspired enrichment and sensory-based learning, Table & Twig creates opportunities for children to explore the world through art, imagination, and play.

And we absolutely LOVE what she brings to our market!

Every week, our littlest marketgoers get to explore different materials, experiment with textures, express their creativity, and experience the simple joy of making something entirely their own.

And the best part? These experiences are always FREE for every child who wants to participate.

Because play isn't separate from learning. It's one of the most natural ways children learn.

These hands-on experiences nurture curiosity, encourage creative expression, and give children the freedom to discover what they're capable of without everything needing to look a certain way.

And that's something worth making space for.

At the Real Food Farmers Market, we're building more than a place to buy groceries. We're creating a place where families can slow down, connect, and experience something meaningful together.

Table & Twig occasionally offers take-home craft kits for families who want to keep the creativity going long after the market ends, too!

And this Thursday, she has something extra special planned! 🎃

Just in time for Halloween, the kiddos will have the opportunity to create their very own decoupage mini pumpkins, completely FREE!

A little seasonal creativity, a little hands-on fun, and a whole lot of childhood magic.

So bring the kids, grab something delicious from our farmers and makers, and let those little hands get creative!

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Thursday, October 29 | 4–7 PM

Come for the food. Stay for the experience. Leave with something made from the heart. 🎃❤️

A little rain. A big vision. And a community we're counting on. 🌧️🌱Due to tomorrow's forecasted rain, we've made the dif...
10/21/2026

A little rain. A big vision. And a community we're counting on. 🌧️🌱

Due to tomorrow's forecasted rain, we've made the difficult decision to cancel the Real Food Farmers Market for Thursday, October 22.

But we want to share something important with our Auburn community.

We're building something here. And we can't build it without YOU. ❤️

Our market is still in its growing season. We're working toward something bigger than a place to shop: a year-round gathering space centered around organically and regeneratively grown food, local makers, live music, and genuine community connection.

A place where you know the hands that grow your food and the hearts behind the products you bring home.

But here's the reality of growing something new:

A market can only thrive when its community shows up for it.

Our farmers and makers pour their time, resources, and hearts into showing up each week. And while our goal is to become a thriving, rain-or-shine market, we're still building the community support needed to make that sustainable.

That's where YOU come in.

If you've been meaning to visit, consider this your invitation! If you've already joined us, come back. Bring a friend. Tell your neighbors. Share our posts.

Every visit, purchase, and conversation helps turn a brand-new market into a lasting community tradition.

We're also welcoming more organic farmers, growers, and makers who share our vision and want to grow alongside us.

There's still so much ahead. More farmers. More makers. More music. More opportunities to gather, connect, and nourish our community.

We believe Auburn deserves this kind of market. And together, we can make it thrive.

The rain may keep us home tomorrow, but we hope to see you next Thursday, weather permitting. 🌿

📍 Real Food Farmers Market
195 Elm Avenue | Auburn, CA
🗓️ Thursdays | 4–7 PM
🌧️ Oct. 22: CANCELED
🌱 Oct. 29: SUNSHINE- See ya then!

Real People. Real Food. Real Community. ❤️

MEET THE MAKER | FORK FIRE FOODS 🔥Good food starts with good ingredients.But great flavor? That's where the magic happen...
10/17/2026

MEET THE MAKER | FORK FIRE FOODS 🔥

Good food starts with good ingredients.

But great flavor? That's where the magic happens.

Meet Fork Fire Foods, a small-batch food company based right here in Newcastle, California, bringing a whole lot of flavor to our local food scene!

Their specialty? A savory, handcrafted marinade made with organic ingredients, aromatic spices, fresh herbs and a blend of vinegars that creates something they proudly call:

“Unapologetically Umami.”

And if you're wondering what umami means, think of that deep, rich, satisfying savory flavor that makes you go back for another bite.

But here's what makes Fork Fire Foods especially fun: their sauce isn't limited to marinating meat.

It's a marinade. A dressing. A dip. A way to transform everyday vegetables, proteins and home-cooked meals into something extraordinary.

And there's something pretty special about that.

Because our farmers work incredibly hard to grow beautiful, nourishing food. And makers like Fork Fire Foods help us bring that food to life in our kitchens.

Their philosophy is simple: “We take our time so you can save yours.”

They do the blending, balancing and bottling so you can spend less time fussing over ingredients and more time enjoying a delicious meal with the people around your table.

That's the beauty of a local food community.

Farmers grow it. Makers create with it. Families bring it home.

And together, we make something worth gathering around.

Come meet the folks behind Fork Fire Foods every Thursday at the Real Food Farmers Market!

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Every Thursday | 4–7 PM

Because supporting local doesn't end when you leave the farmers market. Sometimes the best part happens when you get home and start cooking. 😋

10/17/2026

Have you ever stopped to consider how much love passes through our hands?

The hands that plant seeds, tend the soil, and gather the harvest 🌿

The tiny hands discovering the world through touch, creating with the very things the earth provides 🙏

The practiced hands of artisans, transforming simple materials into something meaningful.

The imaginative hands that turn a harvest into art, flowers into breathtaking arrangements, and the colors of a season into the centerpieces of our lives.

The hands of musicians who devote countless hours to their craft, becoming the soundtrack to our gatherings and memories 💃

The weathered hands of farmers. The creative hands of makers. The helping hands of neighbors.

Each carrying a story of patience, imagination, care, and purpose.

And every exchange is more than a transaction.

It's a passing of knowledge. Of intention. Of love.

In a world where convenience so often replaces connection, there's something deeply restorative about slowing down long enough to notice the hands behind it all.

Hands that don't simply grow what sustains us, but transform what the earth provides into things that nourish our bodies, awaken our senses, beautify our homes, and enrich our lives 🌻

Different hands. Different gifts. One community.

Because these hands aren't just growing food, making products, arranging flowers, or playing music.

They're cultivating something we all need a little more of.

Belonging. Beauty. Connection. And the reminder that we were made to care for one another.

Sometimes, restoring a community begins with remembering what our hands were made for. ❤️

🌿 Real Food Farmers Market
📍 195 Elm Avenue | Auburn, CA
🗓 Every Thursday | 4–7 PM
🎶 Live music, organically grown food & thoughtfully handcrafted goods.

Come experience what grows when a community puts its hands together 🫶

10/14/2026

We don't really care WHY you come to the market. We just want you to come. ❤️

Come to fill your fridge. Come to treat yourself. Come to discover something new. Or come with absolutely no shopping list at all.

Grab a delicious drink, find a seat, listen to some live music, and enjoy being surrounded by people who are happy you're there.

Because we're not just here to fill your bags and send you home.

We're here for the conversations. The connections. The farmers, makers, and neighbors who remind us what community can feel like.

We're here to offer nourishment in more ways than one. From organically grown food and thoughtfully made home and body essentials to the simple gift of slowing down and being present.

Life asks a lot of us. And sometimes, what we need most isn't another thing to do. It's a place to replenish.

We can't promise to have everything you need to make sense of life or whatever tomorrow may bring. But we can promise that tomorrow, and every Thursday, there's a place where you're welcome to show up exactly as you are.

No agenda necessary. Just come. 🌿

📍 Real Food Farmers Market
195 Elm Avenue | Auburn, CA
Every Thursday | 4–7 PM

Real food. Real people. Real community.

MEET THE FARMERS | TABLE MEADOW FARM 🌱Sometimes the destination stays the same, even when the road to get there complete...
10/14/2026

MEET THE FARMERS | TABLE MEADOW FARM 🌱

Sometimes the destination stays the same, even when the road to get there completely changes.

For the Gibbard family behind Table Meadow Farm, the dream has long centered around feeding people.

After selling their award-winning BBQ restaurant in Los Angeles in 2017, they moved to Auburn to be closer to family with plans to open a farm-to-table restaurant in Old Town.

Then COVID changed everything.

Instead of abandoning the vision, they changed the way they would bring it to life.

The Gibbard family turned their attention to farming, growing seasonal fruits, berries, herbs and vegetables and putting that food directly into the hands of their community.

But their roots in the kitchen are still very much alive.
What comes from the farm often finds its way into what they make next. Seasonal fruits become homemade jams. Their market table fills with freshly baked banana breads, fruit-filled scones, fresh bread and other simple foods made to be taken home and shared.

Their philosophy is beautifully simple:
Local. Real. Affordable.

And there's something about their story that feels especially fitting for a farmers market.

Because farm-to-table doesn't necessarily require a restaurant.

Sometimes the table is yours.

It's a farmer growing food just down the road, harvesting what's in season, preserving the abundance, baking something fresh and bringing it all to market where it can go directly home with another local family.

That's about as farm-to-table as it gets.

Table Meadow Farm reminds us that strengthening our local food system doesn't have to be complicated. It starts by growing food here, making food here, buying food here and keeping the relationship between the people who produce it and the people who eat it close to home.

This Thursday, come meet the Gibbard family from Table Meadow Farm during our Meet the Maker Giveaway at the Real Food Farmers Market.

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Thursday, October 8 | 4–7 PM

Meet your farmers. Learn what's growing. And take something delicious home.

MEET THE MAKER | MUSHY LOVE 🍄Some makers bring a product to market.Vince from Mushy Love brings an entire world with him...
10/07/2026

MEET THE MAKER | MUSHY LOVE 🍄

Some makers bring a product to market.

Vince from Mushy Love brings an entire world with him 🤯

Yes, you'll find mushroom grow kits and functional mushroom powders at his booth. But ask Vince a question and you'll quickly discover that the product is only one layer of what he does.

At the farmers market, education happens organically....

Ask him about mushrooms and he'll meet you wherever your curiosity takes you. Give him five minutes, he'll give you five minutes. Give him an hour, and we're fairly certain Vince could happily take you down the rabbit hole with him.

Because Mushy Love isn't simply about growing mushrooms-

It's about understanding them, and understanding our relationship to the natural world they belong to.

Vince has an incredible ability to make something complex tangible, bridging what's happening beneath our feet with what's happening within our own bodies and helping people see the connections between fungi, ecosystems, food, wellness and our lived experience as humans.

And that work extends far beyond his market booth.

Through community workshops and classroom education, Vince creates hands-on opportunities to touch, grow and examine mushrooms while learning about their role in nature and our lives.

We've personally had the privilege of watching Vince bring this experience into a classroom full of children, and watching their curiosity take over was a beautiful reminder of why this work matters.

Not just for children. For all of us.

Mushy Love invites us to become curious about our connection to the natural world again.

Their philosophy says it beautifully:
“If you grow it, you know it.”

Because when you grow something, touch it, study it and understand its place in the world, you're not simply consuming anymore.

You're connected to it.

And whether Vince is sharing that knowledge across a market booth, leading a workshop or standing in a classroom, that connection is ultimately what he's cultivating.

This Thursday, come meet Vince during our Meet the Maker Giveaway!

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Thursday, October 8 | 4–7 PM

MEET THE MAKER | CRUNCHY COTTAGE 🌿Some businesses begin with a business plan.Crunchy Cottage began in the heart of a hom...
10/07/2026

MEET THE MAKER | CRUNCHY COTTAGE 🌿

Some businesses begin with a business plan.

Crunchy Cottage began in the heart of a home 🫶

Founded right here in Placer County in 2019, Crunchy Cottage grew from one family's desire to take a more intentional approach to everyday wellness and eventually became a way to share those tools with other families.

Seven years later, their answer to “What do you do?” is still pretty simple:

They specialize in families.

Crunchy Cottage creates handcrafted, holistic wellness products designed to support some of the most fundamental needs of everyday family life, including immunity, gut health, hydration and performance, sleep, stress and anxiety.

From their flagship Elderberry Syrup and Fire C***r to herbal drops, mineral blends, magnesium creams and more, the goal isn't to make wellness more complicated.

It's to bring it back to basics 👌

Thoughtfully made. Always organic. Real ingredients. Small batches. And products created with a very simple standard: make the kinds of things you'd feel good about bringing into your own home and giving to your own family.

And that's exactly why makers like Crunchy Cottage belong at a market like ours.

Because there's something fundamentally different about buying something from the person who actually made it.

You can ask what's in it.
You can ask why they chose an ingredient.
You can ask how it's made.
You can ask how the idea even began.
There isn't a corporation between you and the answer.

There is simply a maker standing on the other side of the table 🤗

This Thursday, you'll have the opportunity to meet Whitney, founder and maker behind Crunchy Cottage, during our Meet the Maker Giveaway at the Real Food Farmers Market.

📍 195 Elm Avenue, Auburn, CA
🗓 Thursday, October 8
⏰ 4–7 PM

Come meet the people growing, raising, baking, brewing and creating the things our community brings home.

Because when you know your maker, you know a whole lot more about what you're buying.

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195 Elm Avenue
Auburn, CA
95603

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5pm - 8pm

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