SFC IN THE NEWS - 2011


4 Ways Farmers’ Markets Are Going Digital

By Aliza Sherman, Mashable
December 12, 2011

The Sustainable Food Center (SFC) Farmers’ market in Austin joined forces with QR code mobile mapping company Walking Papers to be part of a printed street map of downtown Austin that combines mobile functionality through the use of QR codes... (Read More)


Best Farmers' Market: Sustainable Food Center Farmers' Market Downtown

Best of Austin 2011 Readers Poll, Austin Chronicle
October 18, 2011

Every time we attend the Downtown SFC Farmers' Market, we are gripped by the urge to quit our soulless corporate jobs, sell our million-dollar high-rise condos, and head to the hills to found an organic farming cooperative... (Read More)


Top Artisan Food Markets in America Slideshow

Bon Appetit
September 2011

Searching for the country's next great dining scene? You won't find it in a restaurant (or at a pop-up or a food truck). Instead, look to a new breed of market, where inspired chefs and food artisans across the country are changing the way we eat out. Arrive hungry. (Read More)


32 organizations get $9 million from St. David's Foundation

By Andrea Ball, Austin American-Statesman
July 6, 2011

The St. David's Foundation has awarded $9.2 million in grants to 32 local organizations, including a $3 million research grant to the University of Texas School of Nursing to study health care for underserved populations. The grants — which went to organizations including People's Community Clinic , the Sustainable Food Center... (Read More)


A farmers' market breakfast: Laughing babies, hungry dogs, grass-fed popsicles and a BLT as big as the outdoors

By Mike Sutter, Austin360
June 29, 2011

The Saturday morning commotion in Republic Square Park included the flash and jingle of a children's parade and lots of laughing babies, cool dads and scrap-hunting dogs. The line for peaches stretched 15 people deep... (Read More)