Dallas County Living Well Magazine Fall 2014 | Page 23

ers Market has joined forces with GROW North Texas, who
manages farmer relationships, improving product mix and
quality. The group is actively procuring farmers, local vendors and food artisans for the Dallas Farmers Market and
the broad hunger programs it supports. Interested vendors
should visit www.grownorthtexas.org.

About Dallas Farmers Market
The Dallas Farmers Market began in the late 1800s with
farmers selling from wagons and evolved into a brisk wholesale business at the intersection of Pearl and Cadiz streets
around 1900. In 1939, the site of the Dallas Farmers Market
was formalized and the first shed established. It was officially sanctioned as a municipally owned and operated
market in December 1941. DF Market Holdings, LLC bought
the market from the city in May 2013 and leads the revitalization of the 啅ȵɽչ