Introducing the Black Rock Farmers Market, by More Carrot
The More Carrot camp is bringing the Black Rock Farmers Market back for our 5th year providing nutritious, mostly locally-grown produce to the citizens of Black Rock City.
We are all about maintaining the link between food production and consumption even in the middle of the Black Rock Desert, ensuring nutritious produce is available for free to the citizens of Black Rock City and promoting a culture of gifting, leave no trace,
communal effort and healthy eating!
Why have a farmers market in the Black Rock Desert?
Because if you're going to expose your body to playa dust, baking hot sun, extreme acts of creativity and very little sleep you'll need your nutrients!
Imagine, it's 8am, you're dusty, miles from your camp, parched and hankering for a slice of freshness... juicy watermelon, tangy plums, frozen grapes, a crunchy carrot or a sweet cob of corn; where do you turn when your cooler looks like slush-- the
Black Rock Farmers Market of course!
Over just four years the Black Rock Farmers Market has become a much-loved part of the fabric of Black Rock City. But it costs a lot to bring a truck full of fresh produce to the middle of the desert, keep it cold, then prepare and serve it, not to mention
create the groovy swag our supporters know and love, and we're just a camp of humble farmers... so please contribute so we can continue our mission to gift generously of healthy produce during the week of Burning Man.
What We Do
We bring the freshness to Black Rock City!
The Black Rock Farmers Market is based at the French Quarter and is open 8-10amish Tuesday-Friday of Burning Man, with a possible pop-up market on Saturday. During this time you’ll find a bunch of happy mostly orange-clad farmers enthusiastically plying
you with delicious produce. We source our produce in Reno, with the majority being organic-grown locally in Nevada, and supporting local agriculture is important to us.
In addition to the produce stall the market features a bike-powered smoothy maker so we’ll be whipping up creative fruit cocktails all morning. There will also be performers and music to keep you entertained while you wait and a shaded lounge area to relax
and enjoy your breakfast.
And with your support we will surprise you with a couple of “pop-up” markets in the Souk around the Man this year. Imagine a sunrise viewing from the Man and then, as you turn towards home, parched and famished, you discover the Black Rock Market Mobile
Edition there in the shade of one of the souk structures, and you rest a while and enjoy an apple of almost preta-natural freshness and succulence. Sounds good doesn’t it? Help us make it happen by supporting this campaign!
Most importantly of all we help ensure that more residents of Black Rock City get the vitamins and nutrients you need to stay healthy while making art and having fun in the middle of the desert.
The Black Rock Famers Market is run by the More Carrot camp, the freedom-fighters behind the Countless Carrot March (join the movement here).
What You Get
In return for your support you get sweet sweet Farmers Market swag, including stickers, patches, t-shirts, soap and more. And you don’t have to be doing at Burning Man to appreciate these goodies!
At the $150 donation level you can order a delivery of fruit and vegetables to your camp on the playa - a great gift for all your camp mates! Or why not have a group chip in to spread the cost around? Imagine the joy of having a beautiful basket of fresh
fruit and vegetables delivered to your camp on the Friday of the burn, days after the last of the produce you carried in has gone limp?
For the more romantically-inclined check out our Seeds of Seduction package, which will deliver to you a picnic basket with only the sexiest collection of fruits, perfect for that special playa date.
Do you like the music in our video above? That’s
Bumble, an incredibly-talented Australian producer who also happens to be a proud member of our camp – From the $20 reward level up you also receive a download of his latest album.
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Most importantly of all you get the pleasure of ensuring that there’s a farmers market in your favorite city!
Other Ways You Can Help
Please help us get the word out - use the sharing tools provided to post to Facebook or Twitter.
Like our Facebook page to stay in touch!
We are also looking for circus performers (jugglers, stilt walkers, magicians, etc) and musicians to entertain at the Farmers Market. And if you are a camp that makes something on-playa (bakery, tea room, etc) or just have some yummy edibles to gift, we
invite you to come and be part of the Farmers Market! BYO rug/stall, if you’re interested just get in touch with us via our facebook page.
