Become a Friend
of the Market with your monthly gift.

Join the Friends of the Market today and help us cultivate a thriving, equitable food future for all.

By becoming a monthly donor “Friend of the Market”, you play a vital role in providing the consistent and reliable funding needed to support and sustain our farmers markets and programs.

Join one of our monthly giving levels: 

Funds the equivalent of 1 Diggin’ Education scholarship for a student to visit a working farm

  • Eco-friendly bumper sticker

  • Eco-friendly bumper sticker

    AIM tumbler 

    Acknowledgment in AIM’s Annual Report and featured in AIM’s newsletter

Funds the equivalent of 1 household receiving a free Bounty Box full of organic fruits and veggies

Funds the equivalent of 2 senior households receiving groceries from the Rollin’ Root

  • Eco-friendly bumper sticker

    AIM tumbler 

    Custom wooden spatula

    Acknowledgment in AIM’s Annual Report and featured in AIM’s newsletter

    Private event: annual picnic gathering (Spring 2024)

Help us Cultivate a Healthy, Earth-friendly, Equitable Food System for All

Your monthly contribution will play a crucial role in bolstering our farmers market infrastructure, advancing our mission for equity, providing mentorship and technical assistance to our food providers, expanding our educational program that highlights the significance of our local food system, ensuring everyone has access to nutritious food, and fostering systemic change.

By committing to a more equitable and inclusive food system, you'll help ensure that our farmers markets remain vibrant, welcoming community hubs for years to come. Join the Friends of the Market today and play a part in shaping a healthier, more sustainable food future for everyone.

Your tax-deductible donations directly supports: 

  • Fresh, seasonal produce of the highest quality

    A diverse range of producers that adapt to community preferences

    A Farm Audit Integrity Program that upholds the integrity of our markets

    New market equipment, including cafe tables and chairs, to enhance the market experience

    Chefs carts for bulk purchase that support the local culinary community

    Zero waste stations that promote composting and recycling, reducing landfill waste

  • The Racial Equity Fund: strives to reduce financial barriers to entry by supporting BIPOC first-generation farmers, food producers, and artisans who are getting started at AIM’s farmers markets

    Incubator Booths: creates dedicated space for new BIPOC farm owners to train and get established at the farmers market.

  • Growing Success: provides training and technical assistance services at no charge to AIM’s market participants and community partners

    AIM’s Job Board: helps producers find qualified candidates for staff positions on the farm, in the kitchen, and at the markets

  • Diggin’ Education: farmers market tours, classroom visits, and farm tours; meet the people growing your food, learn about local farms, and how to make healthy choices.

    Youth Scholarships to take a field trip to local farms where you will meet a farmer-educator, for hands-on learning experiences

    Community Farmers Market Tours

    Chef’s Corner is a community around healthy food through cooking demonstrations using local ingredients, designed to deepen your culinary knowledge and learn how to cook seasonally and sustainably.

    Harvest Talks

    Where TEDTalks meet the farmers market, hear stories from people creating a more responsible local food system

  • AIM accepts and promotes the use of the following supplemental nutrition benefits at all of our markets: CalFresh (SNAP), Women Infants Children Program WIC, Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP)

    The Rollin Root, provides nutrition security though the mobile market and education for aging adults and underserved neighborhoods

    The Bounty Box, brings free produce boxes to low-income families every week

    Market Match: a program which doubles the value of your EBT money for free fruits and vegetables

  • AIM leverages our position as an agricultural hub, in ongoing partnership with other like- minded organizations, to advocate for beneficial policy - uplifting those in the frontlines of agriculture, access, equity, and health.

Your Impact in Numbers

Here’s what our community of supporters like you, make possible.

Be sure to sign up for a donor account upon making your donation, to have 24/7 direct access to change, pause, or cancel your membership.

Your tax-deductible gift empowers AIM's mission to foster thriving communities through the power of local food. AIM is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (Federal Taxpayer ID Number 86-1156712). Your donations to AIM are tax-deductible as permitted by law.