Cultural Harvest Collective

Cultural Harvest Collective Cultural Harvest Collective is a BIPOC-centered farmers market and community incubator.

TODAY’S THE DAY, MONMOUTH! ✨🍂One last day full of summer fun starts NOW at Main Street Park, 1PM–5PM. Come get FREE popc...
08/30/2026

TODAY’S THE DAY, MONMOUTH! ✨🍂
One last day full of summer fun starts NOW at Main Street Park, 1PM–5PM. Come get FREE popcorn from Paloma’s Kitchen, enjoy the season’s last Family Craft Day, shop our incredible local vendors, and treat yourself to fresh Maine lobster from Cousins Maine Lobster — all the way from Maine to Main Street! 🦞

This is it — our final market of the season. Come say goodbye the right way. We’ll see you there. 💐

¡HOY ES EL DÍA, MONMOUTH! ✨🍂
Un último día lleno de diversión veraniega comienza AHORA en Main Street Park, de 1PM a 5PM. Ven por palomitas GRATIS de Paloma’s Kitchen, disfruta del último Family Craft Day de la temporada, compra con nuestros increíbles vendedores locales, y date el gusto con langosta fresca de Maine de Cousins Maine Lobster — ¡desde Maine hasta Main Street! 🦞

Este es nuestro último mercado de la temporada. Ven a despedirte como se debe. ¡Nos vemos ahí! 💐

🦞 All the way from Maine to Main Street — Cousins Maine Lobster is rolling into the market this Sunday, fresh, buttery, ...
08/28/2026

🦞 All the way from Maine to Main Street — Cousins Maine Lobster is rolling into the market this Sunday, fresh, buttery, and worth every mile! And since it’s our LAST market of the season, this is your final chance to get your fix.

Come say goodbye to the season the right way — with lobster in hand. 🌊

🦞 Desde Maine hasta Main Street — ¡Cousins Maine Lobster llega al mercado este domingo, fresca, mantecosa, y vale cada milla de camino! Y como es nuestro ÚLTIMO mercado de la temporada, esta es tu última oportunidad para disfrutarla.

Ven a despedir la temporada como se debe — con langosta en mano. 🌊

IT’S THE LAST WEEKEND, MONMOUTH! 🎨🌽This Sunday we’re closing out the season in style at Main Street Park, 1PM–5PM. Palom...
08/27/2026

IT’S THE LAST WEEKEND, MONMOUTH! 🎨🌽

This Sunday we’re closing out the season in style at Main Street Park, 1PM–5PM. Paloma’s Kitchen is giving out FREE popcorn as a thank-you for your support all season long — grab some while you treat yourself to fresh Maine lobster from the Cousins Maine Lobster food truck, and bring the kids for the season’s last Family Craft Day with Nikki Pothos. 🦞🍿

And that’s not all — Dallas Farmers Market is joining us too! Keep an eye out for the full vendor lineup. 👀🛍️

Don’t miss it — see you there! 💐

¡ES LA ÚLTIMA SEMANA, MONMOUTH! 🎨🌽

Este domingo cerramos la temporada por todo lo alto en Main Street Park de 1PM a 5PM. Paloma’s Kitchen regala palomitas GRATIS como agradecimiento por tu apoyo durante toda la temporada — disfrútalas mientras te das el gusto con langosta fresca de Maine en el food truck de Cousins Maine Lobster, y trae a los peques para el último Family Craft Day de la temporada con Nikki Pothos. 🦞🍿

Y eso no es todo — ¡también nos acompaña Dallas Farmers Market! Mantente pendiente para conocer la lista completa de vendedores. 👀🛍️

No te lo pierdas — ¡nos vemos ahí! 💐

To everyone who showed up this season — every Sunday, every vendor, every person who grabbed a box for someone else, eve...
08/24/2026

To everyone who showed up this season — every Sunday, every vendor, every person who grabbed a box for someone else, every kid who ran the stretch circle with Coach Shirley, every neighbor who covered someone else’s total without being asked — thank you.

You were the market. Not the tables. Not us. You.

Here’s what this season taught us: community isn’t something a market gives you. It’s something you build with the people next to you.

Neighbors showing up for neighbors. Someone teaching someone else how to cook what they grew. A stranger who became a familiar face by week three.

That doesn’t require a market. It doesn’t require us. It requires you — choosing, on purpose, to be in relationship with the people around you instead of waiting for permission to build it.

Build the table yourself if no one’s building it for you.
That was always the real harvest.

We Brought Our Own.

A todos los que aparecieron esta temporada — cada domingo, cada vendedor, cada persona que llevó una caja para alguien más, cada niño que corrió en el círculo de estiramiento con Coach Shirley, cada vecino que cubrió la cuenta de otra persona sin que se lo pidieran — gracias. Ustedes fueron el mercado.

No las mesas. No nosotros. Ustedes.

Esto es lo que nos enseñó esta temporada: la comunidad no es algo que un mercado te da. Es algo que construyes con las personas a tu lado.

Vecinos apareciendo por vecinos. Alguien enseñándole a otra persona a cocinar lo que cultivó. Un desconocido que para la tercera semana ya era un rostro familiar.
Eso no requiere un mercado. No nos requiere a nosotros. Te requiere a ti — eligiendo, a propósito, estar en relación con quienes te rodean en lugar de esperar permiso para construirla.

Construyan la mesa ustedes mismos si nadie más la está construyendo.
Esa siempre fue la verdadera cosecha.

Trajimos Lo Nuestro.

To everyone in Monmouth, the surrounding areas, and even those of you tuning in from afar — thank you for showing up. Th...
08/22/2026

To everyone in Monmouth, the surrounding areas, and even those of you tuning in from afar — thank you for showing up. Thursday’s post hit different because of you. The comments, the shares, the “Monmouth we want this” — we felt every bit of it. 💛

A little heads up: this is our last season at Main Street Park. So the next couple Sundays matter more than usual .

🥬 Only 2 markets left to spend your Little Lettuce Bucks
👕 This Sunday is your last chance for the clothes + food pantry donation drive
🛍️ Next Sunday is our final market of the season
Come say hi, grab what you need, and help us close this chapter the way we opened it — together.

See you Sunday. 💚



Para todos en Monmouth, en las áreas cercanas, y hasta quienes nos siguen desde lejos — gracias por acompañarnos. La publicación del jueves fue diferente gracias a ustedes. Los comentarios, los compartidos, el “Monmouth we want this” — lo sentimos todo. 💛

Un aviso rápido: esta es nuestra última temporada en Main Street Park. Así que los próximos domingos importan más de lo normal

🥬 Solo quedan 2 mercados para usar sus Little Lettuce Bucks
👕 Este domingo es su última oportunidad para donar ropa y alimentos
🛍️ El próximo domingo es nuestro mercado final de la temporada

Vengan a saludar, lleven lo que necesiten, y ayúdennos a cerrar este capítulo tal como lo abrimos — juntos.

Nos vemos el domingo. 💚

The Unity Market Co-Op was feasible. CHC led this project alongside the City — real research, real community input, a re...
08/20/2026

The Unity Market Co-Op was feasible. CHC led this project alongside the City — real research, real community input, a real plan to keep local food dollars here in Monmouth.

Then the report went up on the City’s website in March... and that was it. No announcement. No community presentation. Silence.

Meanwhile, a chain restaurant opens up and the town’s out here celebrating “fresh Mexican food.”
We’re not here to be quiet about what we built. Swipe for what the report actually says — link to the full study in our bio.

📄 Read it yourself. Draw your own conclusions.



Unity Market Co-Op sí era viable. CHC lideró este proyecto junto con la Ciudad — investigación real, participación comunitaria real, un plan real para mantener el dinero de la comida local aquí en Monmouth.

Después, el informe se publicó en el sitio web de la Ciudad en marzo... y eso fue todo. Ningún anuncio. Ninguna presentación comunitaria. Silencio.

Mientras tanto, abre un restaurante de cadena y el pueblo celebra "c“mida mexicana fresca.”
No estamos aquí para quedarnos calladas sobre lo que construimos. Desliza para ver lo que realmente dice el informe — enlace al estudio completo en nuestra bio.

📄 Léelo tú mismo. Saca tus propias conclusiones.

08/19/2026

Marcus from Polk County Fairgrounds stopped by market to talk about what’s at stake. Polk County Fairgrounds closes for good on December 31st — unless voters pass the operations levy this November 3rd. About $30/year for the average household keeps 4-H, FFA, the county fair, and the county’s emergency shelter hub alive.

Learn more and get involved at SavePolkFairgrounds.com.

Marcus, del Recinto Ferial del Condado de Polk, nos visitó en el mercado para hablar sobre lo que está en juego. El Recinto Ferial del Condado de Polk cerrará definitivamente el 31 de diciembre, a menos que los votantes aprueben el impuesto de operaciones el 3 de noviembre. Cerca de $30 al año para el hogar promedio mantiene vivos el programa 4-H, FFA, la feria del condado, y el refugio de emergencia del condado.

Conoce más y participa en SavePolkFairgrounds.com.

Round two. 🧡Last weekend, this community showed up big for Stuff Their Pantry — and the need is still there, so we’re do...
08/18/2026

Round two. 🧡

Last weekend, this community showed up big for Stuff Their Pantry — and the need is still there, so we’re doing it again. No prize this time, no catch. Just drop off a dried or shelf-stable pantry item alongside your clothes donation for Punx with Purpose.

Some of us weren’t always lucky enough to have a stable home. Punx with Purpose gives kids trying to find some normalcy a place to land. And some of us on the CHC team know what it’s like to go hungry with no adult to turn to — that’s why we keep showing up for this.
This one’s simple: it’s about keeping kids from going hungry.

And a heads up — we’re down to our last 2 Sundays of the season at Main St. Park. Come see us while we’re still here.

We Brought Our Own.

Segunda ronda. 🧡

El fin de semana pasado, esta comunidad respondió con fuerza a Llena su Despensa — y la necesidad sigue ahí, así que lo hacemos otra vez. Esta vez no hay premio, ni truco. Solo trae un producto seco o no perecedero junto con tu donación de ropa para Punx with Purpose.

Algunos de nosotros no siempre tuvimos la suerte de contar con un hogar estable. Punx with Purpose les da a los niños que buscan algo de normalidad un lugar donde estar. Y algunos en el equipo de CHC saben lo que es pasar hambre sin un adulto a quien recurrir — por eso seguimos con estas misiones.

Esto es simple: se trata de que ningún niño pase hambre.
Y un aviso — nos quedan solo 2 domingos de temporada en Main St. Park. Ven a vernos mientras todavía estamos aquí.

Trajimos Lo Nuestro.

Monday Motivation: some food for thought. 🌱What’s your relationship to food?Not “what did you eat today” — but really: d...
08/18/2026

Monday Motivation: some food for thought. 🌱
What’s your relationship to food?

Not “what did you eat today” — but really: do you know whose hands planted it? Whose land it grew from? Whether the person who grew it can pay their bills this season?

Where’s the closest place you can get REAL fresh, local produce — not the well-traveled kind that sat in a truck for a week, but the kind that was in the ground yesterday?

Do you go out of your way for it? To find the farmers who steward their land instead of stripping it — who skip the pesticides, herbicides, and growth regulators that boost yield but break down soil, water, and health over time?
Are you in relationship with the people who grow what’s on your table? The hands behind your vegetables, your chicken, your goat, your lamb?

Do you know how to grow anything yourself?
This isn’t about guilt. Most of us were raised disconnected from our food on purpose — that disconnection is profitable for someone. We’re not shaming anyone for surviving inside a system built to make convenience feel like the only option.

But food is relationship. It’s memory, land, labor, culture, survival. When you know the hands that grew your dinner, you eat differently. You show up differently. You remember that feeding people — and being fed — is sacred work.

So this week: go find your farmer. Ask their name. Ask what they grow and how. Let food be a relationship again, not just a transaction.

We Brought Our Own. 🖤

Today at market: it’s “Stuff the Pantry” day! 🌽🍬 Bring one dried good, get one free cotton candy — all donations go stra...
08/16/2026

Today at market: it’s “Stuff the Pantry” day! 🌽🍬 Bring one dried good, get one free cotton candy — all donations go straight to the Punx with Purpose pantry.

We’re also hosting Polk County Fairgrounds today, so come find out how YOU can help save the fairgrounds. 🎪

And we’re still collecting gently used clothes for the Punx with Purpose closet, supporting youth in our community who need it most.

One more reason to come see us this Sunday. 💛

Hoy en el mercado: ¡es el día de “Llena la Despensa”! 🌽🍬 Trae un alimento seco y recibe un algodón de azúcar gratis — todas las donaciones van directamente a la despensa de Punx with Purpose.

También tendremos a Polk County Fairgrounds hoy, así que ven a descubrir cómo TÚ puedes ayudar a salvar el fairgrounds. 🎪

Y seguimos recolectando ropa usada en buen estado para el closet de Punx with Purpose, apoyando a los jóvenes de nuestra comunidad que más lo necesitan.
Una razón más para acompañarnos este domingo. 💛

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120 Main Street E
Monmouth, OR
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