Mission Statement
...to CONNECT local farms, growers, ranchers, fishers and food producers to customers looking for local, safe, healthy food
...to INSPIRE and ENCOURAGE production of local food and goods
...to PROVIDE an easy venue for our farmers, gardeners, ranchers, fishers and food producers to sell their goods, and for customers to buy their goods
Welcome to Yelm Fresh!
Yelm Fresh, an online farmers market serving Lawrence Lake, Yelm, McKenna, Roy, Rainier, and Tenino from the historic Ron Smith Sheep Farm, dedicated to goods grown and produced as close to our community as possible.
We operate on a weekly schedule: you order online, farmers and producers drop off, we pack your order and you pick up. Repeats weekly. 
See our schedule below.
How It Works
- Local farmers post their available products online at any time, preferably before ordering opens Sunday mornings at 6am. Producers can update any time during the ordering period.
- Customers shop online starting Sunday mornings 6am until Wednesdays at 9pm.
- Farmers & local food producers deliver to the Yelm Fresh Food Hub Fridays 10am-5pm and Saturdays 8-10am.
- Staff and Volunteers sort and assemble (aggregate) orders.
- Customers pick up their orders at one of our convenient locations on Saturdays 11am-3pm at: the Yelm Fresh Food Hub, Mari’s Farm, and we are exploring a drop location in the center of Yelm.
- Enjoy your fresh, local products!
Repeat Weekly!
PICK UP:
Saturdays 11am-4pm at: the Yelm Fresh food hub, Mari's Farm and we're exploring a location in the center of Yelm.
Can't pick up at that time, ask a friend. Your order is your commitment.
Delivery in the future, but volunteers or neighborhood groups could help in the meantime.
Currently we operate with only volunteers and would love for you to join our very special and important team. Contact Susie for Volunteer Information or other questions at: yelmfresh@yelm.rocks.
PAYMENT: Cash-only. Pay at pick-up. We are a hyper-local grassroots organization. If you can't pick up, ask a friend. Your order is your commitment.
Customer Memberships: Customer Membership is FREE! No annual membership dues and a very low per ordering handling fee of $7. Only want to order a few things, go in with a friend.
Register as a Customer
Producer Memberships: Contact Susie at yelmfresh@yelm.rocks for next steps.
To sign up on our MAILING LIST, go to Food Prosperity Central for our greater vision.
PLEASE NOTE: "Build it and they will come," applies here. We've built it and created the infrastructure for it to operate. Now the invitation is here for you to be a Customer and/or a Producer to complete the team.
Products will change weekly, even daily so you may want to get in the rhythm of checking in early in the cycle or frequently as it will be a first come first serve basis, especially in the beginning as some producers will be working on scaling up their production.
It's a dance and we invite you to dance with us in this exciting experiment of strengthening our Yelm and neighbors local food system as we are actively constructing the infrastructure of a free, healthy, and sovereign future.
Yelm Fresh is ready, rooted and rising!
Yelm Fresh Food Hub
16525 Lindsay Rd SE Yelm WA 98597
Email: yelmfresh@yelm.rocks