University Times

The Oakland Farmers’ Market returns tomorrow, June 25, with a dozen or so vendors featuring homegrown and homemade local products such as fresh produce, cut flowers, free-range eggs, fresh-baked Italian bread, homemade pies and other baked goods, and various grass- and forage-fed meats including beef, poultry, goat and lamb.

The market will be held 3:30-6:30 p.m. on Fridays through Nov. 19 on Sennott Street between Atwood Street and Meyran Avenue. Free parking is available in the adjacent UPMC lot.

Vendors will include Dillner Family Farm, Christoff Farm and Garden, Vibo’s Italian Bakery, Cinco de Mayo Salsa, Sand Hill Berries, Mish Farms, SITOs Dressings and My Goodies Bakery.

Pitt and UPMC are among many community partners sponsoring the farmers’ market with the Oakland Business Improvement District. Information on the farmers’ market is available at www.onlyinoakland.org or by calling 412/683-6243.

Pitt’s Office of Community Relations also sponsors a Farms to Pitt program, run by Isidore Foods, that enables University employees to subscribe to a weekly delivery of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and dairy products from local farms.

The program, launched in 2007, offers fresh products delivered directly from area farms to designated locations on the Pittsburgh campus. Subscribers pay a fee in advance then receive farm-fresh products weekly from June through October. Summer fruit box deliveries begin July 18.

For more information on the Farms to Pitt program, visit www.isidorefoods.com, or call 412/400-4721.

—Peter Hart