Community Markets

Together with trusted community partners, the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank is transforming what food access looks like. Community Markets are open multiple days and hours every week, and participants can choose the food they want in a grocery store-like setting, reflecting a commitment to providing food with dignity and choice. Community Markets also connect people with supportive services that address the root causes of food insecurity, creating permanent, welcoming spaces in the neighborhoods that need them most.

At a Partner-led Community Market, supportive services are available on site. At a Food Bank-led Community Market, peer navigators connect participants to services offered by trusted community partners.

The model is growing, and in the next three years, our goal is to serve up to 4,500 households in San Francisco and Marin each week.

Interested in partnering with the Food Bank on a Community Market?

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Volunteer at Community Markets

Help neighbors shop for fresh, culturally relevant foods in a grocery store-style setting. Volunteers assist with roles such as greeter, stocker or co-shopper. Volunteers must be 11 years or older, and minors must be accompanied by an adult.

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Peer Navigators

Peer Navigator volunteers receive training from the Food Bank and use their own lived experience to help participants find and access local services, offering guidance and support at Community Markets. For the Food Bank, access to good food is an entry point to more than a meal. Peer navigators make that connection, offering warm referrals to trusted community partners for housing, health and employment resources. Applications are reviewed and accepted on a rolling basis.

Learn more about becoming a Peer Navigator