Our Markets
Our markets are producer-only, with the best local produce, meats and cheese, bread and pastries, pickles, jams, specialty foods and more. We are proud of our hard working farmers and artisan vendors. In addition, we are proud to include artisans with handmade furniture, toys, clothes, soaps, and more, all made by North Texans. Our farmers markets feature all local vendors who come from 150 mile radius of Dallas and all grow or make what they sell at our markets. You will find us rain or shine at either of our locations.
MISSION
Good Local Markets’ mission is to support local farmers and ranchers, incubate small businesses, increase food access, strengthen the local economy, and cultivate healthy communities.
HEALTH
Simple food chain; simple food choices. Good Local Markets promotes the health of shoppers, the health of local businesses, and the health of our local food system.
COMMUNITY
Good Local Markets brings food producers to our urban center, creating a new, broader community. We bring people together around food, and that is one of the ageless definitions of community anywhere.
QUALITY
Good Local Markets are juried markets that attract growers and artists from a 150-mile radius of our community. Our vendors directly raise, grow, and/or produce what they sell. Our staff visits each farm to ensure they are growing what they are selling at the market. No reselling is permitted at our markets. Our vendors are carefully vetted so that we are bringing you quality products at all of our farmers markets.
ACCESS
Our successful Lone Star food stamp program makes real food accessible. We believe in being part of the solution to food inequality and hope to increase food access by providing sources of fresh picked, locally grown, produce.
Our History
White Rock Local Market began in 2009 with the idea that a neighborhood farmers market would improve our health and our quality of life here in East Dallas.
Why have to drive across town to a farmers market? Why not have one right here?
Since then, White Rock Local Market has grown into Good Local Markets, hosting farmers markets, educational programs, a food stamp program, community garden space, and more. Now, Good Local Markets is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt nonprofit organization working to create a stronger demand for local foods.
We have proven the rule “Build it and they will come…”
Our farmers markets serve thousands of residents looking for healthy and locally raised foods. Good Local Markets also present some of our region’s top makers of clothes, jewelry, furniture, fine art, toys and more, hand made by North Texans. Our markets now serve to connect local farmers, food producers and craftsmen directly to our community.
Our Board of Directors
Adam Jochelson - President
Adam is a licensed professional engineer in the field of environmental engineering with a special expertise in waste management. He spent nearly 10 years as the on-site engineer managing planning and development for the City of Dallas’s McCommas Bluff Landfill in South Dallas. His experiences there gave him a unique perspective on effective use of resources and the consequences of inefficient approaches to their allocation. A self-described polymath, Adam has spent time pursuing various endeavors through life including computer programming, ski lift operating, teaching, and professional soccer playing. He currently splits his time each week as a contract civil engineer, private tutor of math and science, and publisher of the local weekly entertainment newspaper, Dallas Coffee News. He is an ardent supporter of local success and spends much of his professional time making efforts to build strong connections in East Dallas and enrich the community. He lives nearby with 2 snuggly cats, Cammy & Frito Pie, and takes care of Dallas Coffee News’s spokes-vehicle, Lil’ MoBill.
John Botefuhr - Vice President/Treasurer
Dr. John Botefuhr is a fifth-generation native Dallasite with deep roots in the East Dallas Community. After graduating from high school in 1988, he completed his undergraduate studies in Psychology at the University of Oklahoma, earning a Bachelor of Arts in 1992. He studied Culinary Arts before shifting all of his focus to his passion for healthcare and helping people in need by earning his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Cleveland Chiropractic College in Los Angeles. Upon graduating in 2000, Dr. Botefuhr returned to East Dallas, opening his first clinic in 2009 on Greenville Avenue before launching Adjust Chiropractic near the Arboretum in 2011. He is active in the chiropractic profession, while also serving as a member of numerous community boards and volunteer committees. A resident of Casa View Haven since 2007, Dr. Botefuhr spends his free time working out at the White Rock YMCA, biking or walking at White Rock Lake, cooking at home or firing up the barbecue pit.
Karen Moore - Vendor Support Committee Chair
Karen Moore worked as a programmer/analyst for 10 years before deciding to instead indulge her first love, cooking. Since then she has worked in restaurants, bakeries and catering and now works from home where she lives with her cat, her husband and four chickens, tends a large vegetable garden and several fruit trees, and volunteers at Gardeners in Community Development.
Brittany Stubblefield-Engram
Brittany, a native of Dallas, Texas, is a neurodivergent, multidisciplinary artist, hip-hop scholar, and multimedia journalist. She holds a summa cum laude degree from the University of North Texas at Dallas and is currently pursuing a Master of Education in Curriculum & Instruction in English at UT-Rio Grande Valley. Beyond her accolades, Brittany is deeply committed to nonprofit work and community impact. She is a member of the 2022 Black Women in Nonprofit Leadership cohort with Dallas Truth Racial Healing and Transformation. As the Vice President of Outreach and Inclusion for her son’s DISD school’s PTO, Brittany founded a BIPOC family affinity group, fostering connections and support within the community. She also serves on the school's SBDM board. Her passion for equity, justice, and inclusion drives her involvement in the Good Local Market, where she aims to enhance accessibility for all. When she's not doing all of this she enjoys drinking beet juice and watching cartoons with her husband Edwin, their son Legacy and 14 year old Shih Tzu, Mescudi. Follow her journey on Instagram at @thebritofdallas.
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