The pay-what-you-can produce market, Greater Good(s) MKE, is reopening Saturday at a new location on the Northwest Side.
The market had been located at Cloud 9 Workshop, 5205 W. North Ave. It lost its original location because Cloud 9, an eco-art studio, expanded and required additional space.
Starting this weekend, the market will open from 9 a.m. to noon Saturdays through Nov. 11 at 5531 W. North Ave.
Gina Nygro, the founder of Greater Goods MKE, opened the market in 2021 to serve residents in the Uptown Crossing Business District, which runs from West North Avenue from North Sherman Boulevard to North 60th Street and along West Lisbon Avenue from North 46th to North 51st streets.
Nygro said there is no produce market nearby.
Neighborhood residents can choose the produce they need and pay whatever they can afford.
It is modeled after Tricklebee Café, a pay-what-you-can community café that offers healthy meals and food-service training.
Nygro said the pay-what-you-can system balances itself out. Some residents pay more than what the produce is worth and others pay less.
Nygro said she plans to run the market until the end of fall. Organizers will spend the winter planning where the market will be in the spring.
For more information
Check out the Greater Good(s) website
Kelly says
What an absolutely beautiful way to give and/or receive, as well as to everyone who shops there to interact. Love, love, love this!!
Pat Mueller says
So glad to see you are opening again. Hope you once again can have a more permanent location.
Leslie Krueger says
We love this!! Keep up the great work!
Madia N says
Thank you sOo much for providing this for our communities. To be able to have access to food for the body and soul is priceless for the wealth of our families in the community. Thank you, thank you. Bless your you n your purpoSe.