Cook’s Market is is located at the entrance to Rutgers Gardens and operates rain or shine on Fridays from 11am-3pm until December 13, 2024. Use this address in your GPS: 130 Log Cabin Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901.
The Rutgers Gardens Farmers Market began as a student-led project. More than a decade later, the market moved into its new home, Cook’s Market. Today the market features a wide variety of vendors, including the Rutgers Gardens Student Farm, which demonstrates land stewardship by practicing sustainable growing practices and providing our communities with quality, nutritious food. Our produce farms accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, Good Food Bucks, WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program benefits, and Market Bucks provided to Rutgers students by Student Basic Needs. If you have any questions about these programs when you visit Cook’s Market, stop by one of the Rutgers Gardens tents and we’ll be happy to help!
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For information on how to become a vendor, please contact Lucille Tang at lt606@njaes.rutgers.edu.
Cook’s Market vendors specialize in fresh, locally grown and made-with-love products such as fruits and vegetables from New Jersey farms, sourdough breads, sweet and savory treats, honeys and maple syrups, craft spirits, artisanal mushrooms, grassfed meats and brown eggs, live plants from the Rutgers Gardens greenhouse, cut flowers and floral arrangements, pickles and marinated vegetables, ready-to-eat foods, hot sauces and jams, and much more. Help support small businesses and local farms and enjoy everything in season at Cook’s Market!
Rutgers Gardens Student Farm & SEBS Department of Nutritional Sciences Team Up
at Cook’s Market During Summer 2024
From July 19th through August 9th, Rutgers Dietetic Interns will table at Cook’s Market showcasing produce from the Student Farm through creative, culturally-diverse recipes developed by Rutgers Nutritional Sciences undergraduates and graduate students. Market customers can sample these delicious and healthy meals and take home recipe cards with nutrition information and preparation tips.
You can download all of the recipe cards here!
Week 1 (July 19th) – Kohlrabi Slaw
Week 2 (July 26th) – No Bake Carrot Bites
Week 3 (August 2nd) – Roasted Beet Hummus
Week 4 (August 9th) – Watermelon Gazpacho
