“从农场到邻居”农夫市集一岁了！有点难以相信，感觉一年前我啥也不懂！一年后也才刚开始懂一点东西，成长的过程真是微妙，好像植物慢慢地生长一样。
It's hard to believe Farm to Neighbors farmers' market is already one year old! I feel like I knew so little when I first started it, and I'm just starting to learn something. Maturity takes a long time, just like how a plant would grow in it's natural state.
做市集一件”甜美的负担”就是设计海报。因为不熟悉软件，所以常常跟Photoshop大眼瞪小眼，希望每周都能给市集做出跟我们卖得蔬菜一样新鲜的视觉呈现。现在，一年过去了，看到累积下这么多的海报，都可以看图说故事了。以下，就让我们来回顾一下吧：
One of my "sweet burdens" while organizing the market was designing the posters every week. Since I don't know how to use pro software, countless hours were spent staring at Photoshop with a desire to make a new poster each week that converys the freshness of our market. Now, looking back, we've got a lot of poster that can pretty much tell a store of our year! So let's review:
JULY - 7月 - 2014
我们第一个活动在五金，一家蔬菜摊就把五金摆满了。记得非常深刻，当时给卖菜的吴姐看我们的海报时，她马上纠正我说不能说她是有机的，尽管她种菜都是按严格有机方式种的，甚至连有机范围内容许的药她都不用，但因为没有拿有机认证，所以只能说是生态。当时我还不太明白她为什么这么坚持，但还是被她的诚实所感动了。
Our first event was at Wujin, the space was packed full with vegetables. When I showed the poster to vegetable lady, Mrs. Wu, her response made a strong impression on me. She said she was not "organic" even though she follows strict organic practice and don't even use the substances that have been approved by organic standards, since she doesn't have organic certification, she could only be considered as "ecological". Although I didn't quite understand why she insisted that way, her honest and transparent attitude really touched me.
第一个活动结束后，不难发现鼓楼缺乏一个能让大家方便买到安全没有农药的菜的地方。一个做精选食材的朋友推荐我在海淀凤凰岭风景区养鸡种不用农药化肥桃子的农大毕业生木木，当时正是桃子最好吃的季节，于是我跟木木买了桃子又找了吴姐来卖菜，开始在好朋友宝钞胡同44号的老摩酒吧举办起第二周的农夫市集。
It wasn't hard to see the Gulou community was lacking a place to buy safe and chemical-free vegetables after our first event. A friend who was sourcing high-quality ingredients introduced me to Mumu's farm, run by a graduate from Agriculture University who was raising chickens under peach trees that don't use any pesticides and chemical fertilizers. So I bought some from her and invite Mrs. Wu to come sell vegetables again. Modernista Old Cafe & Tapas Bar was run by a good friend who was nice enough to host our market.
AUG - 8月 - 2014
八月份，我们跟老摩密切合作，开始用市集上的新鲜食材做成西式早午餐配调酒，卖菜同时还能吃饭，何乐而不为？
In August, we started working with Modernista to use seasonal fresh vegetables from the market to make a special Sunday brunch + cocktail menu. Not only could you buy vegetables but also eat brunch, why not?
但市集上只有蔬菜和桃子是满足不了大家的需求的。8月下旬，远谷庄园的散养猪肉和鸡蛋加入了，子民的藏式酸奶（现叫“措瓦”）也加入了，当季用有机方式种植的葡萄也来了，市集一下子丰富起来！
Having only veggies and peaches was obviously not enough. By the end of August, we had free-range pork and pasture-raised eggs from Yuangu Valley Farm. Zimin's Tibetan Yogurt (now called "Tsuowa") and seasonal local organically-grown grapes also joined. Now, we really got a market goin'!
过不久，全北京最棒的法国手工奶酪布乐奶酪也加入了！
Then, Beijing's best artisanal French cheese maker, Le Fromager de Pekin joined us as well!
SEPT - 9月 - 2014
9月后，市集上有“阿莲妈妈”手工制作什么都不添加的好喝米酒（现叫“糖舍”）和醪糟。
Come September, we had handmade rice wine and sweet fermented rice from Alian-mama (now called Tang Sir), none additives added!
可以看到，这个时候的我对“有机”还是无知的。在海报上还会使用“有机”的字样。
You can see that, at this point, I was still pretty ignorant about the idea of "organic" in China, so still having the word "organic" associated to my market in the Chinese description.
OCT - 10月 - 2014
10月份，在走访几个北京周边的农场之后我便开始明白，在中国做“有机”并不那么容易，其中存在着许多弊端，导致“有机”这个词在使用上已经几乎没有意义。于是，在跟人介绍我们市集的时候，我开始学习吴姐的诚实态度，不再去强调“有机”，而是“我们是什么，就说什么”。同时，我们开始市集上卖山东栖霞谢明的良心苹果和苹果干。
After visiting a few more farms around Beijing, it was enough for me to realize that being "organic" in China is not that simple, and often involves corrupted practices. This renders the word "organic" in China almost meaningless, or even sometimes a dirty word. So with the same honest attitude I learned from Mrs. Wu, I stopped using the broad label "organic" for my market, but rather focusing on conveying "exactly what we are and do". Meanwhile, I started sell seasonal apples and apple chips grown by Xie Ming from Shnagdong, Xixia.
NOV - 11月 - 2014
感恩节到来，美国人喜欢吃火腿和南瓜派，我们邀请北京城做这些美食的手工作者来参加市集，一起庆祝感恩节。
As Thanksgiving rolls around, we invited artisanal food makers in Beijing like Kitchen Collective to sell their ham, Rager Pie to sell their pies, and Bonne Nani Jams to sell jams and chutneys as a way to celebrate Thanksgiving on the market.
接着，老摩酒吧开始为扩张店面进入装修模式！我们暂时到其他地方准备继续做市集。
Then, Modernista enters into construction mode for their grand expansion! We get prepared to move somewhere else to host the market.
DEC - 12月 - 2014
我们在北新桥的天井越洋文化交流中心做了两个圣诞市集，非常热闹！！ 感谢@Culture Yard!
We hosted two very festive Christmas Markets at Culture Yard in Beixingqiao. Big shout-out to @Culture Yard!!!
JAN - 1月 - 2015
1月份，我们来到东四十条的文艺湖南餐厅百米粒，用上老板娘淡淡最喜欢的吴尔夫名言：一个人没有吃好，就爱不好，睡不好，想不好。感谢@百米粒！
In Janurary, we came to the hipster Hunnan restaurant, Nice Rice, in Dongsishitiao. Using a favorite quote of the restaurant owner by Virginia Woolf, "One cannot think well, love well sleep well, if one has not dined well." Big shout-out to @Nice Rice!!
之后我们来到明星大厨骏的餐厅肆角餐吧（你可以在旅游卫视的节目上搜到骏主持的“谁借我厨房”），市集的顾客都对骏的西式越南创意菜赞不绝口，午餐时间吧台总是客满。谢谢@肆角餐吧！！
Then, we came to celebrity chef Jun's 4Corners restaurant (you can find Jun's show Kitchen Quest on Travel Channel). All of our market customers couldn't stop raving about Jun's take on Western-inspired Vietnamnese food. It was often a full-house during lunch hours. Big shout-out to @4Corners!
FEB - 2月 - 2015
MAR - 3月 - 2015
新年的开始，我们决定将鼓楼作为周日的固定地点，周六开始探索新的需要我们的地方。
In the beginning of Spring, we decided to make Gulou our regular location on Sundays, and explore new territories on Saturdays.
APR - 4月 - 2015
周六第一站是孙河，我们来到Pinotage南非餐厅。
First stop, Sunhe. We came to Pinotage Plaza.
这个海报虽然不是我设计的，但是我们在金宝街也做了一次市集！
Even though I didn't design this poster, but we still did a market at Jinbao Place!
在孙河, 我们利用Pinotage餐厅前面的大草坪搞起了烤肉野餐派对。Pinotage特制南非风味的大块烤肉串让大家吃的大呼过瘾。谢谢@Pinotage!
At Sunhe, we utilitzed the big grass lawn in front of Pinotage to make a BBQ Picnic party. Pinotage's South-African style big skewers made a hit that day. Big shout-out to @Pinotage!
4月份，我们很荣幸邀请到张映辉老师来跟我们做分享会，主题是：当我们谈论有机时我们在谈论什么。
In April, we had the fortune to have Mrs. Zhang Yinghui to come share with us on the topic of "What We Talk About When We Talk About Organic".
MAY - 5月 - 2015
等了老摩酒吧快5个月，5月份的周日我们终于回到了一个更大、更美、更欧式的老摩！
After waiting for Modernista for almost 5 months, Sundays in May we finally got to return to a bigger, more beautiful and even more magically old-world-like Modernista!
周六第二站：荣祥广场！但是很不幸地当天下雨了把我们都淋成了发抖的落汤鸡！
Saturday second stop: Pinnacle Plaza! But unfortunately we got totally rained out! Boooo :(
周六第三站，我们接受苹果社区Plan B酒吧的邀请，参加一年一度的Black Party慈善市集。
Third stop on Saturday, we were invited by Plan B to join their annual Black Party celebration at Pingo.
周六第四站，我们来到顺义的CHARCOAL碳美式烧烤餐厅，用远谷庄园的乳猪做了一个烤全猪农夫市集活动。
Forth stop on Satuday, we went to CHARCOAL restaurant in Shunyi to bring about a pig-picking BBQ farmers' market.
JUN - 6月 - 2015
自6月份开始，Farm to Neighbors有了新的Logo和一名非常棒的设计师来帮忙每周海报设计的工作，她一两个小时就能做得非常漂亮的海报不再需要我这个设计菜鸟花两天的时间去思考制作啦！这样就有更多的时间专注于市集商户的挑选、农场的考察和解决场地的问题！谢谢Veeeky!!
From June on, Farm to Neighbors has a new logo and a very talented designer to do our posters. Work that she can design and finish beautifully within one or two hours no longer needs a dummy like me to mull over for days! This frees up more time for me to focus on selecting vendors, visiting farms and finding better venues (which always is a big issue in BJ)! Thank you Veeeky!!!
我们在丽都的乐童日托中心做了三次农夫市集，每次有不同的主题，包粽子做扎染，孩子们大人们都玩的不亦乐乎，更别说还有好多好吃的。也感谢@乐童日托中心！
We organized three farmers' market at Le Kindergarten in Lido. Each time with a different theme, from making Zongzi to doing plant-based tie-dye. Both kids and parents had a blast, and not to mention there was so much good food! Big shout-out to Le Kindergarten!
JUL - 7月 - 2015
呼呼，真是忙碌精彩的一年！
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ABOUT
"从农场到邻居"是由黄莉莉创始的社区农夫市集。来北京工作生活两年后，黄莉莉的皮肤出现严重的问题，为了吃到健康安全的饮食，她开始拜访和寻找本地的有机农场和传统手工食物，通过组织市集的方式，让这样的生产者有机会与更多消费者直接面对面交流，让人们更容易获取令人放心的食物。“从农场到邻居”农夫市集希望我们了解每天所吃进肚子里的食物的来源，提倡不仅使自己的身体更健康，又能改善自然环境的美食文化和生活方式。想了解更多关于“从农场到邻居”，请关注我们的微信公众号： farm2neighbors
Farm to Neighbors is a farmers' market founded and organized by Erica Huang. After struggling with severe skin issues after living and working in Beijing for two years, she decided to take matters into her own hands to eat healthy by seeking out local organic farm produce and traditional hand-made foods. Farm to Neighbors was created to serve the community by creating better access to quality foods and connecting local producers directly to consumers. We strive to celebrate real food culture that brings people closer together, nourishes our bodies and improves the environment. To find out more about Farm to Neighbors, please follow our Wechat: farm2neighbors.