Sunday, July 22, 9 am to 6 pm - Coastal Harvest farm tour

Explore two delicious coastal harvests in one day! Visit Far West Fungi's indoor farm in Moss Landing to see firsthand the fascinating process of growing organic gourmet mushrooms. We'll grill freshly picked mushrooms to enjoy with lunch. Then walk the fields of Yerena Farms with Apolinar Yerena and learn about how he tends his 17 acres of organic strawberries, raspberries, tayberries, and blackberries near Castroville. Sample berries straight off the vine! The tour is $25 and includes lunch made with farmers' market ingredients. Click here to sign up >

We sincerely thank our 2007 Farm Tour Sponsor, First National Bank of Northern California, for underwriting tour costs and Coach 21 for providing a discount on the bus charter fee.

Other upcoming tours:
Sunday, August 26, 9 am to 5 pm - Valley Orchard Tour
Visit Lagier Ranches and Hidden Star Orchards >

Sunday, September 16, 8:30 am to 5 pm - Milk and Honey Tour
Visit Spring Hill Jersey Cheese Co. and Marshall's Farm Natural Honey >

The chef lineup is set for our fifth annual Sunday Supper!

CUESA's fifth annual Sunday Supper fundraiser on September 30, 2007, will highlight the abundance of delicious produce offered at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Over fifty of the Bay Area’s most celebrated chefs, all dedicated to promoting sustainable, seasonal, and local dining, have stepped up to cook this five course feast. To whet your appetite and interest, here's a sneak peek at who will be cooking this year. Click here to see the list >

The Farm Bill -- listen to and read about the latest

This week, the Farm Bill was the topic of an article in the San Francisco Chronicle and a discussion on KQED's Forum. Click the links below to learn the latest about the bill:
Read the article >
Hear the discussion >

Talk and book signing with Michele Simon

Tomorrow, July 14 at 2 pm, Michele Simon, Director of the Center for Informed Food Choices, will be signing copies of her acclaimed book Appetite for Profit at Book Passage inside the Ferry Building. Click here for details >

Saturday, July 14 ~ Market to Table events

10:30 am - Meet the Farmer
Apolinar Yerena of Yerena Farms

11 am - Seasonal cooking demonstration
Molly Watson of Sunset magazine

Saturday, July 21 ~ Market to Table events

10:30 am - Meet the Artisan
Kathleen Weber of Della Fattoria

11 am - Seasonal cooking demonstration and book signing
Joyce Goldstein, author of Antipasti

Tuesday, July 24 ~ Easy Market Meals

11:45 am, 12:15 pm, 12:45 pm & 1:15 pm - Home cook Tom Lockard, CEO of our Market Sponsor, Stone & Youngberg, will demonstrate a recipe using the seasonal, regional ingredients that can be found at the Tuesday market. Every attendee leaves with a sample, a recipe and a suggested shopping list.

All events take place in our Dacor teaching kitchen in the arcade north of the Ferry Building's clock tower unless otherwise noted.

This week, some of the CUESA staff visited two Marin County growers. David Evans of Marin Sun Farms showed us around his diverse ranch in the Point Reyes National Seashore and David Little of Little Organic Farm took us to three of the locations where he grows row crops, primarily potatoes. Click below to see a slide show of each farm.

See a slide show of our time at Little Organic Farm >

 

See a slide show of our time at Marin Sun Farms >

 

This is the most up-to-date information about which sellers will and won't be attending the market as of Friday, when we send this letter. If there are no changes to a seller's status, they will not be listed. To find out which farmers regularly attend each market, click here. Please understand that there are often last minute changes--it's the nature of farming!

Saturday, July 14

In/Returning: The Apple Farm, June Taylor Co., Capay Canyon Ranch
Out: Sierra Cascade Blueberry Farm (for the season), Knoll Farms, Honeycrisp Farm

Tuesday, July 17

Out: Bruins Vegetables (for the season)