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With This Year’s Mid-Autumn Mooncakes, Annie’s T Cakes Re-Envisions Vegan Asian Food

On a September evening in 2022, baker Annie Wang was walking down the street in Oakland, feeling tired but accomplished after her feat of shipping boxes of mooncakes all over California for the first time. “I was thinking it's crazy that there are so many people right now who are eating something that I literally made with my own hands,” she says

With the Mid-Autumn Festival approaching on September 29, 2023, Annie is preparing for this year’s push for mooncake orders and reflecting on her journey so far. Since starting Annie’s T Cakes in 2020, Annie has been honing her baking and business skills to diversify the food scene and make environmentalism irresistible in the form of her classic East Asian treats.

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Save the Date! Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Fall Kickoff on September 23

Next Saturday, celebrate 20+ local Black food and craft makers and kick off the fall equinox with a day of delicious food, community, and family fun at Ferry Terminal Plaza and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, with cooking demos, music, and more. Entry is free, with food and drinks available for purchase.

See the lineup

Reserve Your Seat at Foodwise Sunday Supper on October 15

Support local farms, food access, and youth education, and do it deliciously at our Sunday Supper fundraising gala! Join Foodwise at the Ferry Building for an abundant reception and four-course feast prepared by 30 of the Bay Area's best restaurants, showcasing the bounty of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.

Reserve your seat now

Seasonal Molletes

At the Foodwise Classroom, Raquel Goldman, founder of Norte54, shared this recipe for a classic Mexican breakfast or snack featuring homemade refried shelling beans and fresh pico de gallo, with Juliet tomatoes. Find Norte54 at the Mission Community Market.

Try the recipe

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Featured Vendors

New Crop Dates at Flying Disc Ranch

Flying Disc Ranch is back on Saturdays with freshly harvested dates! On their ranch in Thermal, Robert Lower and his sons tend to several different varieties, including Amber, Barhi, and Medjool.

Meet Flying Disc Ranch

A Variety of Flavors at Sciabica's California Olive Oil

The Sciabica family has been farming the same land since 1925. Their olive oils are 100% extra virgin, unrefined, and cold-pressed on their farm. Visit them on Saturdays to add some kick to your summer caprese salads.

Meet Sciabica's

Mission Community Market: Featured Vendors

Holler for Avila Farms' One Dollar Deals

Avila Farms is a family-run farm in Hollister, California. At their Mission stand on Thursdays, browse through one dollar bags of seasonal fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes, peppers, leafy greens, and lemons.

Meet Avila Farms

Smoked Fish from Coastside Farms and Specialties

Coastside Specialties' fish comes from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest, and their products are only available in a few farmers markets. Pick up smoked salmon and trout at the Mission market on Thursdays.

Meet Coastside Farms

Community Happenings

Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Fall Kickoff| September 23 | SF

Foodwise Demo: Angélica Mena, Sukulenta SF | September 23 | SF

Foodwise Demo: Pierre Thiam, Simply West African| September 23 | SF

Joy Jam: A Celebration of Solidarity for the Future of Food | September 23 | Pescadero

SF Cheese Fest at the Ferry Building | September 23 | SF

La Cocina's Tacolado 2023 | September 24 | SF

Fall Farm Fest at Tierra Vegetables | September 24 | Santa Rosa (visit their farmstand on Saturdays for tickets)

Rooted in Sustainability: The Power of Urban Gardening (Acterra Lecture) | September 26 | SF

Sukkot Pop-Up with JCCSF | September 30 | SF

For the Culture: Phenomenal Black Women and Femmes in Food at MoAD | September 30 | SF

Foodwise Demo: Aaron Escalada, Abacá | October 7 | SF

Market Updates

This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please check in at the Foodwise Info Booth for any last-minute changes.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, 8am-2pm | September 16

La Cocina Pop-Up: Origen

Mandela Partners Pop-Up:Chef Sarah Germany

New location: Winters Fruit Tree (in front of the Ferry Terminal Plaza, along the Embarcadero)

Returning:Bariani Olive Oil, Flying Disc Ranch, Gavel's Farm, Mangosay, Nusa, Volcano Kimchi, Wise Goat Organics

Out: Capay Mills (every other week), G&S Farms (for the season)

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday, 10am-2pm | September 19

SF Black Wallstreet Pop-Up:Mo'Raysha's

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday, 10am-2pm | September 21

En2Action's Ujamaa Kitchen Pop-Up: Lil' Alijo Catering & Events

SF Black Wallstreet Pop-Up:Sukulenta SF

Mission Community Market: Thursday, 3pm-7pm | September 21