 | | CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | August 3, 2018 |
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| FEATURED 8 Things You May Not Know about Farmers Markets | At CUESA, every day is a celebration of local food and farmers, but National Farmers Market Week (August 5 through 11) is all the more reason to show your local love by supporting your favorite market. CUESA is honored to be a Farmers Market Coalition featured market, alongside other outstanding markets across the country. We'll be celebrating at our Ferry Plaza, Mission Community, and Jack London Square Farmers Markets all week long! In anticipation of National Farmers Market Week, we asked you to send us your burning farmers market questions. |
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| | MARKET FLAVORS This Week's Picks
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| | | FARMERS MARKET FASHION New! "I Tomato My Farmers Market" Tote Bag | | Declare your love this National Farmers Market Week with CUESA's new tomato tote (tomatote?)! These high-quality canvas bags are printed in San Francisco by Ashbury Images, a nonprofit screenprinter that employs local youth. Get yours at our Info Booth for $15, while supplies last.
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| | FOOD TALKS Watch "The Future of Food: Recentering Our Origins" | | Did you miss our sold-out talk last Monday, featuring inspiring food activists Mai Nguyen, Kristyn Leach, Stephen Satterfield, and Edgar Xochitl, and Aileen Suzara? Don't worry--we've got video! Watch it on Facebook.
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| | PARTNER TALK Next Week! Ripe: California's Organic Farmers Plan for the Next Generation | Monday, August 6 | Tickets are going fast! Join The Journal of Alta California and CUESA at the Ferry Building for a talk about the future of organic farming. Speakers include Alice Waters, Nikiko Masumoto, Warren Weber, Reggie Knox, and Will Hearst. | | |
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| | SPONSORED EVENT Summer Sangrita: Farmers Market Cocktail Class with El Tesoro Tequila | | Saturday, August 18 | Join CUESA and El Tesoro in the CUESA Kitchen, located in the bustling Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, for a fun afternoon of tequila tasting and sangrita making with locally grown peak-summer produce.
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| | SEASONAL RECIPE Whole-Grain Pasta with Vegetables
| | Author of The Healing Saeeda Hafiz--who is also a Wellness Coordinator at SFUSD and a CUESA Board Member--shares a fresh and simple pasta recipe featuring the season's bounty. | | |
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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
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Dessert Tacos Next Thursday | Tacolicious's Summer Guest Chef Taco Series is coming to an end! Visit the T-lish stand next Thursday for a single-origin Dandelion chocolate taco with cinnamon ancho ice cream from Tyler Malek of Salt & Straw. Proceeds from the tacos benefit CUESA's Schoolyard to Market program.
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Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday
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| | FEATURED SELLER Wisdom by Wisdom | Meisha Page makes natural, handcrafted soaps and body butters in a wide variety of scents and colors, including poppyseed, oatmeal milk and honey, peppermint, and lavender. Sweet treats for your skin, her cupcake and cake slice soaps look and smell good enough to eat! | | |
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Mission Community Market: Thursday
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| | FEATURED SELLER Back for the Season: Hale's Apple Farm | | Dave Hale is one of the few remaining farmers in Sebastopol who continues to honor the tradition of apple farming in the area, growing a variety of flavorful heirloom apples with care and pride. Keep an eye out for Gravensteins and other early-season apples this week! | | |
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Eat Drink SF (use discount code "CUESALOVE" for 20% off!) | August 24-26 | SF |
Market Update This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please stop by the CUESA Info Booth for a market map or check online for any last-minute changes. August Pop-Up: Arata Farms (figs), Teranga Juice (La Cocina Pop-Up) Returning: Bariani Olive Oil, Capay Mills, Crumble & Whisk, Stepladder Ranch Out: Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese, County Line Harvest, Elston Family Farms (for the season), Mountain Ranch Organically Grown Returning: Charlie Clark's, Delicious Kettle Corn, Fresno Family Farm, Great Valley Poultry, The Honey Ladies, Oakland's Own, Roti, Wisdom by Wisdom Out: The Sharp Brothers Community Tent: Friends of the Oakland Library
Returning: Snyders Honey Out: County Line Harvest
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