CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | September 6, 2019 | View as Webpage
Food Runners Feeds the Community through Food Waste
“We never really know what we’re going to get at the market,” says Food Runners volunteer Keith Goldstein. Every Saturday, Keith and a few other dedicated volunteers visit the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market to rescue unsold produce from the compost pile. Toward the end of the market, you’ll hear Keith calling out through the stalls, as farmers gather some of the region’s best and ripest sustainably grown fruits and vegetables to donate to families in need.
This Week's Picks
Evening Talk: The Food Change | Sowing an Equitable Future for Farmers
Join CUESA and California FarmLink on September 25 at the Ferry Building for a conversation with farmers whose hands are in the soil and whose eyes are on the future. Learn from their first-hand experience and find out how we can focus our collective energies to create opportunities for beginning farmers.
Next Thursday! Bake the World a Better Place Bake Sale
Gather your pastry-loving friends for Bluestem Brasserie's Bake the World a Better Place Bake Sale next Thursday, September 12! Fifteen of San Francisco's top pastry chefs will be there with tables full of baked goods to raise funds for CUESA's Foodwise Teens program. Use discount code CUESA for $10 off of VIP and The Whole World tickets.
CUESA's Sunday Supper:
A Farm to City Feast
Tickets are live for CUESA's Sunday Supper: A Farm to City Feast on October 6. Join food lovers, chefs, and farmers at the Ferry Building for a lavish feast and fundraising gala in support of local farmers and the next generation of healthy eaters. Check out our stellar lineup of 45 chefs!
Cucumber Gazpacho
Rachel Bolden-Kramer, author of My Food Stamps Cookbook, shares her cucumber gazpacho recipe, made with cucumbers, spinach leaves, avocado, and fennel bulbs. Learn more about Rachel on The Food Change website.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
Featured Seller: The Peach Jamboree

The Peach Jamboree will have figs tomorrow at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market! Farmers Danny and Andrew also have a variety of organic peaches from their Oroville farm for the rest of the season.
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday
Back on Sundays! The Honey Ladies

The Honey Ladies are back this Sunday at the farmers market. You can still donate to their relief fund to help cover Wendy and Francisco's medical costs after the Gilroy Garlic Festival shooting, or support them by stopping by their booth to stock up on their delicious honey.
BYO Bag Day at Jack London Square Farmers Market

As part of CUESA’s Zero Waste celebration all month, join us for BYO Bag day at CUESA’s Jack London Square Farmers Market. Bring your reusable totes and other bags from home. Get $2 in market coins at the CUESA Info Booth!
Mission Community Market: Thursday
New! Delightful Foods

An Oakland family-operated business since 1991, Delightful Foods is now at Mission Community Market, offering a variety of vegan cookies, mini pies, pound cakes, and beverages made with all natural ingredients.
Upcoming Programs

Live Music: Mark Y Los Tiburones | Thursday, September 12 | 4-6 pm

Live Music: DJ Lamont | Thursday, September 12 | 6-8 pm

The Food Shed: Zero Waste | Thursdays in September | 4:00 pm
Community Happenings
The National Heirloom Expo | September 10-12 | Santa Rosa


Women of Abundance | September 14 | Vacaville

SF Cheese Fest (use discount code "CUESA" for 10% off!) | September 14-15 | San Francisco

Eat Real Festival at Jack London Square| September 21-22 | Oakland




Slow Money Farm Fest 2019 | September 29 | Pescadero

La Cocina's San Francisco Street Food Festival | October 12 | San Francisco
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.
 
Returning: Mountain Ranch Organically Grown
Out: Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Old Dog Ranch (until November), Steadfast Herbs, The Apple Farm

Returning: Delicious Kettle Corn, Far West Cider, Great Valley Poultry, The Honey Ladies, La Oaxaqueña, Medina Berry Farms, Roti
Out: Dot's Baking Pantry

Returning: Frog Hollow Farm

Returning: City Bees, Tory Farms

Returning: City Bees, En Vie Naturals, Hale's Apple Farm, Mi Morena, Tory Farms