CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | October 6, 2017
SEASONAL CELEBRATION
Harvest Festival and Sukkot at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Join us tomorrow at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market for a fun-filled day celebrating our local fall bounty! Enjoy seasonal crafts, cooking demos, apple cider pressing, community sukkah decorating, beeswax candle making, a sound maze, and other fun, free activities for the whole family, presented in partnership with JCCSF.
MARKET FLAVORS
This Week's Picks
THE BIG EVENT
Just a Week Away!
CUESA's Sunday Supper:
A Farm to City Feast
Sunday, October 15 | There are just a few seats left at CUESA's 15th Annual Sunday Supper: A Farm to City Feast. Join food lovers, chefs, and farmers at the Ferry Building for a lavish four-course dinner and fundraising gala in support of our education programs like Schoolyard to Market and Foodwise Kids, which empower the next generation of healthy eaters.
SEASONAL POP-UP
Kantine Smørrebrød Returns on Saturdays
Smørrebrød lovers, rejoice! Tomorrow Kantine returns to the Saturday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market for the fall season. Taking inspiration from her time in Copenhagen, former Nopa chef Nichole Accettola serves Scandinavian-inspired open-faced sandwiches and grain porridges. Find Kantine in the south driveway.
NEW VENDOR
Red Bay Coffee Joins the Ferry Plaza on Thursdays
Make the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market your coffee stop on Thursdays with Red Bay Coffee. Start your morning off right with Red Bay's single-origin, fair-trade coffees and beans, roasted in small batches in Oakland. You can also find Red Bay at Jack London Square Farmers Market on Sundays.
FARM EXPERIENCES
New! Edible Insects and Aquaponics: A Tour of Two Small-Footprint Food Businesses
Saturday, November 11 | Join CUESA for a special tour of two unconventional indoor Oakland farms with a small footprint and a big impact: Don Bugito's edible insect farm, and Perennial Farming Initiative's aquaponics system.
IN THE NEWS
Farmers Markets Will Save Us All
CUESA's Marcy Coburn discusses the future of farmers markets and the food system--and whether and when it's okay to keep consuming local treats after multinational corporations purchase them--with SF Weekly's Peter Lawrence Kane.
FOOD NEWS BITES
Protect SNAP Benefits for Hungry Families
For forty years, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) has helped hungry kids, families, seniors, and veterans get enough to eat. But this week, House lawmakers are seeking to cut SNAP funding by more than 20 percent. Join Chef Mourad Lahlou and others in telling Congress to protect SNAP benefits.
SEASONAL RECIPE
Grilled Ratatouille
Fall is has arrived, but sweet peppers, tomatoes, and summer squash are still going strong in the market stands. Savor them before they're gone in this smoky ratatouille from Brooke Lewy, author of Vegetables on Fire.
Upcoming CUESA Programs
FERRY PLAZA FARMERS MARKET
Harvest Festival Market to Table Demo: Karen Solomon, Jam It, Pickle It, Cure It | Saturday, October  7 | 10:30 am

Harvest Festival Market to Table Demo: Sharon Nahm, E&O Kitchen and Bar  | Saturday, October  7 | 12:00 pm

Market to Table Demo: Laura Stec, Innovative Cuisine | October 14 | 10:30 am
MORE SF EVENTS »
JACK LONDON SQUARE FARMERS MARKET
Seasonal Market Tasting: Tomatoes | Sunday, October 8 | 11:30 am

Seasonal Market Tasting: Apples | Sunday, October 15 | 11:30 am
Local Happenings

Introduction to Beekeeping at Alemany Farm | October 7 | SF

Hoes Down Harvest Festival at Full Belly Farm | October 7-8 | Capay Valley  
 
 
 
 
Food Craft Institute Geek Out: Steak | October 12 | Oakland 
 
 
 
Pumpkin Party at Eatwell Farm | October 15 | Dixon  
 
Fall Plant Exchange | October 21 | Oakland 
 
 
Civil Eats Celebration | November 11 | 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.
New Pop-Ups: Kantine (south driveway), Sal de Vida (south driveway)
Returning: Brookside Orchids, City Bees, Hog Island Oyster Co., Mountain Ranch Organically Grown
Out: Apple Farm, Blossom Bluff Orchards, Capay Mills, Downtown Bakery, Hodo Soy Beanery,
Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Sukhi's Gourmet Indian Foods (permanently), Triple J Cellars, Woodleaf Farm (for the season)
 
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday | October 8
New! Anna's Seafood
Returning: Country Grill, Delicious Kettle Corn, Fresno Family Farm, Lucky Dog Hot Sauce, Precious Puch, Swank Farms, Tres Bien Creamery
Out: Casa Rosa Farms, The Sharp Bros., Triple J Cellars

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday | October 10
No changes
 
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday | October 12
New! Red Bay Coffee
Out: Lonely Mountain Farm (for the season)
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Saturday 8 am to 2 pm
Tuesday & Thursday 10 am to 2 pm
1 Ferry Building, San Francisco
Jack London Square
Farmers Market
Sunday 10 am to 3 pm
Webster and Embarcadero, Oakland

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