 | | CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | July 20, 2018 |
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| FEATURED EVENT Melons 101: A Farmers Market Guide | Summer brings more than 20 different types of delicious, succulent melons to the farmers market. Local farmers choose rare and heirloom varieties and let them slowly mature on their vines until perfectly ripe so that their sweet, subtle tastes can be savored as summer slips into fall. Bursting with juice and flavor, these stars of summer are dead-ripe and delicate, nothing like the bland, hard melons found off-season in supermarkets and dreary hotel buffets throughout the rest of the year.
Here's a guide to picking melons at the farmers market, plus 12 delicious varieties to be on the lookout for this summer. |
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| | MARKET FLAVORS This Week's Picks
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| | | EVENING TALK The Future of Food: Recentering Our Origins | | Monday, July 30 | Join CUESA as some of the Bay Area's premiere food change makers at the Ferry Building as they share stories about their paths and how they're working to recenter their heritage in agriculture, food media, and politics.
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| | | | | Tens of thousands of food-insecure Americans who rely on SNAP may be unable to use their benefits at farmers markets because the company that processes 40 percent of EBT transactions nationwide is ending its service. In California, most farmers markets--including CUESA's markets--will not be impacted by this change, but the future of SNAP at markets around the country is still uncertain. Read the latest news at Modern Farmer.
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| | HOT TICKET Party Under the Palms: Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market | | Wednesday, August 1 | Less than two weeks away! Unwind under the palm trees at Jack London Square with the coolest craft cocktails as CUESA and the United States Bartenders Guild present the second Oakland edition of Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market.
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| | TALK TO US We Want to Hear from You! | In anticipation of National Farmers Market Week (August 5-11), we want to hear from you! Wondering what "certified farmers market" means, or how to tell if an avocado is ripe? Ask us your burning farmers market questions, and we'll answer your juiciest ones in the e-letter. Email brie@cuesa.org by Monday, July 23. | | |
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| | PARTNER TALK Ripe: California's Organic Farmers Plan for the Next Generation | Monday, August 6 | Join The Journal of Alta California and CUESA at the Ferry Building for a talk about California's aging farmers and the future of organic farming. Speakers include Alice Waters, Nikiko Masumoto, Will Hearst, and others. | | |
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| | SEASONAL RECIPE Bhindi Nu Shaak
| | Sana Javeri Kadri, founder of Diaspora Co. (an Oakland-based company that offers organically grown, direct-trade spices from India), shares a traditional recipe for home-style okra spiced with cumin seeds, coriander, and turmeric. | | |
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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
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| | THURSDAY @ FERRY PLAZA
Tasty Tacos for a Cause | Tacolicious's Summer Guest Chef Taco Series continues! Visit the T-lish stand on Thursdays to enjoy tasty tacos made by the Bay Area's hottest chefs. Next week will feature a BLT taco by Geoff Davis from the True Laurel. 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 Berries at Cortez Farms | After completing a program at the Universal Technical Institute and working briefly as a mechanic, Ben Cortez decided to return to his family's trade of farming in 1986 and opened his own farm. His berries can be found all over the Central Coast and the greater Bay Area.
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Mission Community Market: Thursday
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| | FEATURED SELLER En Vie Naturals Skin Care | | En Vie Naturals provides affordable vegan skin care products locally made in San Francisco's Mission District. Kim Leonard began her journey with Mission Community Market seven years ago and has enjoyed offering products that create peaceful moments for the community. | | |
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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: Crumble & Whisk, Sciabica & Sons Out: Capay Mills, Knoll Farms, Mountain Ranch Organically Grown, Rolling Oaks Ranch La Cocina Pop-up for July: Teranga Juice
Returning: Beast Oakland, Country Grill, The Sharp Brothers Out: Charlie Clark's, La Oaxaqueña Community Change: Hip Hop for Change
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