CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | December 6, 2019 | View as Webpage
Opportunities to Grow, We All Need Them
As our youth face an uncertain climate future, you can support them in becoming the empowered food and environmental leaders of tomorrow. By donating to CUESA, you help them both connect with nature and develop critical skills that will sustain them throughout their lives.

This month, we’re featuring change makers in our community who are part of a fair and regenerative future. Today, meet Diamond Ozan, a sophomore at Mission High School, where she participates in CUESA’s Foodwise Teens. Your support of this program means that teens like Diamond are nurtured to build confidence and grow to become environmental leaders.
This Week's Picks
$6,311 Raised for Healthy Kids! Thank You for Bringing Us Closer to Our Year-End Goal
Thank you to everyone who gave so generously on #GivingTuesday. Together, we raised $6,311—our largest amount yet—in support of healthy farms, kids, and communities. Please help us raise $25,000 by the end of the year to empower the next generation of food leaders.
Farmers Market Holiday Schedule and Gift Guide
This holiday season, give the gift of good food while supporting local farmers and food makers. CUESA farmers markets are open throughout the holidays, except December 26 at the Ferry Plaza, and December 29 at Jack London Square. Check out our holiday gift guide for 25+ delicious and distinctive gifts, stocking stuffers, and more.
Remembering Carl Rosato
On Sunday, November 24, CUESA and the ecological farming community lost a dear friend, Carl Rosato. Carlo was the founder of Woodleaf Farm (now known as Peach Jamboree) and a visionary farmer with deep and lasting roots in organic farming. He will be dearly missed by all of us. His wife, Helen Attowe, shared this remembrance.
Take Action! Nourish Your Community as a CUESA Intern
Make a difference in your community by supporting CUESA's education programs. We have a few exciting internship positions available, including Foodwise Kids Intern and Food Access & Outreach Intern.
Savory Oatmeal Porridge
Stay warm with this savory oatmeal porridge recipe by Dave Wasem and May Seto of Grand Lake Kitchen, featuring shiitake mushrooms, onion, and Savoy cabbage.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
New Pop-Up! Salt Point Seaweed

We're excited to have Salt Point Seaweed joining us at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market every Saturday in December, with seaweed snacks, kombu, and wakame packs made with seaweed gathered by hand along the California coast. Try their Surf Snack, which is a finalist of the 2020 Good Food Awards!
Upcoming Programs

DIY Cookie Decorating with Batter Bakery | December 7 | 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday
Featured Seller: La Vie Wellness

La Vie Wellness offers probiotic juices, almond milk, kvass, wellness shots, and coconut beverages for overall wellness and digestive health. La Vie's products are made with fresh juices and probiotic ingredients.
Healthy Holiday Celebration this Sunday

Get inspired for a delicious and healthy holiday season! Join us at Jack London Square this Sunday, December 8, for free flu shots, meditation sessions with PauseNow, registration with Oakland Running Festival, seasonal food tastings, and kids' activities.
Community Happenings
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: Batter Bakery, Beber Almondmilk, Blossom Bluff Orchards, Brokaw Ranch, Capay Mills, Crumble & Whisk, Devil's Gulch Ranch, Devoto Gardens & Orchards, Everything Under the Sun, Lonely Mountain Farm, Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Oya Organics, Primavera, Root Down Farm
Out: Aedan Fermented, Arata Farms, Bini's Kitchen, Cap'n Mike's Holy Smoke, Craftsman & Wolves, Downtown Bakery, Farmer Joy, Fifth Crow Farm, Flatland Flower Farm / Little Apple Treats, G.L Alfieri Farms, Happy Quail Farms, Hayes St. Grill, Hodo, Kashiwase Farms (out for the season), Lucero Organic Farms (out for the season), McGinnis Ranch, Mountain Ranch, Namu, Nana Joes Granola, Old Dog Ranch, The Pasta Shop, Primavera, Rolling Oaks Ranch, Steadfast Herbs, The Farmer's Wife, Volcano Kimchi, Wise Sons Jewish Delicatessen, Yerena Farms (out for the season)
Pop-Ups: Avila's Christmas Trees, Salt Point Seaweed
La Cocina pop-up: Neo Cocoa

Returning: Anna's Seafood, Big Paw Olive Oil, Bisou Chocolate, Copper Top Ovens, Delicious Kettle Corn, East Ocean Seafood, Far West Cider, Great Valley Poultry, Home Maid Ravioli Co., J&M Ibarra Farms, La Crêpe a Moi, Oakland's Own, Precious Puch Doggie Bakery, Roti
Out: Cholita Linda, Dot's Baking Pantry, Hella Succulent, Medina Berry Farms, Medrano's Flowers (if it rains)

Returning: Happy Quail Farms, McGinnis Ranch
Out: Yerena Farms (out for the season)

No changes

Closed for the season. We will return on March 26, 2020!