CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | July 5, 2019 | View as Webpage
Celebrate 10 Years of the Thursday Market With Us
Join the CUESA community in celebrating 10 years of the Thursday market on July 11!

On July 2, 2009, CUESA launched the Thursday Ferry Plaza Farmers Market as a showcase for sustainable street food. Well before San Francisco’s food truck craze took root, the weekly market highlighted local farmers and innovative fare using farmers market ingredients. Ten years later, the market remains a lunchtime gathering place and destination. CUESA is proud to have watched so many of our vendors grow up with us, including Tacolicious, Namu, RoliRoti, and others.
This Week's Picks
Evening Talk: The Food Change | Climate Chaos, Food Solutions
Next Wednesday, July 10, join CUESA, Real Food Media, and activists who are working at the intersection of food and climate justice for the next in our series of talks inspired by The Food Change. Drawing on Real Food Media’s organizing toolkit, we will dig into solutions to build the movement to heal our planet.
Tacolicious Guest Chef Series Returns July 11
Taco lovers, rejoice! From July 11 through August 29 on Thursdays at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, the Bay Area’s best chefs—such as Michael Mina and Ayesha Curry, Sarah and Evan Rich, Melissa King, and others—will be serving up their creative and delicious tacos at the Tacolicious stand, with proceeds benefiting CUESA's Foodwise Teens program. Next Thursday, Thomas Odermatt of RoliRoti will make porchetta sausages tacos with Mazatlan peppers.
Ultimate Summer Picnic with Maker's Mark: Hands-on Cooking & Cocktail Class
Prepare for your next picnic party at this hands-on class at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on July 13. At this cooking and cocktail class, learn how to incorporate peak-season, farm-fresh summer produce into delicious bourbon cocktails and artisan bites.
Early-Bird Tickets! Ripe: Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market
Raise a glass to local farmers this National Farmers Market Week! On August 7, sip and savor California’s abundance in all of its peak-season glory at Ripe: Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building. Early-bird prices end Monday! 🍑🌞🍹
Get Involved! Nourish Your Community as a CUESA Intern
Make a difference in your community by supporting CUESA's education programs. We're looking for Foodwise Kids and Foodwise Teens Interns to support our youth education programs, and Food Systems Education Intern to support our market programming.
Mixiote de Carne: Beef Cooked in Leaves
Alma Rodriguez of Mixiote SF (a La Cocina graduate) shares a mixiote recipe, which is beef cooked in banana leaves and served with tortillas, pickled red onions, and cilantro.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday
Featured Seller: McGinnis Ranch
 
Did you know that McGinnis Ranch offers more than beautiful flowers? Stop by the farmers market tomorrow and grab some of their haricot verts, which are thin French green beans.
Featured Seller: Eatwell Farm

Looking for fresh herbs as part of your self-care routine? Pick up some fresh lavender bunches available for a limited time from Eatwell Farm at the farmers market tomorrow!
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday
Featured Seller: Vegan Mob

Toriano Gordon of Vegan Mob offers plant-based barbecue and soul food, with crowd favorites such as Toriano's take on brisket and soul food plate. Come out this Sunday to try out their delicious meat-free comfort food!
Upcoming Programs

Hands-On Crafts at the Kids' Corner | Sundays | 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

The Food Shed: Tomatoes | Sundays in July | 11:00 am
Mission Community Market: Thursday
Featured Seller: Marla Bakery

At Marla Bakery's market stand, you'll find a seasonally rotating menu of breads, breakfast pastries, bagels, English muffins, tarts, and cookies. Their baked goods are made from scratch using local and organic ingredients and baked in their wood-fired oven, the “heart and soul” of their business.
Upcoming Programs

Live Music: Mark y Los Tiburones | Thursday, July 11 | 4-6 pm

Live Music: Manos Lindas | Thursday, July 11 | 6-8 pm

The Food Shed: Tomatoes | Thursdays in July | 4:00 pm
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: Old Dog Ranch, Steadfast Herbs
Out: Bernard Ranches, Glashoff Farms, Mountain Ranch Organically Grown

Returning:Country Grill, Home Maid Ravioli Co., The Sharp Brothers
Out: Beast Oakland
Mandela Partners pop-up: Ju'C Fruits

Returning: Marla Bakery
Out: Triple Delight Blueberries (out for the season)

Returning: Three Babes pop-up
Out: Gotelli Farms, Triple Delight Blueberries

Out: The Sharp Brothers