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CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | November 25, 2016

FARMERS MARKET UPDATE | SHOPPING LIST | EVENTS

FEATURE

Growing Together: CUESA's 2015-16 Annual Report

As we come together with family and friends during this time of Thanksgiving, we are grateful for you: our community of market shoppers, supporters, volunteers, farmers, chefs, and food crafters who are so firmly committed to growing a healthy and sustainable world, where good food is available to everyone.

With your partnership and support, we have made tremendous progress over the last year, connecting thousands of city dwellers, young and old, with healthy food and local farmers. Your support has pushed CUESA's markets and programs into new territory, allowing us to serve more communities and bring more people to the table.

Take a visual look back at the progress you've brought to life in CUESA's 2015-16 Impact Report.

While the future holds many unknowns, we are ignited with the fierce desire to protect and support the causes you hold dear: family farms, our children's health, the environment, and fair food for all. There is much work ahead, and your support is more critical than ever.

Thank you for accelerating the food movement forward. We can't wait to see the progress we will make together in 2017.

SEE YOUR IMPACT Â»

MARKET FLAVORS

This Week's Picks

MORE SEASONAL PICKS Â»

SEASON OF GIVING

Step Up to the Plate on #GivingTuesday

Tuesday, November 29 | Please join us in celebrating #GivingTuesday, a global day of giving back, by supporting the causes you care most about. Next Tuesday, we'll be sending you a special message about how your support helps protect and advance the progress we've made together growing the healthy food movement. Please help us reach our fundraising goal of $2,500 on #GivingTuesday.

DONATE NOW Â»

EVENING TALK

Politics and the Dinner Table

Wednesday, November 30 | After this game-changing election, join food policy experts for an intelligent and proactive discussion about the state of our food. This straight-talking panel will discuss the big political issues that will affect food and agriculture in the years ahead, and what we can do to continue to build momentum toward meaningful change.

GET TICKETS Â»

HOLIDAY

Shop Small This Weekend (And Every Day!)

Move over, Black Friday. This holiday season, give the gift of good food while supporting local farmers and food crafters on Small Business Saturday at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, and Sunday at the Jack London Square Farmers Market. Stay tuned next week for our holiday gift guide to extend the "shop small" local love all season long.

ACCOLADES

Good Food Award Finalists Announced

Congrats to all the Good Food Awards finalists, including CUESA vendors Aedan Fermented (Country Miso), Little Apple Treats (Apple Pie Spice Caramels), Nicasio Valley Cheese Company (Foggy Morning), Point Reyes Cheese Farmstead Cheese (Original Blue), True Family Foods (Habanero Turmeric Kimchi). Find these unique products at CUESA farmers markets.

SEE THE FINALISTS Â»

SEASONAL RECIPE

Red Kraut and Winter Green Salad with Golden Goat Cheese Toast

Who says sauerkraut is just for sausage? Joshua Burbridge and and Amber Petersen of True Family Foods offers creative uses for kraut, such as this recipe for a probiotic winter salad and a zingy goat cheese spread. Look for True Family Foods and their full-flavored ferments at Jack London Square Farmers Market on Sundays.

TRY THE RECIPE Â»

Upcoming CUESA Programs

All programs are free unless otherwise noted.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, SF
Programs take place in the CUESA Classroom, south of the clock tower, behind the Info Booth.

Market to Table Demo: Nichole Accettola, Kantine | Tomorrow, November 26 | 10:30 am

Market to Table Demo: Liz Alpern & Jeffrey Yoskowitz, The Gefilteria | Saturday, December 3 | 10:30 am

Jack London Square Farmers Market, Oakland
Find us adjacent to the CUESA Info Booth near the Broadway entrance to the farmers market.

Seasonality Game and Fall Fruit Tasting | Sunday, November 27 | 11:00 am

Market to Table Demo: Rick Kellner, Feel Good Bakery | Sunday, December 4 | 11:00 am

See our full calendar Â»

Local Food 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.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday | November 26

Winter Pop-Ups: Crumble & Whisk (south driveway), Fifth Crow Farm (front plaza), Kantine SF (south driveway), Rasoi (south driveway), Salt Pt. Meat Share (south driveway), Volcano Kimchi (south driveway)

Out: Apple Farm, Batter Bakery, Bella Viva Orchards, Della Fattoria, Devil's Gulch Ranch, Devoto Orchards and Gardens, Everything Under the Sun, Far West Fungi, Girl Friday Zeppole, Happy Quail Farms, Jamnation, Lagier Ranches, Lucero Organic Farms, Mountain Ranch Organically Grown, Nicasio Valley Cheese Co., Old Dog Ranch, Olsen Organic Farm, Root Down Farm, Sal de Vida, Saint Benoit Creamery, The Sharp Brothers (until December 10), Tomales Farmstead Creamery

Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday | November 27

Out: Casa Rosa Farms, Fruitilicious Farm, Delicious Kettle Corn, Skyelark Ranch, Tres Bien Creamery, True Family Foods

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday | November 29

Out: Snyders Honey

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday | December 1

Out: Lonely Mountain Farm, Tory Farms