Taste the Sunshine: A Farmers Market Guide to Stone Fruit |
While Bay Area summers can tend toward mild and foggy, stone fruit brings a ray of sweet sunshine to the summer farmers market, in a rainbow of colors and flavors.
Since most stone fruit varieties have a brief harvest window, each week brings new surprises, with favorites like Rainier cherries, O’Henry peaches, and Flavor Grenade pluots making cameos at the farmers market. Here’s a quick guide to stone fruit you can look forward to throughout the season. |
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| Masks Are Still Required at the Farmers Market |
Masks are still required outdoors in crowds, according to the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Please wear a face covering at the farmers market at all times, even if you have been fully vaccinated. Rules will be changing after June 15, and we'll be updating our guidelines accordingly, so stay tuned. |
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| Next Saturday! Juneteenth on the Waterfront on June 19 |
Celebrate local Black-owned businesses at Juneteenth on the Waterfront on Saturday, June 19. Join CUESA and MegaBlack SF for a day of fun, community, and delicious, handcrafted food at the Embarcadero Ferry Terminal Plaza and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. |
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| Just a Few Summer Picnic Baskets Left for this Sunday! |
We have just a few baskets left for CUESA’s Summer Picnic on June 13! We're transforming our much-loved summer party into an extravagant picnic basket featuring the Bay Area's best restaurants, bars, and wineries. The Ferry Building will be hosting outdoor tables and BFF.fm will be DJing, so stay and picnic and party with us in person! |
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| We're Hiring! Education Manager |
Are you passionate about food, education, and working with young people and adults? We're hiring a full-time Education Manager to manage our Foodwise Teens and adult education programs. The deadline to apply is June 18, 2021. |
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| Super-Soft Zucchini with Harissa and Lemon |
Summer squash have arrived at the farmers market! In this recipe from Ottolenghi Flavor, Yotam Ottolenghi shares how to cook them slowly in their own juices, making them fantastically soft and flavorful. |
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Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday |
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Brentwood Sweet Corn Is Back
Summer is here! G&S Farms is back at the Ferry Plaza on Saturdays and Mission Community Market on Thursdays with freshly picked sweet corn. The city of Brentwood is famous for its Brentwood Diamonds sweet corn, which G&S Farms was the first to grow in the 1990s. |
| Berries & More at Sunshine Organics
A "sister" farm to Urban Organics, Sunshine Organics is a second-generation farm founded by Gladys Mondragon in Watsonville. Sunshine Organics has been certified organic since the farm's inception, offering a variety of berries, greens, and more. Find them south of the Ferry Building, in front of the WETA plaza. |
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Mission Community Market: Thursday |
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Featured Farm: Urban Organics
A "brother" farm to Sunshine Organics, Urban Organics is a family-owned farm in Watsonville with a diversified selection of vegetables and berries. Adrian Mondragon focuses on cultivating soil development on the farm and maintaining the surrounding ecosystem. Find them at Mission market on Thursdays, and Ferry Plaza on weekdays. |
| ADRC Popping Up to Assist with CalFresh & More
San Francisco Human Services Agency's Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC) will be popping up at CUESA's farmers market this month to assist market goers with CalFresh applications and offer resources such as housing and food pantry lists, and other information regarding San Francisco social services. |
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This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please check in at the CUESA Info Booth for any last-minute changes. Returning: Capay Mills, G&S Corn, Glashoff Farms, Marla Bakery, Mountain Ranch, Wise Goat Organics Out: Aedan Fermented Foods, Bariani Olive Oil, Rolling Oaks
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Out: Winters Fruit Tree/Great Valley Poultry Returning: G&S Corn, Medrano's Flowers Out: Winters Fruit Tree/Great Valley Poultry |
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