Foodwise | March 1, 2024 | View as Webpage

Women Farmers in Sustainable Agriculture Share Words of Wisdom for Women's History Month 2024

During Women’s History Month, we’re celebrating the deep-rooted and ongoing contributions of women in agriculture. There are 1.2 million women producers in the United States, and according to the United States Department of Agriculture, 41% of beginning producers are women, and more than 28% of farmworkers are women. This week, we’re spotlighting a few sustainable women farmers in the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market who share why they farm, what they’ve learned, and their hopes for future generations of women farmers. 

This Week's Picks

Little Gem lettuce | Bone broth kits | Fava greens | Stracciatella | Purple broccolini | Pomelos | Fresh masa | Short ribs | Eureka lemons | Brussels sprouts

Mission Community Market Returns March 14

Mission Community Market returns on Thursday, March 14, 3-7pm, at 22nd and Bartlett Streets! Stock up on fresh produce and handcrafted foods, enjoy family crafts and live music, and celebrate our local farms and Mission neighborhood.

Pop-Ups on the Plaza: Celebrating Black Women Makers

On March 30, celebrate Women's History Month by joining us for a day of delicious food, community, and family fun at the Ferry Terminal Plaza and Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Shop from 12+ Black women-owned businesses, and enjoy cooking demos and crafts. Entry and activities are free, with food for purchase.

Farmers Market Finds with Chef Laurence Jossel

Nopa chef Laurence Jossel is a regular at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market on Tuesdays. While shopping at Everything Under the Sun, he shared ideas for how to use winter brassicas in the kitchen.

Pork Kikiam with Yuba Skin

At the Foodwise Classroom, Edmund Baylon, Junior Sous Chef at Restaurant Abacá, demonstrated his version of kikiam, a Filipino snack, made with ground pork and wrapped in Hodo yuba skin, found at the Ferry Plaza on Saturdays.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Featured Vendors

A regular at the weekday markets, Mi Comedor will be popping up on Saturdays in March with La Cocina, as part of Foodwise's Building Equity program. Stop by for packaged tortillas, frozen tamales, and salsas, made by chef Olivia Mecalco.

Mollie Sitkin runs Old Dog Ranch, a Regenerative Certified Organic farm in the San Joaquin Valley. At the farmers market on Saturdays, Old Dog Ranch offers plain and seasoned walnuts and walnut butters.

Community Happenings

2024 SF Food Action Summit | March 3-4 | SF

Join FAACTS (Food and Agriculture Action Coalition Toward Sovereignty) for a community-led and centered summit to advance a good food system in San Francisco. Co-hosted by Foodwise, the two-day program at the Southeast Community Center in Bayview-Hunters Point will bring together diverse stakeholders including rural farmers, local producers, food service workers and unions, healthcare and restaurant leaders, and grassroots organizations for discussions, workshops, food tours, and more. Our goal is to walk away with a concrete action plan for addressing food system inequity with next steps toward a food-sovereign San Francisco. Purchase tickets here (scholarships are available).

Action Alert: Save Match Match and Protect Food Access for All | Online

Help Green Thumb Farms Fund a New Box Truck on GoFundMe | Online

Support Volcano Kimchi's New Home on GoFundMe | Online

SF Waterfront Flood Study Community Workshops & Walking Tours | Multiple Dates | SF

Puerto Rico: Slow Food East Bay's Celebrating Cultural Food Traditions | March 3 | Oakland

Common Ground Film Screening and Discussion with the Filmmakers, Alice Waters & Doria Robinson | March 7 | SF

Foodwise Demo: Reem Assil, Reem's California | March 16 | SF



Author Talk: Cara Mangini (The Vegetable Eater) in conversation with Foodwise's Christine Farren at Omnivore Books | March 20 | SF

Bioneers Conference 2024 | March 28-30 | Berkeley | Use discount code "Foodwise20" for 20 percent off

Foodwise Demo: Zakiyyah Shaheed, Baby Bean Pie | March 30 | SF

Foodwise Demo: Christina Alexis, The Pleasure Principle Supperclub & Dining Events | March 30 | SF

Market Updates

This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please check in at the Foodwise Info Booth for any last-minute changes.

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, 8am-2pm | March 2

La Cocina Pop-Up: Mi Comedor

Mandela Partners Pop-Up: Chef Sarah Germany

Returning: Knoll Farms, Old Dog Ranch

Out: Aedan Fermented Foods, Capay Mills, Devoto Gardens and Orchards, Lagier Ranches (out for the season), Maison Nico, Mark 'n Mike's, The Peach Farm, Primavera, Three Babes Bakeshop

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday, 10am-2pm | March 5

SF Black Wealth Pop-Up: Mo'Raysha's

Returning: SF Chickenbox

Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday, 10am-2pm | March 7

En2Action's Ujamaa Kitchen Pop-Up: Mo'Raysha

SF Black Wealth Pop-Up:Sukulenta SF

Out: Nucha Empanadas (out for the season)

Mission Community Market: Thursday, 3pm-7pm 

Closed for the season. Returns March 14, 2024!

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