Farm to Jar: Live Earth Farm and Happy Girl Kitchen

October 21, 2011

On a recent CUESA farm tour, a group of adventurers got a taste of an integrated local food system by visiting Happy Girl Kitchen and Live Earth Farm. View the slideshow.

Preserving the Local Foodshed

October 21, 2011

Happy Girl Kitchen’s Todd and Jordan Champagne, with their organic pickles, jams, and juices, are restoring the vital role of small canneries in supporting the local food system.

Wise Sons Deli Comes to the Market

October 14, 2011

Now a permanent fixture at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, Wise Sons serves traditional Jewish deli food made “from scratch and with love.”

Is your cantaloupe safe to eat?

October 7, 2011

Cantaloupes have been all over the news. Listeria-contaminated melons from a Colorado farm have sickened and killed people across the nation. Are the ones at the farmers market safe to eat?

Catalán Farm Grows Food, Family, and Community

September 23, 2011

Take a virtual tour of Catalán Farm and read matriarch María Inés Catalán’s story about her family history, the origins of her farm, and her work in the community.

Next Generation Food Producer: Ian Garrone

September 7, 2011

He spent his childhood around fungus and later developed a passion for wild foods. Far West Fungi’s Ian Garrone tells about growing up at the farmers market and running a shop in the Ferry Building.

In Search of the Promised Tomatoland, Part 2: The Alternatives

August 26, 2011

Nobody wants mealy, chemical-laden, tasteless tomatoes grown by slave labor in Florida. But what are the alternatives?

In Search of the Promised Tomatoland, Part 1: The Problem

August 19, 2011

Learn about industrial Florida tomato farming in this article based on a panel with Tomatoland author Barry Estabrook and other farm and labor experts.

Next Generation Farmer: Lizzy Glashoff

August 5, 2011

Taking over the farm with her brothers while their parents are in China hasn’t been easy for Lizzy Glashoff. Then again, that’s not why she’s a farmer.

Next Generation Farmer: Tou Moua

July 22, 2011

Although their parents still work full-time, the Moua children of Chue’s Farm are the backbone of the business. Hear from Tou, one of eleven, about their life on this Fresno-based vegetable farm.

Keeping Black Farmers in the Picture

July 16, 2011

We mark Black Agriculture Awareness Week with a look at this small but important population.

Next Gen Farmers: The Martino Sisters

July 11, 2011

When they’re not in school, Belle and Vivian Martino are intergral to their family’s stone fruit farm