Next Generation Farmer: Bryce Loewen

December 2, 2011

Fourth-generation farmer Bryce Loewen brings a deeply rooted passion for organic fruit to Blossom Bluff Orchards.

Thanksgiving Wishes

November 23, 2011

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we asked you to share your words of gratitude for the farmers at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market.

Sharing the Bounty

November 18, 2011

Every Saturday, Tuesday, and Thursday, volunteers from Food Runners pick up surplus food at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market to deliver to shelters throughout the city.

Heirloom Turkeys at Mountain Ranch Organically Grown

November 11, 2011

Normal Gunsell of Mountain Ranch Organically Grown in Calaveras County talks about raising a new flock of heritage turkeys.

Anything But Plain Vanilla

November 3, 2011

The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market welcomes Humphry Slocombe’s seasonally inspired and eccentric ice creams, popsicles, brittles, and caramels to the Tuesday market.

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?