| From Brandywine to Green Zebra: A Farmers Market Guide to Tomatoes |
With tomato season in full swing, there’s a lot to love about the rainbow of variety you can find only at farmers markets. Solid, striped, or speckled and in red, yellow, green, purple, and every shade in between, tomatoes present an overwhelming choices, while the names of the varieties are as intriguing as they are colorful: Black Prince, Early Girl, Mortgage Lifter, Green Zebra, Ivory Pear, and Pineapple.
So amid all the variety, which tomatoes do you pick and what do you do with them? Here are some tips to help you navigate this juicy dilemma and make the most of peak tomato season. |
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| | | Ripe: Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market |
| Raise a glass to local farmers this National Farmers Market Week! On August 7, sip and savor California’s abundance in all of its peak-season glory at Ripe: Summer Cocktails of the Farmers Market at the Ferry Building. 🍑🌞🍹 |
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| | | Tacolicious’s 2019 Guest Chef Series: Nite Yun, Nyum Bai |
| Nite Yun, a La Cocina graduate and founder of Nyum Bai, will be at the Thursday farmers market next week as part of Tacolicious's annual Guest Chef Series! She'll be making ground pork belly tacos in coconut milk and Khmer paste topped with Thai chilies, cucumbers, and lime leaves. Proceeds support CUESA's Foodwise Teens program. |
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| | | Get Involved! Nourish Your Community as a CUESA Intern |
| Make a difference in your community by supporting CUESA's education programs. We have four exciting internship positions available, including Foodwise Kids Intern, Foodwise Teens Intern, Food Access & Outreach Intern, and Food Systems Education Intern. |
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| | | Mitchell Prencavage of The Saratoga shares his bourbon punch recipe steeped with white peaches and mint-infused lemonade — perfect for a summer picnic! |
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| Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday |
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| New! Renewal Mill Pop-Up at Hodo Starting this Saturday, July 20, Hodo is hosting a vendor pop-up each month in their farmers market stand. This month, they're hosting Renewal Mill, a company based in Oakland that offers vegan, soft-baked cookies made with upcycled okara flour harvested from Hodo's tofu plant. |
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| Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday |
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New Pop-Up On Sundays! Ju'C Fruits
Bria of Ju'C Fruits is now at the Mandela Partners booth with fresh juices as this month's pop-up at the farmers market! Mandela Partners works with community members and local entrepreneurs to create wealth-building solutions to address market gaps in the food system in marginalized neighborhoods. |
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| Mission Community Market: Thursday |
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Featured Seller: Tory Farms
Owned and operated by the Torosians for the last 50 years, the Torosians refer to their farm as “The Magic Ranch,” offering ripened stone fruit from their fields and orchards in Dinuba, and they believe that great tasting, wholesome produce can only be grown on a happy and healthy farm. |
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