| | CUESA's Weekly E-Letter | December 23, 2016 |
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| FEATURE
Every Kid Deserves a Healthy Start
| We all know that for kids to be healthy they need access and positive exposure to fresh fruits and vegetables. But the industrial food system often isn't designed for kids' health: with processed foods so readily available (and often cheaper), a third of our children will develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime. CUESA's Foodwise Kids program aims to turn that tide.
As 2016 comes to a close, we're featuring members of our community who embody the healthy world we are building together. Today we'd like you to meet Pamela Gee, a first-grade teacher at Longfellow Elementary School in the Crocker Amazon district of San Francisco. She was a Green Team leader for several years, teaching students about gardening, composting, and recycling. Since 2012, she has been bringing her classes to CUESA's Foodwise Kids program, a free farmers market field trip and cooking class that inspires kids to love fresh fruits and vegetables.
By donating to CUESA, you give this program to 2,500 students each year, and support teachers like Pamela in being healthy food educators.
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| | | BE A FOOD HERO
Just 9 Days to Go! Help Us Reach Our Year-End Fundraising Goal | You have the power to defend your food values: making fresh food available to all, supporting the farmers bringing food to our tables, and empowering youth to live healthy lives. Ensure that the food movement forges ahead by giving to CUESA. With your support, we've raised $12,000 so far this month. We need to raise $25,000 by the end of the year, so please spread the word and donate today to support healthy food, farms, and families.
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| | WINTER HOLIDAYS
Winter Holiday Farmers Market Schedule
| The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is OPEN throughout the holidays, including December 24 and 31. Jack London Square Farmers Market is CLOSED December 25 and January 1, returning to its regular weekly schedule on January 8, 2017. Happy holidays!
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| | GIVE LOCAL
Holiday Gift Guide
| This holiday season, give the gift of good food while supporting local farmers and food crafters! See our holiday guide for delicious and distinctive stocking stuffers and host gifts, as well as fixings for creating a sustainably sourced goodie basket.
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| | SEASON OF GIVING
Decorate Boxes for CUESA's Holiday Pie Bake for The Veterans Academy
| Tomorrow | CUESA volunteers are baking 100 apple pies to donate to senior and disabled veterans at The Veterans Academy, in partnership with Food Runners. Join us in the CUESA Classroom tomorrow from 10 am to 2 pm to decorate the pie boxes with holiday greetings before we fill them with pies and send them off to be enjoyed by our veterans!
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| | MOVING ON
Happy Girl Kitchen Co.'s Last Day Is Tomorrow
| Happy Girl Kitchen Co.'s last day at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is December 24, as Todd and Jordan Champagne concentrate their efforts on their cafe and cannery in Pacific Grove. They will be missed! Say goodbye and stock up at their "party in your pantry" sale tomorrow.
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| | GIVE THE GIFT OF GOAT
Lil Milkers Valley Pops Up with Goat Milk Soaps
| Tomorrow | For last-minute holiday stocking stuffers, Lil Milkers Valley will be popping up at the farmers market tomorrow with luxurious soaps, scrubs, and salves made using milk from Nigerian dwarf goats (yes, dwarf goats!) and herbs and flowers from Lonely Mountain Farm.
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| | FARM ADVENTURE
Ground Work Party at Stemple Creek Ranch
| Sunday, January 15 | Start the New Year as a climate hero! Join a tree-planting party and farm tour to support carbon farming at Stemple Creek Ranch. Your efforts will be rewarded with a great meal prepared by Chris Kiyuna and Anthony Myint of The Perennial, along with drinks and stimulating conversation.
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| | EVENING TALK
Save the Date: Activism, Resistance, and Building the Food Movement | Tuesday, January 17 | In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. and in anticipation of the upcoming inauguration, we'll gather to listen and strategize about building the movement for a just and sustainable food system. A panel of movement leaders and community organizers will share success stories and help us understand how, working together, we can leverage the power of ordinary people to create change.
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| | SEASONAL RECIPE
Root Vegetable Latkes with Old Country Sour Cream
| Kick off Hanukkah with this delicious root-veggie variation featuring turnips and parsnips, brought to you from The Gefilte Manifesto by Jeffrey Yoskowitz and Liz Alpern.
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Upcoming CUESA Programs
Cooking programs at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and Jack London Square Farmers Market are on winter hiatus, returning in January.
See our full calendar » |
Market Update
This is the most up-to-date info about this week's seller attendance at the time of publication. Please stop by the CUESA Info Booth for a market map or check online for any last-minute changes.
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday | December 24 | YES, WE'RE OPEN!
Pop-Up: Lil Milkers Valley
Out: Batter Bakery, Bella Viva Orchards, Bernard Ranches, Bodega & Yerba Santa Goat Cheese (until March), Della Fattoria, Girl Friday Zeppole (permanently), Glashoff Farms, Happy Quail Farms, Kantine, Knoll Farm, Lonely Mountain Farm (until February), McGinnis Ranch, Mountain Ranch Organically Grown, Old Dog Ranch, Olsen Organic, The Sharp Brothers, Tout Sweet Patisserie (permanently), Zuckerman's Farm
Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday | December 25
CLOSED FOR CHRISTMAS
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday | December 27
Returning: Flying Disc Ranch, Snyders Honey, Three Babes Bakeshop
Out: McGinnis Ranch
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday | December 29
Returning: Flying Disc Ranch
Out: Lovabowl
Holiday Schedule
Note that the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market will be OPEN throughout the holidays, including December 24 and 31. Jack London Square Farmers Market is CLOSED December 25 and January 1. |
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