| Your Farmers Market Needs Your Support |
Dear Friends, You are incredibly important to this community, and we hope you are staying nourished and healthy. For the last 27 years, the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market has been your treasured community resource to connect with sustainable family farmers and food crafters who work to bring us fresh and delicious local food. These past four weeks have been challenging for us all, and I want you to know that right now, in this moment, you are needed more than ever to make sure our markets and organization can weather this uncertainty. We have been fighting for (and so far have won!) the ability to keep your markets operating as an essential function during this shelter-in-place order. We’ve had to make many adjustments to keep the market safe, and for the foreseeable future, there will be no “business-as-usual” at CUESA. And yet, this work has never felt more urgent. More than 100 farmers and food makers depend on our farmers markets for their livelihoods and thousands of individuals depend on them for fresh food. As global food supply chains strain, resilient local food systems are all the more vital to community food security, now and in the long-term. As a mission-driven nonprofit, CUESA sustains itself through farmers market stall fees and fundraising events and sponsorships—and all events are on pause for the foreseeable future. With our community sheltering-in-place and our pop-up restaurants only able to serve food to-go, farmers markets are bringing in 25% of their normal revenue. We are asking for your support to help us bridge the next two months so that we can continue to provide critical access to healthy, local food to you, and support our farmers’ livelihoods through this crisis. Please give to our Save Your Farmers Market Fund today. Our Board of Directors has pledged to match donations up to $10,000, today through April 15, 2020. This means that your gift will go twice as far to help keep CUESA going through this crisis. Remember that no gift is too small! We at CUESA have never been more determined to protect our farmers and make sure you and everyone in our community is well fed. This is not only key to surviving this pandemic, but will help us rebuild a better future in the long recovery ahead. Your support helps us: Ensure farmers market safety by providing handwashing stations, monitoring social distancing, and providing educational signage. Support our farmers and food makers through this crisis by keeping our markets running smoothly and helping them transition to online ordering systems. Advocate at the city and state levelsto keep farmers markets open as an essential service. California is leading the way in this national effort, and CUESA has been at the frontlines of this advocacy. Provide critical food access for low-income families, delivering more than $50,000 in fresh produce through SNAP benefits and Market Match incentives each year. Support the Food Runners food recovery program in donating excess produce to families in need. Create online educational resourcesto keep you nourished at home while you are sheltering-in-place. Be here for you in the next 27 years and beyond! Please give today—and have your gift matched—so that we can all continue to benefit from the market for years to come. Thank you for supporting our farmers and creating the vibrant, resilient, and sustainable future.
In community, |
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| Christine Farren Executive Director |
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| COVID-19 Response & Updates |
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| Under California's stay-home order, farmers markets are open as an essential service. The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market remains open on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays for your food essentials, and we are continually updating our protocols to ensure for our community's safety. Please visit our website for the latest updates on safety measures we are taking and what you can do to help.Thank you! |
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| | | Pre-Order Produce for Curbside Pickup at the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market |
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| | | Shop Safely While Supporting Local Farmers |
| Here are 12 tips to help you plan your trip, so we can keep farmers markets open and safe. Thank you for protecting yourself and your community, while supporting local farmers who work hard to feed us! |
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| | | Mission Community Market Postponed Until April 30 |
| The opening day of Mission Community Market has been postponed until Thursday, April 30. Thanks for your patience. Stay well, and we hope to see you soon. |
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| | | Aruna Lee of Volcano Kimchi shares her recipe for vegan Napa Cabbage Kimchi--all the umami flavor and probiotics, with no fish sauce. Check out the video of her online demo below! |
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| Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday |
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New on Saturdays: Proyecto Diaz Coffee ☕
At long last, we have coffee again on Saturdays! With a roastery in San Leandro, the Diaz family builds on four generations of growing coffee beans in Mexico. Stop by the Proyecto Diaz Coffee booth in the front plaza on Saturdays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays to pick up a bag of beans and a hot cup of coffee to go. |
| Online Cooking Demo: Aruna Lee, Volcano Kimchi
While our Saturday cooking demos are on hiatus, we're developing fresh ways to bring our educational content to you online. Check out our new online cooking demo with Aruna Lee of Volcano Kimchi, and find the recipe above. Follow CUESA on Instagram or YouTube. |
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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 | April 4 New! Green Thumb Organics, Ground Stew Farms, Proyecto Diaz Coffee Returning: Capay Mills, The Farmer's Wife, Happy Quail Farms, Root Down Farm Out this week: Acme Bread Company, Fifth Crow Farm, June Taylor Co., Oyna Natural Foods, Ugly Pickle Co. Out through April: Allstar Organics, Cap'n Mike's Holy Smoked Salmon, Craftsman & Wolves, Downtown Bakery, Hayes Street Grill, La Cocina, Little Apple Treats, Namu Stonepot, Nana Joes Granola, Nicasio Valley Cheese Company, Old Dog Ranch, Steadfast Herbs, Tierra Vegetables, Tory Farms, Volcano Kimchi, Zuckerman's Farm
Parking Note: Golden Gateway Garage at 250 Clay is currently closed. Find more details from SFMTA about closures here, or call 415-956-8003 for assistance. Jack London Square Farmers Market: Sunday Currently on hiatus. Check the Jack London Square website for updates. Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Tuesday | April 7 Returning: Heirloom Organic Gardens Out through April: Donna's Tamales, Happy Quail Farms, McGinnis Ranch, Nahua Pizza, Namu Stonepot
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market: Thursday | April 9 Out through April: Nahua Pizza, Namu Stonepot, Tacolicious Mission Community Market: Thursday Closed for the season. We will return on April 30, 2020. |
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ABOUT US | FARMERS MARKETS | PROGRAMS | VOLUNTEER | DONATE
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market | Sat 8am-2pm | Tue & Thu 10am-2pm | 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco Jack London Square Farmers Market | Sun 10am-3 pm | Webster & Embarcadero, Oakland Mission Community Market | Thu 4-8pm | 22nd & Bartlett, San Francisco |
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