CUESA & The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market

As a reminder, the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is CLOSED tomorrow (Saturday, December 26), to allow our farmers time off over the holiday. We are open for the rest of the season, including Tuesday, December 29; Thursday, December 31 (New Year's Eve); and Saturday, January 2. Thank you for supporting our farmers, and happy holidays from all of us at CUESA!

The Ferry Plaza Farmers Market is open today until 2:00 for your last-minute holiday feast needs! Support our local farmers and food makers, and stock up for the holiday weekend (we will be closed this Saturday, December 26). You'll find handcrafted pies and baked goodies from Delightful Foods Bakery, Three Babes Bakeshop, and Marla Bakery, local seafood from Four Star Seaf Food and Hog Island Oyster Co., Christmas tamales from Mi Comedor, heirloom flour from Capay Mills, and of course lots of fresh produce from K&J Orchards, Capay Organic, Rojas Family Farms, and more. Plus, as a gift to you, stop by the Info Booth for hot apple cider, while supplies last! Thank you for supporting our farmers market community, and wishing you a happy and healthy holiday season.

Join us tomorrow for a special Christmas Eve Farmers Market, 10 am to 2 pm. Avoid the grocery store for your last-minute holiday shopping, and fill your table with locally grown produce and goodies from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market. Stop by the CUESA Info Booth to warm up with a free hot apple cider, while supplies last! We will be CLOSED on Saturday, December 26. Otherwise, we are open throughout the holidays. Thank you for supporting local farms and food makers this holi...day season! Farm & Vendor Lineup Bisou Chocolate (pop-up!): chocolate Capay Mills (pop-up!): heirloom flours and grains Capay Organic (pop-up!): organic vegetables Delightful Foods (pop-up!): pies, cookies Four Star Seafood (pop-up!): fresh sustainable seafood Ground Stew Farms: vegetables Hog Island Oyster Co. (pop-up!): oysters, clams Hummus Heaven: hummus, dips Marla Bakery (pop-up!): bread, pastries Mi Comedor: tacos, quesadillas Rojas Family Farms: fruit Root Down Farm (pop-up!): pasture-raised meats Three Babes Bakeshop (pop-up!): pies Urban Organics: vegetables CUESA farmers markets accept EBT (CalFresh/food stamps). Customers using EBT can double their dollars (up to $10 per market day) through the Market Match program, which offers free market coins redeemable only for fruits and vegetables. The farmers market is open as an essential service. For your safety and the safety of your community, please always wear a mask and practice social distancing in the farmers market. For our COVID-19 response, updates, and market protocols, visit cuesa.org/covid19.

Hello, winter! Welcome Blossom Bluff Orchards to the Ferry Plaza on Tuesdays with certified organic citrus, including the beautiful and fragrant Buddha’s Hand citron. Elaine recommends zesting it, baking with it, adding it to smoothies, or infusing it in vodka. We’re open as an essential service for your holiday feast needs today and Thursday, 10am-2pm! (We’ll be closed this Saturday, December 26.) Thank you for supporting local farms!

Pick up an obleas kit and warm pandebono from Bocadito at today’s market! Bocadito ("small bite") is a self-dubbed snackeria, ready to introduce freshly handcrafted fast Colombian snacks to the Bay Area. Ricardo and Liliana's signature offerings are obleas, made of two crisp round thin wafers filled with dulce de leche, and pandebonos, or traditional cheesy rolls. Find them in the front plaza today.

Take it from the Socially Distant Squid: stand 6 feet apart! Or 6 tentacles, as the case may be. All squidding aside, thank you to our rockstar volunteer Ian McFaul for bringing lots of masked smiles to the farmers market this Halloween, while demonstrating safe shopping for cephalopods and people alike. Have a happy and safe Halloween, everyone!

Delicious Halloween treats at @Batter Bakery! Visit baker Jen Musty for handcrafted and DIY goodies like Halloween Double Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, Haunted Hand Decorated Shortbread Cookies, Bake-at-Home Kits, and more.

Catch Phil Rosenthal and Alice Waters enjoying Primavera Tamales in Sonoma chilaquiles on the new SF episode of "Somebody Feed Phil," just released on Netflix today. Phil visited the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and Ferry Building in summer of 2019 to taste some of the best our food shed has to offer. Keep your eye out for appearances from Brown Sugar Kitchen, Roli Roti Rotisserie, Frog Hollow Farm, Star Route Farm LLC, Dirty Girl Produce, Little Apple Treats & Flatland Flower Farm, and more!

Super sweet seedless grapes today at Rojas Family Farm! Visit Sonia Rojas for deep purple Autumn Royals, red Krissies, and green Thompsons, while grape season lasts. Our Thursday market is open 10 am to 2 pm every week. Avoid the Saturday lines and stock up on fresh produce from our local farms.

Join Acterra: Action for a Healthy Planet on November 1 for Holiday reFresh: Local chefs share a world of flavors and recipes. All-star chefs will will be teaching how to make their favorite sustainable holiday dishes that help curb climate change, featuring Tanya Holland of Brown Sugar Kitchen, Brandon Jiu of Mister Jiu's, Vincent Medina and Louis Trevino of Cafe Ohlone, Lenore Estrada of Three Babes Bakeshop, Chef Reina Montenegro, Jo Lerma-Lopez and Julio Juarez of LUNA Mexican Kitchen, Kitchen Confidante, and Irvin Lim of Eat the Love. You'll have a chance to ask them questions and get a copy of all the recipes prepared during the event! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/holiday-refresh-local-chefs-sh

Just 1 week left to vote! Take it from our farmers: "It's important to vote because your voice matters in this election," says Juan-Carlos Gonzales of Green Thumb Organics Farms, with Rudy Jimenez at today's farmers market. "It's important that all communities have equitable resources. Brown and Black communities all need their voices to be heard. Your voice counts." Get your mail-in ballot in ASAP, or make a plan to vote in person before or on Nov. 3. Visit vote.org for your polling site and resources.

Celebrate Día de los Muertos and Halloween at Mission Community Market this Thursday, October 29, 3-7pm! Stock up on fall produce, and join us in celebrating our local farmers and Mission community. Bring the kids in costume and visit the CUESA Kids’ Corner (near the Info Booth) for a kid-sized market tote including Día de los Muertos coloring book, color-by-number sugar skull activity, DIY papel picado kit, and crayons (3-6pm, while supples last). Kids can also pick out a f...ree Halloween pumpkin of choice at the CUESA Kids’ Corner pumpkin patch (3-6pm, while supplies last). Please note: Only one family will be admitted at a time. Pumpkins provided by Hale’s Apple Farm. Be sure to shop the market to pick up locally grown flowers and produce for your ofrenda and other fall goodies from your favorite MCM sellers. And visit @norte.54’s booth for treats like calaveras and pan de muerto. Mission Community Market takes place on Thursdays, 3 to 7 pm, on 22nd Street (between Mission and Valencia) and Bartlett Street in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood.

Get out the food vote! Here are some tips from community leaders Nina Ichikawa of Berkeley Food Institute and Reem Assil of Reem's California to stay civically engaged for a just and equitable food system this election season and beyond. "When I’ve organized, I’ve always cared a lot that we maintain relationships, stay in good communication, and feed each other," says Nina. "The community bonds and accountability should end up stronger, whether or not you win short-term."

Help Volcano Kimchi grow! In October, Aruna Lee will be moving into a permanent space in San Francisco's Dogpatch, and has started a GoFundMe to help support her transition. Your donation, large or small, will help her purchase equipment essentials to transform the space into a true fermentation lab.

Fresh, new crop walnuts have arrived at Winters Fruit Tree at today’s market! Stock up on walnuts, almonds, persimmons, and more, and support Leo at this multi-generation family farm in Winters, California.

Bring home some locally grown Halloween cheer with McGinnis Ranch adorable, succulent-adorned organic pumpkins and squash at today’s market ! When the pumpkin gets past its prime, you can plant it so the succulent arrangement will keep growing!

We did it! Our hearts are filled with gratitude for YOU, our incredible community, for a successful first-ever CUESA's Sunday Supper: A Farm to Home Feast & Virtual Gala last night. Thanks to everyone who donated generously, purchased a four-course feast, and bid in our online auction to support CUESA's farmers markets and education programs! Thank you especially to our rockstar emcee Liam Mayclem for bringing his joy, passion, and magic to the virtual gala, to our awesome ch...efs for cooking an epic take-home feast in unprecedented circumstances, to our farmers for feeding and inspiring us in so many ways, and to our many volunteers who give their time so generously in support of this work. Thank you for your partnership in growing thriving communities through the power and joy of local food! Missed the gala, or want to relive the magic and watch the inspiring farmer videos by Fox Nakai or chef appearances from Jacques Pepin & more? Chick here: https://www.avcast.me/cuesasundaysupper2020

Today is the day! Please join us for CUESA's Sunday Supper virtual fundraising gala livestream TONIGHT at 7-8pm! Thank you to everyone who purchased a "Farm to Home Feast" to support CUESA's farmers markets and education programs. Whether you purchased a feast or not, the virtual gala is FREE for everyone to join! You'll hear inspiring stories from local farmers and chefs, including special guest Jacques Pépin. Celebrate our essential food and farm community, and support CUESA's work to grow thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. We hope to (virtually) see you there!

This just in! Chef Jacques Pépin will be making a guest appearance at CUESA's Sunday Supper: A Farm to Home Feast! Watch the virtual gala for FREE this Sunday at 7:00 pm and celebrate our essential food and farm community with us: https://www.avcast.me/cuesasundaysupper2020 The pre-gala show starts at 6:30 pm, and the live gala will start promptly at 7:00 pm. The show will be full of friends from the farmers market, including Green Thumb Organics, Lonely Mountain Farm, Root... Down Farm, Yerena Farms, Michael Mina, Kim Alter, Branon Jew, Rich Table, and more. Be inspired! Help us raise critical funds for CUESA's farmers markets and education programs, and bid in our online auction to win unique food and farm experiences and items (bidding ends October 18 at 9:00 pm). Proceeds support CUESA's work to grow thriving communities through the power and joy of local food. While we cannot gather in person this year, we are united in creating a fair, regenerative, and delicious food future for all. You are an essential part of this change, and we hope to (virtually) see you on Sunday!