Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture

CUESA, for short, organizes the farmer's market at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.  You might be thinking "why would Farm To Fork highlight a farmers market that is out of reach for San Diego residents?" The reason is that CUESA has a unique program that deserves credit and should be replicated in farmers markets across the country. At Farm to Fork we are pretty religious about our farmers markets and CUESA has the most impressive program we have ever seen.  I always coordinate trips up north around CUESA market days. CUESA takes a fresh approach to the standard farmers market by combining special events and educational opportunities with each weekly market.  From cocktail week, to chef demonstrations, to pickling and fermenting workshops CUESA never ceases to impress us. Although the Ferry Building can be touristy the farmer's markets organized by CUESA stay true to their roots featuring the highest quality local produce and artisinal foods.  The CUESA website has beautiful resources, we love their seasonality chart. At Farm To Fork we suggest signing up for the E-Letter even if you do not live in SF.  We learn so much from their educational articles and also get ideas for events to host in San Diego. Click here to sign up for their E-Letter and here to become a fan of CUESA on facebook. Peace love and seasonality.

City Heights Farmers Market Sets Noteworthy Record

On July 10, the City Heights Farmers' Market set a new record for EBT sales in an afternoon: $1400 dollars! What are EBT sales and what place do they have at farmers markets?  An EBT is an Electronic Benefit Transfer. Common benefits provided via EBT are typically sorted into two general categories: food and cash benefits. Food benefits are federally authorized benefits that can be used only to purchase food and non-alcoholic beverages. Food benefits, formerly called Food Stamps, are now called SNAP. Typically farmers markets do nto accept food stamps, but that food stamp money accepted at City Heights went to purchase fresh, local produce. Families who qualify for EBT have limited access to fresh food. The City Heights community is excited and deservedly proud of this accomplishment. Next time you are at your local farmer's market ask your market manager if they accept food stamps, and if they dont ask them why. Read more about these local triumphs on the Edible San Diego facebook page.

Ceramic Berry Baskets

These Ceramic Berry Baskets are the cutest idea I have ever seen.  Don't be surprise if you see the seasonal side of fruit served in these at Farm to Fork.

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Question of the Day: What is a Foodshed?

This is a portion of the full definition: A foodshed is everything between where a food is produced and where a food is consumed -- the land it grows on, the routes it travels, the markets it goes through, the tables it ends up gracing. First used in the early 20th century to describe the global flow of food, "foodshed" has recently been resurrected to discuss local food systems and efforts to create more sustainable ways of producing and consuming food.

Farm of the Week

We feature Terra Bella avocados, citrus, walnuts, almonds and dried fruits in our egg dishes, grapefruit mimosas, and homemade granola.

Menu Check

What is quark cheese?  Quark is not your typical Kraft single.Spring Hill Vanilla Bean Quark used in the California Toast (C+T) is unique in texture and tastes a little like cheese cake!  It the perfect topper for the Calfornia rendition of French Toast.  Quark is a type of fresh cheese also known as tvorog or topfen. It is made by warming soured milk until the desired degree of denaturation of milk proteins and then strained. Quark usually has much lower fat content (about the same as yogurt) than cream cheeses and has no salt added.  The quark used at Farm To Fork is organic California estate cheese aka the best you can find. The