| Profiles of Farmers and Vendors (Many are seasonal) (Many profiles updated on September 25, 2000) |
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| Fruits and Berries Bates & Schmitt - unusual apples BellaViva Orchards - fresh & dried fruit Betty's Berries - blackberries; boysenberries Country Essences - strawberries; raspberries Exotic Genuine Melons - melons Fitzgerald's - stone fruit Flying Disc Ranch - dates Frog Hollow Farm - stone fruit and Asian pears Goff's Fine Fruits - pears Goldbud Farms - stone fruit, pears and apples Green Valley Farm - blueberries and berry jams Guacamole Farm - avocado; tropical fruit; macadamias Hamada - stone fruit, citrus and raisins Honey Crisp Farm - stone fruit and citrus Iwamoto & Gean Farm - strawberries Knoll Organic Farm - figs Lagier Ranches - cherries, berries and citrus Paoletti Farms - cherries and chestnuts  Stenzel's Kiwis - kiwis Stony Farms - wild berries Twin Girls Farms - citrus and stone fruit Warm Springs Farm - Charentais melons |
Vegetables & General
Produce Atallah's - early tomatoes and peppers; endive, cukes Bruins Farms - hot house tomatoes only Dirty Girl Produce - general produce Eatwell Farm - everything under the sun Exotic Melons - dry-farmed tomatoes, corn, melons Farmer's Wife Produce - cool-weather veggies G & S Farms - sweet white corn Happy Quail Farms - peppers, cukes, eggplant Holler Pepper Company - asparagus, potatoes Iacopi - peas and beans mostly Knoll Organic Farm - selected produce items Lucero Organic Farms - berries, tomatoes, peppers, etc. Small Potatoes - specialty potatoes Spring Hill Potatoes - potatoes and onions Star Route Farms - greens, herbs, edible flowers, leeks, etc. Stony Farms - general produce Tierra Vegetables - chiles; peppers; portabellas Warm Springs Farm - squash, peppers, melons, etc. White Rabbit Farm - tomatoes, sweet peppers . etc. |
| Salad Specialists Dirty Girl Produce - head lettuce; salad mix Herbs Flowers Cheese
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One-of-a-Kind Bates & Schmitt - jams, jellies, chutney, cider Brooks and Daughters - organic sprouts Cache Creek Farm - raw almonds and walnuts Critical Edge - knife sharpening Flatland Flower Farm - unusual cottage plants Flying Disc Ranch - dates Hazeldell Mushrooms -exotic mushrooms Holler Pepper Company - pickled garlic and asparagus Hoffman Gamebirds - poultry Hunter Orchards - rocambole garlic Hog Island Oyster Co. - oysters, mussels, clams UPDATED Marshall's Farm - honey from San Francisco's microclimates Nakashima Farms - sweet potatoes Petaluma Farms - eggs Phipps Farm - dried heirloom beans Sciabica & Sons - olive oil Spring Hill Potatoes - piping hot fries and potato chips Straus Family Creamery - organic milk; diary products Tierra Vegetables - dried chiles and chipotles Van Mourik Nut Farm - fresh almond and walnuts Warm Springs Farm - roasted peppers; gourds |
Current Crops:
To find out what's currently ripe, check in on
http://ferryplazafarmersmarket.com/saturday.htm written by
Sybil Conn. You'll find a weekly listing of the produce available (by vendor)
and their prices. This website also provides updated information on the Ferry Plaza
Farmers' Market 's weekly "Shop with the Chef" series -- an easy way to keep
track of the Bay Area's chefs, who give a 30-minute demonstration of cooking with
seasonal produce.
Ditty's other websites
 http://www.saturdaymarket.com/chinabreakfast |
 http://www.saturdaymarket.com/chinaveg |
 http://www.saturdaymarket.com/Saint-Tropez |
 http://www.sundaysupper.com |
Other interesting websites on farmers' markets:
California Federation of Certified Farmers' Markets - http://farmersmarket.ucdavis.edu
Pacific Coast Farmers' Market Association - http://www/pcfma.com
Open Air Markets Worldwide - http://www.openair.org
What's Ripe - http://www.epicurious.com/e_eating/e02_ripe/ripe.html
Yahoo San Francisco Bay - http://sfbay.yahoo.com
Send me an
e-mail if you find other interesting related websites.