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Community News
Ranch dinners and tours of the Rossotti Ranch running monthly from Sept.- Oct.
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from the SF Examiner on Aug. 14th
Read about the North Coast's "dizzing array of preserves"
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MFM has joined the social networking scene! Won't you be our fan?
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Bioneers offers MFM supporters 10% off
Bioneers, a leader in breakthrough solutions for restoring people and planet, presents its 20th annual conference on October 16-18,
2009. This premiere environmental conference features social and scientific
innovators sharing new ideas and tools that enable people to create
positive change in their own communities. MFM is proud to be an Affinity Partner for this year's Bioneers Conference. Use the coupon code AFFINITY10 while registering to receive a 10% discount on nonmember prices (offer expires Monday, August 31, 2009). Omnivore's Discovery at BioneersJoin Marin Agricultural Institute and MALT, for a pre-conference field trip on Thursday, October 15th. Tour the Thursday Civic Center Farmers Market then head west to visit three local family farms: Red Hill Ranch, Chileno Valley Ranch, and the Tresch Dairy. We'll deepen our understanding of where locally grown produce and humanely raised milk and meat come from, as well as how a community of farmers, agricultural institutions, government agencies and eaters are working together to make a local food system thrive. Read more. |
North Bay Farmers Market Cookbook 
Celebrate the familiar faces and delicious foods of the Marin Farmers Markets with MFM's Brigitte Moran and Amelia Spilger. Their new cookbook is designed to help you feel right at home in the local food movement.
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 Tour Stonestown Farmers Market with A16 Chef/OwnerJoin Liza Shaw (Chef/owner of A16), Rebecca Katz (local Author/Chef), and Molly Bloom of Eatwell Farm for a tour of the Stonestown Farmers Market in San Francisco on Sunday, September 13th at 11am. The trio will explore the market, teaching customers how to take advantage of the abundance of fresh produce and the fact that you can meet the farmer face to face.
These tours were designed to provide those experiencing cancer, as well as their caretakers and loved ones, with access to local and sustainable foods by means of educational tours and classes. The tours are free, open to the public, and applicable to anyone who wants to become more comfortable and familiar with their local market and food producers. Learn more. |
 S.A.R.E. National Continuing Education Program in Sustainable Agriculture
S.A.R.E. is offering a continuing education program designed for Cooperative Extention and Natural Resource Conservation Service personnel (particularly new staff members), and other agricultural, natural resource and community development professionals. It will emphasize core concepts and a basic understanding of sustainable agriculture, its goals and its relevance to every farming and ranching operation - large or small. The program includes five courses, all available free of charge.
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 Marin Civic Center Thursday: Apples are abundant in the market now. Try organic apples from Hiddenstar Orchards or conventional/transitional apples from Chinciolo, EGB, Devoto Gardens, and Hale's Apple Farm.
Thursdays 8am - 1pm |
 Oakland-Grand Lake: You know tomato season is in full gear when Wild Boar Farm arrives at Splash Pad Park with their specialty tomatoes. Our farmers grow every type of tomato imaginable and come from many of California's micro climates. Decide for yourself which farmer grows your favorite.
Saturdays 9am - 2pm |
 Hayward: The market is thrilled to welcome two new organic producers - Shooting Star CSA and Capay Valley Organic. Customers can also "shop local" from three new East Bay food purveyors: Cane River Gumbo, Simply Garlic and Arnold Enterprise's BBQ.
Saturdays 9am - 1pm |
 Marin Civic Center Sunday: Introducing Reid Ranch out of Sacramento, who is bringing conventional pears to the Sunday market. Reminder: we are in the heart of peach season, so get 'em while their hot!
Sundays 8am - 1pm |
 Newark: Newark is at peak season with tomatoes, corn, apples and of course our usual abundance of the best Asian Greens in the Bay Area. New to the market is Healing Spirits Plants, a medicinal Herb Nursery from Oakland, with one of a kind Chinese and Ayruvedic herb starts.
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 Stonestown: Craving some stonefruit? Get your fix from Kashiwase Farms who brings an array of organic stonefruit to the market, or Hamada Farm with conventional.
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 Fairfax: The latest addition to the market is Nessia Berner, Fairfax's new farmers market manager. Nessia, a West Marin native, is very excited to be joining all the local farmers, specialty food purveyors, and the Fairfax community on Wednesday nights under the redwoods!
Fairfax: Wednesdays 4pm - 8pm |
 Novato: Stop by the downtown market to pick up some produce that was grown in your neighborhood: visit Novato farmers Ed and Nancy Pearson of Woodside Farms for plant starts, cut flowers, plums, apples, grapes, tomatoes, corn, and more!
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