A couple weeks ago I posted a blog about these great advertisements about California family dairy farmers. I promised then that I had another California blog in the works, so here it is!
When I was in San Francisco last month for Bay to Breakers, I met up with my friend Gonzaga at the Ferry Building for the Farmer's Market on Saturday morning. I was so excited when she wanted to go, because this was one of my favorite things to do when I lived in San Francisco. I tried to go just about every weekend and took a lot of my summer visitors there as well.
The Ferry Building area is packed with vendors--selling everything you can imagine--fresh fruits, veggies, flowers, honey, cheese, baked goods, nuts....I'm telling you, it's phenominal. There is nothing like the fruit they have at this market---we're talking strawberries the size of your head (okay maybe I'm a little exaggerating...) that you can honestly smell from like 3 booths away (that part is true!). People who live in California take this stuff for granted. I'll assure you that in middle America, we don't get strawberries like that!
Anyway, at the market, there were all kinds of signs advertising products from family farms. I, of course, thought of the blog! They also have some great boards the discuss issues related to farming like land use and the importance of preserving farm land.
You might not think of San Francisco as being an ag-friendly place, but it really is. There are farmers markets all over the city, in just about every neighborhood, and they are always packed with people. As I've mentioned before, Yoga Master made dinner just about entirely from the Noe Valley farmer's market one night of my trip.
Sometimes we don't take the time to thank the "city folk" for supporting agriculture. We should do better--so way to go San Francisco! My only complaint is that they don't ship those strawberries to me!
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