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Farmers Market

Locals: Pig Day at Davis Farmers Market 3/6

March 5, 2010

Tomorrow, 3/6 Saturday is the 20th Annual Pig Day Celebration at the Davis Farmers Market from 9am to 1 pm rain or shine!

Celebrate pigs, food and local agriculture. Pet baby pigs and check out farm animals raised by Davis High School’s Future Farmers of America.
Farm breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs, juice, proceeds benefiting local community, [...]

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Savings from the Farmers Market- Bless the California Bounty

November 29, 2009

Over 20 lbs of persimmons, pomegranates and satsuma mandarin oranges: $25

Opportunity to chat with growers: Priceless

(Prices from the Sacramento Farmers Market)
Apples: Organic $2/lb, Conventional from Apple Hill Patrick’s Garden $1/lb
Pomegranates: $1 – $1.5 /lb, from Bradburn Farm in Madera, CA. I asked the grower why the price difference, and he said just the “size”.
Persimmons: $0.5/lb
Kiwis: [...]

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$10 off Organic Produce – Farm Fresh to You

November 9, 2009

Farm Fresh to You is a local Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm located in Capay, CA. They also have a store in the Ferry Building in San Francisco. After you signed up, every week you get a 100% organic produce box delivered to your home, in the San Francisco Bay, Sacramento and Los Angles area. [...]

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Davis Farmers Market Fall Festival this Saturday

October 29, 2009

The Davis Farmers Market will be having their free annual Fall Festival this Saturday Oct 31, which will be Halloween-themed, events include pumpkin patch, piggies and rescue birds from the California Raptor Center, face painting, craft and science activities, craft faire, live music, food vendors, plant sale, free flower seeds, eco-friendly demo, and more!

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Sacramento Farmers Market Fall Bounty

October 25, 2009

This week is P&P (pear and persimmon) week. As always, the fabulous Sacramento Sunday Farmers Market under the freeway is packed. There is a reason why major Sacramento chefs, such as Patrick Mulvaney, are regulars. I felt that I could keep writing about this place – so many vendors and such variety! See a previous [...]

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Pedrick Produce – Fresh and Cheap

October 17, 2009

I love that at where we are, we have access two of the best local “road-side” produce stand – Pedrick Produce and Yolo Fruits Stand. Pedrick Produce is located between Davis and Dixon, on 6850 Sievers Road, Dixon, CA 95620, next to a gas station. Look for the circular roof building.
Similar to Yolo Fruits [...]

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Yolo Fruit Stand, Thoughts on Organic Grapes

October 2, 2009

Some of what I got from the Yolo Fruit Stand today. It’s one of the “best kept secret” in the area I believe. It’s is between West Sacramento and Davis, just after you crossed the Yolo Bypass near the Davis side. It sells locally sourced vegetables and fruits to maintain competitive prices, and also have [...]

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Sacramento (under the freeway) Farmers Market

September 15, 2009

Someday there will be a website for it, just like the hugely popular Davis Farmers Market. Before I became a fan of the Sacramento Farmers Market (under the freeway), when we first moved into the area and I wanted to know more about it, I tried to find a website describing this market, but there [...]

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