Paula Downing Returns to Farmers Market
Paula Downing, manager of the Santa Rosa Original Farmer’s Market for the better part of the last decade, has been re-hired, effective immediately. The board’s decision to dismiss Paula, made a few...
View ArticleTour of Bodega Goat Cheese farm in Lakeport
Paula Downing, manager of both the Santa Rosa Original Certified Farmers Market and the Sebastopol Farmers Market, and her assistant, Genevieve Gage, have planned tours of some of the farms represented...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol
Best known, of course, for their berries, Sebastopol Berry Farm also has gorgeous bouquets Summer is in full swing at the Sebastopol farmers market, which takes place on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 1:30...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Great News for Sebastopol
“I’ve been lobbying for a year round market in west county for twelve years,” Ken Orchard of Orchard Farms told me on Sunday at the Sebastopol farmers market. His very best day at the market, he...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Santa Rosa November Highlights
Organic chestnuts from Sonoma Coast Organic Produce The seasonal shift is as visible in the changing faces of our market vendors as it is in the produce itself, or nearly so. Some farmers are wrapping...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol
The first Sebastopol farmers market of the year opened under a huge bowl of clear blue sky with no promise of rain. The chilly morning warmed quickly; by 11 a.m., shoppers were loosening their...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol in December
On Sunday, the Sebastopol Farmers Market was smaller than usual, though it was hard to tell, given the market’s location shift. For the month of December, the market moves to the town plaza so holiday...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Sebastopol Evening Market Launches
After years of dreaming and months of planning, the Sebastopol Certified Farmers Market is launching a second day, a Thursday evening market in the town plaza. The new market will operate from 5 to...
View ArticleFresh From Our Farmers: Redwood Empire Farmers Market
One of our newer markets, the Redwood Empire Farmers Market in central Santa Rosa, features both long-time vendors familiar to us all and some new kids on the block, like Ludwig Farm, located on Ludwig...
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