Sacramento Valley - Community Alliance with Family Farmers
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Sacramento Valley - Community Alliance with Family Farmers
FREE! The Eater’s Guide to Local Food EL DORADO PLACER SACRAMENTO SUTTER YOLO YUBA SACRAMENTO V ALLEY , 1ST EDITION Restaurants & Grocers FARMERS MARKETS Community Gardens FARMSTANDS Organizations Farms FOOD ARTISANS U-PICKS & CSA’S SAN JOAQUIN VALLEY COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS • WWW.CAFF.ORG A publication of CAFF with a contribution by Georgeanne Brennan | WWW.CAFF.ORG 2 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG About this Guide W CONTENTS e are so thrilled to be presenting you with the first edition of the Buy Fresh Buy Local Sacramento Valley Eater’s Guide to Local Food. If there’s anything that we’ve learned in our work for this guide, it is that the Sacramento Valley is hungry for local food. Fortunately, the terrific abundance of the area is well suited to feeding this hunger. This guide is designed to be a useful tool in identifying local, fresh, and delicious foods from this rich agricultural region. The guide was developed by the Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) in an effort to help improve access to healthy food and raise awareness about the importance of buying local. Throughout the guide, you will find valuable information to help advance your commitment to eating fresh, local foods, such as: Ω A Sacramento Valley seasonality chart highlighting the diverse fruit and vegetable crops that are produced throughout the year Ω The schedule and location information on all of the farmers markets that operate weekly or seasonally throughout the region Ω A list of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) programs Ω Editorials about the Sacramento Valley food system, the rich food culture of the region, and unique efforts that are underway to improve access to healthy food Ω A list of organizations and websites within the Sacramento Valley region that support healthy food and a sustainable, healthy food system Hungry for more? All the information in this guide, and more – including listings for other regions of California – is available on CAFF’s website at: www.caff.org FOOD ROUTES NETWORK The California Buy Fresh Buy Local program is a project of CAFF in collaboration with the national organization, the Food Routes Network. For more information, please visit www.foodroutes.org 4 5 6 8 9 12 21 29 31 36 38 Georgeanne Brennan, Our Garden of Eden Community Supported Agriculture Farmers Market Locations Seasonal Availability Chart El Dorado Placer Sacramento Sutter Yolo Yuba Organizations and Institutions COMMUNITY ALLIANCE WITH FAMILY FARMERS Growing food, growing farms, growing communities The Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) advocates for California family farmers and sustainable agriculture. CAFF is cultivating strong partnerships between family farmers and their communities by building on shared values around food and agriculture and working together in practical, on-theground programs. These relationships create local economic vitality, improved human and environmental health, and longterm sustainability. This guide is a project of CAFF’s Buy Fresh Buy Local program, which opens new opportunities for family farmers by educating consumers and food businesses about the benefits of buying locally. Other CAFF programs and projects include Farm to School, Biological Agriculture, and Policy. For more information about CAFF’s programs, please visit www.caff.org. CAFF Bay Area 2150 Allston Way, Suite 320 Berkeley, CA 94704 510 832 4625 CREDITS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS EDITOR Ariane Michas CONTRIBUTORS Maggie Bertolani, Georgeanne Brennan, Ann M. Duncan, Rebecca Eiseman, Shawn Harrison, Allyse Heartwell, Maika Horjus, Colleen Lynch, Ariane Michas, David Runsten, Jennifer Sowerwine, Karyn Smith, Rachel Solvason. GRAPHIC DESIGNER Kate Murphy, Sacramento News and Review. PRODUCTION ASSISTANCE Maggie Bertolani, Rebecca Eiseman, Maika Horjus, Kate Kleepsies, Colleen Lynch, Leslie Pace, Rachel Solvason, Natalie Theys, and Hannah Erin Williams. SPECIAL THANKS TO Paul Cultrera, Dawn Dunlap, Ann M. Evans, Shawn Harrison, Karen Killebrew, Robyn Krock, Jim Mills, Randii McNear and the Davis Farmers Market, Richard Molinar, PlacerGROWN, Libby O’Sullivan, Soilborn Farms, Jennifer Sowerwine, Randy Stannard, Michael Tuohy, and all of the amazing organizations on page 38 for their support and dedicated work in the Sacramento Valley and beyond. Production of this guide was made possible by the generous support of the Columbia Foundation and the True North Foundation. We are additionally grateful to all of the businesses that advertised in the guide. Please support the businesses that support local food! The Buy Fresh Buy Local brand and all its illustrations are property and trademarks of the Food Routes Network and its chapter affiliate, CAFF. Illustrations by Design for Social Impact. WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 3 Our Garden of Eden BY GEORGEANNE BRENNAN 4 Community Alliance with Family Farmers he Sacramento Valley surrounds me, stretching from the eastern escarpment of the Coast Range on the w est to the foothills of the Sierra on the east. The deep alluvial soils that bor der the Sacramento River, with its tributary rivers the Feather and the Yuba, and all their creeks, are as productive as any soil on earth. These soils are covered with orchards of walnuts, peaches, prunes, and almonds and row crops of tomatoes, alfalfa, wheat, corn, melons, saf flower, and numerous seed crops. T The heavier soils, further from the rivers, have their own panoply of crops, most importantly rice, but extending well past that, and including permanent pasture for livestock grazing. Once the first strawberries, cherries and apricots ripen in May, our land and farmers provide soft fruit and stone fruit until October when the last plums are in, the nuts are gathered, and the apples, pears, pomegranates, and persimmons are harvested. After a quiet month or so, the mandarins will usher in the citrus harvest over the winter, ensuring us an astonishing supply of fresh fruit almost the year around. Every vegetable one can imagine is grown in our Mediterranean climate, from artichokes and asparagus to zucchini, in an alphabetical sense, whether by family farmers or home gardeners. Community Supported Agriculture boxes and produce from our valley arrive not only to our doorsteps and farmers markets, but to those as far away as Palo Alto, Danville, and San Francisco. Winter’s broccoli, kale, bok choy and chicories give way to spring’s artichokes, asparagus, favas, peas, green garlic, tender lettuces, potatoes, and carrots. As our hemisphere tilts toward the sun and the days lengthen, we have ripening tomatoes, melons, summer squash, eggplant, sweet peppers and okra. Late fall finds us harvesting leeks, beets, pumpkins, winter squash, and late beans. All year long we can revel in the changing seasons and the vegetables they bring us. Our local pastures and hillsides produce beef, lamb, goats, poultry, and hogs. Our dairies provide milk and cheese. Beehives dot the flowering orchards, alfalfa fields, seed fields and hillsides. Surely we live in the Garden of Eden. Why, then, are our children suffering from obesity? Why are many of them served school lunches composed of processed foods with unpronounceable ingredients made thousands of miles away? Could we not WWW.CAFF.ORG instead serve them daily meals composed of locally grown, seasonal foods from our own agriculturally rich valley? Say, steamed rice, with local broccoli or asparagus, according to the season, with chicken or grass-fed beef, and a little sweet pepper or sugar snap peas, accompanied by a seasonal salad bar, soup from scratch and a locally baked whole grain roll? Let’s have a garden in every school, let’s have fresh, local food at every school and at home too, for all our children and for ourselves. When I watch my grandchildren clap their three-year-old hands in glee and run for the garden when my husband tells them “the strawberries are red” I almost weep. I almost weep not only with joy for their enthusiasm and the knowledge that they will forever understand that strawberries – and food – come from the soil, but also for the thousands and thousands of our children who have yet to experience and understand this, who have yet to dig potatoes, pull carrots, leeks, onions, and beets, cut squash, melons, and asparagus, and pick tomatoes, peppers, and all the wonderful, aromatic fruits. Let’s have a garden in every school, let’s have fresh, local food at every school and at home too, for all our children and for ourselves. The Sacramento Valley is truly our Garden of Eden and, if there is a will, we can make this change for our children. Georgeanne Brennan is an award-winning author, teacher, and former seed company owner. With business partner Ann M. Evans, she currently works as a consultant to school districts helping them to change school lunch. She lives on a small farm in Winters with her husband and dog, where she continues to teach and to write. www.georgeannebrennan.com COMMUNITY SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE COLFAX HILL FAMILY FARM RAPHAEL GARDEN Colfax (Placer) • 530-346-7684 • [email protected] Colfax Hill offers 22 week CSA memberships, with weekly pick-ups in Colfax and Chicago Park. Shares come in personal or family size and include vegetables, fruits, herbs, and the option of free-range eggs. Fair Oaks • 916-965-0389 40+ shareholders purchase annual shares in this biodynamic CSA and receive weekly baskets of seasonal garden bounty. Members work together to distribute the produce, and join in the fun on Garden Days. DEL RIO BOTANICAL RIVERDOG FARMS West Sacramento (Yolo) • www.delriobotanical.com This organic farm uses open-polllinated seeds and specializes in unusual varieties of vegetables, greens, herbs, stone fruits, and berries. Year-round shares are delivered weekly to a variety of locations throughout the Sacramento Valley. Membership is by the quarter year. Guinda (Yolo) • www.riverdogfarm.com This CCOF-certified organic farm offers monthly or quarterly CSA memberships. Boxes includ organic fruits and vegetables. Numerous delivery locations available. EATWELL FARM Dixon (Solano) • www.eatwell.com Eatwell Farm offers shares delivered either weekly or bi-weekly to numerous Sacramento Valley locations. Shares include CCOF certified organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, and the option of pasteurized eggs. FLYING MULE FARM Auburn (Placer) • www.flyingmulefarm.com Flying Mule Farm offers meat CSA memberships from June through October. Shares are every three weeks and include various cuts of certified grass-fed lamb. FOOTHILL ORGANIC GROWERS Newcastle (Placer) • www.foothillorganicgrowers.org This small family farm just south of Auburn grows a wide variety of fresh produce. Shares include certified organic fruits, vegetables, and wheatgrass, with local direct home delivery. FULL BELLY FARM Guinda (Yolo) • www.fullbellyfarm.com Full Belly Farm’s much-loved CSA offers weekly and monthly memberships. Shares include certified organic fruits and vegetables, with pick-up locations in Sacramento, Davis, Woodland, and Esparto. GOOD HUMUS PRODUCE Capay (Yolo) • www.goodhumus.com Good Humus Produce offers CSA memberships by the quarter, with delivery to a variety of locations in the Sacramento region. Share options include vegetables, fruits, flowers, and bread, or any combination thereof. HICKSVILLE ACRES Newcastle (Placer) • 916-663-2025 Weekly an bi-weekly shares offered. Includes fruits and vegetables. Placer county only. JIM’S PRODUCE Wheatland (Yuba) • www.jimsproduce.net This 150 year-old farm offers 33 week CSA memberships and is hoping to go year-round in the near future. Pick-ups on the farm in Wheatland, or at drop-off points in Roseville and Yuba City. PACIFIC STAR GARDEN SACRED PATHS FARM Camino (El Dorado) • 530-644-2865 This small family farm offers 20 week CSA memberships. Boxes include fresh vegetables, herbs, apples, and optional fresh cut flowers. Pick up at farm in Camino, or drop-off can be arranged. SOIL BORN FARMS Sacramento • 916-363-9685 • [email protected] Year round memberships available to this urban farm. Three pick up locations including at the primary farm, small farm, and one location in midtown. TERRA FIRMA FARM, LLC. Winters (Yolo) • www.terrafirmafarm.com Year round membership offered. Shares include certified organic fruits, vegetables, and nuts with three different size options. Deliveries made to Davis, Sacramento, Vacaville, and Winters. THE NATURAL TRADING CO. Newcastle (Placer) • www.naturaltradingco.com This family-owned, CCOF-certified organic farm offers fresh fruit, vegetables, and flowers. Choose from multiple box sizes and add-ons like wheatgrass and extra tomatoes. Drop off locations in Sacramento, Placer, Nevada, and El Dorado. WILLOW POND ORGANIC FARM Placerville (Placer) • www.willowpondorganic.com Willow Pond offers 22 week CSA memberships. Boxes include organic fruits, vegetables, and fresh fruit pastries in the fall. Pick-up at the farm in Placerville. ZOEY FARMS Shingle Springs (Sacramento) • www.zoeyfarms.wordpress.com This small family farm offers 16 week or 8 week shares of mixed vegetables. Pick up at the farm in Shingle Springs. FARM FRESH TO YOU Capay (Yolo) • www.farmfreshtoyou.com Farm Fresh to You is the thriving bundled CSA service from Capay Oraganic. Now serving over 6,000 families, Farm Fresh to You offers flexible agreements, customized boxes, and convenient home delivery. They are family owned and operated and proud partners of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Woodland (Yolo) • www.freewebs.com/ pacificstargardens Pacific Star Garden is currently experimenting with a winter season CSA. Currently serving only a dozen members, they’re hoping to expand the program next winter. WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 5 Placer Placer Placer TU W TH Historic Dwntwn Lincoln Sun City Lincoln Hills Roseville Downtown Lincoln Village at 12 Bridges 8AM - Noon Sacramento State Parking Lot Sacramento Roosevelt Park SUN TUE Sacramento Watt Elkhorn Towne Center Sacramento Florin Sears Store Sacramento Sunrise Station El Dorado Hills El Dorado El Dorado SAT SUN SAT TH SAT SUN El Dorado El Dorado El Dorado TH SAT FRI Folsom Placerville Cameron Park El Dorado Hills WED El Dorado Shingle Springs Sacramento Country Club Plaza SAT 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 9AM - 1PM 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 8AM - 12PM 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 10AM - 2PM Sacramento Sacramento Downtown Plaza Sacramento Laguna Gateway Center TH 10AM - 2PM WED Sacramento Chavez Plaza 10AM - 2PM 4PM - 7PM 10AM - 2PM 9:30AM - 1PM 5PM - 8PM 8AM - Noon 5PM - 9PM 8:30AM - 12:30PM 9AM - 1PM 2PM - 7PM HOURS WED Sacramento Elk Grove Regional Park Sacramento Sacramento Kaiser Placer M Winters Farmers Market Sacramento Freemont Park Yolo SUN Meyers/S.LT FRI El Dorado SUN MARKET TUE COUNTY DAY Vernon St 2295 Fieldstone Dr & 12 Bridges Railroad & Main St 3200 HWY50 & HWY89 ADDRESS Jun-Oct May-Oct Jun-Sep Jun-Sept Jun-Oct y/r y/r May-Sep May-Oct y/r y/r May-Sep May-Oct May-Sep y/r May-Aug May-Sep Jun-Nov Jun-Aug Blue Ravine Rd & Green Valley Main St & Cedar Ravine El Dorado Hills Blvd & Harvard Way shinglesprings farmersmarket.org/ california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com california-grown.com sierrafresh.com sierrafresh.com sierrafresh.com sierrafresh.com sierrafresh.com wintersfarmersmarket.com 530-386-1232 CONTACT california-grown.com El Dorado Hills Folsom Placerville El Dorado Hills EldoradoFarmersMarket.com EldoradoFarmersMarket.com EldoradoFarmersMarket.com EldoradoFarmersMarket.com EldoradoFarmersMarket.com Rancho Cordova california-grown.com Sacramento North Highlands elkhornfarmersmarket.com Shingle Springs Sacramento Elk Grove Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Sacramento Elk Grove Sacramento Sacramento Lincoln Coach Ln Strolling Hill Rd Cameron Park El Dorado Hills Blvd at Hwy 50 Folsom & Sunrise Florin Road & 65th St Watt Ave & Elkhorn Blvd Product Dr & Quest Ct Watt and El Camino, Butano Dr. Parking Lot Laguna Blvd & Big Horn Blvd 4th & K St 10th & J St 9th & P St 8th & W Streets under Highway 50 Elk Grove & Florin Rd 16th & P St 2025 Morse Ave F & 5th St Lincoln Roseville Lincoln Winters S. Lake Tahoe CITY SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC WIC/EBT NONE SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC/EBT M A R K E T S June-August 965 Orchard Creek Lane May-July June-Nov May-Oct Jun-Sept SEASON F A R M E R ’ S Davis Placer Placer SAT SAT Kaiser Roseville Hospital Placer Placer THU FRI D & 2nd St 2732 South Lake Tahoe Blvd (Hwy 50) Jun-Sep y/r May-Sep June-Sep June-Oct y/r May-Sep Jun-Aug Jun-Nov y/r Jun-Sep Jun-Nov May-Sep May-Sep Jun-Oct Jun-Oct Nov-March March-Oct y/r Lincoln Rocklin Auburn Tahoe City Foresthill Auburn Roseville Kings Beach Granite Bay Woodland Woodland Folsom Placerville Davis Davis Davis Davis Marysville S. Lake Tahoe Main St Eureka & Douglas Blvd SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC countryessenceplus.com countryessenceplus.com countryessenceplus.com countryessenceplus.com foothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com wfoothillfarmersmarket.com foothillfarmersmarket.com NONE NONE NONE NONE SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC SNC/WIC woodlandfarmersmarket.com SNC/WIC/EBT woodlandfarmersmarket.com SNC/WIC/EBT edc-farmtrails.org edc-farmtrails.org davisfarmersmarket.org davisfarmersmarket.org davisfarmersmarket.org davisfarmersmarket.org 530-415-6980 EldoradoFarmersMarket.com NOTES: Farmers Markets times and locations sometimes vary due to seasonality, winter hours, and other changes to the availabitltiy of their spaces, please check with market manage to confirm time and location. WIC and SNC are commonly accepted directly by the farmer, although not all farmers will accept this type of payment. Colfax Roseville Riverside Ave & Cirby Way Roseville Near Hwy 65 on Dresden Dr RC Willey Parking Lot, 6636 Lonetree Blvd Auburn Folsom Rd & Lincoln Way Common’s Beach Rd & N. Lake Blvd Main St 1st St & Bell Rd Galleria Blvd & East Roseville Parkway Kings Beach, Highway 28 at Bear St 5550 Douglas Blvd. 1001 Main St at Freeman Park 1001 Main St at Freeman Park 900 Sutter St 385 Main St Central Park, 4th & C St Central Park, 4th & C St Central Park, 4th & C St Fall & 1 Shields Ave Spring Qrtrs May-Sep June-Oct SNC are Senior Nutrition Coupons are a benefit of the USDA’s Senior Farmers Market Nutrition Program and can be used at point of sale locations such as the markets listed above 4PM - 8PM 10AM - 3PM 9AM - 1:30PM 9AM - 1:30PM 8AM - Noon 8AM - Noon 8AM - 1PM 4PM - 7PM 10AM - 1PM 8:30AM - 1PM 9AM - 1PM 9AM - 1PM 9AM - Noon 5PM - 7PM 8AM - Noon 5:PM - Dusk 2PM - 6PM 4:30 - 8:30PM 8AM - 1PM 10AM - 2:30PM 5:30 - 8:30PM 8AM - 1PM WIC is the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women. Infants, and Children; a program of the USDA for low-income pregnant women, breastfeeding women, and infants and children under the age of five. EBT cards are issued by WIC and can be used at point of sale locations such as the markets listed above. Downtown Colfax Kaiser Medical Center WED Placer Kaiser Medical Center MON Placer Blue Oaks Old Town Courthouse Parking Lot Commons Beach Placer TH Whole Foods Market at the Fountains Main Street Placer TUE Kings Beach SRA WED Placer Placer TUE Quarry Ponds Town Center DeWitt Center Placer SUN Woodland WED Placer Yolo SAT Woodland Old Town Folsom El Dorado Yolo Main Street WED El Dorado SUN Wednesday Winter Market WED Yolo TUE Davis - Picnic in the Park WED Yolo Yolo SAT Marysville UC Davis East Quad Yuba FRI South Lake Tahoe WED Yolo El Dorado TUE SACRAMENTO VALLEY SEASONAL SPECIALTIES JAN FEB MAR APR MAY Apples Apricots Artichokes Arugula Asparagus Basil Beets Blueberries Bok Choy Broccoli Brussels Cabbage Carrots Cauliflower Celery Chard Cherries Collards Corn Cucumber Eggplant Figs Garlic Grapefuit Grapes Kale Leeks Lemons Lettuces Melons Nectarines Onions Oranges Peaches Pears Peas Peppers, bell Persimmons Plums Pomegranates Potatoes Radish Raspberries Spinach Strawberries Squash, summ Squash, winter Tomatoes Turnips 8 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC El Dorado County Fresh mountain air, wide-open spaces, and a farming legacy dating back to the gold rush distinguish the largely rural county of El Dorado. In the east lie South Lake Tahoe and the peaks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains while the county’s western edge dips into the plains of the Sacramento Valley. A thriving agri-tourism sector also draws visitors to the area to enjoy scenic landscapes and a range of gastronomic experiences. The county boasts one of the oldest wine-producing regions in California, with a climate and topography ideal for cultivating flavorful grape varieties that yield unique, award-winning wines. Apples are another regional highlight and the apple harvest is a favorite autumn tradition among locals and visitors alike. GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Boa Vista Orchards Brad Visman 2952 Carson Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-622-5522 Bodhaine Ranch 2315 Cable Rd Camino, CA 95709 530-644-1686 •• • Bolster’s Hilltop Ranch David Bolster 2000 Larsen Dr Camino, CA 95709 530-644-2230 •• VEGETABLES • NURSERIES NUTS, OIL, HONEY, GRAINS •• •• Calolea Olive Oil & Honey Bear’s Farm FRUITS MEAT EGGS DAIRY Michael & Monica Keller 11343 Choctaw Trail Loma Rico, CA 95901 530-749-1240 • • CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 9 the Sacramento Valley Pantry BY ANN M. EVANS T he Sacramento Valley has hot, dry summers and cold, but not quite freezing, rainy winters. To stock your pantry with locally produced foods, think wine, olive oil, nuts, dried fruits, grains such as rice and wheat, and of course, preserves – shelf-stable foods to compliment year round local meat and produce. Our soils are among the world’s most fertile, irrigated with ground water and water from the Sacramento and American Rivers, creeks, and sloughs. The Coast Range defines the west, the Sierra the east. In the middle lie the Sutter Buttes, the world’s smallest magical mountain range. Grains are locally grown in abundance, can be stored for months, and bought in bulk for extra savings. Rice is grown throughout the area and is just starting to be marketed under a name with provenance. It will pair well with the many Asian vegetables found in the farmers markets. In the past century wheat was dry farmed in the Dunnigan Hills. Today, organic farms in the beautiful Capay Valley such as Full Belly Farms grow, grind, and market flour from their wheat. And don’t forget about the protein-rich and delicious local nut crops such as walnuts, almonds, and a few chestnuts and pistachios. Almonds have been part of the region’s agriculture since the late 1800’s. Canning tomatoes dot the landscape starting in early spring. Harvested in late summer, local tomato canneries such as Campbell’s, Morningstar, and Pacific Coast Producers have organic lines. Their tomatoes feed the nation. Dried fruit from the flavorful Blenheim Apricot, the peach orchards, or one of many fig varietals provide a bit of summer sun to your winter table. The region also grows wine grapes both as a commodity and specialty crop, so local Rosé, Chenin Blanc, Chardonnay, Old Vine Zinfandel, Tempranillo, or Syrah can be in your cellar. Range lands are important here. We have meat producers such as Bledsoe & Son pork and lamb and, Cache Creek Meat Company who have a bundled meat CSA coming soon. Local farm and ranching families still make sausage with family recipes reflecting their German, Portuguese, Spanish, and French heritage. Cherries, oranges, and the proverbial green walnut or almond (picked in early June when the husk and nut are soft) can be made into vin de maison or house wine. Make a vin d’orange in winter for a hot summer day, and vin de noix in spring for a cold winter night by the fire. My favorite is a quince 10 Community Alliance with Family Farmers digestif – with the aroma of an apple pie in a floral shop. In addition to your house wines, with a bit of effort, your pantry can reflect the harvest of each season. In the spring, put up the early fruits such as strawberries in jam or cherries in simple syrup for over oatmeal or in a French inspired clafouti in the winter, or can apricots with cinnamon for a fall cobbler. In the summer, forage wild blackberries creek side for jam, pick tomatoes for sauce or salsa, harvest mint for jelly, or preserve lemons for a vegetarian curry or roast chicken. In the fall, make mincemeat for Christmas dessert with fresh apples and nuts and your own candied lemon and orange peel, preserve plum chutney with local onion and exotic spices such as star anise, or dry your own Hachiya persimmons as the Japanese do – Hoshigaki style. In the winter, make marmalade or sausage. Canning and preserving resources are abundant at your local library or bookstore. The valley’s fruit orchards need bees, so honey should be in your pantry, along with walnut and olive oils. The region has over 25 olive oil producers and a few mills. The area’s rich food and agriculture is anchored by the great agricultural land grant campus, the University of California at Davis. Your Stephen Bird 4221 N Canyon Rd Camino, CA 95709 530-647-0689 Clary Ridge Ranch Christie Clary 6600 Perry Creek Rd Fair Play, CA 95684 Ann M. Evans is a former Mayor of Davis and career sustainable food leader. With business partner Georgeanne Brennan, she works as a consultant to school districts helping them to change school lunch. She lives in Davis with her husband, daughter, and 6 chickens. WWW.CAFF.ORG • El Dorado Lavender Farm William Reed 4041 Maisy Ln El Dorado, CA 95623 530-306-3015 Grains are locally grown in abundance, can be stored for months, and bought in bulk for extra savings. pantry items may be found at colorful, local farmers markets, locally owned grocery stores, and food cooperatives. They make a hostess gift that speaks of the Sacramento Valley, a gift of terroir. • Celtic Gardens Organic Farm • Fudge Factory Farm Ren & Jean Reinders 2860 High Hill Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-644-3492 Goldbud Farms •• • Ron Mansfield 2501 Carson Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-626-6521 Goodness Orchard James E. Zeek 4341 Pony Express Trail Camino, CA 95709 530-644-6448 Indian Creek Farm Cathy Mueller 3383 Indian Creek Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-626-1896 Jollity Farm Henry Canclini 4761 Skyridge Rd Diamond Springs, CA 95619 530-676-1641 •• •• •• Larsen’s Apple Barn Rainbow Orchards Sam Betty 2569 Larsen Dr Camino, CA 95709 530-644-1594 • Marmot Meadows Farm Steve Martin 6740 Hancock Rd Garden Valley, CA 95633 530-333-1550 •• ••• Patricia Chelseth 2772 Ponderosa Rd Shingle Springs, CA 95682 530-676-8851 Wendy Kirk Taylor 2160 Carson Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-626-5078 Art Summerfield 4455 Pony Express Trail Camino, CA 95709 530-647-2833 • Woodsong Herbs GROCERS & PRODUCE STANDS Dedrick’s Cheese 312 Main St, #105 Placerville, CA 95667 530-344-8282 535 Placerville Dr Placerville, CA 95667 530-621-3663 4500 Post St El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 916-933-1433 •• Smokey Ridge Ranch Annette Schoonover 321 Main St Placerville, CA 95667 530-626-6369 • Eric Leafstone & Su Wickersham 3355 Char Mar Cir Shingle Springs, CA 95682 530-676-4744 Nugget Markets 3538 N Shingle Rd Shingle Springs, CA 95682 916-475-3086 Winterhill • Zoey Farms Noah’s Ark Natural Foods RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS • • Summerfield Berry Farm •• • • Matthew & Stephanie Sorensen 2921 Barkley Rd Camino, CA 95709 530-644-2865 •• Patrick & Pattie Egan 4234 Haveture Way Shingle Springs, CA 95682 530-391-4890 My Sister’s Farm Patrick Hoover PO Box 1314 Camino, CA 95709 530-626-2833 Sacred Paths Farm •• Limoro Orchards Patrick’s Mountain Grown Saeteurn Strawberries II Garden Valley, CA 530-333-2311 Earl Larsen 2360 Larsen Rd Camino, CA 95709 530-644-1415 1840 Green Valley Rd El Dorado, CA 95762 916-856-6881 Papa Hank’s Skyridge Farm Hooverville Orchards Chris Hoover 1100 Wallace Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-622-2155 Nai Saeturn & Torn Saephan Allez 6180 Pleasant Valley Rd Historic El Dorado, CA 95667 530-621-1160 Bocconato 7915 Fair Play Rd Fair Play, CA 95684 530-620-2492 • Cafe Luna 451 Main St #8 Placerville, CA 95667 530-642-8669 Cascada 384 Main St Placerville, CA 95667 530-344-7757 Cozmic Cafe & Pub • 594 Main St Placerville, CA 95667 530-642-8481 Julie Haron 4561 Irish Creek Rd Garden Valley, CA 95633 530-333-4996 WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 11 Placer County Stretching from the lush pastures of the Sacramento Valley through the rugged Sierra Nevada Mountains to its eastern boundary at the Nevada border, Placer County is characterized by geographic diversity and agricultural abundance. Gold fever once brought settlers from around the globe to try their luck in mining, but many discovered that the rich alluvial soils and plentiful water supplies of the region offered more certain prospects in farming and ranching. Before long, Placer was known as the “Fruit Shipping Capital of the World,” supplying millions of tons of fresh fruits and nuts to local and national markets. Today, Placer’s leading crops are rice, nursery products, and livestock, but the unique topography and climate of the region still produce fruit of |superior taste and quality—from plums, peaches, and persimmons to its renowned mandarin oranges. PlacerGROWN is a nonprofit, membership organization formed to assist local agricultural producers market their produce and agricultural products. The goal is to bring farmers, ranchers and community members together to maintain and enhance the viability of agriculture in Placer County. www.placergrown.org GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Abel’s Garden House 12686 Highland Dr Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-1646 •• Amber Oaks Rasberries Timothy Boughton 2770 Shanley Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-3420 ••• PlacerGROWN Anderson Family Walnuts 160 Nelson Ln Lincoln, CA 95648 916-408-0919 Angel Orchard • • •• 6165 Mt Pleasant Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 530-885-3303 VEGETABLES PlacerGROWN 12 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG • NURSERIES NUTS, OIL, HONEY, GRAINS •• •• FRUITS EGGS MEAT DAIRY Ann’s Orchard • Bushnell Gardens Nursery Richard & Elinore Shelby 2280 Grass Valley Hwy, #274 Auburn, CA 95603 916-645-1496 5255 Douglas Blvd Granite Bay, CA 95746 916-791-4199 PlacerGROWN CC Family Farms Bar NDC Cattle Company 5700 Colwell Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-652-7764 • 6030 Butler Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-1630 PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Coffee Pot Ranch Beauty Ranch 4225 Karchner Rd Sheridan, CA 95681 530-633-0814 ••• Masaaki Hada 4428 Poppy Hill Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 916-295-9868 • Blossom Hill Farm Claudia Smith 2365 Bean Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-888-1101 • ••• •• Blue Acres PO Box 376 Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-1050 • Country Ranch Kiwis & Critters PlacerGROWN Boorinakis - Harper Ranch Tom Harper & Phyllis Boorinakis 485 Dairy Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-823-9096 • PlacerGROWN Brushy Creek Nursery 22100 Brushy Creek Cir Foresthill, CA 95631 530-367-3383 Burgeson Family Farm 9911 Quail Hill Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-4352 •• 4132 Burnett Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 916-645-1151 PlacerGROWN Cox Sheep Ranch • Eisley Nursery Earle Eisley 380 Nevada St Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-5163 Falling Star Farm 2333 Rustic Ln Lincoln, CA 95648 916-645-7455 Dan Macon 11515 Joeger Rd Auburn, CA 95602 530-305-3270 •• Foothill Produce & Flower Farm 4135 Godley Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 916-408-3887 • PlacerGROWN • • PlacerGROWN •• Flying Mule Farm/ Highland Farm PlacerGROWN • Edwards Family Farm • PlacerGROWN Jack Hertel 8060 Ridge Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-2146 2280 Grass Valley Hwy, #118 Auburn, CA 95603 916-214-1435 22801 Gillis Hill Rd Colfax, CA 95713 530-637-4211 • Foothill Organic Growers •• PlacerGROWN Jim & Karen Brenner 5225 Hwy 193 Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-4578 PlacerGROWN 4005 Karchner Rd Sheridan, CA 95681 530-633-8298 • • PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Brenner Ranch Fish Club Lambs PlacerGROWN Colwell’s Thundering Herd Ranch PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Jenny & JP Gardemeyer 734 State Hwy 174 Colfax, CA 95713 530-346-7684 Althea & Merrill Frankel 4675 Fruitvale Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-543-0996 2070 Newcastle Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-1089 David Fiddyment 5000 Fiddyment Rd Roseville, CA 95747 PlacerGROWN •• Felsenstein Plant Propagation Fiddyment Farms Colfax Hill Family Farm PlacerGROWN • Four Bell Farm 4187 Pleasant Hill Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 530-305-9456 PlacerGROWN Fowler Nurseries, Inc. 525 Fowler Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-645-8191 • PlacerGROWN Freeman’s •• • 3180 Taylor Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-6544 PlacerGROWN CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 13 • Glenview Acres Horton Farm Iris Garden 9881 Glenview Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-2489 PO Box 1054 Loomis, CA 95650 PlacerGROWN •• PlacerGROWN Gold Country Mandarin Orchards • 5872 Butler Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-9537 PlacerGROWN Golden Pond Water Plants • • Great American Land & Hog Holding Co. LLC 10225 Blue Light Ln Auburn, CA 95603 530-823-6338 PlacerGROWN Greco Farming PO Box 157 Sheridan, CA 95681 916-645-3207 Bob Hicks 7375 Ridge Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-2025 Lake’s Nursery High Ranch Nursery, Inc. Highland Orchard Tony Aguilar 2170 Aguilar Ln Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-3897 PlacerGROWN Honey Oaks Farm Lone Oak Grove 6646 Butler Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-2662 • • Meng Chou • Community Alliance with Family Farmers •• • 420 Geraldsen Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 530-888-7667 Machado Orchards PO Box 3082 Auburn, CA 95604 530-823-1303 Loren & Barbara Lewis 7370 Ridge Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-3739 • Riego & Pleasant Grove Blvd Roseville, CA 95747 916-338-1987 Miller’s Citrus Grove 5425 Angelrock Loop Roseville, CA 95747 916-765-3264 • • • ••• •• Miller’s Honey Mandarins & Miller Honey Farms 80 Geraldson Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 530-823-1369 Morebeck Ranch Magnolia Hill Orchard WWW.CAFF.ORG Mey Chio Saelee PlacerGROWN Lyon Pride Pomegranates PlacerGROWN • Meng Ave & Pfe Rd Roseville, CA 95747 PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Daniel & Kathleen Wojdac 3840 Lynn Ln Auburn, CA 95602 530-823-0382 14 PlacerGROWN • 6001 William Ln Lincoln, CA 95648 916-645-6360 • PlacerGROWN PO Box 1410 Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-9261 •• Lincoln High School Farm High Hand Nursery PO Box 2280 Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-2065 • 8435 Crater Hill Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 530-885-1027 • • 709 Cole Rd Meadow Vista, CA 95722 530-320-1370 Scott Jordan PO Box 531 Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-9759 [email protected] www.jordanfamilyfarms.com PlacerGROWN 2334 Mandarin Hill Ln Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-3809 Meadow Vista Flower & Berry Farm The Jordans moved to their farm to get a way from city life and raise their childr en. Today, they grow various types of stone fruit as w ell as mandarins and honey. Their delicious products are available online or at the farm. They are proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. • Hicksville Acres Jordan Family Farms Mandarin Hill Orchards PlacerGROWN Huisking Hill Farm •• Kevin & Christine Kemper 10695 Pear Tree Ct Auburn, CA 95603 916-337-8415 3275 Sierra College Blvd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-5459 • William Morebeck 4272 Garden Bar Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 707-744-1279 PlacerGROWN CONTINUED ON PAGE 18 • The Wine Culture of the Sacramento Valley BY ANN M. EVANS he Sacramento Valley region is more than six food-producing counties. The area is host to a diverse set of wineries and award winning wines and produces hundreds of thousands of tons of grapes that are sold to wineries from Napa to Lodi. T You can drive through bucolic countryside from the rich delta through dry, undulating hills, up into foothills and down into canyons. You’ll visit rustic and modern wineries and talk with winemakers who pour your wine themselves. They probably grew the grapes in the wine you taste, which came about as the best way to showcase the fruit. An AVA, American Viticultural Area, is a designated wine grape-growing region distinguishable by geographic features and defined boundaries. The Yolo County AVA lies west of Sacramento and has slightly cooler growing conditions than much of the rest of the Central Valley. Penetrated by coastal winds, which come via the delta, more than 20 wineries and 253 wines are found in the county. Many of the wineries are owned and operated by long established farm families who turned to wine grape growing and realized that with their own winery they could be in control of more of the operation, from fruit to glass. The Clarksburg and Merritt Island AVA’s were the first in Yolo County and are still the largest. A visit to this delta area with a picnic is a terrific outing. Every Valentine’s Day there is a Port festival. Up the Capay Valley are several wineries, neighbors to pioneering organic farms. Nearby Dunnigan Hills is also planted out to wine grapes and olive trees. These winemakers were innovators of warm weather viticulture and their wines are grown on hillsides where sheep roamed for decades. To the west are the Berryessa Hills, and in the town of Winters there are several wine tasting rooms. Davis has one as well, just off Highway 80. Chardonnay is the most widely planted variety in Yolo County and there are smaller plantings of Chenin Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. The wines grown here pair very well with local meats and produce, so be sure to stop by the farmers market to pick up something to make a perfectly sourced meal. Yuba has a few wineries along the Feather River, as does Sacramento County along the Sacramento River. Yuba has plantings of Grenache, Sangiovese, and Semillon, along with Pinot and Merlot. Some 64 wines are produced there. In Sacramento, the wine grapes and wineries tend to be in the Clarksburg AVA. With 15 wineries and counting, Placer County offers family-owned wineries with festivals throughout the year. Check out the Grape Days of Summer on the Placer County Wine Trail in August, the Auburn Wine & Food Festival in October and quarterly open house winery tours year-round. All can be found on the website www.placergrown.org. This is really wine tasting in the Gold County, with its unique California history. El Dorado County’s wine grape cultivation began even before the Gold Rush of 1849 and it is now home to 50 wineries within two AVA’s. These wines are very highly acclaimed. Topography, soils, and altitudes in the area create varied microclimates consistent with the best-known grape growing regions of the world and occupy a setting of spectacular beauty. Touring the wineries affords a rare glimpse into the lives of the descendents of early settlers who have made farming their way of life. Wine grapes and wine are a continuation of their stewardship of the land, of coaxing from it that which gives us pleasure to behold, to eat and to drink as we drive through the countryside. Discovering the wines of Sacramento Valley, with its great diversity, affords a vacation right here at home. Ann M. Evans is a former Mayor of Davis and career sustainable food leader. With business partner Georgeanne Brennan, she works as a consultant to school districts helping them to change school lunch. She lives in Davis with her husband, daughter, and 6 chickens. WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 15 P l a c e R c o u n t y Get to Know… Bryan Kaminsky of Natural Trading Company Bryan Kaminsky’s roots in good, wholesome food run deep. His farm, Natural Trading Company, is named in honor of his mother’s natural food company business. Growing up, he put his time into 4H and working in the school garden, loving working outside and with his body, wishing for his own piece of land someday. Bryan didn’t come back to farming until he was in his mid-twenties, after several years spent in a career of sales and distribution. A chance encounter with fellow farmer Bart Kaplan, who needed a jump-start for his car, led to a farm visit. That in turn led to a longer visit of two weeks, then four months, and eventually into an entire life cultivating the land. Bryan took courses in soil health and plant propagation, studied on 16 the job at area farms, and in 1985, started out on his own. He’s been in his current location since 2007, a 40 acre slice of heaven that is truly a dream come true. And what an abundant acreage it is! On his farm, Bryan grows sunflower and pea shoots year round, herbs, kale and collards, potatoes, onions, garlic, carrots, beets, arugula and lettuces, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, sweet corn and even popcorn. He runs a CSA program and sells at six area farmers markets. You can find him at Auburn, Roseville, Rocklin, Granite Bay, Tahoe City, and Truckee markets. Bryan is also starting a pastured poultry program, with eggs, chickens, and turkeys coming soon. It’s easy to imagine this beautiful slice of land as a rural idyll. But farming comes with challenges, all of which should motivate consumers to support their family farmer. Bryan has been committed to organic farming from the very beginning. Asked why he chooses to farm in this way, he replies matter-of-factly, “It’s a belief system I have of not planting anything that would hurt me or other people. I’d rather spend the money on weeding than spraying. I’m against the easy fix, petroleum based fertilizers, chemicals, and sprays. It’s just not who I am. I believe that most of our health problems are a result of this processed unhealthy food we’re eating. There’s no flavor, no taste, no nutrition. We all eat and I want to provide people with healthy, nutritious food.” Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG Blue Goose Produce is located in the historic Blue Goose fruit packing shed in the quaint foothill town of Loomis, California. We specialize in locally grown fruits, vegetables, and nuts. We also have free-range eggs, honey, jams, and assortment of gourmet sauces, and organic bread, cheese and butter, plus chicken lamb, pork & grass-fed beef. 3550 Taylor Road Loomis CA 95650 916-652-8341 Store hours Mon–Sat 10 am-6 pm Sunday 10 am–4 pm Our Farm, Westview Growers, is located five miles “up the hill” in Newcastle. P l a c e R c o u n t y Buy Direct from Sierra Foothills Farms & Ranches The Tony Aguilar family has farmed their Placer County ranch of tree-ripened Satsuma Mandarins for 18 years. $PòFFQPU3BODItPork Flying Mule Farm t Grass-fed Lamb Sinclair Family Farm tGrass-Fed Lamb, Pastured Chicken & Eggs High Sierra Beef tGrass-Fed Beef Fowler Farm tPastured Chicken 530.889.7385 ceplacer.ucdavis.edu/meat_buyers_club/ WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 17 Mt. Vernon Ranch 7241 Baxter Grade Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-6714 • Pilz Produce at Hillcrest PlacerGROWN Natural Trading Company Brian Kaminsky PO Box 455 Newcastle, CA 95658 916-409-9440 •• PlacerGROWN Newcastle Mandarin Ranch 3219 Hector Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-1475 PlacerGROWN Nu Nu’s Fresh Eggs • Ophir Hillside Ranch 641 Lozanos Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 530-885-3330 PlacerGROWN Otow Orchard •• • PlacerGROWN Palmcrest Orchards Tracy Chiment 1743 Palmcrest Ln Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-3843 ••• PlacerGROWN Pine Valley Ranch Peas & Harmony LLC PlacerGROWN Road Apple Ranch Steve & June Bourn PO Box 672 Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-3310 SaengZun Zeux • • •• Schaefer’s Mandarin & Almond Acres •• PO Box 619 Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-1428 • PlacerGROWN •• •• Karin Sinclair 7375 Callison Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-3990 [email protected] • Sinclair Family Farm raises grassfed lamb and beef and pastured chicken and eggs. Their rotational grazing system helps control area wildfires, improves the well-being of the land, and produces meat that is g reat-tasting and nutrient-rich. They are proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. PlacerGROWN Snow’s Citrus Court Ralene & Larry Snow PO Box 1316 Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-1884 • PlacerGROWN • Snowy Peaks Tree & Berry Farm Jim & Ginger Armstrong 30100 Foresthill Rd Foresthill, CA 95631 530-367-3766 PlacerGROWN Spanish Corral Ranch Shady Run Farm PO Box 783 Alta, CA 95701 530-545-2122 PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Community Alliance with Family Farmers 3150 Gladding Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 916-645-7262 ••• Douglas Blvd & Barton Rd Granite Bay, CA 95746 Mary & Rodney Pierce PO Box 1874 Loomis, CA 95650 916-759-0386 18 • Sinclair Family Farm PO Box 724 Applegate, CA 95703 530-878-1397 PlacerGROWN Pierce’s Farm • Red Feather Farms PlacerGROWN • Richard Ferreira 4065 Pleasant Hill Rd Lincoln, CA 95648 916-343-1098 Sierra Foothills Farm S & J Mandarin Grove • • PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN 4801 Shamrock Dr Fair Oaks, CA 95628 916-247-5775 Eric Hansen 4480 Hansen Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-7555 2041 Country Ln Auburn, CA 95603 530-823-6699 Tosh Kuratomi 6232 Eureka Rd Granite Bay, CA 95746 916-791-1656 Ruthann Jahoda 8235 Mt Vernon Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-887-1530 Side Hill Citrus Pine Hill/Stoney Point Orchard PlacerGROWN Bonnie Bagwell & Tasha Lewis 13935 Dry Creek Rd Auburn, CA 95602 530-878-3622 Shared Abundance PlacerGROWN 10680 Kemper Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-3005 • •• Lisa Pilz 956 Clark Tunnel Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916- 663-3603, Lisa cell 916-275-6843 WWW.CAFF.ORG 8680 Chili Hill Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 530-823-2460 PlacerGROWN • Struble Ranch Jim & Joan Struble 4927 Hansen Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-7503 • Traylor Ranch Mandarins 7022 Orchard Cir Penryn, CA 95663 916-652-5015 PlacerGROWN Sunset Ridge Mandarins Greg Lewis 7825 Fox Hill Ln Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-9158 PlacerGROWN Sweet Home Ranch 2475 Moran Ct Auburn, CA 95603 530-823-8265 •• 8815 Tudsbury Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-5041 PlacerGROWN Twin Brooks Farm • The Flower Farm Nursery 9280 Horseshoe Bar Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-5650 PlacerGROWN The Natural Trading Co. Bryan Kaminsky 5841 Fruitvale Rd Newcastle, CA 95658 916-409-9440 PlacerGROWN The Uncommon Farm 4960 Sierra College Blvd Rocklin, CA 95677 916-660-1900 Tudsbury Orchards •• •• • • •• 9240 Barbula Hill Newcastle, CA 95658 916 225-4838 Westview Growers Mark Foley PO Box 198 Newcastle, CA 95658 916-759-3828 • PlacerGROWN Janice & Francis Thompson 3805 Leak Ln Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-6703 Willow Creek Ranch PlacerGROWN PlacerGROWN Twin Peaks Orchards •• Howard Nakae 6105 Lincoln Newcastle Hwy Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-3270 PlacerGROWN Vang Strawberries Sao Kue Vang 3976 Robinridge Way Sacramento, CA 95823 916-599-6772 • • Villa Rose Mandarins 1301 Clark Tunnel Rd Penryn, CA 95663 916-663-2820 • Willow Pond Organic Farm Sherrie Kirkleand & John Conforti 2731 Jacquier Rd Placerville, CA 95667 530-295-8090 Yoon Seng Saechao •• • Base Line Rd & Watt Ave Roseville, CA 95747 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... • WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 19 GROCERS & PRODUCE STANDS Blue Goose Produce 3550 Taylor Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-8341 PlacerGROWN Denio’s Farmer’s Market 1551 Vineyard Rd Roseville, CA 95678 916-782-2704 Ikeda’s Calfiornia Country Market 13500 Lincoln Way Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-4243 Newcastle Produce 9230 Cypress St Newcastle, CA 95658 916-663-2016 PlacerGROWN Nugget Markets 771 Pleasant Grove Blvd Roseville, CA 95678 916-746-7799 Sunrise Natural Foods 1950 Douglas Blvd Roseville, CA 95661 916-789-8591 2160 Grass Valley Hwy Auburn, CA 95603 530-888-8973 Whole Foods Market 1001 Galleria Blvd Roseville, CA 95678 916-781-5300 PlacerGROWN Cafe Zorro 5911 King Rd, Ste F Loomis, CA 95650 916-660-1612 PlacerGROWN Susan Copeland 340 C Elm Ave Auburn, CA 95603 530-888-1011 PlacerGROWN 4033 Cavitt Stallman So Rd Granite Bay, CA 95746 916-390-3311 Dog Gone Good Catering Linda Mason 510 Auburn Ravine Rd Auburn, CA 95603 530-906-2912 PlacerGROWN Hawks Restaurant 5530 Douglas Blvd Granite Bay, CA 95746 916-791-6200 PlacerGROWN Latitudes Theo and Patricia Enochs 130 Maple St Auburn, CA 95603 530-885-9535 PlacerGROWN Lincoln Oaks Catering Janet Moranda 5505 Grove St #17 Rocklin, CA 95677 916-792-6485 PlacerGROWN Pajo’s Boutique Catering 661 McBean Park Dr Lincoln, CA 95648 916-532-7178 PlacerGROWN Paul Martin’s American Bistro 1455 Eureka Rd Roseville, CA 95611 916-783-3600 [email protected] www.paulmartinsamericanbistro.com “Eat organic, believe in sustainable, buy local, love fresh” is the mantra of P aul Martin’s American Bistro. At the heart of all g reat food are fresh, local, peak-of-the-season ingredients. Paul Martin’s is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. PlacerGROWN Utopia Grill 1465 Eureka Rd, #100 Roseville, CA 95661 916-788-1122 Alexander’s Horseshoe Bar and Grill 3645 Taylor Rd Loomis, CA 95650 916-652-4100 Buonarroti Ristorante 460 G St Lincoln, CA 95648 916-645-7951 Community Alliance with Family Farmers A Chef’s Affair Flour Garden Bakery RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS 20 CATERERS WWW.CAFF.ORG Sacramento Sacramento County has a rich agricultural history. Its fertile landscape, especially in the river delta region, is ideal for growing a variety of foods. When California was first settled, Sacramento led the state in produce production and by the 1880’s, farming was the area’s top industry. This time period saw the start of many orchards still in existence today. Thousands of fruit trees were planted and have since been passed down through several generations. Today Sacramento County is the state’s leading pear producer, while also known for its wine grapes, corn, tomatoes, strawberries, and dairy production. GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Bariani Olive Oil • Emanuele Bariani 9460 Bar Du Ln, Office: 1330 Waller St, SF, 94117 Sacramento, CA 95829 415-864-1917 C.S. Strawberry Patch •• VEGETABLES • NURSERIES NUTS, OIL, HONEY, GRAINS •• •• Sidney & Anthony 9727 Eldercreek Rd Sacramento, CA 95829 916-398-0306 FRUITS MEAT EGGS DAIRY • CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 21 Simply Sweet! Sacramento Valley Grown Strawberries BY JENNIFER SOWERWINE W hile Sacramento residents may have discovered the delectable taste of fresh, local strawberries at their neighborhood farm stand, they may not know that their favorite restaurant is now serving locally grown berries, or that over 60,000 school children across the Sacramento region are sinking their teeth into the freshest, sweetest berries in the world! They may also be unaware that these small farm-stand operators are refugees from Laos, veteran soldiers of the U.S. Secret War in Laos. Most of the 95 strawberry farm stands in and around the Sacramento region are owned and operated by Hmong and Mien refugees from Laos, a small country in Southeast Asia that neighbors Vietnam. When the U.S. left Southeast Asia in 1975, hundreds of thousands of Hmong and Mien who had allied with U.S. forces fled their homeland to avoid persecution. Over 120,000 were eventually resettled in the U.S., with nearly 35,000 residing in the Sacramento area today. In an effort to rebuild their lives, many have returned to farming, leasing small plots of land and growing several varieties of strawberries including Chandler, Camarosa, Albion, and Seascape. Some grow vegetables as well, but mostly for home consumption. Typically, Sacramento’s small-scale strawberry farmers sell most of their product at farm stands. However, at the peak of the season, purchases don’t keep pace with plant productivity, and fruit is often left to rot in the field. With limited language and cultural skills, most farmers are unable to access new markets for their product. Many simply abandon their efforts. With support from USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture NRI program, UC Berkeley and UC Cooperative Extension Sacramento are aiming to increase the economic viability of these 22 Community Alliance with Family Farmers micro-farms. One of the project goals is to expand local market opportunities for these growers. This project not only increases income for these limited resource farmers, but reduces the “food miles” or the distance food must travel from farm to fork, and brings fresh, local, nutritious strawberries into children’s school lunches, restaurants, and low income neighborhoods. Working in partnership with Produce Express, the Community Alliance with Family Farmers, the Alchemist Community Development Corporation, and Soil Born Farms Urban Agriculture and Education Project, Sacramento region residents are able to enjoy fresh strawberries from farms located less than 10 miles from their residence. School children in five regional school districts, many of whom can’t afford fresh strawberries at home, have the opportunity to sample some of the best of Sacramento’s bounty. In 2010, twelve local strawberry farmers sold an additional 4,600 cases of berries beyond their farm stands, earning a combined $58,000. The additional revenue provides much needed income for these small-scale family farms, which gross on average $15,000 in a good year, and can lose everything in a bad year. Lo Saetern has been growing strawberries on the corner of Florin and S. Watt for over 14 years. As a prominent community and UC Grower Leader, he has received and now provides training to new entry Southeast Asian farmers in accessing good land, integrated pest management practices, food safety, and direct marketing. This year, he is experimenting with cover crops and plans to diversify his crops for the new market demand. Consumers can play a role in supporting local, family farms in Sacramento by asking schools and favorite restaurants to buy local produce. They can also purchase fruit directly from the farmers from mid April through June at their farm stands. To find the farm nearest you, see the searchable Google map of strawberry farms in Sacramento: strawberrymap.ucanr.org Dr. Jennifer Sorowine is a Research Scientist at UC Berkeley and an advisor to and advocate for Southeast Asian immigrant family farmers in California. WWW.CAFF.ORG Chai P. Saelee • 6921 24th St Rio Linda, CA 95673 916-992-6279 E Cho Saelee • West side of Kenneth Ave, slightly north of Pershing Ave Fair Oaks, CA 95628 916-531-2406 E Cho Saelee • Kenneth St, between Oak Harbour Ct and Pershing Ave Sacramento, CA 95628 916-688-9405 Efo Lee •• 7416 Grove-Florin Rd Sacramento, CA 95828 916-392-4788 • • • Fou Hinh Saelee 8320 Hazel Ave Orangevale, CA 95662 Fou Hinh Saelee 8324 Sunrise Blvd Citrus Heights, CA 95610 Fou Lio SaeLee 11100 Twin Cities Rd Galt, CA 95632 Giam & Nai Saechao 9581 Seldon Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 Kao Lee Saephan Sheldon Rd & Hwy 99 Elk Grove, CA 95624 • • • Kao Lieu Saechow Bond St & Bader Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-383-3119 Kao Liew Saeteurn 6711 Grant Line Rd Sloughhouse, CA 95683 916-606-8468 • Lew Saetern & E Chiam Lee 4530 Putah Creek Rd Winters, CA 95694 •• Lo Saetern •• Mahn Saechao Twin Cities Rd & Fermoy Way Galt, CA 95632 • Ou Saechao Ou Sio Saechao • 3101 El Centro Rd Sacramento, CA 95833 916-719-5446 Nai Fin Saephan 11234 Wilton Rd Wilton, CA 95693 916-388-4621 • Nai Meng Saechao • Oak Ave Pkwy, East of Santa Juanita Ave Orangevale, CA 95662 916-206-0581 Nai Meng Saechao • 34th St, South of I St North Highlands, CA 95660 916-206-0581 Nai Meng Saechao 6494 16th St Rio Linda, CA 95673 916-206-0581 • 9019 Waterman Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 5518 Excelsior Rd Sacramento, CA 95830 510-964-7790 Nai Fin Chao • Nai Seng Saelee 8991 Florin Rd Sacramento, CA 95829 916-204-0163 • • • Sacramento Beekeeping Supplies Nancy Stewart 2110 X St Sacramento, CA 95818 916-451-2337 Saelee Strawberry • 31st St, South of Q St North Highlands, CA 95660 Seng Saelee Off Hwy 80 at Dixon Ave / W A St exit Dixon, CA 95620 Pao & Jane Saetern Saeng Strawberry Farm 11058 Bruceville Rd Sacramento, CA 95757 Phan Farm • Ong Chid North side of Grant Line Rd, west of Bond Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-204-1592 • Danny Phan 9010 Casselman Rd Sacramento, CA 95829 Raphael Garden Harald Hoven 9200 Fair Oaks Blvd Fair Oaks, CA 95628 916-965-0389 Smith Panh •• Rhythm & Blueberries • U St & 28th St Antelope, CA 95843 206-276-4121 Soil Born Farms • Joe & Sherry Cotta 9414 Kost Rd Galt, CA 95632 209-649-6912 [email protected] www.rhythmandblueberries.com Rhythm & Blueberries offers three types of blueberries (Jewel, Spring High, and Star), which can be found at Sacramento region farmers markets. They practice org anic farming and are currently in the middle of the certification process. Rhythm & Blueberries is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. •• • 2140 Chase Dr Rancho Cordova, CA 95670 916-363-9685 [email protected] www.soilborn.org Soil Born Farms is a thriving urban farm and educational nonprofit. They grow food at multiple sites throughout Sacramento, which you can purchase at area farmers markets, at their farmstands, through select local restaurants and grocery stores, and through their CSA. They are proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Sou Saetern • • Sheldon Rd & Power Inn Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 Stave Saechao 5444 Dry Creek Rd Sacramento, CA 95838 916-904-2347 Steven Lee •• 9951 Grant Line Rd Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-912-3090 Strawberry Farms Yoon Chong 2657 Woodruff Ln Marysville, CA 95901 530-743-7853 CONTINUED ON PAGE • 25... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 23 donate support the new acre project Join Friends of Soil Born Farms and put your money where your values are. Help create a local food system that is just, sane and sustainable. Your annual tax-deductible donation will help pay for irrigation, deer fencing, seeds, soil management, labor and the basic infrastructure needed to put a new acre in production at our American River Ranch. Each new acre will produce more than 40,000 lbs. of organic vegetables each year to support our programs. This is a direct and cost-effective solution to the problems of hunger, obesity, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and other health challenges that affect the quality of life in our community. Become part of the solution and donate today. Learn more at: www.soilborn.org connecting food, health & the environment 24 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG Strawberry Stand 4 7400 Block Wachtel Way Orangevale, CA 95662 Strawberry Stand 5 6800 24th St Rio Linda, CA 95673 Strawberry Stand 7 16th St & Ascot Ave Sacramento, CA 95673 Sunrise Blvd & Jackson Rd Farm 6551 Sunrise Blvd Elk Grove, CA 95624 916-833-2094 • • • Sacramento Natural Foods Co-Op 1900 Alhambra Blvd Sacramento, CA 95816 916-455-2667 www.sacfoodcoop.com •• Wan & Chiew Saechao 2032 Elkhorn Blvd Rio Linda, CA 95673 7101 Elk Grove Blvd Elk Grove, CA 95758 916-226-2626 • GROCERS & PROUCE STANDS Folsom Quality Meat Market and Grocery 640 E Bidwell St Folsom, CA 95603 916-984-4700 Nugget Markets 1040 Florin Rd Sacramento, CA 95831 916-395-2875 Since 1973, the Sacramento Natural Foods Coop has been offering a wide range of local as well as organic products. The co-op is committed to environmental and community sustainability, offering numerous educational programs and community events for the public. They ar e proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Taylor’s Market 2900 Freeport Blvd Sacramento, CA 95818 916-443-6881 Whole Foods Market 4315 Arden Way Sacramento, CA 95864 916-488-2800 SPECIALTY STORES & FOOD ARTISANS Grateful Bread Co 2543 Fair Oaks Blvd Sacramento, CA 95825 916-487-9179 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS Bella Bru 4680 Natomas Blvd Sacramento, CA 95835 916-928-1770 Buonarroti Ristorante Town & Country Village Sacramento, CA 95816 916-265-2110 Ella Dining Room & Bar 1131 K St Sacramento, CA 95814 916-443-3772 [email protected] www.elladiningroomandbar.com Ella uses locally g rown ingredients to create classic, fresh, and clean seasonal dishes as well as seasonal, artisanal, handcrafted cocktails. Conveniently located downtown, this is the perfect place for area locavores, as well as for travelers who want a taste of the r egion. Ella Dining Room & Bar is a pr oud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Fresh Choice 1689 Arden Way, #1065 Sacramento, CA 95815 916-649-3839 Gonul’s J Street Cafe 3839 J St Sacramento, CA 95816 916-457-1155 Grange Restaurant and Bar 926 J St Sacramento, CA 95816 916-492-4450 La Trattoria Bohemia 3649 J St Sacramento, CA 95811 916-455-7803 Masullo 2711 Riverside Blvd Sacramento, CA 95818 916-443-8929 Mulvaney’s B&L 1215 19th St Sacramento, CA 95899 916-441-6022 OneSpeed Pizza 4818 Folsom Blvd Sacramento, CA 95819 916-706-1748 Roxy Restaurant & Bar 2381 Fair Oaks Blvd Sacramento, CA 95825 916-489-2000 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 25 “Local” Opportunity for Sacramento Valley Agriculture BY SHAWN HARRISON A s a young first generation farmer, I am increasingly made aware of the need to reconcile Sacramento Valley agriculture’s historic food production role with emerging fresh market opportunities that serve our expanding urban population. For over 150 years valley agriculture has adapted its production systems to meet the demand of distant national and international markets clamoring for a diversity of staple food crops. Processing crops such as tomatoes, pears, stone fruit, rice, corn, wheat, nuts, dairy, and livestock staked their claim early as the Valley’s primary crops and have maintained their dominance in the market even today. While the demand for most of these crops is still strong, emerging markets driven by large population growth in our six county region remain largely untapped by local producers. Sacramento Area Council of Governments recent research cuts to the chase. Despite producing over three million tons of food annually, SACOG estimates that as much as 98% of this food leaves our region despite annual local consumption needs of over two million tons of food each year. Currently, requests for locally produced fresh market fruit, grain, meat, and vegetables far in excess of supply are being made from likely and unlikely sources including small retail, restaurants, and institutional customers such as our schools, universities, and government agencies. Soil Born Farms is certainly not about to complain about having more demand than supply. However, as a native resident of Sacramento and farmer interested in building overall agricultural sustainability and local health, it is clear that we must take a serious look at what it is going to take to diversify our local food production system so that more local, fresh, and affordable food flows into our communities. Having worked in organic agriculture and local food systems for the last 18 years, I believe that collectively we must now focus on four main questions. export commodities, and if so, what support do they need to make this happen? 3 3.Will distribution models like a new food aggregation hub (combines produce from growers to serve customers that they could not sell to on their own) help bridge the gap that prevents farmers of all sizes from entering into local markets? 44.Can we develop the food production capacity of our urban environments to help feed the region’s low-income residents? My hope is that as folks throughout the region think about and respond to these and other food system questions, we move forward with a commitment to prioritize making healthy fresh food, diverse sustainable agriculture, and food culture defining elements of our region’s identity. The Sacramento Valley provides us with the rare ability to build long-term personal and economic health by developing a closer and more intimate relationship with our food and the land. Let’s take advantage of the opportunity we have before us. Shawn Harrison is the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Soil Born Farms located in Sacramento, CA. Besides growing food for a diversity of local markets and working to educate consumers about healthy food, Soil Born Farms is working with a coalition of partners led by the Community Alliance with Family Farmers to develop a food aggregation and grower support hub in Sacramento. 1 2 2Are growers willing and/or able to add a diversity of fresh food crops to their farms that complement their existing Community Alliance with Family Farmers 5340 H St Sacramento, CA 95819 916-736-3333 www.sellands.com Selland’s is a bustling and friendly neighb orhood café featuring top quality seasonal, handcrafted foods made using locally g rown ingredients procured at the region’s farmers markets. House made salads, sandwiches, entrees, sides, pizzas, desserts, b eer, and wine are all available for dine-in or take-out. Selland’s Market Café is a pr oud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Supper Club Restaurant 1616 Del Paso Blvd Sacramento, CA 95815 916-920-2885 The Kitchen Restaurant 2225 Hurley Way Sacramento, CA 95825 916-568-7171 www.thekitchenrestaurant.com A dining experience like no other, The Kitchen has been serving multi-course, seasonal chef’s menus featuring ingredients from local farmers markets for nearly 2 0 years. The Kitchen offers one seating per night and the chance to savor a locally grown, exquistitely prepared meal of a lifetime. The Kitchen is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. The Waterboy 2000 Capitol Ave Sacramento, CA 95811 916-498-9891 CATERERS Magpie Caterers & Cafe 2129 20th St Sacramento, CA 95811 916-452-7594 How do we incrementally educate customers so that demand for fresh locally grown food and interest in the preservation of food culture continues to grow? 26 Selland’s Market Cafe WWW.CAFF.ORG Want to sauté what's in season and put real food on your plate? Get tasty, trusted produce delivered to your home or office. Sign up today for home deliveries of organic fruits and vegetables. www.farmfreshtoyou.com • 800.796.6009 Get $10 off your first delivery with promo code 7201 BECOME A FAN facebook.com/farmfreshtoyou 100% ORGANIC FOLLOW ALONG twitter.com/farmfreshtoyou WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 27 Local Eating for Every Budget may seem like buying healthy, local food is impossible without spending a lo t, but some savvy shopping and creative cooking strategies can make good eating affordable and delicious! IT Ω Shop for what is in season. These will be the least expensive items and are more likely to be locally grown. If you buy grapes during the winter, they probably traveled far to get to the grocery store and that extra travel increases the cost. Shopping in season will give you the opportunity to try different types of produce and test new recipes. Aren’t sure what’s in season? Just refer to our Sacramento Valley seasonality chart on page 8. Ω Buy whole products, instead of prepared or processed foods. Think brown rice instead of Rice-a-Roni, or potatoes instead of Tater Tots. Processing, like traveling, means you’re paying for something other than nutrition (and often it isn’t taste). Ω Buy whole foods in bulk to stretch your food dollars further. Buy produce in bulk, and then take a page out of Grandma’s book and learn some fun, handy preservation techniques. Blanching and freezing fresh vegetables is easy, and canning is another way to keep your seasonal produce tasty year-round. Then there are fabulous shelf-stable items like whole grains, beans, and nuts grown right here in the valley, which pack lots of nutrition and are easy to whip into a comforting meal. Ω Cooking your own meals rather than eating out will save you tons, and making a fabulous fresh meal is even better when you have leftovers. Prepare extra servings to eat throughout the week and take to work. Eating lunch out often means eating fast food, so bringing your own cuts costs and is better for you. When you cook, you control the budget. Take a page from the Italians, whose cuisine remains America’s overall favorite, but who often cook meatless meals or ones that use only a small amount of meat. There are great ways to get delicious flavor without relying on expensive ingredients. Ω Remember to make a list! It sounds simple, but a shopping list can save you money in the supermarket by helping you avoid impulse and junk food buys and letting you plan your meals ahead. Ω Growing your own produce is a good way to save on food and doesn’t require much space. Take advantage of the energy of the sun and the rich valley topsoil to grow your own. Even a tomato plant and some herbs in pots on a balcony can be a fun and delicious money saver! Ω If you prefer shopping to growing, there are lots of local markets where you can find fresh produce at a low or no cost. Throughout California, food banks have been working hard to expand the availability of fresh, local produce. Check out local food pantries for their fruit and vegetable offerings. Farmers markets are another option and are usually held weekly. If you go to the market towards the end of the day, you can often find good deals on produce that farmers are trying to move out quickly. Many farmers markets now accept EBT and WIC benefits. See our farmers market chart on page 6 or ask your local market manager if they accept WIC/EBT. If they don’t, ask them to consider it so that everyone can shop at the market. Ω Buying smart, cooking creatively, and knowing where fresh produce is available are all ways to help you eat healthy and local, no matter how tight your budget. 28 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG Sutter County Sutter County is located along the Sacramento River in the Central Valley of California, north of the state capital Sacramento. The county is named after one of the state’s agricultural visionaries, John Augustus Sutter, a German-born immigrant, and one of the first to recognize the Sacramento Valley for its agricultural potential. His Hock Farm, established in 1841 on the Feather River, was the site of the valley’s first agricultural enterprise, growing grain, cattle, orchards, and vineyards. The 1848 discovery of gold in the American river changed all that, ending Sutter’s empire as thousands of gold seekers came to the area. However, agricultural enterprise outlasted the gold rush, and plainly Yuba City would not be what it is today without Sutter County’s farming heritage. Sutter County has the distinction of developing the seedless grape, a product that revolutionized the raisin industry. Today, the availability of Sierra Nevada water, plus long, sunny growing seasons, make Sutter County prime agricultural land. Over 93% of the County’s land is classified as “important farmland,” making it one of the most intensively farmed counties in California. Leading crops to enjoy from Sutter are rice, beans, tomatoes, melons, peaches, almonds, walnuts, and plums. GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Chiam Saefong & Meuy Saetern Hwy 20 & Drexler Rd Meridian, CA 95957 •• VEGETABLES • NURSERIES NUTS, OIL, HONEY, GRAINS •• •• Dieckmann Farms FRUITS MEAT EGGS DAIRY Tom Dieckmann 9305 Schlagle Rd Yuba City, CA 95993 530-301-6898 • •• CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 29 Dragonfly Olive Ranch Connie Cox 2100 Nicolaus Ave Nicolaus, CA 95659 530-656-2164 Funk Farm • •• Jenny Johnson 113 Higgins Ave Gridley, CA 95948 530-846-5871 Kuster Family Farm Jamie Kuster-Shen 15 Laurel Ave Yuba City, CA 95991 415-290-7753 Won Ae Tern Rajkumar Sharma 4750 Bear River Dr Wheatland, CA 95692 530-633-2057 • Minton Family Farm Bill Minton 10081 Garden Hwy Yuba City, CA 95993 530-682-5774 Oak Acre Farms Sunrise Orchards •• Johnson’s Farm farmers market. Williams Sustainable Farming is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Jocelyn Carter 14996 Pass Rd Live Oak, CA 95953 415-407-1921 Maureen & Russell Funk 13430 Bates Rd Sutter Creek, CA 95685 209-296-4539 ••• •• Vicki & Dan Williams 1324 Harley Dr Woodland, CA 95695 Williams Sustainable Farming has been family owned and operated for over 60 years. They have been using sustainable and org anic farming practices for seven years. The farm offers a variety of b erries, fruits, herbs, and vegetables, and produce is sold at the local • • • JACOBS FARM Fresh LOCAL Organic Herbs and Edible Flowers DEL CABO Cherry Tomatoes, Basil, Vegetables and Fruit • • • Healthy Soils, Healthy Plants, Healthy People® Since 1980 Pescadero, CA www.JacobsFarm.com • www.DelCabo.com Community Alliance with Family Farmers • Williams Sustainable Farming Teaching and Promoting Organic Farming to Enable Small, Family Farms and their Communities to Thrive 30 • •• 1328 S George Washington Blvd Yuba City, CA 95993 Nai & Muey Saetern WWW.CAFF.ORG • 780 Bogue Rd Yuba City, CA 95993 916-995-6853 GROCERS & PRODUCE STANDS Stephen’s Farmhouse 6219 Sawtelle Ave Yuba City, CA 95991 866-541-0531 Yolo County Davis, West Sacramento, Winters, and Woodland are the unique cities that comprise Yolo county, a region of fertile lands and a lengthy history of farming. Yolo County plays a central role in California’s local food revolution, with small family farmers there leading the local and organic food movements in the Capay Valley. A region of approximately 660 thousand acres, 550 thousand of them are farmland. Davis is home to one of California’s first (and best-loved) farmers markets, as well as UC Davis, the “ag school” of the University system. Winters is a city with an orchard and farming-centered identity and some of the best dried fruits and nuts. Woodland is the county seat and has the agricultural infrastructure that supports the county’s economy. It is also host of the annual County Fair and California Olive Oil Competition. GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Andersen’s Citrus Grove Mrs. Allen C. Andersen 28614 Alta Vista Winters, CA 95694 916-795-4882 • • •• Bledsoe Natural Pork Woodland, CA 95776 530-666-1349 Blue Heron Farm Gretchen & John Ceteras PO Box 68 Rumsey, CA 95679 530-796-3799 [email protected] Blue Heron Farm grows delicious organic navel oranges, melons, figs, squash, and tomatoes. They are proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 31 Cache Creek Meat Co. Brian Douglass PO Box 631 Woodland, CA 95776 530-312-1572 Capay Canyon Ranch Leslie & Stan Barth PO Box 508 Esparto, CA 95627 530-662-2372 • •• Winters, CA 95694 530-795-4670 www.fourwindsgrowers.com Mary Helen Seeger manages 8 0 acres of dwarf citrus trees, including Washington navel oranges and Meyer lemons. Much of her produce is available for sale online, as well as at local farmers markets. She is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Del Rio Botanical Capay Organic Noah, Thaddeus & Freeman Barsotti 23800 State Hwy 16 Capay, CA 95607 415-391-2223 www.farmfreshtoyou.com •• Suzanne Ashworth 20030 Old River Rd West Sacramento, CA 95691 916-919-1843 [email protected] www.delriobotanical.com Del Rio Botanical is a 75 acre, certified organic farm with 2,000 varieties of herbs, v egetables, and fruits. They use open-pollinated seeds, allowing them to cultivate unusual varieties and preserve biodiversity. Produce can be found at local restaurants and through their CSA program. Del Rio Botanical is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Creekside Ranch Durst Organic Growers • Deborah & James Durst 26100 Country Rd 16 Since the early 8 0’s, Jim & Deb orah Durst have been growing and distributing some of the best tasting organic produce around. Their mid-size family farm is located in “Hungry Hollow” at the mouth of Capay Valley. They are committed to b oth growing great produce and promoting a healthier environment for everyone. The Dursts are proud supporters of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Everything Under the Sun Capay Organic started as a 2 0 acre organic farm. Now in its second generation, it has grown to 300 acres of certified organic fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers. Capay Organic produce can be found through their large CSA program Farm Fresh To You and the farm is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Mary Helen Seeger 3373 Sackett Ln Esparto, CA 95627 530-787-3390 [email protected] www.durstorganicgrowers.com •• William Crepps PO Box 663 Winters, CA 95694 530-681-1374 Full Belly Farm ••••• Andrew Brait, Paul Muller, Judith Redmond & Dru Rivers PO Box 251 Guinda, CA 95637 530-796-2214 [email protected] www.fullbellyfarm.com ZZZGDYLVIDUPHUVPDUNHWRUJ Saturdays: 8 am–1 pm Wednesdays: Food is fun. Winter Market Nov – mid-March, 2-6 pm Yolo County’s best source for locally made, grown or produced foods. 620 G Street, Downtown Davis Open Daily 7am-10pm620 G St., Downtown Davis Open Daily 7am-10pm www.davisfood.coop www.davisfood.coop Picnic in the Park mid-March – Oct, 4:30-8:30 pm /LYHPXVLF)RRG)DLUH)XQIRU.LGV 32 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG •• Full Belly Farm is a sustainable farming pioneer. They offer a wide variety of C COF-certified fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, and flowers, lamb, eggs, and even organic wool! They sell their produce at farmers markets throughout the region, as well as through their thriving CSA. Full Belly Farm is a founding memb er of CAFF and a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Gold Oak Ranch ••• Annie & Jeff grow 20 acres of Stellar-certified organic produce. They offer a variety of fruits and vegetables, as well as jams, jellies, herbs, and dried fruit. Specialties include delicious Suncrest Peaches and Blood Orange Apricots, among many others. Their produce can be found at local farmers markets and food co-ops, as w ell as through their CSA. Good Humus Produce is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. David Scheuring PO Box 7 Rumsey, CA 95679 760-966-1866 [email protected] www.goldoakranch.com Guru Ram Das Orchards Gold Oak Ranch offers fresh products all year long. They g row certified organic mandarin oranges as well as asparagus, almonds, walnuts, and even award winning extra-virgin olive oil. Gold Oak Ranch is a pr oud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Impossible Acres Good Humus Produce Kalayda & Aomboon Ammatya 9196 Gaddini Rd Winters, CA 95694 Annie & Jeff Main 12255 County Rd 84A Capay, CA 95607 530-787-3187 www.goodhumus.com •• Didar Singh Khalsa 24701 Rd 22A Esparto, CA 95627 530-787-3884 Clyde & Katie Kelly 26565 Rd 97D Davis, CA 95616 530-750-0451 K & J Orchards •• •• • Live Oak Farm ••• Nina Andres & Francisco Berrelleza PO Box 73 Rumsey, CA 95679 530-796-4084 Lucky Dog Ranch Andrew Tescher Dixon, CA 95620 916-469-5372 Madison Growers Jane & Nick Atallah PO Box 58 Madison, CA 95653 530-758-8886 Martinez Ranches Joseph Martinez 8542 Halley Rd Winters, CA 95694 530-795-2957 • •• • Pacific Star Garden •• Robert & Debbie Ramming 20872 Cty Rd 99 Woodland, CA 95695 530-666-7308 CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 33 Rich Fields Farm •• GROCERS & PRODUCE STANDS Richard D. Grotjahn & Judith A. Eash-Grotjahn 36189 Rd 30 Davis, CA 95616 760-749-1518 [email protected] Davis Food Co-op Rich Fields Farm is known for its delicious pistachios. They also have a small orchard of mixed fruit as well as a flock of w ool sheep. Their pistachios can b e found year round at farmers markets in Davis and Winters, as well as ordered online. Rich Fields Farm is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Riverdog Farm •• Trini Campbell & Tim Mueller PO Box 42 Guinda, CA 95637 530-796-3802 [email protected] www.riverdogfarm.com Riverdog Farms grows over 100 varieties of CCOF-certified organic fruits and vegetables. Their produce can be found at farmers markets, select retailers, and restaurants, as well as through their popular C SA program. Riverdog Farm is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Terra Firma Farm ••• Paul Underhill & Paul Holmes 6000 J St Winters, CA 95694 530-756-2800 The Peach Farm Ed George 708 Hemenway St Winters, CA 95694 530-795-0360 • Strawberry Farm Stand Jefferson Blvd & Davis Rd West Sacramento, CA 95691 814 Second St Davis, CA 95616 530-750-2255 SPECIALTY STORES & FOOD ARTISANS Ikeda’s California Country Market Z Specialty Food 26295 Mace Blvd Davis, CA 95616 530-750-3379 Nugget Markets 1414 E Covell Blvd Davis, CA 95616 530-750-3800 1260 Lake Blvd Davis, CA 95616 530-792-1698 RESTAURANTS & CAFÉS 301 B St Davis, CA 95616 530-753-3088 Community Alliance with Family Farmers Village Bakery 624 Fourth St Davis, CA 95616 530-756-1862 Ciocolat 34 102 F St Davis, CA 95616 530-750-1801 Natural Food Works Westlake IGA Market • Seasons Restaurant 7808 Batavia Rd Dixon, CA 95620 707-678-4211 4909 Mace Blvd Davis, CA 95616 530-753-6690 • 3362 W Covell Blvd Davis, CA 95616 624 Fourth St Davis, CA 95616 530-756-1862 Dixon Fruit Market 2000 Town Center Plaza West Sacramento, CA 95691 916-375-8700 Kentucky Ave & N East St Woodland, CA 95695 Fou Sio Saelee The Davis Food Co-op gets up to 70% of its produce from local growers. They are committed to supporting local ag riculture and to connecting their customers with information on where their food comes from. The co-op hosts cooking classes and other community events, and is a proud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. 157 Main St Woodland, CA 95695 530-662-5479 •• Kao Lien Saeteurn 620 G St Davis, CA 95616 530-758-2667 [email protected] www.daviscoop.com Farmer’s Kitchen Café WWW.CAFF.ORG 1250 A Harter Ave Woodland, CA 95776 530-668-0660 CATERERS Tastebuds Catering PO Box 74004 Davis, CA 95617 530-792-8066 GET TO KNOW…. Full Belly Farm and Judith Redmond E very October the idyllic fall fields of the Capay Valley are the setting for a celebration of sustainable agriculture and rural life. There is music and dancing, there is fresh food, there are arts and crafts — it’s all part of the annual Hoes Down Harvest Festival. The host of Hoes Down, Full Belly Farm, couldn’t be a livelier place to live and work. When husband and wife team Paul Muller and Dru Rivers decided to buy the land they had rented and farmed since 1984, they envisioned creating a healthy and vibrant place to raise their children and grandchildren. They invited friends Judith Redmond, and later, Andrew Brait, to form a partnership with them to round out their small farm community. Since then, Full Belly Farm has grown substantially as the team has added new crops and events to their menu. Even when they aren’t preparing for Hoes Down, the folks at Full Belly Farm are constantly busy, hosting educational farm visits and field trips, raising cows, sheep, and chickens, growing an amazing variety of crops, and raising their three families. Six children have already grown up at Full Belly Farm, the youngest of whom still help out at the farmers market stand and in the fields. One of the partners, Judith Redmond, came to farming because she had an interest in and passion for environmental and community issues. “I found that some of the most important questions come together when you’re working directly with a piece of land. Some of the most interesting solutions seemed like they were being worked out by sustainable farmers who were pushing the envelope, restoring the land as well as becoming an important part of the community.” An early decision on the farm was to raise animals alongside vegetable crops. It all started with just one sheep, but now Full Belly has about 100 ewes, and the lambs that are born each February. “It was a long learning curve to figure out how to make those sheep productive and efficient for us – to make sure they don’t get out, don’t tromp on crops,” Judith recalls. “We have very few problems now and see the animals as a really important part of the soil fertility. A son of the owners did an FFA project to build a chicken tractor – a mobile chicken truck. It’s way better than a coop. Having them moved around the farm, into the orchards to eat weeds, bugs, caterpillars, creates “I found that some of the most important questions come together when you’re working directly with a piece of land.” - JUDITH REDMOND happy chickens and really good eggs. Now we have two chicken tractors and can bring 50 dozen eggs to the market each week.” What Judith enjoys most now about her career is the outdoor work and sense of satisfaction she gets from growing good food. “At the end of the day, on a farm, you have a sense of having accomplished something. You see all this amazing produce which is going to get some- where within 24 hours.” Judith feels “incredibly blessed and lucky to be part of a community of great farmers and to get to know everyone at the farmers markets.” Full Belly visits three farmers markets per week, making a point to have one of the partners helping vend produce at the market stall. “It’s a little Andrew Brait, Judith Redmond, Paul Miller, Dru rivers bit of a recharge for all of us. I’ve made a lot of friends, get feedback, see the produce sold and what people choose, how people are responding and reacting to our crops.” Certainly market-goers and many of the farm’s 1400 CSA members, are familiar with Judith’s ready smile. To round out their business, you’ll also find Full Belly produce on restaurant menus and at area grocery stores, and some product is sold wholesale, finding its way onto hospital trays and in school cafeterias. All the same, Judith and her partners share the challenges of all small family farmers. They are encouraged by organizations like CAFF, whose approach has been to “go out on the farm, be with the farmer, be both sympathetic and try to help the farmer where she is.” By contrast, Judith points out, “Policy makers don’t have the inclination or the time to get on the farm and see the complexities involved. It’s so much easier to write policy when you can see things in black and white.” WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 35 Yuba County Located in the Central Valley of California, one of the world’s most abundant agricultural regions, Yuba County has its own rich farming history. During the 1860’s, Durst Ranch became known as the “Hop Center” of the world. The 1920s brought cultivation of vegetables, fruits, and nuts, all of which thrived in the county’s high-quality soils. Today, traveling through Brown’s Valley, a person will find the most delicious citrus and deciduous fruits. The county has numerous small, family-owned farms, orchards, and ranches, producing some of California’s best. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE... 36 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG GROWERS & FARMSTANDS Apollo Olive Oil Food Safety and the Family Farmer • Steve McCully PO Box 1054 Oregon House, CA 95962 877-776-0703 [email protected] www.apollooliveoil.com BY DAVID RUNSTEN Recognized as one of the w orld’s finest olive oils, Apollo Olive Oil is known for its fresh, complex flavor. These award-winning extravirgin olive oils are organically grown, coldpressed, and locally milled. Apollo Oliv e Oil is a small, family-run business and a pr oud supporter of Buy Fresh Buy Local. Bock’s Fruitstand •• Hwy 70, 8 miles North of Marysville Marysville, CA 95901 530-713-8334 Green Seed Nursery Ana Chronister 2452 Hwy 20 Marysville, CA 95901 530-701-7110 Jim’s Produce • • James Muck 714 Bowers Way Wheatland, CA 95692 530-633-8272 Rue & Forsman Ranch Michael Bosworth 2640 Hoffman Rd Marysville, CA 95901 760-745-7245 Sylverleaf Olive Oil Beth Sylver 5506 Virginia Rd Loma Rica, CA 95901 530-635-1263 Yoon Fou Saetern & Nai Sio Saechao 4586 Dairy Rd Wheatland, CA 95692 530-205-5569 • • • F ood safety has become a watchword in 21st Century America, as we learn regularly of serious illnesses or deaths due to eating food. This results in part from greater scrutiny from consumer groups, the medical system, and the media, but also from our increasingly industrialized and globalized food system, where we consume more processed foods and more foods from distant regions. However, there are other factors at work, such as the rise of pathogenic bacteria in the environment, or the urbanization of the population—where children are raised with little contact with animals and dirt— or the increasing numbers of people with compromised immune systems. People have always been sickened by food, but as science has progressed we have become intolerant of food that causes serious illness. Close to 100 million people a year get sick from food in the United States, and the desire for zero risk from food, demanded by attorneys and insurance companies, is driving the food industry to ever more extreme measures that, ironically, may threaten our local food systems, where there have been almost no problems. Ever since the spinach industry was shut down in August 2006—after 200 people became seriously ill and five died from E. coli O157:H7 that they contracted from bagged spinach— CAFF has been trying to prevent the imposition of unreasonable requirements on produce growers, particularly growers of whole produce for local markets who have never had food safety problems. There are now three federal government food safety regulatory processes underway: The FDA is proposing new onfarm food safety practices for melons, tomatoes, and leafy greens, which they intend to turn into mandatory requirements The USDA is considering a National Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement, which would impose new auditing requirements on all such farmers across the country, even though all of the food safety problems have been associated with greens processed in plastic bags The US House of Representatives passed a bill in June 2009 (HR 2749) to increase the power and funding of the FDA, and a similar bill (SB 510) is pending in the US Senate; among other measures, these bills would require mandatory food safety rules for all fruit and vegetable farms in the United States. Though every farmer needs to pay attention to basic food safety practices— such as worker hygiene, testing irrigation water sources, or potential contamination from cattle—all of these regulatory processes could impose drastic, sterile farming practices everywhere. The habitat and wildlife destruction that has occurred in the Salinas Valley at the behest of food processors and buyers could easily be generalized to all fruit and vegetable lands. And regulations could also be so costly as to discourage beginning and other small farmers who have contributed so much to the farmers market renaissance and our vibrant local food system. Every consumer who values local and organic produce should contact his/her federal representatives and ask them to make sure that food safety regulations are not environmentally destructive and do not unfairly impact small and organic farmers. Buy Fresh Buy Local promotes the consumption of fresh, local farm products. While there can never be zero risk from such food, CAFF believes that eating whole local foods as soon after harvest as possible is a very safe practice. Time and again, whether in peanut butter, pre-cut salad, or hamburger, people who became seriously ill had eaten processed food products from distant industrial sources. Know where your food comes from and support your local farmers! For more information on how you can get involved in the policy process, go to www.caff.org David Runsten is the Policy Director for the Community Alliance with Family Farmers. WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 37 ORGANIZATIONS California Farmlink Davis www.californiafarmlink.org California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation Sacramento www.crlaf.org CARCD-CA Association of Resource Conservation Districts Sacramento www.carcd.org CDFA-CA Dept of Food and Agriculture Sacramento www.cdfa.ca.gov Community Alliance with Family Farmers (CAFF) Davis www.caff.org Farm & Agriculture Collaborative Training Systems (FACTS) Davis [email protected] Green Restaurant Alliance Sacramento Sacramento www.digitalinevitable.net/GRAS National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) Davis www.ncat.org Network for a Healthy California Sacramento www.cdph.ca.gov/programs/CPNS Northern California Water Association Sacramento www.norcalwater.org Organic Sacramento Sacramento www.organicsacramento.org Placer County Farm Bureau Newcastle www.placercfb.com Placer Nevada Cattlewomen Sheridan 916-645-8893 Sacramento Gardening Sacramento www.sacramentogardening.com Slow Food Sacramento Sacramento www.slowfoodsacramento.com Slow Food Yolo Davis www.slowfoodyolo.com Small Farm Center Davis www.sfp.ucdavis.edu Tahoe Cattlemen’s Assoc. Lincoln Valley Vision Sacramento www.valleyvision.org Wine Institute Sacramento www.wineinstitute.org Hunter Angler Gardener Cook online www.honest-food.net Sacatomato online www.sacatomato.com Vanilla Garlic online www.vanillagarlic.com BLOGS 38 Community Alliance with Family Farmers WWW.CAFF.ORG WHY buy local? BUYING LOCAL promotes good health. Buying and eating fresh, local produce and farm products helps to ensure that you and your family are getting the proper nutrition you need. Eating more fresh fruits and vegetables helps to reduce the chances of obesity and related health conditions. As more community members eat fresh, local produce, we will have “healthier communities.” BUYING LOCAL food tastes better. Local food is fresher and tastes better than food shipped from other parts of the nation. California’s Sacramento Valley farmers offer a variety of produce cultivated for that great taste. Local farmers often grow a large assortment of unique varieties of products to provide the most flavorful choices throughout the season. Buying local STRENGTHENS the local economy. The “multiplier effect”: Every dollar you spend with a local family farmer circulates through the community 7 to 11 times, multiplying the benefit of that economic activity. Buying local food keeps your dollars circulating in your community. Independent, family-owned farms supply more local jobs and contribute to the local economy at higher rates than do large, corporate-owned farms. Buying local SUPPORTS FAMILY FARMS. Since 1935, the U.S. has lost 4.7 million farms. Fewer than one million Americans now claim farming as a primary occupation. And no wonder: the farmer today gets less than 10 cents of the retail food dollar. With each local food purchase, you ensure that more of your food dollar goes to the farmer that grew it. Buying local PROTECTS THE ENVIRONMENT. Between 2002-2007, the U.S. lost 16.2 million acres of farmland. Good farmers are also good stewards of the land. Buying local decreases development pressure on farmland, decreases sprawl, preserves open green space, and supports biodiversity. In addition, local food doesn’t have to travel far, which reduces carbon dioxide emissions and packing materials. WWW.CAFF.ORG Buy Fresh, Buy Local 39