Canned Heat: Preserving Summer’s Spice with Tierra Vegetables
Fall has officially begun, but things are just starting to heat up at Tierra Vegetables.
Fall has officially begun, but things are just starting to heat up at Tierra Vegetables.
Sister-and-brother team Lee and Wayne James weather a perfect storm of challenges while planning for the next generation.
People Brother and sister team Wayne and Lee James, with 2 full- and some part-time employees Farmland 10 acres in Santa Rosa, about 55 miles from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market About Tierra Vegetables was seeded in 1980, producing a diversity of crops, including rare dried beans, heirloom grain corn, popcorn, and fresh produce. It is renowned […]
For National Farmworker Awareness Week, we’re sharing a few stories from dedicated individuals who work at Ferry Plaza Farmers Market farms.
These heroes bring their specialized skills and knowledge, decades of experience, and passion to keeping us well fed.
Meet some of the hardworking team members who are vital to bringing food to the farmers market.
“We see people who are eating food from the farmers markets and going to restaurants where they know the farms, but they’re wearing clothes that equate to eating meals at 7-11,”
Our monthly pop-up farmers markets at The Yard at Mission Rock offer new surprises and old faves.
Farmers are on the ground with chefs at the farmers market, working with restaurants to set trends and transform menus. See what’s hot in 2016.
In celebration of International Women’s Day, meet just a few of the hardworking women farmers in our farmers markets.