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MBCFM Vendors Featured in Aptos Times
Amen Bee, Golden Sheaf and Andrea's Market Cheese Featured in Aptos Times Out & About. Josie Cowden, who writes the monthly column “Out & About” for the Times Publishing Group, wrote about her recent visit to the Aptos Farmers Market. She took her fresh ingredients home, made a wonderful breakfast, and “thanked her lucky stars” for living in California. Read her article that appeared in the August 1 issue of the Aptos Times and the Capitola/Soquel Times.
Visit Us at the Santa Cruz County Fair September 9-14
When you visit the Harvest Building at the fair, stop by our information booth. The theme of this year's fair is “Let the Good Times Grow.” The MBCFM has been growing since it was founded in 1976, making us the oldest and largest farmers market organization. We are proud to say that we are the premier farmers market on the Central Coast with 80+ small regional farmers and vendors.
Find out more information about this year’s fair schedule and featured entertainment: www.santacruzcountyfair.com
Carmel Market Wraps Up at End of September after Bountiful Season
At the end of September, the Carmel Market will close and then re-open on Tuesday, May 5, 2009. This market, open Tuesdays from 9 am – 1 pm, is nestled in the charming Barnyard Shopping Village, at the intersection of Route 1 and Carmel Valley Road.
Andrea’s Market Cheese Featured in Metro
In her column, “Dish,” in the July 9th issue of the Santa Cruz Metro, Amber Turpin writes about the increasing interest of the public in farmstead dairy products. Farmstead dairy products are those that are made from milk produced on the same farm. Amber spotlights the Nevada Cheese Company’s farmstead butter that can be found every Saturday at Andrea's Market Cheese at the Aptos Farmers Market. The Sierra Nevada Cheese Company, located in the town of Willow near Chico, is known for its jack and cream cheese. Amber reports that the farmstead butter is organic, salted, fat cultured (meaning fermented) and creamy. Andrea anticipates that the homestead butter will win awards at this year's American Cheese Society Conference, and invites you to shop by her booth to sample a wide selection of California artisan cheese, yogurt, and butter.
Aptos Farmers Market to be featured in National Geographic Family Travel Book
The Aptos Farmers Market will be featured as a great destination for families visiting Santa Cruz in the National Geographic's “The 10 Best of Everything for Families — An Ultimate Guide for Travelers” (working title) by Susan Magsamen. This compilation will be published in 2009 and receive wide distribution throughout the US.
Valencia Creek Farms of Aptos Wins Award for its Extra Virgin Olive Oil
The Cheese Store of Beverly Hills presented its prestigious American Artisanal Treasure Awards in May. The Cheese Store is known for its variety of high quality, imported cheeses and essentials for chefs and serious cooks since 1967. This year, the awards are focused on hand-made products sold in California farmers markets.
Chris Banthien, owner of Valencia Creek Farms of Aptos, who just retired from the Aptos, Monterey and Carmel farmers markets after many years, has received this prestigious award for her Le Colline di Santa Cruz Extra Virgin Olive Oil. This oil is made from selected varietals imported from Tuscany, Italy growing in Santa Cruz and Monterey counties. The cool weather and coastal influence yields an extraordinarily fine fruit flavor without losing the balance of bitterness and pungency.
While we miss Chris at the farmers markets, you can still purchase outstanding extra virgin olive oil at the Aptos and Carmel farmers market from Belle Farms, a small family farm located in the foothills of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Owners Marguerite and Steve Remde produce Olio Nuevo from olive trees from Tuscany, Italy. Belle Farms’ oil is fruity, full-bodied oil with a peppery finish. Stop by and try a sample your next visit to the market.
Now at the Salinas farmers market, you can enjoy the extra virgin olive oil made by the San Antonio Valley Olive Ranch.
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