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- The Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture is dedicated to cultivating a sustainable food system through the operation of the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market and its educational programs. We are a tax-exempt 501(c)3 nonprofit organization
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- Artisanal Hands-on Cocktail Cl...
CUESA's Dacor Teaching Kitchen
Saturday, December 5 at 2:30pm - Holiday Farmers Market Cocktai...
The Dacor Kitchen at the Ferry Buil...
Wednesday, December 2 at 5:30pm - Holiday Farmers' Market Cockta...
Ferry Building Dacor kitchen (on th...
Wednesday, December 2 at 5:30pm - Thansgiving Dinner Inspiration...
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Saturday, November 21 at 11:00am - Pasta and Pesto class
Ferry Building Dacor kitchen (on th...
Thursday, November 12 at 5:30pm - Festive Fruit Preservation Cla...
Ferry Building Dacor kitchen (on th...
Thursday, November 5 at 5:30pm - In Search of a Righteous Porkchop
Ferry Building (in the Port Commiss...
Thursday, October 29 at 6:30pm - Harvest Festival
Ferry Building , San Francisco
Saturday, October 24 at 10:30am - Free Cooking Demo with Acclaim...
Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
Thursday, October 15 at 12:00pm - CUESA's Sunday Supper
San Francisco's Ferry Building
Sunday, October 4 at 5:30pm
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Hey fans,
If creating a more sustainable food system — for your neighborhood and our world — is important to you, please consider giving to CUESA. We rely on contributions from the community to continue our important work. All donations are tax deductible and go to support our education programs.
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Your grandchildren — and your stomach — will thank you.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture From this week's Eletter: Easy holiday entertaining
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"We like to have people over — our friends and family — and really enjoy them," says Georgeanne Brennan, author of Gather: Memorable Menus for Entertaining Throughout the Seasons. "We don’t want to do elaborate cooking, and yet we still want to have nice food to honor those guests."
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Get last-minute edible gifts, groceries for the week, and lunch from one of our street food vendors(!) at the Christmas Eve market, today from 10 am - 2 pm.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture From this week's eletter: a summary of food and agriculture issues at Copenhagen
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As ten days of complex climate negotiations come to a close, leaving some us with a serious "Copenhangover," we compiled a quick run-down of the role that food and agriculture have played in the United Nations Climate Conference in Copenhagen.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Check out our easy market gift guide (from this week's eletter)
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Why go to the mall when you can get something for everyone on your list at the farmers market!
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It was one of those invincibly sunny days last week, when there's just enough chill in the air to remind you that winter is on the way. At the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market, the difference between sunlight and shade felt like 30 degrees.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Our annual Sunday Supper fundraiser is only a month away! What you get: a gala reception in the candlelit Ferry Building Marketplace plus a spectacular 5-course meal prepared by a team of top local chefs and a fabulous live auction. What we get: crucial support for work supporting local farmers and educating urban eate...rs about sustainable food! (How's that for a win-win?)
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7th annual Sunday Supper fundraiser will bring together farmers, chefs, artisans and farmers' market lovers for a gala reception and five-course feast to benefit our work in educating eaters and supporting farmers.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Come make kraut tomorrow night!
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Kathryn Lukas of Farmhouse Culture Kathryn will lead a two hour kraut-focused class that includes info about the history, science, and health benefits of kraut, plus a hands-on kraut lesson. You'll go home with kraut-in-progress.
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture New e-letter post: School Lunch on the Table
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It may sound cliché to say this, but I cook for the Sunday Supper because I want to promote local and sustainable agriculture. Whatever you want to call it, I feel it is the way we all should ...
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Every year around this time, French prune plums make a brief and glorious return to market each year but only for a limited time. With their concentrated sweetness and easy perishability they are usually only sold in their dried and preserved states.
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Kathryn Lukas, of Farmhouse Culture (www.farmhouseculture.com), teaches a 2-hour fermentation class discussing the history, science, and health benefits of kraut, as well as a hands-on make your own "starter kraut to take home.
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The secrets of delicious sauerkraut revealed!
Time:5:30PM Wednesday, September 9th
Location:CUESA's Dacor Kitchen (In front of the Ferry Building, on on north end)
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Join us for our next farm tour! (These tours are sponsored by First National Bank of Northern California so the price is really reasonable. $25 includes a lunch made with produce from local farms.)
Because a good orchard is hard to find
Location:departs from the Ferry Building
Time:8:30AM Friday, September 11th
CUESA -Center for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture Mark this Labor day with a discussion of the labor involved in our food system
a discussion about how your choices can support a just food system
Location:Port Commission Hearing Room, second floor of the Ferry Building on the Embarcadero (at Market Stree
Time:6:30PM Thursday, September 10th
