In need of a quick break from strawberries and stone fruit? Pick up a basket of organic blackberries! Right now, you’ll find some of the sweetest blackberries around at the one and only Kaki Farm. There, you'll also have the chance to chat with the equally sweet farm owner Nicasio Soria, who mans the stand each summer. Originally from Zacatecas, Mexico, Nicasio worked as a farmhand at Kaki in 1979 before purchasing the property himself in 1990. He has a berry interesting story to share.

Easy Eating: Make the most of blackberry season, especially since they're not easy to pick! For breakfast, try them fresh over Achadinha Cheese Company’s Kefir cheese. Transform them into a Blackberry Limeade or Berry Syrup (found in The Homemade Pantry: 101 Foods You Can Stop Buying and Start Making, for sale at our Eco Store). Make a Blackberry Fennel Pizza, or smother this Grilled Brie With Blackberry Basil Salsa on a slice of Morell’s sourdough. Finally, for dessert, this Fig and Blackberry Tart is worth the effort.
Tony's Blackberry Buckwheat Crepes

Make crepes like Tony's Kettle Corn!
Ingredients
  • 3/4 cup buckwheat flour
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 1/4 cups milk
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 2 tbsp honey (optional)

Instructions
  1. Melt butter and set aside. In a large bowl, sift together the buckwheat flour, all purpose flour, and salt. In a mixer, blend all ingredients together until smooth (approximately 2 minutes). Strain batter through a fine-mesh sieve. Cover and let rest, refrigerated, for at least an hour, preferably overnight.
  2. Heat a medium sized frying or saute pan over medium heat. Spread butter over pan, but wipe most of it off with a towel. Pour 2 ounces of batter into pan. Pick up pan and tilt and swirl so batter covers entire bottom of pan. Loosen the edges of the crepe with a spatula and flip it over. Cook on other side until lightly golden brown (less than 1 minute) and remove onto plate.
  3. Continue with remaining batter. Top with fresh blackberries and whip cream.
This Week's Vendors
Saturday Downtown Berkeley

Blue Heron
Brokaw Ranch
Avalos Farm
Kaki Farm
Good Faith Farm
Golden Rule Organics
Lifefood Gardens
Flying Disc Ranch
Achadinha Cheese Co.
Little Fish
Kashiwase Farm
Orchard X
Stepladder Creamery
Happy Boy Farms
True Grass Farm
Solano Mushroom
Riverdog Farm
Smit Farms
Gattonelli
Frog Hollow Farm
Higher Land Coffee
Tony's Kettle Corn + Crepes
Andy's Thai
Tamales La Oaxaqueña 
Cafe Zambala
Beber Almond Milk
Big Little Bowl
Your Granola Garden 
Laguna Garden Bakery
Morell's Bread
Obour Hummus
Phoenix Pastificio
Bolani
Coracao
Primavera Tamales
Bun Bao
Peach Jamboree
Tuesday South Berkeley

Kaki Farms
Avalos Farm
Massa Organics
Oya Organics
Blue Heron Farm
Brokaw Ranch
Blossom Bluff Orchard
Lifefood Gardens
Full Belly Farm
Good Faith Farm
(every other week)
Lucero Organics
Solano Mushroom
Dirty Girl Produce
Kashiwase Farm
Stepladder Creamery
Riverdog Farm
Smit Farms
Frog Hollow Farm
Little Fish Co.
Queen of Sheeba Honey
Phoenix Pastificio
Bolani
The Fruit Tree
Andy's Thai
Donna's Tamales
Peach Jamboree
Three Stone Hearth
(they're back!)
Thursday North Berkeley

Little Fish
Pomo Tierra Orchard
Massa Organics
Golden Rule Organics
E&H Mushroom Farm
Riverdog Farm
Frog Hollow Farm
Happy Boy Farms
Phoenix Pastificio
Big Little Bowl
Donna's Tamales
Morell's Bread
Upland Apiary
Crane Creek Growers
Vendors Out
Tuesday
Andy's Thai: Absent 8/2 and 8/9
Flying Disc: Absent until mid-September
Thursday
All Things Sharp: Absent until August 4th
Saturday
Cafe Zambala: Absent 7/30
Andy's Thai: Absent 8/6
Wild West Ferments: Return date TBD
Help Desk Pop Up Tomorrow: Plastic-Free Eating
Downtown Berkeley Farmers' Market
Saturday July 30th, 10AM–3PM
Did you know 8 out of the 10 most commonly found plastic pollution items during International Coastal Cleanup come from single use food and beverage packaging? Let's change that!

Catch the Ecology Center Help Desk tomorrow for support making your dining experiences plastic-free. We'll offer a variety of resources, whether you pack lunch from home or want to help your favorite business ditch disposables. Stop by and say hi! 
Bike Repair Mobile
South Berkeley Farmers' Market
Tuesday August 2nd, 2 - 6:30pm
We want to see more families riding their bikes to the Berkeley Farmers' Markets! That’s why we’ve invited the
BikeMobile to provide free tune ups & repairs for parents and children.
The BikeMobile can fix flat tires, adjust brakes and gears, and even replace broken or worn out parts like chains, seats, and tires. The only thing it can’t do is replace missing wheels or gears.
Bike or no bike, everyone is welcome to attend to learn about maintenance, safety, and more!
This is a first come, first serve event. Space is limited to 20 people.
Help Judge our Vendor Salsa Contest!
Did you know that every August the farmers' market hosts a secret salsa contest amongst its vendors?

This contest is normally judged by our staff but this year we’re giving one lucky person the opportunity to be a guest judge.

Take a picture of you buying your own salsa ingredients at any of the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets and post it on instagram with the hashtag #BFMSalsaContest. We’ll choose one person on Thursday 8/11 at 7PM to help us judge at our Saturday, Downtown Berkeley, Market on August 13th.
Upcoming Events at the Berkeley Farmer's Markets
Saturday July 30: EcoStore Pop Up
Saturday July 30: Berkeley Public Library Story Time, 10:30–11am
Tuesday August 2: Bike Repair Mobile, 2-6:30
Saturday August 6: AC Master Gardeners
Saturday August 6: Community for a Cultural Civic Center tabling
Farmers' Market Hours & Locations
EBT and WIC Fruit & Vegetable checks gladly accepted and Market Match incentives distributed at all markets.
South Berkeley
Tuesdays, 2 - 6:30 pm
Adeline St. at 63rd St., 
Berkeley
North Berkeley
Thursdays, 3 - 7 pm 
Shattuck Ave. at Rose St., Berkeley
Downtown Berkeley
Saturdays, 10 am - 3 pm
Center St. at MLK Jr. Way, Berkeley
 
[Photo credit: Berkeley Farmers' Market Staff]