Ripe Now! Early Girl Tomatoes I Early Girls are finally here! Just in time for Berkeley Farmers' Market Week 🍅

Early Girl tomatoes are here! We're happy to have them just in time for the newly proclaimed Berkeley Farmers’ Market Week – a week to recognize the "economic, environmental and health benefits of farmers’ markets", celebrated in conjunction with National Farmers' Market Week.

As you might’ve noticed, at farms like Dirty Girl Produce, these girls didn’t come too early this year. This year’s colder-than-average spring forced farmers to delay their plantings — as long as two months in some places. Farmers are predicting their season to be shorter this year, so be sure to savor them while they’re around.

You can find Early Girls right now at Dirty Girl Produce, Oya Organics, Golden Rule Organics, Full Belly Farm, Riverdog Farm, and Lucero Organics.

Easy Eating: This week, pick up a loaf of bread for an Early Girl Panzanella, whip up a simple Tomato Sauce for a weeknight pasta, or try them in Shaobing Sandwich form at the Lion Dance Cafe, who sources many of their ingredients from our markets.

Simple Tomato Salad

A summer favorite adapted from Simply Recipes

Ingredients

For the vinaigrette

2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon honey
1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil

For the salad

1/4 medium red onion, very thinly sliced
2 pounds ripe Early Girl tomatoes
1 teaspoon kosher salt
Freshly ground black pepper, to taste
1/4 cup fresh basil
2 tablespoons fresh mint

Instructions

In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, mustard, and honey until the honey dissolves. Whisk in the olive oil until blended.
Add the sliced onions into the vinaigrette and tuck them down into the dressing. Set aside to macerate while you assemble the salad.
Cut tomatoes into 1/2-inch-thick slices.
Arrange the tomatoes on a large plate. Lightly shower with freshly ground black pepper.
Pour the dressing and onions over the salad. Scatter with basil and mint. Taste and add more salt and/or pepper, if needed.

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Current Vendors

Saturday Downtown Berkeley

Achadinha Cheese Co.

All Things Sharp

Andy's Thai

Avalos Farm

Bariani Olive Oil

Beber Almond Milk

Bolani

Big Little Bowl

Brokaw Ranch

Bun Bao

C&M Farm

Cafe Zambala

Coracao

Crane Creek Growers

Dirty Girl Produce

Flying Disc Ranch

Four Sisters Farm

Frog Hollow Farm

Gattonelli

Good Faith Farm

Golden Rule Organics

Happy Boy Farms

Higher Land Coffee

Joodooboo Tofu

Kaki Farm

Kashiwase Farm

Laguna Garden Bakery

Lifefood Gardens

Little Fish

Massage

Mill Valley Pasta Co.

Morell's Bread

Obour Hummus

Peach Jamboree

Phoenix Pastificio

Primavera Tamales

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Sierra Cascade Blueberries

Smit Farms

Solano Mushroom

Stepladder Creamery

Tamales La Oaxaqueña

Three Stone Hearth

Tony's Kettle Corn + Crepes

True Grass Farm

Vang Family Farm

VIO Pastry

Your Granola Garden

Tuesday South Berkeley

All Things Sharp

(every 2nd & 4th week)

Andy's Thai

Avalos Farm

Basecamp Bakery

Big Little Bowl

Brokaw Ranch

Bolani

Blossom Bluff Orchard

Chay's Farm

Donna's Tamales

Dirty Girl Produce

Farm Chocolate

Frog Hollow Farm

Full Belly Farm

Good Faith Farm

(every other week)

Kaki Farms

Kashiwase Farm

Lifefood Gardens

Little Fish Co.

Lou Vue

Massa Organics

Oya Organics

Peach Jamboree

Phoenix Pastificio

Puuro Oats

Queen of Sheeba Honey

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

Solano Mushroom

Soul Flower Farm

Smit Farms

Stepladder Creamery

The Fruit Tree

Three Stone Hearth

Yume Boshi

Thursday North Berkeley

All Things Sharp

Big Little Bowl

Blossom Bluff Orchards

Brown Cap Soft Serve

Chay's Farm

Crane Creek Growers

Donna's Tamales

E&H Mushroom Farm

Frog Hollow Farm

Golden Rule Organics

Little Fish

Massa Organics

Mendoza Organics

Morell's Bread

Phoenix Pastificio

Pomo Tierra Orchard

Riverdog Farm

Roadside Rotisserie

The Fruit Tree

Uplands Apiary

*Lists subject to change. Refer to our website for the most updated vendor list.

Vendor Ins

Returning vendors

Tuesday market: Puuro Oats
Thursday market: Bernie's Apple Cider

New vendors

Tuesday market: Big Little Bowl is now at all three markets!

Vendor Outs

Vendors taking seasonal breaks:

Tuesday market: Flying Disc Ranch
Saturday market: Flying Disc Ranch now every other week

Learn More About the Berkeley Farmers' Markets

Market Match has increased to $15!

In case you haven't heard, all Berkeley Farmers' Markets have increased their Market Match program from $10 to $15, meaning when you spend $15 of your CalFresh benefits at the farmers' market, you'll get an extra $15 for free to spend on fresh fruits and vegetables.

Head to the information booth at any or all of our three markets to take advantage of this increase!

Learn More About Market Match

Locavore Wonderland – Call for Pop-Up Vendors!

The Ecology Center Berkeley Farmers’ Markets are putting on a holiday gifting pop up series at all three of our markets in the first three weeks of December.

Are you an eco-conscious maker, artisan, or artist? We want to hear from you! Apply to sell your handmade goods at Locavore Wonderland: A Farmers’ Market Gifting Series by clicking on the button.

Apply Now

Equity 4 Black Berkeley People's Assembly Meeting

Frances Albrier Community Center

August 19, 2023; 12-4pm

At this month's assembly, Healthy Black Families is engaging community members to define a thriving Black Berkeley by examining local histories and current priorities. This gathering welcomes attendees to document their stories to add to the qualitative story of Black displacement in Berkeley. As one of the event's speakers, Ecology Center Community Engagement Program Director Denaya Shorter will share about how Berkeley's history has shaped climate inequity locally and about incorporating climate equity into our community's future.

Complimentary lunch and childcare will be provided on-site with registration.